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Something Happy...
I just wanted to share a little something happy that is happening in my life that is NON MEDICAL for a change!
We have this old travel trailer, 1971, old fashioned and heavy but I LOVE my trailer. The floor plan is wonderful because it has 2 tables so if I needed to stay in bed for a day, life could still go on around me and I could still be involved. I am one of those people that it doesn't matter how I am feeling...if you can get me to the lake, do so! I am not going to stay home if my friends and loved ones are going to the lake...I might miss out on some fishing!
So, the day before yesterday after my dr. appt. my hubby and I go to get some groceries. On the way out my hubby is ahead of me (as usual) and I see him staring and pointing at the board where they put up ads for things for sale. When I got up to the board and saw what he was looking at my heart started to race (something it hasn't done since I caught my last big fish!).
Right there on the board was a picture of the most beautiful thing I have ever seen but was it too good to be true? It was a 25', 5th wheel trailer for sale for ONLY $5000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My hubby grabbed the little piece of paper with the phone # on it and we put the groceries in the truck and he asked my for my cell phone...he called the # and left a message...durn it, nobody home, do ya think it's already sold?
WELL IT IS NOW!!!! To make a long story a little shorter, he called and we went out to see it yesterday! Now we have got a LOT of snow here right now and the trailer was at a storage lot which was across a snow covered field and we had to walk across it. Well my legs don't work very well and every third step you sank in 3' of snow so it was very slow going and the bloody wind chill was
-31 degrees Celcius! Darn it was COLD!
BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!!! The trailer is immaculate! It sleeps 6 but our bed is a queen size and it is up out of the way with a closing door so if I need to rest it will be lovely! It has air conditioning which is a bonus and a microwave (which is one thing I said I would never be caught dead taking camping with)!
It is a 1994 and everything is so well looked after...apparently it was an older couple that had it before the fella we are buying it off of and this fella never got a chance to use it so it just sat for a year! Now this fella did go out and buy 4 new sleeping bags, a new lantern, all new kitchen wear including a wonderful looking coffee pot and there is a new battery, a new bed in a bag for the main queen size bed, booster cables and a generator and the hitch that you have to have put in the back of the truck and he is throwing all of this in with the deal for $5000.00! It still seems all a little to good to be true but the fella seems pretty honest and he just wants to get rid of it all!
So we are going to get a certified cheque this afternoon and we will have a new trailer! I am SO EXCITED and May seems an awfully long way away before we will be able to use it! Because we got such a good deal on the trailer, we should be able to sell our old trailer and get a new Boat too! The one we have does leak, albeit slowly but I still have to bale it out as we are fishing but it isn't too comfortable for me anymore and now with the nerve pain in my feet, I don't think I would be able to sit in it very long. I need something with a proper seat and no water in the bottom don't ya think??? tee hee
It's funny because before we went to get the groceries we went to Tim Horton's for coffee and I have gotten in the habit of random acts of kindness. This started because when I was in school and so broke that it hurt, I was in a McDonald's drive thru and had scraped up enough for a coffee. It was a freezing cold morning and I was driving an old clunker and the heater didn't work and the windows were so fogged up that I was frantically scraping them on the inside with an old credit card. When I got to the window, the lady handed me a bag an extra large coffee. I told her that I had only ordered a small coffee, there must be a mistake! She said that the lady in the car in front of me saw that I was so cold and frantically trying to scrape off my windows that I would probably need a hot meal to start my day so she paid for it and said "tell her it's a random act of kindness and have a great day!" (Yes, I Cried!)
So, anyway, I have gotten into the habit of when I go to Tim Horton's I always pay for the car behind me as a random act of kindness. I told my husband that maybe this is sort of like that movie, pay it forward? Maybe cause I paid for the ladies order behind me at Tim's, the deal on the trailer jumped into his face and now this fella is committing another random act of kindness or something??? I don't know but whatever it is, it has put a huge smile on my face and that hasn't been seen too much of lately!
