Hi Babe,
Another chilly morning, as predicted, but it's supposed to be even colder the next couple of nights. Not enjoying this cold weather! I should be farther south! Spent the morning doing some research, trying to find out why my generator is leaking oil, but had too many other things to do so I dropped it for awhile. My main focus was changing the oil on the truck, which was overdue, then figured I had enough oil to also change the filter on the generator as well, even though I was ten hours early, and who knows? Maybe the leak would stop. Sorry to say, it didn't. I'll take a closer look tomorrow in daylight to see if there's any trace of where it's coming from. I do know it's not coming from the main housing, which seems to be the most popular place they leak, so more research! Got those two jobs done, then decided it was high time to straighten out my sockets in my tool drawer. I bought a new container for my many assorted screws, nuts and bolts, but held onto the old one figuring I could find something to do with it at some point, and sure enough, this was the perfect job for it! Got them nice and organized now. I ended the day spraying the horses' rain blankets with some waterproofing spray that I had bought for my rainsuit, because I had one and a half cans left, and I noticed that the blankets weren't doing a very good job at keeping them dry. It's supposed to rain tomorrow night, so I wanted to get that done, hopefully it will help. I was tempted to put their heavier blankets on, because it's going down into the 30's tonight (brrr!) and tomorrow night. I may do both blankets tomorrow, since it will be both cold and rainy. Finally settled down for the evening, figured out last night that if I turn off everything, I can run my generator and use my small space heater to warm up my bedroom area before going to bed, which is lovely, but doesn't quite stay warm through the whole night when it gets too cold. It's times like this I wonder why I restrict myself to working at endurance rides, it keeps me too far north too late in the year, though I do think it's unusually cold here right now. Oh, well, I have to take the good with the not so good! Can't wait to have electricity again so I can run my fireplace full-time! Had a nice steak dinner, heading to bed shortly. Good night, sweetheart! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
After another warm flannel night, it was nice to wake up to actual sunshine for a change. It's been gray and rainy for three solid days, so even though it was windy and a bit cooler, the sun felt good. I did some research yesterday on what could be my furnace problem, in addition to talking to Dave, a local RV mobile guy whose schedule is too busy to service me, so I had a few things I wanted to try today. It was a struggle taking the thing apart, but I finally managed it. Didn't see anything obviously wrong (that would have been too easy!), but I cleaned up everything and put it back together several times, adjusted the gap on the ignition electrodes (which I though was the main problem, plus any rust), but when I finished, it was actually worse. Instead of firing up then repeatedly turning off, now there's no spark, I can just smell the gas since it's not getting burned off. No joy fixing it, sorry to say. But it did narrow things down for me, I think. I ordered a new burner and ignition electrode and am having it sent to Broxton, so at least I'll have it there, even if I don't have time to put it in. I've reserved an electric site anyway, so I won't need my furnace, but I will have to get it done at some point. Anyway, I'm no worse off than I was before. I'm just running the generator and using the electric fireplace to warm up the trailer before going to be, but I'll still have to suffer through the cold mornings, though it does stay pretty warm in here, in this well-insulated trailer. Not getting a very good signal tonight, so watching TV has been frustrating, not even sure I'll be able to post anything tonight! Heading for bed pretty soon, need to cuddle with my flannel! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hiya Babe,
Managed to get to bed before 11:00 last night, had a good night sleep. I needed to pick up two bags of feed I ordered from Tractor Supply, as well as fill up three propane tanks, though at least one was only down a little bit, I guess because I kept thinking my furnace was low on propane, which is why it wasn't working very well, but that wasn't it. After TSC, I headed to Walmart for a few things, plus topped off with fuel. Crazy, last week I paid $2.99/gal, this week it was up to $3.47! Go figure! Got back to camp, put everything away, then did some work on the furnace, but it didn't improve. Had an otherwise uneventful day and evening, though I did have a decent, albeit intermittent cell phone signal today. So weird how it comes and goes, very frustrating! Anyway, got to bed at a reasonable hour, happy to snuggle in my warm flannel sheets! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
So happy and snug with my flannel sheets! I missed them, and am so glad to have them back on my bed! It rained throughout the night, and sprinkled off and on all day, so another dreary, drizzly, gray, dirty day. Sorry to say my furnace did not straighten itself out last night or this morning, so my first extracurricular chore was to look at that. Unfortunately, I never could get it working properly, despite vacuuming, blow-drying and resetting it numerous times. Since the temps here were a high of about 53 degrees, it was kind of a chilly day, inside and out. I dressed in lots of extra layers, then ran my generator for awhile so that I could use the electric fireplace to take the chill off. I remembered I had a small space heater, so I put that in the bedroom so that when I ran the generator in the evening, I could warm up the bedroom a bit. I had a hard time getting a cell phone signal again today, until finally about 4:30 I was able to get online, so I did my stuff, then managed to get the TV going for awhile. My latest series binge is Bones, which I'd never seen before but had heard of. Not bad, though I do get a little tired of all the gruesome ways that people kill other people, which is why I quit watching CSI when it started springing up in various other cities than Vegas way back in the day. Then my generator quit on my a couple of times, and I ended up having to put some oil in it, as it was the auto shutoff working. I think I have a little oil leak somewhere, it seems wet with oil, so that's another chore I need to add to my list of things to do. The horses aren't all that thrilled with being out in the rain, despite having their rain blankets on, but I kept them happy by putting out a bunch of hay several times during the day, since there's not really enough grass to satisfy them. Amazingly, when I came out in the morning, the corral gate was wide open, but they were still standing in the corral! What Good horses! Planning on going to bed early, can't wait to snuggle back up into my flannel sheets! Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Darlin',
Rain started in last night, and kept up most of the day. In between showers, I managed to get my chores done, but that was pretty much my day. Just reading, trying to watch TV but my internet was very poor and kept shading in and out on me until I finally gave up. My furnace is still not quite right. I thought I had it figured out, that it tends to not work as well when the pressure from the propane tank is down, as it worked better for awhile when I opened the next tank, but then it gave me a little problem again later, maybe air in the lines again. Kind of frustrating, not knowing if it will come on in the morning and warm up the place, but not much I can do about it. Haven't been able to do laundry with all the rain, so I just changed to my flannel sheets, which I'm so happy to have, they'll be perfect for the cold temps this week! Heading to shower and bed soon! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Woke up to another cool morning in the low 40's, and after chores and breakfast headed out to get my hay. I left just in time to say good-bye to Patsy, who was literally in her truck just getting ready to pull out. I then headed out to a hay place only about 20 minutes away, picked up some decent coastal for just $6 a bale. The bales were a bit inconsistent, but the hay looked fine, and for that price, it was a bargain! Got back to camp and loaded eight bales into the front stall, and another eight bales under the gooseneck, which I covered with the skirting. Just as I was starting to load it out, I felt a sprinkle of rain, so that nixed the idea of going riding today. Once I finished that, I headed over the forest HQ to fill up my truck water tank, then got back, let the horses out, but they headed up the driveway, so I had to go fetch them back, as they were going a little too far for my comfort. I pinned Apollo's anchor to a tree and lengthened his rope, and that took care of it, since Flash won't go that far without Apollo. I then settled to read the rest of the afternoon. It stayed cloudy and did sprinkle a few drops later in the day, the beginning of things to come, apparently. Relaxed the rest of the day, and had my usual evening, enjoying leftover fried chicken and broccoli salad left over from the weekend. Heading to be soon! Good night, my sweet! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Something weird happened with my furnace this morning (and also last night, now that I come to think of it). Typically when it comes on, the blower goes for about five or ten seconds before the spark starts the heat, but last night, and again this morning, it went on for a full four minutes before sparking. Four minutes of cold air before the heat comes out! Not good! So after I got up, had breakfast, and did my chores, I pulled out the manual for the furnace and read through it, and the only thing I could find was something about the reset button, which I had pressed a couple of times when I was cleaning it out the other day. So I went through the complete process as described in the manual, and that fixed it, thank goodness! Didn't need any problems with the furnace considering the forecast for cold nights for the foreseeable future! Once I got that straightened out, I drove up to the ride area and spent the day doing a few odd jobs during the day, then helping Patsy pull out all the signs and get them back into their storage shed. For most of the day, though, I sat around the vet area, surrounded by delicious sweets, and my willpower took a vacation, and I ate way too much sugar, so much it almost felt like poison in my system. That's it, though, I'm back on my diet tomorrow, satisfied I've done my big splurge, and won't be doing that again anytime soon! Got back to the trailer at dusk, got the horses fed and blanketed, and settled down for the evening. I've arranged to get hay tomorrow, and I may try to get a ride in, since there's a tropical storm bringing cold rainy weather for the three days following, so I'll probably just be hanging out for that! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hi Darlin',
Had a leisurely morning, where the only real chore was to put together the leg on my solar panel, which only took me a few minutes. Again, not sure how long it will hold, but at least it fixed for the time being. Drove over to Patsy's trailer, leaving Lola behind, though loose, thinking she would stay at the trailer once I got out of sight, but she decided to follow me and turned up at Patsy's a few minutes later. I ended up tying her up, just because there were so many people coming into camp and I didn't want to have to keep an eye on her. Spent the day doing the odd jobs that needed doing, helped setup dinner, and generally tried to make myself useful. Had dinner, stayed through the ride meeting (even though it dropped ten degrees and I was freezing!), then got back to camp about 7:30. Fed them hay and put their blankets on, but didn't bother to clean up their paddock, too dark and too cold! I had to put the furnace on for a few minutes just to take the chill off in the trailer, though it was probably just that I was so cold when I arrived. Anyway, settled down with what little time I had for the evening, be off to bed soon! Good night, babe! Love you!