One More Sleep...

That is how our kids determine time - in terms of how many more "sleeps." We are now down to one. As we run around the house and yard making sure we have everything, making sure every last nook and cranny in the house is clean - I have to steel myself. If I think about things too much today, I might get a little sad that this "one more sleep" is the last night we will spend in our home of 10 years for quite some time. This will be the last post for a while, until we get the satellite internet up and running. Until then...

TV Or Not TV? That Is The Question...

There has been a lot of "discussion" as of late on whether or not we will activate satellite TV at the cabin. I say yes, DH says no. Now, I am not a big TV watcher, I don't fall in with those on the high end of the statistic, but I do lie somewhere in the middle.

His argument is that I can see what is going on with my shows online. I agree, I could do that. My argument is that it is just not comfortable huddled around a laptop screen seeing if Izzy lives, or what happens with Violet and her baby... To avoid further "discussions" I have agreed to see how it goes without it for a while. If, in October, I am still suffering withdrawal symptoms - we, OK I, secretly, will reactivate it when we come out for our first visit to the "outside".

I will not be completely without my little magic box. We are bringing an AC/DC TV-DVD combo to watch movies on. That should get me through the hard times. One thing I won't miss is the monthly bill!

Who knows? Maybe this will be the start of a TV-free life. Or, maybe it will backfire horribly on DH and I will come home next year and become a couch potato. After all, there will be a lot of hours to catch up on...

The Top 10 Questions...

When we told family and friends that we would be spending a year in the mountains, away from electricity, TV, telephones, indoor plumbing, and the "conveniences" of modern life - there was a lot of reaction. Mainly a lot of questions...

1. Q. Will you shoot your food and eat wild meat?
A. No, we will likely not have a wild game tag for that area, so unless a moose or caribou dies of a heart attack on our doorstep - we will be eating beef, chicken and pork. We will have a fishing license - so I am sure there will be a lot of fish on the table too.
2. Q. Will you have a bathroom?
A. We will, but we have to walk about 30 feet out our back door to reach it. We will have a room in the cabin with a bath tub and a sink. On really cold nights there will be a "Luggable Loo" for convenience.
3. Q. Will you have a phone?
A. Yes, we will have a Skype phone for calling out - still have to figure out how to receive calls on it...
4. Q. How do you plan groceries for a year?
A. We won't exactly have to plan for the whole year. We can order from the store and have them brought out with the mail. The mail is over 40km away, one way, and we will have to skidoo there each Wednesday, weather permitting, to collect our mail and any groceries we have ordered.
5. Q. Will your husband work?
A. No, there is nothing but wilderness for miles and miles. He will be kept busy enough keeping us in wood and water.
6. Q. Will your kids go to school?
A. Cohen will miss kindergarten. It is not a requirement to start grade one so we will just work with him on kindergarten material to ready him for school. Alberta does not offer a kindergarten homeschooling program.
7. Q. What will you miss the most?
A. Family and friends, long, hot baths, dryer soft clothes, to name a few...
8. Q. What will you do with your time?
A. What won't we do with our time? Read, X-country ski, snowshoe, relax. I could go on... You get the picture!
9. Q. Are there neighbours?
A. The nearest official neighbors are 40-50km away. Our close friends sharing the year with us will be about 200 feet away in their own cabin.
10.Q. And - my favorite question so far - came from a coworker - "Will you shave your legs?"
A. Yes, of course!!