An Award! And A Look At My Unfinished Painting

Hey Ya'll,

I am so excited to think that someone thinks that my Blog is deserving of an Award!  Especially one like this!  I have never been one that had a particularly pretty, or well thought out Blog layout.  For those of you who has been Following me for some time, may remember how my Blog used to look with that Hawaiian layout.  I loved it, but lately, I have been trying to be more creative and to not be afraid to change my Blog layout up.

So saying this, I want to thank Lisa, The Rest Of My Life for this award!  Lisa, ever since you have been Following me, you have been a real strong supporter of my ongoing daily struggles with life!!  You feel like a true friend, and I am sure that we would be, if we were to live around each other!!  Just like many of you out there in Blogland!  So the next step is to tell you....

Seven Things About Me, That You May Or May Not Know About Me!!

1) I LOVE to FLY!!  I don't care if it is in a large Jumbo Jet or a small personal Airplane.  But if it is in a Jet, I prefer to fly First Class!!  Of course!  But I have only been able to fly First Class about 3 times!  Which is what has made it harder to fly Coach now!!  LOL  I also have taken Flight Lessons, but never completed them for my own Flight Certificate.  Although Walt does have one!

2) A) I am Claustrophobic, I never really realized it until I had Surgery years ago, and I just about had a cow when they put the mask on me before I was out!!  So from now on, I always let them know that I am Claustrophobic and they don't bag me until I am already out!  B) I'm terrified of FIRE!  The main reason that I never tried to smoke, was there was no way that I could light a match!  I always joke and say that I must have been burned at the stake in another life!!  LOL  C) And I am Claustrophobic about water as well.  I cannot swim in any water unless it is a swimming pool!

3) I took up Oil Painting about 2 years ago.  I am not a great painter by any stretch of the word, but I do enjoy it, and I can only hope that I improve with each painting I do.  So far, I have not been able to keep any of my paintings though, as someone takes dibs on it!  Not that they are that great, but at least I try.

4) My lowest weight since I reached young adult hood is 89 lbs (in High School), and my highest weight was 228.6 just before my Lap Band Surgery.  Looking back at it now, I was on the verge of Anorexia as a teenager!  Back then I could eat 4 meals a day (two of them at McDonald's no less) and still maintain my weight.  Now I look at food.....well you get the drift.

5) I love to Travel!!  One of my favorite places to go is Hawaii, and I have been there 7 times (one of them by a 2 week cruise from Canada to Hawaii, then circled Hawaii for a week).  I have cruised 4 times, been to England and France for 2 weeks, and Ireland for 2 weeks.  I would love to go back to England, and I really want to go to Scotland, Germany and Australia!  Plus many more of course!!

6) I'm addicted to Reality TV!!  Everything from Bridal shows, Cake Boss (etc), The Bachelor/Bachelorette, and Paranormal Shows such as Ghost Hunters/Ghost Hunters International, yada, yada, yada......I can't help myself.  I fought watching them for so long, then.....I didn't and now I watch as much if not more Reality TV as I do regular programing.

7) And this one I am not proud to admit to.  I have been married 4 times!!  The first time was to a boy that I lived down the street from as a kid.  Number 2 was wrong from the get go.  But I tried for 5 yrs to make it work.  Finally I got tired of supported him (for the most part) and the fact that he NEVER brushed his TEETH from the day we were married!!  Number 3 was to a guy from Jordan.  And if he hadn't decided that he wanted to go back to his Country (and he wasn't sure he would return), and there was no way that I was going to move there and take my teen-age Daughter!  And Walt is number 4.  He isn't perfect, we have our fights, but we are together for better or for worse.  And even though I complain about him, I do feel that we are perfect together.

So, now that I have bared my soul to you, I will leave for now!!  But I want to post a photo of the painting I am working on for my Step-Son Russ.  It still has some work to do, I need to change the main wave some more, as well as finishing the left hand corner and the lower wave action.  I am not happy with it yet.  But I feel it is looking pretty good for my first time trying this technique.  Russ saw it at Thanksgiving and loved it then, so I hope he will still love it when it is finished.  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

I Can't Believe I Have Another New Follower! Welcome Read!!

Hey Ya'll,

I can't believe how fortunate I am so have so many new Follower's!!  It is always a great thing to have as much support as you can get, and the more support you give, you get it back 10 fold!  So, in saying this, I would like to welcome my newest Follower Read!  She was Banded on July 2, 2010, and her Blog is: My Trek Downward.  I can't wait to read and Follow your Blog as well.  So Read...."Welcome to my Nightmare".

Aloha My New Friend  :)

Welcome Libby! My Newest Follower!!

Hey Ya'll,

I have a new Follower, and her name is Libby!!  She was Banded on October 4, 2010 and her Blog is: This One Time, At Band Camp....  If you haven't already, please check out her Blog!!  Welcome to my Blog and I will be Following you too!

