Days after the move

Yo & hello all,

Yup, I'm here. Still struggling with my new Trachea Tube with a bad and persistent cough and lots of mucus. It's a struggle to get used to it but, I am well not with standing. I'm holding my weigh at 172 to 175 lbs. I'm really quite skinny and working hard to harden up my muscles. A little bit at a time. Every day I am trying to do more and more.
The move went well. Dolores and I had packed up the kitchen, bedrooms and my den and moved lots of boxes and things here to Vanderhoof in the car. On moving day we had to finish packing the books in my library and the furnace/workshop. It was a big job. Dolores, David (her son) and her brothers Milton and Floyd and I took on the job. We rented a 14', 1 ton cube van from U Haul. We started at noonish on Oct. 29th and were finished at 5:00 pm. Dolores spent most of those hours cleaning. I vacuumed the basement and the stairs where the carpets were. We left the house clean as a whistle. We unloaded the truck the following morning and returned the truck at 3:00 pm on the 30th.
On Nov. 1st I deposited the first rent cheque from Ms. M.J. Jacobson my new tenant. I also set up a term deposit for her security deposit. She is a really fine young lady, a single mom with a 2 year old son and a small lap dog. I've known her mother for 20 years so, I have a good feeling about her.
We have been working long days since then unpacking and integrating everything into this house has been a big chore. Dolores has taken the opportunity to clean each room on the main floor as we move new stuff in. I have been packing boxes up to the 2nd floor and our bedroom. Lots of the boxes are being stored until the sprig when we'll have a large garage sale.
I am happy to be here and I have adjusted to the farm and the slower pace of living. I miss the City and the things you can do but, farm life is interesting and Dolores is looking forward to me getting better and stronger so we can work together next year in the garden, with the chickens and other areas. We have come to agreement on cost sharing and what costs I will contribute to. I am happy with the financial arrangements as is she.
Winter is coming and the out door work takes on a different focus. Chopping wood and kindling, loading the outside wood box and the inside wood box is a daily chore. 90 % of the household heat comes from the fireplace which is on 24 hours a day throughout the winter. Wood as you can appreciate becomes a big issue. We buy it locally but, it must be chopped and stacked. As I get stronger, that will become my principal winter chore along with tending to the chickens.
Milton usually works as a camp cook and he is away for most of the winter so I'll pick up his portion of the chores as time goes on. My health and strength will be a limiting factor. David will do what I cannot. There is a real sense of sharing the work load among those available to do it.
Well all, that's it for now.

Love to everyone,
Rick