Actually, is wasn’t bad in Medford – just a couple of inches that melted as soon as the sun came out on Sunday and no loss of electricity (unlike 800,000 other households in the state).  But Worcester was another story – a full foot and lots of downed electrical lines.  As my brother-in-law, who manages the property for me, was snowed in at his cabin where I suspect he got at least 18″ and may be stuck until May (can you say “Donner”?), I had to drive out to Worcester to shovel the walk and check for damage.  Fortunately, all was fine.  Electricity on, no water in the basement.  Even the fruit trees, which I feared were going to lose some limbs, made it through unscathed.

I went to a friend’s house yesterday to watch the Patriots play a miserable game against the Steelers.  His neighbor’s kids had built three small snowmen in their yard.  I hope someone puts a jack-o-lantern on one of the bodies.  That would make a great photo.

Snow in October! Bah humbug!

That forecast of an October snow, which started out as a “dusting” – a mere annoyance – has turned into “3-to-6 inches” which goes well beyond annoying.  Now I actually have to get the snowblower out of the shed and move the patio furniture into the shed – chores which are usually performed around Thanksgiving time.  What I really DON’T need is an early winter this year.  Suddenly I am not so keen on enjoying snowfall for the last time.

Anyway, after I do those outdoor tasks this morning before the rain starts, I will devote the day to painting the second floor hallway.  I want to get one more item checked off my ToDo list before the end of October.  For a full description of that list, see the “To Do” page that I posted yesterday.

I wonder how many kids will trick-or-treat in snoeshoes?

This is the beginning of a long, cold stretch of weather in MA that will, hopefully, be our last winter with snow.  For a long time, anyway.

I wrote a page today about RV clubs in general and about the “Good Sam Club” in particular. I joined this club at the end of July – one month into my planning and researching phase. I haven’t done much with the club yet, not being an actual RV owner. But I think it will become much more valuable next year. In the meantime, it is providing me with some insight into the lifestyle and is helping me shape my plans.

This blog was my idea, but I am hoping that eventually Jett will be as invested in it as I am.  Yesterday I suggested that she post something.  “What should I post?” she said.  “Whatever is on your mind” said I.  Jett, who had had yet another really bad day at work, just scowled at me and said “I don’t think you want to know what is on my mind.”  She was probably right.  I will have to wait until she is in a better mood.

Yeah.  Could be a while.

In the meantime, I have written a page about our first RV shopping trip and how our thoughts coalesced around what kind of RV we should be looking for: “Window Shopping”.

I’m not sure Jett has even read these posts yet.  Maybe once she reads them she will have something to say.  Hopefully something I will want to hear.

Sometimes even small victories feel great.  I got the links to work!  I now know how to link a post to a page!

So far the biggest problem I have encountered is the links.  I wanted to put a link from my first post to the “Genesis” page, but no luck.  I entered the link in HTML but as soon as I switched to a visual mode it got erased.  I need to figure this one out.  Soon.

In the meantime, I have created a new page: “Budgeting Doodling”. It describes my first back-of the-envelope calculations and how I decided (prematurely, as it turns out), that early retirement was feasible.

I wrote “Genesis” today – my first page! The blog is underway!