I'm sorry Libby, I have started the new practice of adding the photo if there is one, or the icon of the new Follower to the welcome, but yours is so small, that I can't copy it without the wording all around it, so I hope you don't mind that I added the above from your Blog instead!  So with this being said, Libby...."Welcome to my Nightmare"!

Aloha My New Friend  :)

OMG!! Another New Follower!! :)

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I am just flabbergasted!  I can't believe how many new Follower's I have gotten in the past few days!  I want to give a BIG Fat Welcome to Jess!  She was just Banded on December 9, 2010, and her Blog is: The Changing Caterpillar.  So please check out her blog and give her all the support the newly Banded can use, not to mention us oldsters!  LOL  So Jess, "Welcome to my Nightmare".

Aloha My New Friend  :) 

A Big Shout Out To Rachel !!

Hey Ya'll,

I just checked back in after doing the dishes (ugh!) and saw that I had a new Follower!  Her name is Rachel, and her Blog is: Rachel Thin Within-Life With My Lap Band.  She was Banded on September 15, 2010, so if you haven't already checked her Blog out, please do so!!  We all can use any and all support!  So Rachel...."Welcome to my Nightmare".

Aloha My New Friend  :)

Since Walt Has Been Home, And Some Photo's

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I haven't posted in a couple of days except to welcome my newest Followers.  But as usual, we have been busy.  I knew that as soon as Walt got home, we would start running around doing the errands that we desperately needed to do!

But Wednesday after he got home, we just stayed in the RV together and did a bunch of nothing!  Yesterday, was another story though!  We had to go to the local DMV in order to Register our RV.  Luckily, when we got there, we didn't even have to wait to be helped at the front desk.  And only had to wait about 10 minutes to be helped with the Registration!!  There was no one there, we were sooo happy!

After we left the DMV, we went to the local Joann's Store, so that I could purchase some more yarn and stuffing.  As I am crocheting a Ballerina Bear and a long Scarf for my Mother In Laws Birthday which is this month.  I just hope the Bear turns out well and she likes them.  But I was so surprised at how small the store was.  The Joann's where we used to live was at least twice the size, if not more.  And their yarn selection was next to nothing!  So I guess in the future when I am starting a new project, I will have to go to Reno where I am sure their store is larger (at least I hope so)!

After that, we went to pick up our mail, and we had a ton of it to go through!  Then we also had to return some items to a couple of stores and purchase two new space heaters (one for the living room, the other for the bedroom).  Walt has not been happy with any of the ones we have tried so far!  PLUS, Walt took me to lunch.  We went to the local Applebee's and I had the Three-Cheese Chicken Penne.  It was good, but more than I needed.  In fact, Walt had some of it too, and I took the rest home.  I had half of what was left for dinner, and gave Walt the other half!

After all this, we took some more stuff from the RV over to our Storage Unit and organized it a bit better.  While doing this, we also picked out some items that we wanted in the RV right away!  So we were busy all day yesterday!

For some reason, I couldn't go to sleep last night!  It was after 4 am when I finally did.  Then Walt started making a ton of noise inside and outside the RV, starting around 8 am!  Talk about no sleep.  Then he woke me up and we spent the next couple of hours doing the 9 loads of laundry.  While there, another of the couples that live here in the RV Park, came in to do their laundry too, and we found out that they have lived here for 8 years!  They have been Full Time RV'g since 1995 and love it.  So I guess that there is hope that we will adjust too.

One of the biggest problems adjusting so far, has been the lack of TV Channel's!!  At our house, we had Satellite TV with a ton of TV Channels to choose from.  Now don't get me wrong.  We do have (FREE) Cable here, but they don't offer all of the Channels that I used to get at home, which had some of my favorite programs.  One of them is the Syfy Channel.  And it takes so long for Hulu to get the current season on, that I am Not Happy!!

And Walt just brought up our other two TV's, so that each of the bedrooms has a TV in it as well, on this last trip back.  But the problem, is that we aren't placing the TV for my Office where the TV is allocated to go, and we need about 13 ft of Co-axe Cable in order to reach my TV!  So I still only have what I can watch on Hulu in my Office.  And that is another problem!  I ALWAYS have the TV on, especially when I am working at my desk!  And I can't!  So I sit here working on the Computer in silence, which just about kills me!  And don't suggest listening to music, it just isn't the same!!!  I end up wanting to sing, and then I can't concentrate like I need to.  So I can't watch TV (Hulu) until I am no longer working on the Computer each day.  Now when Walt is away, I can turn on the TV in the Living Room, and that is at least acceptable as I can see it and hear it from my Office.  But while Walt is here, no way!

