Our Last “Monday”

Monday, January 14, 2013

Today marked our last “Monday” in Manley. The day was filled up with laundry (seven loads!), showers, and other various activities. It’s such a blessing to have the truck fixed as it meant that we could do laundry, showers, trash to the dump, and gather water!

Much of the morning was filled with heavily falling snow. The temperature was about 20 degrees for most of the day, and this morning we probably accumulated about six inches in about five hours. It was coming down pretty thick and heavy for a while, but it was absolutely beautiful! (I tried to upload some pictures earlier, but the internet was not working very well at the washateria today.)

Yesterday the electric man came out to check on some wiring problems, and he mentioned that the wood pile that was on the porch needed to be moved per code for the electric company. So Roger and I spent much of the day moving wood around! We moved a good chunk of the pile today, and hopefully, we can get the rest moved tomorrow. Roger spent some time shoveling today as well since the snow is really starting to accumulate! We probably accumulated 12-14 inches of snow over the last week. J

While Wyatt and I worked on getting the laundry done, Roger and the other boys did various other errands. They stopped by a family that borrowed us a trailer hitch and a few other tools. The boys and Roger  enjoyed visiting with their children and family (the Behr family). They also were able to see a wolverine that Shawn had trapped. The boys were really excited about that as we had just studied that animal recently. J

We haven’t really starting packing up. We still need almost everything (i.e. sleeping bags, clothes, winter wear, etc.) Mostly, Roger and I just groan at the thought of gathering everything up. J We’ll probably spend most of Saturday trying to shove everything back in the truck! The hard part is not really packing up our stuff, but rather making all the last minute visits to the friends that we’ve made and saying good-bye. L We appreciate your love and prayers, Sarah