11.24.2014

It rained overnight and was a little drizzly this morning.  The plan was to go to Sam's Club and get the tires we ordered put on my car and then go back to the dealer and get my oil changed with a great coupon they sent.  However, the forecast changed from being an all-day rain event to just a little in the morning.  So I made Jim stay here while I took care of my car - which ended up being an all-day event in itself.  But it's done and I'll be in good shape for winter.

This is what the land looked like when Jim got there - warm temps moving in after the rain caused our own little cloud to appear on Angel.

Jim ended up spending all day doing parts pickup and arranging.  Look at the truckful of parts he got!  Most of this is for the septic system but the steel will be used to make our temporary walls in the carriage house for winter.

 

Unfortunately, the combination of the frozen ground thawing out and then rain on top made the hill impossible to get up.  Here's the poor truck stuck on the hill...

 

 

Jim had to eventually park the truck down near the street.  After that happened, he had to call and cancel the stone that was to be delivered as well as the septic tank that was supposed to come tomorrow.  So that's disappointing but he couldn't take the chance of paying delivery fees and their big trucks not being able to get up the hill to unload or, worse yet, get stuck. 

 

We are supposed to have a winter (fall!) storm on Wednesday - they said we could get up to 8" of snow!  Not good for Kyle & Julia traveling as well as working plans - so we'll just have to see how everything goes.

 

High 63/Low 40 - drizzly in the morning, nice and warm in the afternoon