Speaking of Walt going away.  He will be returning to Sacramento for work on Monday morning, then he will return on Thursday.  So I will have 3 days/nights with the TV to myself!!  Hopefully he will bring my Co-axe Cable back with him so my TV can be setup!!  I'm sorry if I sound dramatic, but even as a kid in school, I always did my homework with the TV on.  Even if I wasn't paying attention to it, I had it on.  Which is why I like to watch movies that I have seen many times, while working at my desk.  This way, something is on and I can concentrate on my work better, but I don't have to watch it, as I know just by what is being said, or the particular music being played, as to where in the movie they are.  I know, I am weird.....that being said, I guess I need to go wake Walt up, so that we can run the rest of our errands for today!!

I am going to leave you with a few photos of what it looked like outside of our RV, after one of the lines froze up and had frozen water all over the place!  But don't worry, it wasn't one of the sewer lines, it was the water from the sinks.  Luckily Ron, our RV Repair guy came by and saw it and setup the heat lamps to thaw it out for me since I was here alone!  So, Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

In these photos, what isn't obviously Snow, was frozen Water (aka ICE)!

 

A Warm Welcome To...Kellie !! :)

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I have a new Follower, and I tried soooo hard to find her Blog to no avail.  As ya'll know, I like to give a shout out, as well as invite others to check out the new Blog.....but for the life of me, I can't find her Blog!!  Her name is Kellie, but that is all I know.  :(

So Kellie, if you read this, please leave me a comment so that I can find your Blog, as I would love to Follow you too!!  Of course, if you prefer to remain anonymous, I totally understand.  Until then, "Welcome to my Nightmare".

Aloha My New Friend  :)

*****I was just informed by Sandi, that Kellie's Blog is: Something About Kellie.  She was just Banded on November 15, 2010 (almost exactly a year after me!) and she lives in Australia.  So if you aren't already Following her, please check out her Blog and give her the support she can use! 

A Warm Welcome To...Tracy !! :)

Hey Ya'll,

I just checked in again and noticed that I had a new Follower!  Her name is Tracy, and if my Detective instinct's are correct, her blog is: Banded Adventures.  She was just Banded on December 1st, 2010 so everyone, jump on over to her Blog and give her the support we all need, especially in the 1st few months!!  BTW, she is currently in Bandster Hell and we all know how bad that can be!!  LOL

Tracy, if this is not your Blog link, then please leave me a comment to advise me of this, and I will correct it immediately!!  If this is you, then I can't believe that we lived so close and didn't know it!  Walt and I just moved from the Sacramento area on Dec 24th!!  But we do still have family there that we will be visiting, so perhaps at some point in the future, we can meet up and discuss life with the Band!

So Tracy, "Welcome to my Nightmare".....

Aloha My New Friend  :)

Walt Is Coming Home!!

Walt (in hat for any newbies to my blog) and our friend, Clive (who is from England).  Clive was recovering from a horrible accident he had while sailing around the world.  They encountered a huge storm which caused some damage to the Sailboat as well as almost killing Clive!!


Hey Ya'll,

Well I got a call from Walt about an hour ago, and he is on his way home!!  He has been gone for 9 days.  Not that it wasn't peaceful without him....IT WAS!  But I do miss him, and I am looking forward to seeing him today!  However, because I don't have a vehicle here that I can drive, I have been house bound for get this....9 DAYS!!  So I am looking forward to being able to leave the RV Park, even if it is only to go run around on errands, which we have a ton to do!!  LOL

BUT!  I am also hopeful that he will feel sorry enough for me, that he takes me out for lunch or dinner in the next day or two!  I have only been able to eat what we had on hand, or what I could buy at the little General Store at the Gas Station here on the property.  And we all know how bad that can be for someone trying to lose weight!!

But don't worry, now that Walt is back, he will keep me on track (TRUST ME!).  So, in preparation for his homecoming, I walked over to the communal Showers (as ours is small and a pain to take a shower in) and took a nice long shower, so I am as fresh as I can be for Walt!!!  Well, I better go for now, got lots to do (like Taxes!!  Ugh!!).  LOL  So, till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

What Do You Think Of My New Layout??

 

 

Unfortunately....I don't Smoke, Drink Coffee or take Prozac!!  LOL

Hey Ya'll,

I changed my layout a couple of days ago, and I hope that you like it.  I loved the Christmas theme I had, but it was for Christmas, and unfortunately, Christmas is over.  I didn't get around to writing a post to advertise the change as I have been busy trying to make sure that all of our accounts have our updated address, and that we get all the Utilities turned off, etc.

Not to mention trying to verify that I haven't missed a payment, on anything currently due!  Since our mail is being routed from the old address to the new, and you know how long it can take to get the rerouted mail!!  So I have had very little time to actually write a post, other than welcoming my newest Follower's of course!  As welcoming them takes only a few minutes and is very easy and fun to write. :)

So I think that I have all of our accounts taken care of....I hope!!  Now I get to start pulling our dreaded Taxes together....again!!!  It seems like it was just a month or two ago that I did the Taxes!  I Hate Taxes!  Need I say more????