You know, it's kind of sad because all our friends and even my Mom are saying that there must me a catch...it's too good to be true but I don't think so. I think that not everyone is out to get everything they can out of someone and this man seems very kind to me. I trust him and if they don't it's there problem. One friend said that "he will probably get the money and the trailer will disappear!" I told him that would only happen if he owns a helicopter cause there is NO way they would get that trailer out of that snow filled field until spring without one!!! I think it's lovely that I can have some faith in mankind and in this case I do!
I hope my story put a smile on someone's face out there today (besides my own!). I wish I could post a picture of my new trailer on here so I could share it but once I actually have it in my own yard in a month or two I will be better able to describe it too. For now I have to settle for dreams of squirrels dropping pinecones on the roof of my new trailer at 5:00am to get me up to catch that monster rainbow trout! WOW, WHAT A VISUAL!!! tee hee
We have this old travel trailer, 1971, old fashioned and heavy but I LOVE my trailer. The floor plan is wonderful because it has 2 tables so if I needed to stay in bed for a day, life could still go on around me and I could still be involved. I am one of those people that it doesn't matter how I am feeling...if you can get me to the lake, do so! I am not going to stay home if my friends and loved ones are going to the lake...I might miss out on some fishing!
So, the day before yesterday after my dr. appt. my hubby and I go to get some groceries. On the way out my hubby is ahead of me (as usual) and I see him staring and pointing at the board where they put up ads for things for sale. When I got up to the board and saw what he was looking at my heart started to race (something it hasn't done since I caught my last big fish!).
Right there on the board was a picture of the most beautiful thing I have ever seen but was it too good to be true? It was a 25', 5th wheel trailer for sale for ONLY $5000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My hubby grabbed the little piece of paper with the phone # on it and we put the groceries in the truck and he asked my for my cell phone...he called the # and left a message...durn it, nobody home, do ya think it's already sold?
WELL IT IS NOW!!!! To make a long story a little shorter, he called and we went out to see it yesterday! Now we have got a LOT of snow here right now and the trailer was at a storage lot which was across a snow covered field and we had to walk across it. Well my legs don't work very well and every third step you sank in 3' of snow so it was very slow going and the bloody wind chill was
-31 degrees Celcius! Darn it was COLD!
BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!!! The trailer is immaculate! It sleeps 6 but our bed is a queen size and it is up out of the way with a closing door so if I need to rest it will be lovely! It has air conditioning which is a bonus and a microwave (which is one thing I said I would never be caught dead taking camping with)!
It is a 1994 and everything is so well looked after...apparently it was an older couple that had it before the fella we are buying it off of and this fella never got a chance to use it so it just sat for a year! Now this fella did go out and buy 4 new sleeping bags, a new lantern, all new kitchen wear including a wonderful looking coffee pot and there is a new battery, a new bed in a bag for the main queen size bed, booster cables and a generator and the hitch that you have to have put in the back of the truck and he is throwing all of this in with the deal for $5000.00! It still seems all a little to good to be true but the fella seems pretty honest and he just wants to get rid of it all!
So we are going to get a certified cheque this afternoon and we will have a new trailer! I am SO EXCITED and May seems an awfully long way away before we will be able to use it! Because we got such a good deal on the trailer, we should be able to sell our old trailer and get a new Boat too! The one we have does leak, albeit slowly but I still have to bale it out as we are fishing but it isn't too comfortable for me anymore and now with the nerve pain in my feet, I don't think I would be able to sit in it very long. I need something with a proper seat and no water in the bottom don't ya think??? tee hee
It's funny because before we went to get the groceries we went to Tim Horton's for coffee and I have gotten in the habit of random acts of kindness. This started because when I was in school and so broke that it hurt, I was in a McDonald's drive thru and had scraped up enough for a coffee. It was a freezing cold morning and I was driving an old clunker and the heater didn't work and the windows were so fogged up that I was frantically scraping them on the inside with an old credit card. When I got to the window, the lady handed me a bag an extra large coffee. I told her that I had only ordered a small coffee, there must be a mistake! She said that the lady in the car in front of me saw that I was so cold and frantically trying to scrape off my windows that I would probably need a hot meal to start my day so she paid for it and said "tell her it's a random act of kindness and have a great day!" (Yes, I Cried!)
