House sitter off again/ now on again

Well, another interesting day here. Lined up our niece to come in and get the mail, check the house, pick up newspapers, etc., also decided to put Shaw cable TV and internet on minimal use as 'Snowbirds' for 3 months, advised our insurance company of the niece coming into the house to check it regularly, as well as told our townhouse council and their property manager, too.

And lo and behold, the house sitter/writer then decided he really wanted our house again, for 3 months as originally decided, but for slightly more money than before, and in a certified cheque, all up front, payment in full in advance.

So guess that's what we'll do. I now have to get it ready for him, the next challenge for us both. New sheets, new towels, new pillows, the lot. Make sure all the laundry is done and put away. And clean the house more so than we'd normally do for ourselves. More work indeed than just walking out of it ourselves!!

Tomorrow we take the trailer out of storage, and into a campsite to load it, cool the fridge, and warm up the interior after being in storage for a while. No snow surrounding it now, so should be easier than when it was encircled and covered with snow.

Lary has an audiologist appt. down in Victoria to start the process for help with hearing aids from DVA, so that's also on Jan. 15th, our take off day. Whew.
My head is spinning with the changes, and more changes. Ah me. ;-)

Heading Out Once More January 15th is d day

Well, the latest scoop is that our house sitter decided that he didn't want to sit the house, and didn't tell us til Jan. 9th, thanks a lot, too late to find anyone else. Oh well. Our niece will look after things while we're away. Have put both the cable TV and internet on Snowbird rate with Shaw, hope that works out OK.
Now the last hurried stuff to do as usual, and we seem to run ever faster til the moment we leave the house. Lots of last minute socializing, had a fun time at the legion last night, and then Mexican trains at a friend's house. Lary has just got the OK for an appeal to the Dept of Vet. Affairs for his hearing loss, so we go via Victoria to visit an audiologist and get that assessment done for DVA/the Legion who will supervise our appeal. That's good news.
Going to put the trailer in a nearby campsite to warm it up, and load it too. Can't put it here, as not allowed, and still snow on roadsides making it a bit dicey to load it up as we normally do here beside the house.
Wondering out loud how the roads are, Fraser Valley flooding everywhere, and flooding south on I-5 near Seattle, and mudslides in other parts of BC lower mainland and the island. Ah me, a northwest winter in full swing.