Well, Walt went to Sacramento last Tuesday morning, and he was supposed to be back by Thursday or Friday at the latest.  But it will end up being 9 days by the time he returns on Wednesday!!  Luckily, I am not afraid to stay alone.  In fact, as a funny aside.  My Dad's youngest Sister Barbara, who is about 10 years older than me, was always afraid to stay alone, so when her Husband was going to be away for the weekend hunting, or working really late when I wasn't in school, she would call up my Parents and say....can Debi come and babysit me???  She was ok, so long as she wasn't alone....I don't mind being alone.  In fact, I kind of like to be alone, except when I don't want to be alone!  LOL

The problem this past week + two days, is that we had some issues that came up while Walt was away, and I had to deal with them alone.  Luckily, I was able to do this and will be looking forward to seeing my Walt again!

One of the issues has been pipes freezing.  Luckily, at least one of the toilets continued to be able to be used.  Until last night....the second toilet that I have been able to use, was FULL of "you know what", and I couldn't empty it until today.  So I had to go to the RV Parks communal restroom until this morning.  That's when Walt called me and walked me through dumping the waste.  It was really easy, once you know how to do it.  So at least from now on, when I am alone, if it needs to be dumped, I won't have a problem with doing it.  There wasn't any smell at all.  As I just had to open the valve that allowed it to drain down into the sewer line.  So nothing was exposed....Thank God!!

Another issue I had at first was the Heater.  It wasn't functioning properly.  Luckily, we had a great RV Repair guy "Ron" come over on Tuesday afternoon, and he fixed it up great for me, so I haven't had any problem staying warm since Wednesday!  Wednesday was the day after the Circuit Breaker had tripped during the night and I was awakened by my "Ghost/Guardian Angel" (see my post dated Wed Jan 5th for the full explanation), warning me of the near freezing temperatures Inside the RV!!

When I awoke at 3:45 am, it was only 33 degrees in the Bedroom, as the Ceramic Heater had also shut off when the Breaker was tripped.  So I feel real lucky to be alive!  So after Tuesday nights near tragedy, I made sure not to have too many devises on during the night, so the Circuit Breaker wouldn't be tripped again.  Which is great, since we have had morning lows as low as 3 degrees!!!  But easily in the low to mid teens most nights.

And the third big issue I had this past week, was tripping the Circuit Breaker (as mentioned above), which would shut off the Heat and Refrigerator, plus lights, TV, Computer.......get the drift???  LOL  Luckily, Ron also took care of this as well.  Or at least he worked it so that it wasn't as huge a deal until Walt could get back, and we decided exactly what we were going to do with Ron's help.  So after the first couple of days, I figured out what I could run at the same time, and not trip the Circuit Breaker, so all's good!  :)

In the long run, we will probably separate two of the Slides so that they are on their own Circuit.  This will allow us to run more things without the issue of tripping the Circuit Breaker.  Especially my Office.  By separating it, we can run my Computer, a TV, at least one or two of the Printers, etc and not trip the Breaker.  Anyway, I am probably boring you to death at this point!!!

So if you are still reading this, I should now confess my "Sins".  While Walt was away, I didn't eat like I should....I am totally ashamed, and I know that I should know better.  Now I need to pick myself back up, and get my ass back on track!!!!!  Any advice??  I am about 13 1/2 months out from Surgery, I should know better!!  But it is so hard to control myself sometimes, and with all that I have had to worry about this past week, I just fell back into my old eating habits.  And I ate, and ate, and ate "Junk"!!

Well, I should go, I have so much to do starting tomorrow getting the Taxes in order.  Till next time....

Aloha My Friends  :)

 This kind of gives you an idea what the waste line looks like, this is not our line, maybe I will take a photo of ours and post at a later time....???

A Warm Welcome To...Jessistt !! :)

Hey Ya'll,

I just checked back into my blog and found that I have a new Follower!!  Her name is Jessistt, and her blog's name is: This One Time At 'Band' Camp....  She was recently banded on November 17th, 2010 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!  BTW Jessistt, your Surgery was done almost on my 1 yr Bandiversary!!  My Surgery was on November 19th, 2009!!  So everyone, jump on over to her blog and give her the support we all need, especially in the beginning!!

So Jessistt, "Welcome To My Nightmare".....

Aloha My New Friend  :)

A Big Shout Out To The Grimace !! (Kiki)

Hey Ya'll,

I would like to welcome my newest Follower!  I am unable to find her blog, but she goes by, The Grimace.  I would love to check out your blog as well, so please leave me a comment, so that I can follow your comment back to your blog page!!  However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, then that is ok too!  So The Grimace (Kiki), Welcome To My Nightmare.....

Aloha My New Friend  :)

UPDATE!!

The Grimace is Kiki!  And her Blog is: Livin' Large No More.  She was just Banded on September 29th, 2010, so jump on over and give her the support we all can give her!!!  :)

A Big Welcome To Amanda !!!

Hey Ya'll,

I just checked into my blog and realized that I had a new Follower!  Her name is Amanda and her blog link is: Band On The Run.  She is a newbie and will be Banded on Monday, January 10th!!  So please check out her blog and give her the amazing support we all can give her!!

