It’s been really cold here in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Guess its even been really cold in Florida too.
For the past 5 days it has not gotten above freezing during the day and has dropped to the low teens at night. We have been getting our water from our fresh water tank. When we get up at 3:15 am our pump has worked, however, when we get home after 11 hours of work it is frozen. Ed has set up a little heater in the compartment and after 5 minutes we have it thawed, then we turn it off. We keep the hoses inside the shower and only take them out when we have to fill the fresh water tank (or take a shower). We aren’t trying to be careful with our water so we are filling just about every 3 days. Tuesday morning we had about an inch of snow when we went to work!! They delivered propane to us a week ago and hope we don’t need it again before we leave. Even our 2 little space heaters can’t keep it very warm.
Looks like the next 3 days are going to be in the 40’s with lows around 30, so we put the hose back out. But on Saturday, the high will be about 23 and the low into the single digits with a possibility of more snow. Good thing we don’t have far to drive.
Except for the cold weather, which Amazon can’t control, the work here has been much better. They really appreciate all of the workers and when we break records they come around with a grab bag of little gifts. We have had $5 gift certificates to a local bakery, flower shop, a local restaurant and even a couple of lottery scratch tickets! Might not seem like much, but its nice to know they appreciate the workers. The days are long and I wish we didn’t have lunch at 9:30. The afternoon really drags since we have a last break at 12:15. We do get a short 10 minutes at 2:30 too.
We only have 10 days more of work and then we will be headed for some warmer weather I hope. Keep looking at the weather in Texas and it seems to be good. Should be there for a week or two and then on to Yuma where the really warm weather is, I hope!!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
Ed and I want to take this time to give thanks for all the new friends we have met on our journey the past 2 years. We also give thanks for our family. We love you all and wish we could be together today. We are cooking a turkey dinner for ourselves with all the trimmings. Because we only have a small oven its a very small 9 lb bird. We will be watching the parade and the Patriots play.
May your stuffing be tasty,
May your turkey be plump.
May your potatoes ‘n gravy have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious,
May your pies take the prize,
May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Update
I know I have been really lazy about keeping this blog updated. We have been working a lot and on our days off we have the normal things to do like laundry, grocery shopping and just trying to rest before it all starts again. Last week we had to take the motorhome to have another recall on our refrigerator taken care off and we also had a problem with our microwave/convection oven and we were able to get that taken care off.
Things are a little easier here in Kentucky than they were last year in Kansas. We are only working 10 hours a day. This time last year we were working 11 hour days and they still wanted a 5th day. You wouldn’t think that one extra hour would make a difference, but it does when you are doing physical work like we are here. It’s not our feet that hurt when we get home but our upper backs. We work on a waist high table and although the boxes come down a conveyer, you still need to get them to the table. The challenge come with the larger boxes. Some are heavy but most are just bulky and sometimes its hard to get the merchandise out of them.
But the people here are so nice. The training has been great and they treat the workampers really well. We are not expected to work overtime, its voluntary. Last week we worked an overtime day but this week we decided to take our 3 days over the holiday and really relax. Maybe we will work some overtime next week.
Right now its raining and I have pumpkin bread in the oven. It’s weather like this that I like to bake. Maybe I’ll make some cookies too!
Things are a little easier here in Kentucky than they were last year in Kansas. We are only working 10 hours a day. This time last year we were working 11 hour days and they still wanted a 5th day. You wouldn’t think that one extra hour would make a difference, but it does when you are doing physical work like we are here. It’s not our feet that hurt when we get home but our upper backs. We work on a waist high table and although the boxes come down a conveyer, you still need to get them to the table. The challenge come with the larger boxes. Some are heavy but most are just bulky and sometimes its hard to get the merchandise out of them.
But the people here are so nice. The training has been great and they treat the workampers really well. We are not expected to work overtime, its voluntary. Last week we worked an overtime day but this week we decided to take our 3 days over the holiday and really relax. Maybe we will work some overtime next week.
Right now its raining and I have pumpkin bread in the oven. It’s weather like this that I like to bake. Maybe I’ll make some cookies too!
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