rodentraiser
Head Chef
Wow! Things have been happening. Hopefully the next time I post I'll be on my own computer.
I am now moved over to the other lot. About three weeks ago I found a 36ft 5th wheel to live in and that's on the lot now. I had hoped to be moved in already, with the propane for the stove and oven hooked up, septic and water. There were a few things I had to buy, like a septic hose and a bed and a toilet. So the first of this month that's what I bought.
Alas, I can't install the toilet myself, the septic hose won't be here for another week, I can't figure out how to hook up the water, the stove doesn't work, the bed won't be delivered till August, and now I can't afford to move my stuff out of storage till next month. So for now I'm still sleeping and cooking in the old trailer, but I am getting the new trailer fixed up at the same time.
I have the awning up and it was a godsend during the heatwave. I've planted wildflowers all along the edge of my "porch" and I have a bench and a table to just sit out there and veg on nice days. I started throwing out seed for the the chickadees and now have a couple of them, a chipmunk, a junco, and a red squirrel as close neighbors. Usually I sit out and referee the fights. The squirrel, who I call Reddy Kilowatt because he's such a live wire, likes to chase all the birds and the chipmunk away. It's sort of humbling to see a small furball no larger than my foot who can run faster, farther, and longer than me and has way more energy.
I've also had the deer with their fawns crossing my yard, saw a bald eagle once, and spied a bobcat one morning. A couple days ago a cougar was spotted right out on the road where my old lot was, just around the corner. I can do without meeting him.
I have a shed on the new property and I bought a bike but found out I can barely bike up the hills. A little more work is needed there but I only fell with it 4 times and that's not bad, considering I haven't ridden a bike since 1989.
I am so excited to have a fridge (albeit a small one) and electricity! Electricity rocks! I also bought a used washer and dryer. Of course, the washer is outside hooked up to a hose, so it's cold water washes only, but it beats going to the laundromat!
So all in all, things are going well. A friend is going to help me put in the toilet and when the septic hose arrives, the contractor will attach that and I'll have a real toilet again. Next month I'm going to get all my stuff out of storage and get it into the trailer. I bought a microwave and with a toaster oven and a hot plate, I may not have to use the stove. That would save the time and expense of propane.
I do need to buy a computer desk. Once I do that and my stuff is out of storage, I can hook up my computer, maybe sometime in late July or early August. In August, the shed roof will go up over the trailer and keep the rain off and then I can begin to look at maybe laying down a porch of some kind.
Once the contractor takes all his logs off the lot, I plan to fence it in two. The front half will be all my raised garden beds and fruit trees. Behind the fence I'll have a wildflower meadow. Behind that, there's still about 50ft of woods left and I may have all the brush cleared and just make a walking path through them. I have a small area behind the trailer where I can plant grass and I wanted a pool, but maybe I'll just get a soaking tub and put that back there. So I have lots of plans.
I hope you all had a happy 4th and that everything is going good. I'm finally on the library computer, but I need to go look for some books now. I'm so glad everything is finally open.
edited to add: while I may have a fridge and sort of a way to cook now, all my recipes are on my computer! So it's still going to be a while till I can actually cook anything as opposed to just heating stuff up in the oven.
I am now moved over to the other lot. About three weeks ago I found a 36ft 5th wheel to live in and that's on the lot now. I had hoped to be moved in already, with the propane for the stove and oven hooked up, septic and water. There were a few things I had to buy, like a septic hose and a bed and a toilet. So the first of this month that's what I bought.
Alas, I can't install the toilet myself, the septic hose won't be here for another week, I can't figure out how to hook up the water, the stove doesn't work, the bed won't be delivered till August, and now I can't afford to move my stuff out of storage till next month. So for now I'm still sleeping and cooking in the old trailer, but I am getting the new trailer fixed up at the same time.
I have the awning up and it was a godsend during the heatwave. I've planted wildflowers all along the edge of my "porch" and I have a bench and a table to just sit out there and veg on nice days. I started throwing out seed for the the chickadees and now have a couple of them, a chipmunk, a junco, and a red squirrel as close neighbors. Usually I sit out and referee the fights. The squirrel, who I call Reddy Kilowatt because he's such a live wire, likes to chase all the birds and the chipmunk away. It's sort of humbling to see a small furball no larger than my foot who can run faster, farther, and longer than me and has way more energy.
I've also had the deer with their fawns crossing my yard, saw a bald eagle once, and spied a bobcat one morning. A couple days ago a cougar was spotted right out on the road where my old lot was, just around the corner. I can do without meeting him.
I have a shed on the new property and I bought a bike but found out I can barely bike up the hills. A little more work is needed there but I only fell with it 4 times and that's not bad, considering I haven't ridden a bike since 1989.
I am so excited to have a fridge (albeit a small one) and electricity! Electricity rocks! I also bought a used washer and dryer. Of course, the washer is outside hooked up to a hose, so it's cold water washes only, but it beats going to the laundromat!
So all in all, things are going well. A friend is going to help me put in the toilet and when the septic hose arrives, the contractor will attach that and I'll have a real toilet again. Next month I'm going to get all my stuff out of storage and get it into the trailer. I bought a microwave and with a toaster oven and a hot plate, I may not have to use the stove. That would save the time and expense of propane.
I do need to buy a computer desk. Once I do that and my stuff is out of storage, I can hook up my computer, maybe sometime in late July or early August. In August, the shed roof will go up over the trailer and keep the rain off and then I can begin to look at maybe laying down a porch of some kind.
Once the contractor takes all his logs off the lot, I plan to fence it in two. The front half will be all my raised garden beds and fruit trees. Behind the fence I'll have a wildflower meadow. Behind that, there's still about 50ft of woods left and I may have all the brush cleared and just make a walking path through them. I have a small area behind the trailer where I can plant grass and I wanted a pool, but maybe I'll just get a soaking tub and put that back there. So I have lots of plans.
I hope you all had a happy 4th and that everything is going good. I'm finally on the library computer, but I need to go look for some books now. I'm so glad everything is finally open.
edited to add: while I may have a fridge and sort of a way to cook now, all my recipes are on my computer! So it's still going to be a while till I can actually cook anything as opposed to just heating stuff up in the oven.
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