So Amanda....Welcome To My Nightmare!

Aloha My New Friend  :)

Can You Say...OMG...NO!!!???

My Guardian Angel???

Hey Ya'll,

Well, today was not a great day, but it has ended up ok.

To start this tale, I need to begin at the beginning.  As I said in my last post yesterday (I think), that Walt drove down to Sacramento until the end of the week.  He usually sets all the temperature's on all the devices before going to bed at night, to keep us warm and hopefully without tripping the Circuit Breaker.  You see, we are currently having a problem with the Circuit Breaker, and haven't as yet totally resolved it.  So when I went to bed last night, I set the temps myself, etc, the way he said to.

Now this is where a lot of you may think that I am a whack job or crazy, but I don't know of any other explanation.  I think that I either have a Ghost here with me, or a Guardian Angel.  I will be explaining why I believe this, trust me.  At 3:45 this morning, I woke up to a loud bang in the RV.  While Walt is away, I usually am very aware of sounds/noises, since I am alone, and all I heard was the one bang.

Well, when this loud bang happened, I immediately woke up!  I had left a flashlight next to the bed in case I needed to get up during the night.  So I turned it on and looked in the Bedroom, then pointed it down into the Living Room and into my Office.  I couldn't see anyone or anything in particular out of place, so I got out of bed to go investigate the sound.

As soon as I got out from under the warmth of the blankets, I immediately realized that it was REALLY COLD.  I looked at the clock in the Bedroom, that also gives a temperature readout.  It said that it was only 33 degrees in the Bedroom!!  So I went down into the Living Room and realized that the Circuit Breaker had tripped during the night, which meant that the Heater's weren't functioning.  And the clock in the Living Room showed it to be about 43 degrees in the Living Room.  So of course, the first thing that I did, was to reset the Circuit Breaker so the Heat would come back on.

When I did this, I realized that the Snap-N-Lock Bread Container had fallen down from the top shelf onto the floor.  This is what made the loud bang that I had heard.  Now let me tell you that this container was not even close to being able to "just fall off".  Walt is tall, and he placed it up there where it was completely stable.  So the only explanation could be either, 1) we had an Earthquake,  or 2) a "Ghost"/"Guardian Angel" made it fall down.

Let me also tell you that I do not believe it was an Earthquake, and this is why.  An Earthquake would have made the Glasses and Plates rattle around in the Cupboards.  And believe me, in an RV, an Earthquake would have shook it pretty good!  And like I said, I am usually acutely aware of any weird sounds during the night, especially when I am alone.  The Kitchen is only about 12' away from the Bed, so I Would Have Heard The Dishes Rattle if we had had an Earthquake!

I didn't hear anything but the bang, no jostling of Glasses, etc.  So I am under the impression that "something" was trying to get my attention, so that I could wake up and turn the heat back on!  I went to a Psychic Fair about 20 years ago, and was told then that I had a Guardian Angel with me.  I believe it was my Grandmother, maybe she is still with me????

After turning the Heat back on, I went to the bathroom since I was up and then went back to bed.  This morning I woke up at around 9:30 and the Heat/Power was still on, but I noticed that the Water lines was frozen in all but one of the sinks/toilets!!  The only one that wasn't frozen, was the sink in the front Bathroom in the Master Bedroom.  So I contacted Walt and advised him of my delima.

He advised me to turn the Heat way up to about 75 degrees, and open up all the Cupboards that has the Water lines running in them.  He also advised me to put the Bedroom Ceramic Heater in the second Bathroom, to get the Toilet and Sink in there unfrozen faster.  Especially since it is the only toilet that I can use right now!!  Otherwise, I would have to walk over to use the Women's Bathroom in the Park, everytime I needed to go, until Walt came back on Saturday and fixed it!!!  Not the best option, but at least I did have an option. :)

Luckily, the outside temps managed to get up to the low 40's today, so the Kitchen Sink lines unfroze fairly quick.  And after an hour or so with the Heater in the Bathroom, the back Bathroom's Sink and Toilet unfroze as well!!  So.....all's well, that ends well I guess!  What a day.  I sure hope that I don't have to experience this very often....Well, I guess I should go for now, I need to eat Dinner.  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

 
This Angel reminds me of my Grandmother

Short and Sweet!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I am sorry that it has been several days since I last posted.  But we have been busy.  Walt just called from the House and informed me that we had a notice posted on the door advising us that in 21 days (Jan 25th), our house would be put up for Auction!  We knew it was coming, in fact we were expecting it sooner.  If they had moved as quickly as they could have, we would have had to vacate the house by the end of the year, now we have until the end of January, since they have to give you at least 3 days once the house is sold.  :((  Well, like I said, we knew it was coming.....