So, anyway, I have gotten into the habit of when I go to Tim Horton's I always pay for the car behind me as a random act of kindness. I told my husband that maybe this is sort of like that movie, pay it forward? Maybe cause I paid for the ladies order behind me at Tim's, the deal on the trailer jumped into his face and now this fella is committing another random act of kindness or something??? I don't know but whatever it is, it has put a huge smile on my face and that hasn't been seen too much of lately!
You know, it's kind of sad because all our friends and even my Mom are saying that there must me a catch...it's too good to be true but I don't think so. I think that not everyone is out to get everything they can out of someone and this man seems very kind to me. I trust him and if they don't it's there problem. One friend said that "he will probably get the money and the trailer will disappear!" I told him that would only happen if he owns a helicopter cause there is NO way they would get that trailer out of that snow filled field until spring without one!!! I think it's lovely that I can have some faith in mankind and in this case I do!
I hope my story put a smile on someone's face out there today (besides my own!). I wish I could post a picture of my new trailer on here so I could share it but once I actually have it in my own yard in a month or two I will be better able to describe it too. For now I have to settle for dreams of squirrels dropping pinecones on the roof of my new trailer at 5:00am to get me up to catch that monster rainbow trout! WOW, WHAT A VISUAL!!! tee hee
Your stories of the new trailer and the fishing made me smile, too. What excitement you conveyed! I am so happy for you and thanks for the Happy!
Quix
Quix
your so cute, what a wonderful expression of delight.i'm just smiling away for you
go gettum girl!!!!
go gettum girl!!!!
I agree that there really is no feeling like standing in a river up to your chest in your hip waders and catching nice little grayling or standing on the shore of a lake and hearing the WHIIIZZZZZZZ of your line racing out of your fly reel cause the monster trout on the other end is going for a little run!!!
I am in Alberta Tracie where it just gets darn cold (it's -40C with the wind chill right now) and we truly appreciate the short couple of months we get to go fishing. Your cottage sounds beautiful...we would like to have a cottage too but it's too far to drive from the city anymore to find a lake that allows cottages with any decent fishing in em so we opt for the trailer! It is nice to see so many different places that we have seen and to be able to travel across the flat prairies and see the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance knowing you will be driving in them in a few hours is just something that can't be missed.
We have a couple of pontoon boats now and last year I was in mine just floating back and forth in front of this overhanging tree, casting my fly as close as I could...I KNEW there was a big trout in there and if I could just be patient enough...AND BANG!!! Something hit and I knew it was big but didn't know how big...I fought her into the net and looked down and saw the biggest eye looking back up at me I couldn't believe it!!!
I yelled over to my husband "Oh My God Honey...this one is REALLY BIG"...and all of a sudden from all over in the woods surrounding the lake I could hear voices..."how big is it? how many pounds? ya gonna keep it?" It was hilarious!
Well I ended up leaving the "big one" in my net between my legs until I could row to shore cause I wasn't taking any chances on losing this one...she weighed in at 6 pounds, 1 ounce which was a record for this lake and she was a beauty! I gently put her back in the lake and sent her on her way for another year and I will be looking for her again this year...what a rush!
Can't WAIT to get out again!
Rena705
I am in Alberta Tracie where it just gets darn cold (it's -40C with the wind chill right now) and we truly appreciate the short couple of months we get to go fishing. Your cottage sounds beautiful...we would like to have a cottage too but it's too far to drive from the city anymore to find a lake that allows cottages with any decent fishing in em so we opt for the trailer! It is nice to see so many different places that we have seen and to be able to travel across the flat prairies and see the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance knowing you will be driving in them in a few hours is just something that can't be missed.
We have a couple of pontoon boats now and last year I was in mine just floating back and forth in front of this overhanging tree, casting my fly as close as I could...I KNEW there was a big trout in there and if I could just be patient enough...AND BANG!!! Something hit and I knew it was big but didn't know how big...I fought her into the net and looked down and saw the biggest eye looking back up at me I couldn't believe it!!!
I yelled over to my husband "Oh My God Honey...this one is REALLY BIG"...and all of a sudden from all over in the woods surrounding the lake I could hear voices..."how big is it? how many pounds? ya gonna keep it?" It was hilarious!
