Happy Thanksgiving, Canada. Filling RVport.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians who celebrate it today.

"Don't assume you're always going to be understood. I wrote in a column that one should put a cup of liquid in the cavity of a turkey when roasting it. Someone wrote me that: "The turkey tasted great, but the plastic cup melted." – Heloise.

The things that are still on the "To Do List", are all things that would hurt Ray's back, except for painting the cross fences in the back yard. But rain was forecast, so we put that off till Wednesday. I picked up Jay, and as we were walking around the front of the garage, there was one job that I realized had not been put on the list. We both nearly slipped and fell on our derrieres.

In front of the garage/workshop are big green plastic grids, like the ones that were used around swimming pools. That is covered with blue indoor/outdoor carpet, so that the animals won't get their feet caught in the slats. This is great for anything that has to be washed, as the water just goes through, and you don't get your feet wet. In front of it is a lighter blue indoor/outdoor carpet so that there isn't mud. This has been there since 2001, and it works very well. But over the years algae had formed on the light blue carpet, and it had become slippery.

So Ray pressure washed that, while Jay and I tackled the RVport.

Jay and I found the parts to the yard sale clothes rack, and got it set up. Those windows behind it, were going to be installed in the work shop, but I decided to sell them. Then we got all the tables unfolded and set up. Even moved some stuff on to door slabs on milk crates along the fence side, so that had to be covered up with heavy, black plastic, because of the rain. On the other side of the RVport, the dry side, we lined up all the furniture that is for sale.

On another day, we can start getting the boxes down from the storeroom attic and get them on the tables. The tables aren't spread out yet, as I still need to get the van and Puddle Jumper (tiny station wagon) in there for now.

So it has been a busy day.

Empty RVport. Making Boxes.

It was cold last night, the first time I have slept with the bedspread/ comforter on the bed for a long time.

Now that the Mirage is gone, the RVport is empty. The TranStar can stay outside until after we have a yard sale. The clocks change at the end of the month, so I would like to have one before then. I need to free up some storage space for my next project, getting Pugsy, the vintage motor home, sold.

Yesterday afternoon, Claudia and Jay had dropped off MaeMae while they went to the next town, so that I could feed her. I had bought her some dog food, as they were out of it. MaeMae spent the night here, as Jay said he wanted to work this morning, so he would brush dry her, if I bathed her. She prefers me to bathe her, as he is too rough, and they don't have the dog bathing set up like I do here.

Pretty, the little Siamese was absolutely fascinated by MaeMae, and Prime didn’t hiss at her or anything.

This morning, MaeMae and I drove down there and picked up Jay, and we all went down to the lake to feed scraps to the ducks or fish. No ducks around, so the fish came up and ate them.

I was glad Jay was here as there are still things that Ray can’t do with his bad back.

Ray clipped the hedge, and ran the blower in the RV port and dog walkway to the backyard. Jay and I moved some carpet to store it in Pugsy, the vintage motor home, and we re-rolled the un-installed linoleum for the guest house on a larger diameter piece of pipe, to keep it smooth. Then Jay raked, and hauled the bin of pine needles to the burn pile.

Jay and a clean little MaeMae were taken home, and as it had started raining again, we worked on cutting boxes on our newly Formica-ed table on the screen porch.

It hurts my bad wrist to cut a lot of them, so that is why I had Ray do the cutting today. Different sizes of tubes have to be made for different lengths, sizes and amounts of plants. So they are just about custom made for each order. Shipping tubes are about $2-5 each, so I would rather recycle this good strong cardboard from the cat litter boxes. The aloe plants are wrapped in moist medium, then put in round cardboard tubes, usually out of paper towels, before they go in the trianglar tube. If they are very large, wide plants, they each have their own big triangular tube, and packed in an oblong box.

I tried Live Writer again, but when I click on 'Publish", the sign still came up:

"An error occurred while attempting to connect to your blog. The underlying connection was closed. Could not establish trust relationship for SSL/TLS secure channel. You must correct this error before proceeding."

That's all it said, it would be great if I knew what it was talking about! No 'Help' button or anything. So I had to copy and paste it, and go back to Blogger.

I was going to go to WalMart to get the little cordless hand vac that I need, but the wet roads got that put off for today.

What A Difference A Day Makes! Mirage Gone, too

I didn't sleep well last night. I woke up about 1.00 AM, and couldn't get back to sleep. Watching TV lying down, usually sends me to sleep, but a couple of movies didn't do it. The few times I did drop off, Bobcat gently caressed my face with her paw, and woke me up. I should have locked her up in my bathroom, but she is old and hurting, so I didn't want to upset her. I don't know why she has started doing this. Finally, I gave up, and got up about 5.00 AM, and it was cold. Yesterday, I was warm, even in a tank top, but this morning I dressed in a t-shirt and cardigan. Usually I can take the cardigan off when the sun comes out, but not today.

After I had my coffee and fed the cats, I started to get the Mirage ready for it's new lady owner. She knew that my foam mattress didn't go with it, anyway she had her own. She didn't need the coffee maker or TV, so I removed those, but left the toaster oven and two burner hot plate, as she wanted them. I supplied her with a new water hose, and drain hose.

When Ray arrived, he spread the contact cement on the Formica and table top. While that was drying, I moved the Mirage out of the RVport, Ray rinsed it off, and we checked all the fluids, and tires.

By then both table parts felt dry, so I got out the dowels, laid them across the tabletop so that the Formica wouldn't stick until we had it positioned correctly. As soon as we thought it was right, I pulled the first dowel out, and pressed my end down. Gradually working my way towards the other end, I smoothed and pulled each dowel out to let the two surfaces meet. This is something that once it sticks, there is no "slip". We put a bunch of clamps all around the table and weighted it down with bins of potting soil.

Just as we had that finished, the lady arrived to pick up the Mirage. I reminded her to get a water regulator, before I forgot, and we got all the paperwork done. After she left, the next thing on the list was a trip into town to the bank and the grocery store.

For the first time this season, I had to turn the heat on today.