Yesterday, Walt was really sweet and drove me to Reno, so that I could buy myself some Winter Boots.  My current shoes were freezing my toes off!  We bought a Boot that is 10"'s in height, then after we got home, Walt looked at the email that I had sent him with my choices.  He liked the Boots that were 13"'s in height.  Same Boot that we bought, just taller.

So today I called the store to see if they still had them in my size, which is a size 7.  Luckily they do, so we will be taking my new Boots back for an exchange for the taller ones.  I tried to just copy the photo of them, but the site would not let me, so I am including a link which shows the photo of them.  They aren't the prettiest Boots, but they are definitely comfortable and warm!  Now I can't wait until I can get the taller ones so that I can start to wear them.  :)

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/largeImagePopup.jsp?productId=749476&cImage=s7_823985_023_01

Well, today Walt woke up and drove down to Sacramento for work.  Usually he would work there from Monday through Wednesday or Thursday, then drive back home.  But he will probably stay until Friday or Saturday before coming home.  But don't you worry, I have plenty of things to do!  I have to start pulling our Taxes together!!  Oh lucky me!! LOL  I can't believe that Tax season is already here again.

Today we had an RV Repair guy out as we have been having problems with out Heater working properly.  It only worked when it wanted to!!  While he was out, he discovered some other issues that we have, and is getting approval to work on them from the Extended Warranty Company.  So we are really happy with this guy.  He seems really decent and isn't trying to do work that isn't necessary.  He discovered why we have been having power issues, and is already taking care of it too!  So at least I won't freeze to death while Walt is away.  LOL

Well, I better go for now, I hope everyone is having a great week, this first week of January 2011.  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

Our 1st REAL SNOW!! And Lot's Of Photos!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, we had a "dusting" of snow on the 29th and thought that it was great!  Then we woke up this morning, and had about 6" of snow that fell overnight!!  We are lucky that we have a 4x4 Truck as they have yet to plow off the snow from the roads in the RV Park!!  I will attach a few photos that I took today.  And we are expecting more snow tomorrow as well.

Normally this wouldn't bother me, but having been out and about the last few days, has made me realize that I am not as prepared for the colder temperatures as I thought I was.  My coats are ok, and I have some scarves that keep my neck warm, and I have a great pair of gloves for my hands, and a great hat, but.....my feet are a different story!  My feet are freezing up here everytime we go out of the home.  So I am looking to buy a pair of "winter boots" to keep my tootsies warm!  Now if only I can convince Walt to take me into Reno to buy them tomorrow!

Walt is currently visiting his Mom.  I would have gone with him, but I didn't take a shower today, and my short hair looks like Stan Laurel (for anyone old enough to remember Oliver and Hardy!)!  So there was no way that I was going to go visit her with my hair!  And I couldn't keep my hat on, as she keeps her house nice and WARM!  So it would look stupid for me to keep my hat on.  LOL

Last night one of our fears came to light.  One of our Septic Lines froze up!  So Walt spent most of today getting a new line put in (although not hooked up yet), and draining the one that wasn't frozen, so that we could continue to use it, as it was full this morning!!!  That is great, since we would have had to walk through the 6"'s of snow, to the RV Parks public restrooms everytime we needed to go!!  Anyway, he got one of them usable, and tomorrow he will continue to work on the other.  Or Monday at the latest.  Which means that he may not go down into Sacramento until Tuesday now.  Oh well, at least the weather is supposed to be clear then.

As for my "Fill".  I got it, but so far I don't feel like I have any restriction!  So maybe with the next one, I will.  But this is strange, since I am only .05 cc's lower than I was when I needed the "unfill".  Go figure.

Well, I better go for now, stay warm and dry.  Till next time......

Aloha My Friends  :)

And THIS is what we woke up to this morning!!

Looking out from our door to the East.

A view of the Eastern side of the Sierra's from our RV.  Lake Tahoe is over on the other side.

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Hey Ya'll,

I hope that everyone has a fantastic New Year in 2011.  And for everyone going out tonight, I hope you have a great time at your New Year's Eve parties!!  Have fun, dance and have a drink for me too, but definitely drink and drive responsively, we want to hear all about your parties tomorrow!!

Walt and I will stay home tonight and try to stay warm.  I say this because our Heater isn't working properly.  It only comes on when we tell it to.  It isn't registering that the temperature has dropped, and it is time to turn back on!!  Walt told me that last night, that when he got up at 1 am to go to the bathroom, the thermometer in the Living Room was registering only 44 degrees!!  Luckily we had bought one of those Ceramic Room Heaters that we are using in the bedroom at night!  Also, thank god, we had purchased the extended warranty for the RV when we purchased it, so we have someone coming out probably tomorrow to look at the heater.

I'm not going to bore you too much today, as the only other thing we are trying to "fix" right now, is a frozen hose for one of the toilets!!  Walt mistakenly had it hooked up incorrectly, and it froze up.  And I am praying that the 2nd toilet line doesn't freeze up too.  Otherwise we will be walking over to the bathrooms at the RV Resort to use theirs, which could be quite bothersome later at night when it really gets cold!!  Not to mention in the middle of the night when it is only about 15 degrees!!  So now we are trying to figure out how we will unfreeze it! 