Well I ended up leaving the "big one" in my net between my legs until I could row to shore cause I wasn't taking any chances on losing this one...she weighed in at 6 pounds, 1 ounce which was a record for this lake and she was a beauty! I gently put her back in the lake and sent her on her way for another year and I will be looking for her again this year...what a rush!
Can't WAIT to get out again!
Rena705
Hi Rena! I'm new. I love your story. Random acts of kindness are gifts to both the receiver AND the giver. I've been on both sides, and receiving one gives you hope for the world, that there are still people willing to be selfless. But giving one makes me so happy I almost feel guilty.
Congrats on the camper find! About 4 years ago, my husband saw a cottage for sale, also by an older gentleman. The price was so low, I was afraid the fellow might not be legally allowed to sign any sales contract we might come up with, so we told him that contracts required a witness, and asked that his son act as a witness to the sale. I was sure that would end the deal, but amazingly, the son was fine with the price. We got a fishing cottage on a nice river for an embarrassingly low price. Sometimes, things just happen, I think for a reason.
I love fishing also. Our river is great for smallmouth bass, and pan fish (yummy). Truthfully, I couldn't care less if I catch anything or not. I like standing in the water, with the sun frying me to a crisp. It returns my sanity, to some degree.
Where in Canada are you? Growing up, we fished Rice Lake in Ontario most summers. Great memories, great walleye!
Tracie
Congrats on the camper find! About 4 years ago, my husband saw a cottage for sale, also by an older gentleman. The price was so low, I was afraid the fellow might not be legally allowed to sign any sales contract we might come up with, so we told him that contracts required a witness, and asked that his son act as a witness to the sale. I was sure that would end the deal, but amazingly, the son was fine with the price. We got a fishing cottage on a nice river for an embarrassingly low price. Sometimes, things just happen, I think for a reason.
I love fishing also. Our river is great for smallmouth bass, and pan fish (yummy). Truthfully, I couldn't care less if I catch anything or not. I like standing in the water, with the sun frying me to a crisp. It returns my sanity, to some degree.
Where in Canada are you? Growing up, we fished Rice Lake in Ontario most summers. Great memories, great walleye!
Tracie
Hey, did ya hear that they have decided that Monday, February 11th is now going to be May 1st in Canada!!! Sure there is still lots of snow but on the off chance that we can fool mother nature with all this global warming (it's going down to -36 Celcius tonight here) what the heck! I figure it's worth a try, don't you? ha ha ha ha
Rena705
Rena705
i'm so happy and excited for you. what a wonderful deal, a pay it forward for sure!
oh, i'm a tad bit envious.i so want a trailor!
we;ve had wonderful pop up camper fot about six yeard now,i love the little thing.my husband made a pantry,and installed a little hot water heater too. we have a outdoor sink for dishes and cleaning fish station that he made to.it had two kingsize beds, a dinette,4 little burner stove.the camp ground that we go to all the bath house are up above ground with about thirty steps,thats gotton so hard for me, i long for a potty of my own, and an oven would be nice cause i;m big on desserts. were starting to look around , andi'm hoping to get as lucky as when we got the popup kinda sthe same story as far as it had been used only once and then the man who bought ot lost his site and deemed it to hard to use, we paid 5,000 then,and it was better then a new one, lots. it has air and heat, and we have used it plenty, but its still pretty perfect, so i think we could ask a desient price, but i would like to sell it to some one who will love it at a bargin, then to some one who is blah about it or one looking for just anything.wonderful memories...favorite one,5am, seagull attact on bait left out for crabbing, daughterin law to be, awakens and peaks out, and yells "mom, the seagulls are stealing our bait!", i run out to save the day and stop and think"did she just call me mom?"
also the time my son was throwing some little fish back that his youngr brother had caughten to study for awhile, and he was throwing them out past the reeds and as he threw one a seagull flew by and caught it, the baby brother and daughter inlaw, were very upset as my son and i found it very funny!
we love camping,i love fishing,i get so excited, and if nothings biting thats fine too,i'll sit all day.i love how close the family is when were all in the camper.i love the other campers how friendly everyone is.
didn't get to go last summer iwas to sick most of it,this summer i'm going...but it would be so much better for me in a trailor.the heat the year before was hard for the very first time, going to check into cooling vests and things too. how about you, how do you manange in the heat? have any tips to share? we have a boat, but we also ned to sell it, as it has proven to be to much for us, we got it very cheap, and it needed lots of work, my guys made it great, but its to big and to much work,i just want a little john boat to do a little fishing on. thanks for sharing your good story, again i'm so pleased for you. you'll have to write us after your maiden voyage with it!!
