MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas to all. This morning Romeo and I went out for a walk dressed in our Christmas clothes. Wished all we seen a Merry Christmas. When Denise was ready we took a family Christmas pic. Sebastian was not real happy about it, but had to put up with it.

Hope you all notice my heavy winter clothes I have on. (Winter is HELL down here.) LOL

Going down to the rec hall for Christmas Dinner at 1:00. I guarantee a lot more will be dressed in Christmas attire, as I think every one down here is in their second childhood. (At least they act like it.) Didn't know getting old would be so much fun.

Here is our Christmas pic.

Christmas Florida Style

We couldn't find pine trees to decorate so we did as the Floridians do. Decorate palm trees. Here is pics of our decorations. It's not much just some garland with lights up the palm tree to the leaves , some lights and garland around the awning and across the front of the trailer. Denise also has a small Christmas Tree in the trailer. Only thing missing is the snow. (OOH SHIT DID I SAY THAT) Lost my mind for a second. We don't need no stinking snow.

We're in Florida

It's good to be back in the warm weather again. Arrived Thursday 12/16 and it was beautiful in the high 70's. A little cool at night in the 40's, but that's OK with me.

Went crappie fishin with dad yesterday. We caught 8 keepers (or I should say dad caught 7 and I caught 1 keeper.) Oh well I have to let him catch some once in a while or he would quit fishin with me. LOL

Denise is all ready wanting to head to Ft. Myers to the Flee Market. The girls get a kick out of walking around and looking at all the junk.

The park has new managers and are very friendly. Taking a lot better care of the place. I think it will be a very enjoyable winter here. Everybody has welcomed us back and made us fell like long lost friends.

New Furnace in Our RV

I woke up Sunday morning at around 4am and noticed how cold it was in the RV. First thing I did was go outside and check the propane. Nope it was OK, so I went back in and started playing with the thermostat. Nothing. Checked the fuses. All OK. Now what?

All I know is it is 28 degrees outside and the heater wasn't working. It is Sunday morning and nothing open. I did a little more investigating and decided that I thought the motor was bad. What to do ?

I got on line and started calling every RV place around to try to find one that is open on Sundays. Not having any luck, I went in and broke the news to Denise. We talked it over and decided that if we couldn't get it fixed that day we would just winterize it and go over to her daughters house for the night. About that time (7:00am) my phone rang and it was one of the RV places I called earlier. I told them our problem and they called their repairman and asked him if he would work on Sunday to help us.

The repairman came over to us (about 30 mile trip for him) and confirmed it was a bad motor. He had brought a whole new furnace with him and said it would be best to just replace the whole thing. So we did.

I watched closely so I would know how to it, if it ever had to be done again. Asked a lot of questions and he was very helpful in answering them. I would be able to replace one now. Would have tried with this one if it was warmer out, so if I didn't get it done in one day we wouldn't freeze. Sometimes it best left to the pros.

You find very nice and helpful people out here on the road.

Hiccups Gone

Haven't had the hiccups since Sunday night. I guess the Prilosec is working now. Went in Monday and had Xrays and blood work done to see if anything else was wrong with me. Haven't heard back from the doc yet.

I thought it would be hard to quit coffee, but if you have the hiccups for 12 days straight and the doc says no coffee, then coffee is out. If I want a cup I think about the hiccups and it don't sound good any more. (LOL) Not saying I won't drink an occasional cup again, but a pot a day is gone out of my diet now.

God, it sucks to get old. The doc keeps proving he knows what he's telling me. Just when your younger you can ignore them and get away with it and keep abusing your body, but when you're older your body sides with the doc and not your smart a$$ attitude. I guess you CAN teach an old dog new tricks.