So, till next time, I hope everyone has a safe and fun New Year's Eve!!

Aloha My Friends  :)

The Eve Of New Years Eve :)

Hey Ya'll,

Well, not too much happening here today.  We kind of took it easy.  But we did drive into town to order something for the RV, and to return the Space Heater that we had purchased the other day.  And to purchase another one to replace it.

Today was nice and clear, but really cold!!  The warmest it got was about 32 degrees.  Which to me is really cold!!  Thank goodness for neck scarfs, hats and gloves!  Now I figured out a new problem that I have.  My feet were freezing today.  And I couldn't find any socks at the regular store that are warmer than summer socks.  So either I need to shop at a specialty store like Cabella's (which is a huge sporting good store in Reno), or buy some of those sporty looking boots with Sherpa lining to keep my feet warm!  Otherwise, it has been ok here today.

Now tonight is the Eve of New Year's Eve and I can't believe how fast the year has flown by!!  But then again, every year seems to fly by faster than the year before it!  And some of you younguns may find this crazy, but I am sure that most everyone who is older than 35, will agree with me!  When I was "young" it seems like, I couldn't wait for my 16th Birthday so that I could drive, then I couldn't wait until I was 18 to be "legal".  Then I couldn't wait until I was 21 to really be "legal".  Then all of a sudden, I was 25, then 30, then 40, then 50 and now I am 55, oh my!!

So, for all of you that are going out and partying, please have a great time, but please drink and drive responsively.  We want you to be around to blog about your party on New Years Day!  So have fun, and have a drink for me, since I can't drink!  :(

Till Next Time...

Aloha My Friends  :)

Ever Have One Of Those Weeks???

Hey Ya'll,

Well, today it snowed as expected here for the first time since we moved up.  I took some photos, but have not uploaded them as yet.  Hopefully I will get them on tomorrow.  It snowed off and on in patches all the way to Reno and back.  By the time we got home, it was white here.  but we only got about an inch of snow at most so far.  But so far it is still sticking.  So it was really cold here between the snow and freezing cold wind!

At the Doctor's Office, I weighed in and to my surprise, I only gained 3.8 lbs in the 2 1/2 months since my "unfill"!!!  I was sure that I had gained at least 5-10 lbs, especially with the Holidays and all. :)  So Laurie gave me back .2 ml.  Now I have to readjust my eating again since I should have some restriction now.  Let's hope so at any rate.  LOL

Before I go into my post title, I want to state that I adore my husband, and wouldn't trade him in for anything.....well, almost anything!!  LOL  But there are some days that I just want to slap him up one side of the head, and down the other!!  Have any of you had these thoughts too???  Or am I just crazy?

The last couple of weeks has been especially stressful for both of us.  What with us trying to get the RV moved up from Mesa AZ, then packing the house, and moving the RV up to Carson City.  Then on top of all that, the stress of having to set the RV up for the first time, and trying to unpack, so that we could move about in it!! 

Walt has been really short tempered lately, and each day it seems to be worse.  He feels like he can say anything he wants to (including any foul language he so choose to say), but I am not allowed to respond in any way.  Which is extremely upsetting.  He wants to always have the last "word", and even if I know that something isn't right, and he should be aware of it.  If I attempt to tell him, he just goes berserk, and yells to shut up! 

I am very aware that I am not perfect either, and I have been very forgetful lately.  But no matter how much this is true, he does not feel it is a good enough excuse that I forgot something.  And yes, sometimes the things that I forgot could cause some problems.  However, if he does something wrong or stupid, I don't get mad, in fact I try to go out of my way to NOT get mad or upset (like the time we were in Paris and he tipped a guy $50 because he forgot the money changes!  He would have gone ballistic if it had been me that did it)! 

And being in these close quarters has not done us any good lately.  I was counting on him going to Sacramento on Sunday for work, so that we would have a bit of time apart.  But now it looks like he doesn't want to leave until Monday when the weather looks better, even though we have a 4x4 Truck.  Oh well, I guess I just need to keep my mouth shut, and bite my tongue until next week.....since nothing I say is the right thing right now....Anyway, I hope ya'll's Holidays are going better than ours!  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :(

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I'll Love Ya Tomorrow!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, tomorrow will finally bring me my Long Awaited "FILL".  Remember that I had to have an "unfill" back in mid October?  Well, ever since then, for one reason or another, we kept having to postpone and move my appointment, further and further out.  Well, tomorrow is The Day!!   I will either be really happy about it, or....maybe not!  LOL  Who knows for sure.  It has been so long since I have had any real restriction, that I may have to reteach myself how to eat with it!!  Also, tomorrow will give me the good news/bad news on my weight.  Whether or not I totally screwed up over the last 2 1/2 months or not.  Here's crossing my fingers....