Cathy
oh, i'm a tad bit envious.i so want a trailor!
we;ve had wonderful pop up camper fot about six yeard now,i love the little thing.my husband made a pantry,and installed a little hot water heater too. we have a outdoor sink for dishes and cleaning fish station that he made to.it had two kingsize beds, a dinette,4 little burner stove.the camp ground that we go to all the bath house are up above ground with about thirty steps,thats gotton so hard for me, i long for a potty of my own, and an oven would be nice cause i;m big on desserts. were starting to look around , andi'm hoping to get as lucky as when we got the popup kinda sthe same story as far as it had been used only once and then the man who bought ot lost his site and deemed it to hard to use, we paid 5,000 then,and it was better then a new one, lots. it has air and heat, and we have used it plenty, but its still pretty perfect, so i think we could ask a desient price, but i would like to sell it to some one who will love it at a bargin, then to some one who is blah about it or one looking for just anything.wonderful memories...favorite one,5am, seagull attact on bait left out for crabbing, daughterin law to be, awakens and peaks out, and yells "mom, the seagulls are stealing our bait!", i run out to save the day and stop and think"did she just call me mom?"
also the time my son was throwing some little fish back that his youngr brother had caughten to study for awhile, and he was throwing them out past the reeds and as he threw one a seagull flew by and caught it, the baby brother and daughter inlaw, were very upset as my son and i found it very funny!
we love camping,i love fishing,i get so excited, and if nothings biting thats fine too,i'll sit all day.i love how close the family is when were all in the camper.i love the other campers how friendly everyone is.
didn't get to go last summer iwas to sick most of it,this summer i'm going...but it would be so much better for me in a trailor.the heat the year before was hard for the very first time, going to check into cooling vests and things too. how about you, how do you manange in the heat? have any tips to share? we have a boat, but we also ned to sell it, as it has proven to be to much for us, we got it very cheap, and it needed lots of work, my guys made it great, but its to big and to much work,i just want a little john boat to do a little fishing on. thanks for sharing your good story, again i'm so pleased for you. you'll have to write us after your maiden voyage with it!!
Cathy
You sure did put a smile on my face. Fishing is one of my favorite things in the world to do. We used to walk up and down the creek all day fishing a while and taking a dip to cool off for a while. I miss it so much every day that it's just a little warm.
My hubby said we may be able to buy a boat this summer and then I can fish again. Pain or no pain I will be out there every second that I can.
Thank you for your story. It made me feel so warm inside. It also made me want to do something nice for someone. I'll let you know.
I'll be praying
Carol
My hubby said we may be able to buy a boat this summer and then I can fish again. Pain or no pain I will be out there every second that I can.
Thank you for your story. It made me feel so warm inside. It also made me want to do something nice for someone. I'll let you know.
I'll be praying
Carol
THAT IS WONDERFUL, MADE ME SMILE.
HEY IF YOU EVER NEED A DETAIL ON IT AND
YOU ARE IN JERSEY, LOOK ME UP.
MY HONEY DETAILS FOR A LIVING. HE HE!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW TOY.
KITT
HEY IF YOU EVER NEED A DETAIL ON IT AND
YOU ARE IN JERSEY, LOOK ME UP.
MY HONEY DETAILS FOR A LIVING. HE HE!
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW TOY.
KITT
Congratulations and I hope you have many happy memories in your trailer!!!!
Elaine
Elaine
Isn't there an old Italian saying... God pisses on you every day, but only drowns you once?
At any rate, I'm glad that you've found such a cool trailer!
