Mel, the Sears technician--

A month or so ago I got a letter from Sears telling me my brand new washer needed a circuit board replacement due to problem they had discovered with one of the rinse cycles. The instructions said to call and they would mail out a new circuit board and schedule a technician to come to my home to replace it.

When I called I spoke to a really nice lady in Texas and explained that we would love to have the technician come to our home, but did she realize it would require a snowmobile ride for part of the way? She assured me that my address indicated I lived in a remote area and she was certain the technicians were used to getting in to places like mine.

I was doubtful to say the least.

As is often the case, when the circuit board was sent, the address they used on the package was our physical location rather than our mailing address. Thank goodness the UPS guy called and asked me where I lived. He was kind enough to put the correct address on the box and route it to Wyoming so it could get delivered to me. Sure enough the package showed up two days later.

This morning I was doubtful (due to our experience trying to get the Dish Network technicians to show up) that the technician would really come as planned.

He called around 8:30 or so and spoke to my husband who explained where we were, gave him very specific instructions to call when he reached the nearest town so we would have an estimated time of arrival and Ray could meet him out on the highway to bring him in.

AND (drum roll please) Everything worked as planned.

So here's to Mel the Sears technician from Salt Lake City. You're on my list of great service providers.

My very ambitious husband decided the wood stack we had was dwindling and since the high temperature today was 44 degrees he went out and spent the day cutting some more wood and stacking it.

The weather here is beautiful and sunny, but I wish it would snow. Is that strange? I used to hate the snow, but not having to commute in it has made a big difference to me.

Friends lunch, no shows and eek!

Where do I begin? We took a trek down from the mountains to have lunch with friends on Friday. That was fun and really good food. If you ever go to Tooele for anything-- eat at Sostanza. Great food and great service, reasonably priced.

Saturday we cleaned like crazy because we were planning to show the house to at least two or three interested buyers who had called and said they would like to come by on Saturday. All were no shows. :( So we have a nice, clean house still for sale.

We visited with Mom on the way back to the mountains on Sunday and got in pretty late, but it sure was nice to be home.

First thing this morning as I came up stairs to get to work, I stopped in the bathroom to wash my face, etc. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something small and dark, dart across the floor, run around the room and run out the door. EEK!!! It was a mouse. I guess the little critters have finally found their way in from the out doors. Dammit. Want to lend me your cat?

All in all though today was a beautiful day in the mountains. The thermometer got up to 39 degrees today and the sun was out all day.

We could use some snow though, otherwise the ground will be bare in no time.

Wine, bubbles and candles

Day two as full timers was another day in paradise. Ray and I met in the kitchen for lunch and then after work we took our walk down to collect the mail. We're always excited to receive mail from friends and family.

After our walk I took a nice bath with the candles lit and the bubbles up to my chin. Ray brought me a glass of wine and I was in heaven.

Full timers

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. We sure did. It was great having Wil visit from school for a few weeks. I sure have missed having him around. He provides so much entertainment and I just love his sense of humor.

Ray and I are now full time mountain dwellers. Yesterday was my first day working from my mountain home and it was delightful.

After I got off work Ray and I went for a walk and made an event out of retrieving the mail.

Some friends and family have been concerned that we'll feel isolated up here in the mountains.

I'll keep you posted on that.