♪ Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow .. ♫

And there it was .. the first snow! Wow, in September! That's the earliest we ever had any, I think.

It lasted only two days but it sure was pretty!



It snowed of and on for hours though, and when it finally stopped I climbed the hill that overlooks Joseph Plains:

The truck got a load ..

                       And the awning too ..

Just a couple of inches but it gave us some idea of how the winter will look like up here!

Sorry, I guess I couldn't stop taking pictures ..

The temperatures really took a nose-dive for a couple of days, barely above freezing during the day-time and at night we even had some (high) 20's!

As luck would have it, we had just finished installing a little 'upgrade' on the RV, one we'd thought and talked about doing for a while, but still hadn't gotten to yet.

It involved cutting three holes in the 'belly'-panels ..

After which three small electric heaters (mounted to an aluminum base) were inserted.
Voila! Floor heating! How awesome is that? 
Of course it was put to the test only two days later during the cold spell, and it made a big difference in the inside temperature. 
Especially that of the tile floor, which before was always freezing cold on the tootsies, but felt much better now!

Quite a lot also happened in the house this last week.
The new hallway to the bathroom has been dry-walled, as well as 'Ari's' bedroom closet:

In between the kitchen and the dining room, the trim was carefully taken off the (weight-bearing) beam, and new holes were cut for the two new studs that are going to be installed, instead of the one that's holding everything up right now.

By the way, we have a new helper once again. 
Alan quit after a couple of days, supposedly because he had to take care of some unexpected personal business, but I think the job was a little too much for him, being 70 years old and all.
Fortunately Joe, who has helped us before, was done with his summer job and had time to come up.

Some of the old cabinets and the sink that came out of the demolished kitchen, were moved to the laundry room, which was sorely lacking a washing and folding area .. much better!

 

And as of  two days ago James has started to tile! 
He's working on a small entree area in front of the outside door in the suite ..

.. and the bathrooms of the new suite as well as the one in the basement.

  

I tried my hand at cutting tile, and to my surprise I kind of like it and didn't do too bad (still have all my fingers too!).

Rosie really got into hanging out with us ..

       

She loved to be inside the nice and warm RV during these freezing days, and was even claiming a lap every now and than ..

What a sweetie-pie .. yes, both!

Unfortunately the ranch hands wanted her back over in their bunk-house, since they are suffering from a severe mouse infestation, so she was moved back there today.
Well .. we'll see if she'll decide to stay put this time, or if she will try to walk back over to us again, like she's done twice before .. we're going to miss her ..

Anything else I forgot .. I think I covered it all .. maybe some more comfort food, like this 15 bean and ham soup, made in my trusty IP of-course!

This is so good, I could eat it every day, especially when it's so cold outside, but I could do without the 'tooting' that you do for several days afterward!
And with that little bit of  'TMO' (too much information) I'll end this post ..