At any rate, I'm glad that you've found such a cool trailer!
Yay! What a wonderful story! It sure put a smile on my face. I am sure the fella just hasn't used the camper and so feels it would be better to sell it at a fair price than leave it sit there and be unused.
We actually got one years ago that way, it just wasn't used at all and was in super nice shape like you describe.
I would just get a little written contract with both parties signed with the info on it. If you have a written contract you can always go to small claims if ever need be.
Wonderful news, I am very happy for you!
Jazzy
We actually got one years ago that way, it just wasn't used at all and was in super nice shape like you describe.
I would just get a little written contract with both parties signed with the info on it. If you have a written contract you can always go to small claims if ever need be.
Wonderful news, I am very happy for you!
Jazzy
THATS GREAT,I TRUELLY BELEAVE THAT THERE ARE GOOD KIND SOULS OUT THERE.
WELL AFTER MY TRAJEDY THIS WEEK I KNOW THERE IS.
THE MOVIE PAY IT FORWARD IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES,I CRY EVERYTIME I WATCH IT.
A LITTLE KINDNESS GOES A LONG WAY,IF ITS HOLDING A DOOR OPENED,BUYING A COLD PERSON A COFFEE,JUST THE FRIENDLY SMILE.
IN TODAYS SOCIETY TO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO SELF ABSORB AND HAVE FORGOTTEN TO BE KIND.
YOU ENJOY YOYR CAMPER AND ITS GREAT THIS HAS IVEN YOU SOME PEP IN YOUR STEP.FOOEY ON YOUR FAMILY,SHAME ON THEM FOR DEFLATING YOUR HAPPY MOMENT.
I LOVE TO FISH AND TROUT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE.
MY SON CAUGHT A 42 INCH NORTHERN PIKE UP IN NORTHERN CANADA 3 YEARS AGO.IT PROUDLY HANGS ON HIS BEDROOM WALL.THATS THE ONE THING THAT WAS SAVED FROM THE HOUSE FIRE.
YOU ENJOY THAT TRIP TO THE LAKE IN MAY,WISH I WAS THERE TO ENJOY IT WITH YOU.
I DO BELEIVE IN PAYING IT FORWARD,WE ALL NEED THAT LITTLE BOOST EVERY NOW AND THEN.
T
WELL AFTER MY TRAJEDY THIS WEEK I KNOW THERE IS.
THE MOVIE PAY IT FORWARD IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES,I CRY EVERYTIME I WATCH IT.
A LITTLE KINDNESS GOES A LONG WAY,IF ITS HOLDING A DOOR OPENED,BUYING A COLD PERSON A COFFEE,JUST THE FRIENDLY SMILE.
IN TODAYS SOCIETY TO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO SELF ABSORB AND HAVE FORGOTTEN TO BE KIND.
YOU ENJOY YOYR CAMPER AND ITS GREAT THIS HAS IVEN YOU SOME PEP IN YOUR STEP.FOOEY ON YOUR FAMILY,SHAME ON THEM FOR DEFLATING YOUR HAPPY MOMENT.
I LOVE TO FISH AND TROUT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE.
MY SON CAUGHT A 42 INCH NORTHERN PIKE UP IN NORTHERN CANADA 3 YEARS AGO.IT PROUDLY HANGS ON HIS BEDROOM WALL.THATS THE ONE THING THAT WAS SAVED FROM THE HOUSE FIRE.
YOU ENJOY THAT TRIP TO THE LAKE IN MAY,WISH I WAS THERE TO ENJOY IT WITH YOU.
I DO BELEIVE IN PAYING IT FORWARD,WE ALL NEED THAT LITTLE BOOST EVERY NOW AND THEN.
T
How wonderful and exciting. Just make sure you get the signed Title and Transfer papers, and there won't be any problems. I'm sure you'll be there the first day the snow melts to take it home! Congratulations.
I can hear your excitement clear over here in the Eastern U.S.! :D
Now you have a dream to pull you through the last months of winter.
Enjoy it!
Suzanne
Now you have a dream to pull you through the last months of winter.
Enjoy it!
Suzanne
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