12.9.2025

Yesterday, Jim went over the driveway again in anticipation of our stove delivery.  Then he had to hand shovel the snow off the patio.  It was all frozen, so it was a chore...

While Jim was working, after visiting Mom, I had lunch with the daughter of one of the residents from the facility where my mom is.  Her mom passed away about a month ago.  It was nice to sit and chat with her.

This morning, Jim moved the old stove out and started getting ready.  We had to move things out of the stairwell and in the hall to make sure the drivers had a clear path.  Of course, this is one of our coldest days (-3 this morning!) and we got a really big afternoon window for delivery, including up until 5:30 which would be pitch dark.  Plus, the driveway is a big challenge in the winter for big trucks.  Jim put the bucket on the Bobcat and got it out and ready, just in case we had to go to Plan B.  So we were pretty anxious all afternoon, swearing to each other that we would not ever order anything to be delivered in the winter if we could help it!

We finally got the call that they were close, so Jim went out to meet them.  The driver went quite fast and made it up the hill with no problem.  Unfortunately, while both of the delivery people were very nice, neither spoke English well, so communicating was an issue.  So from this point on, things were more challenging.

He backed into the turnaround but then came up the upper driveway at a slow pace, so he got stuck at this point...

So he backed down into the turnaround again and went down to the bottom of the hill.  Jim knew he would never make it up all the way, and he didn't.  So they stopped here...

One guy started unpacking the stove in the truck...

Then all three of them pushed it up the hill!

It's very pretty sitting out in the snow...

They moved the old stove down the stairs and into the shop...

Bringing the new one inside...

At this point, we took a big sigh of relief.  The stove was upstairs, the delivery guys were gone, we could handle it from this point!

Jim started attaching the cord - he liked the one he had bought for our old stove, so he took that one off and we'll give the new one to a hopeful buyer.

Taking off the old anti-tip device from the floor...

Putting the new one on (of course it had to go in a different position, so he had to drill new holes in the floor)...

Pushing it into place...

Leveling...

Look how gorgeous it is!  It has an induction cooktop, so there's going to be a learning curve.  I've still got racks to unwrap and things to set up, but I love it!

Jim got the Bobcat and tools all put away and we are calling it a night!

12.8 - High 24.4/Low 7.1
12.9 - High 20.8/Low -3.4