Just conversation

We have got the coach as we want it, although, the kitchen cabinets need some tweaking. But it is quite livable.

We are moving the coach over to Rayford Crossing on Wednesday, the same day Becky, Fred and Lindsay come here for Christmas. We are really looking forward to seeing them. They will be here for 11 days.

Val has had a lot of trouble with her right shoulder over the last few years and it has gotten progressively worse in the last few months.
Many years ago, she fell and broke her right arm and as I recall, dislocated her right elbow. That all healed nicely with what appeared as no ill affects. But as time went on she developed more pain and restricted movement in her right shoulder.
Tuesday she had surgery on that arm. The doctor said the damage to her Rotator cuff and tendon, which holds her biceps, were much worse than he had anticipated. She is in an immobilizing sling and she said her doctor expects the recovery time to be about 6 months.
We are really happy that she went with the surgery, now she is moving toward recovery.
Val and Tony have graciously offered their house to celebrate Christmas as they have the largest home. She will have to just kickback this Christmas season and let the others do. It will be very hard for her, as she likes to be in the middle of all of the preparations. But, she won't be physically able to.

We are meeting Ted and Donna tonight for dinner and a show at the Texas Opry. We really enjoy the shows there. They are so much fun. This is the last of 3 Christmas shows.
Donna had her last cataract surgery done on Thursday. I hope she does as well as I did with my cataract surgery.
They are spending Christmas in Florida with their children. They are leaving on Monday, after Donna's follow-up appt. with her eye doctor.

I probably will not post again until after Christmas.
Brenda and I want to wish all of those that follow our blog, a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

Ta ta for now

Possibili-team

POSSIBILI-TEAM!

If you know anything about us, you know about CARE, SHARE AND BE AWARE. Five years ago we joined this wonderful group of people that give you support while you make your journey to overcome breast cancer. The leader of the group is Tosha Morton. Rick knew her many years ago. She used to be the manager of the CT department. She is now the manager of the Breast Center at Houston Northwest Medical Center. She is also a breast cancer survivor. A truly wonderful soft spoken person. The second in command is Esther Valdez. She has a warm and bubbly personality. Under her care, you will not take your journey alone. She calls her team "the posse". We call them the " possibili-team.' With her team, anything is possible.We also need to mention Cynthia Sauls.

Cynthia is patient and listens to her patients with compassion and a willingness to set them at ease with any procedure.There are many other players on the field that belong to this team. They are too numerous to count. If ever you find yourself taking a journey to be a breast cancer survivor, please be sure to contact this wonderful group of people.

Last Tuesday was the annual Christmas party. A good time was had by all. Stealing presents and drooling over what someone has opened up. I ended up with a pink robe. Rick even checked it out for warmth. No pictures of that, though. All survivors were given poinsettia plants to take home. I chose to put mine in the office of the RV park we are managing. Every time I look at it I get a warm and fuzzy feeling that someone cares for me.

Time for me to say goodbye for the moment and will see you down the road.


Ta ta for now

Settling in

We have now been in our new home a week now and getting settled in very nicely.
We are getting things organized. It appears that we have more storage in the new coach.
Yesterday, Brenda worked at getting things organized in the kitchen area, while I worked on the basement. We have empty or nearly empty cabinets in the kitchen and living area.
I haven't finished putting things back in the basement, but things are not so crowded as before.
We have removed a lot of things that we haven't used in a long time, so that helps.We don't have an area to store large items like the cat food or litter inside, so I put them in the first bay just outside the door. It is very convenient.
We don't want to use the shower as a storage area in this rig as we did before. We hope that we are able to continue that practice.

We spent all day Sunday with Val and Tony. Christmas is at their house again this year, so Val asked if we could help get the decorations out of the attic.
Chris, Linda and 2 of their grandchildren came over as well as Michelle and Danielle.
We did get the tree up and Linda and the kids put on the ornaments. The tree is prelighted and Chris, being the master electrician, made sure that all of lights were working.
We did a lot more visiting than we did decorating, but Val is fussy about how things look so she said she and Tony will finish decorating. She really goes all out.

Here are some pictures of the new rig. I finally got around to getting some pictures.
I had a hard time finding the camera as we have new places to put things and I am having trouble finding them.

Ta ta for now

Our New Home

We left yesterday morning about 8:25 and headed for PPL to exchange homes.
Ted joined us and rode down with us to do the move.
The drive was easier than when I took the Southwind down for appraisal. It took just over an hour to get there.

We went through the predelivery inspection and we were satisfied that everything that they inspected worked. Then we went to sign all of the paperwork. That went off without a hitch.
Ted used our camcorder and recorded the PDI so that we can refer to it if we need further instructions.

Then the fun began!!!! You just don't know how much stuff you collect until you try to move it.
We parked the RV's door to door and transferring the 'stuff' was pretty easy. Ted and I got way ahead of Brenda as she put the things where she thought they might go. A rush job at best, but serviceable enough for us to leave for home.
We have a lot of work to find places for all of this, and this is a good opportunity to rid ourselves of things we have used rarely or not at all since we started full timing. It will all work out over time.

We got back to the park after dark, which is something that I really don't like to do, and set up with the help of Ted. He is a wonderful friend. He went home after that. I know he was tired, because I was bushed.
Ted helped me put the coach in our spot. I could not see the edge of the pad as it was so dark. We got it right at the edge of the pad.

The new to us coach came with a Sleep Number bed, but both bladders had small leaks in them so we had to exchange the bladders from our old bed. Not something that I wanted to do as tired as I was.

The coach drove wonderfully on the way home, but so much differently than the Southwind. There is a large learning curve in the driving of a diesel engine and air brakes. Ted noted that I did well with the brakes ( no tossing my passengers all over the coach).

Today, we begin organizing both the inside and the basement. This is not going to be a quick process, but we will make it happen. Brenda and I will determine where things go then we will move it to a more convenient place. Trial and error. That will be interrupted as we have the Care, Share and Be Aware Breast cancer Christmas party this evening. And we just don't miss that celebration if we are in town.

There seems to be more storage in the new rig, but in different places. Much more drawer space in the bedroom, but, less space in the Bath area. And the kitchen area is a challenge. We will have to use different strategies in the arrangement.

I will take some better pictures and post them when I find the camera.

Ta ta for now