Today we ran around town again.  Picking up mail, shopping, fighting....well, not like what you think.  We stopped in at the Storage Unit to try to find some papers, and it is really hard when you are stressed, to try to do anything together in a confined space.  Speaking of confined spaces, sometimes we do really well here in the RV, sometimes....not!  But over all, we are doing ok.  Today was a day that we both wanted to strangle the other a few times.  So when Walt goes down to Sacramento on Sunday for a few days, it will give us both a few days to be apart.  This way when he returns, we will be ready to be "together" in a small space, for a few days again!!  Now don't forget, we have been together almost 24/7 for the last 10 days!!!

So, we are supposed to get some snow tonight/tomorrow.  Just in time to drive to Reno tomorrow for my Fill appointment!  Thank goodness that my Walt is here now, as I have never driven in snow/ice conditions.  Plus, I don't have anything to drive right now!  All we have is the Truck which Walt will be driving back down to Sacramento on Sunday, then I will be RV bound until he returns.  Unless I want to walk.  And since the closest store other than the small mini mart at the gas station here at the RV Park is about 3 miles away, I don't foresee this happening, especially in this weather.  LOL

Well, I better go for now, it is hard to concentrate with the wind blowing us around like crazy.  I will post more tomorrow.  Till next time....
Aloha My Friends  :)

Thinking Of Everyone On The East Coast

Hey Ya'll,

Well, here I have been complaining about our weather here!  Like how cold it is, and talking about the snow we are expecting tomorrow.  But you have to remember that I am a California girl, born and bred!  In fact, I was a Southern California girl until my 35th year.  Then my family moved up to Northern California.  So Walt and I moved here to Carson City, Nevada, with the freezing cold winds and I complain.  But compared to the East Coast, I should be slapped!

The biggest thing that we have had to adjust to since moving here and living in the RV, is the temperature inside!  We will not be able to get our 100 gallon Propane Tank delivered until next week (maybe), so we are taking it easy on our Propane use.  Which by the way, is how we heat up the RV!  Which is why we went to Walmart last night, and bought a small Ceramic Heater to heat up whichever room that we are using.  At our house in California, we didn't even need a blanket, and was still using the Ceiling Fan on low, even during the night!!  So along with my having lost weight and a (blanket) of fat, which makes me colder, I am just not used to having to deal with these extreme temperatures!   

Today, we went to the local DMV Office to get our Truck and RV Registered with Nevada.  Unfortunately, we forgot to bring in the paperwork from the Dealer for the RV, so we couldn't register it yet.  We will have to go back in later in the week for it.  But we did get the Truck registered, and we were totally blown away when they gave us our new License Plates right then and there!!!  In California, they give you a piece of paper to tape up in your Vehicle, until your plates arrives a few weeks later in the mail! 

While we were there, I also started getting my Handicapped Placards/Plates.  In California, you have 2 choices, either a Handicap License Plate, or a plastic Handicap Placard that you can use in any vehicle you are in.  Here in Nevada, you can either choose 2 plastic Placards, or 2 Handicap License Plates, or 1 of each!!  So I am choosing one of each. :)  I could only get the plastic Placard today though, since the License Plate that we want is for the Motorcycle.  And we can't Register it until we can manage to drive it over the Sierra's as they have to visually inspect the VIN# of every vehicle Registered in Nevada.  Walt is hoping to get it here sometime in January though.  So once we get it here, I will request the Handicap License Plate for it, instead of the regular License Plate.  Whew!  Does it ever end???

We just watched the local weather report on the News and they are forecasting winds, with rain and snow tonight and tomorrow.  Then Wednesday to be the coldest day with snow.  So yes, I am complaining again!  And again, I really feel for all of you that live on the East Coast!  As bad as it is here, it is so much better here, than it is there!!  So stay warm and safe in your homes!!  Till next time....

Aloha My Friends  :)

10 Loads Of Laundry!!!

Doesn't Santa Just Look Pooped In This Picture???

Hey Ya'll,

Well, today was spent mostly dealing with the laundry.  And since we took back the Washer and Dryer to the store where we bought them, I will be using the Laundry at the RV Park.  Except for the cost, they are actually nice units.  There is two Laundry facilities here at the park, with 6 Washers and 6 Dryers in each, and best of all, they are well kept up and clean.  So we actually got the laundry done in record time!!  Then I had the task of putting it all away in our tiny RV.  But like the pack rat I am, I got it all in....again!  LOL

Then we drove over to Walmart and Bed Bath and Beyond, to purchase a small Ceramic Heater and a Collapsible Dish Rack and Drainer.  Now I have no excuse for not being able to wash the dishes.  I will have to wash everything by hand now, as we do not have a Dishwasher in this unit.  Believe it or not, some of the newer RV's do come with Dishwashers!!  But the biggest thing that I need to adjust back to, is not having a Waste Disposal!  It has been over 30 years since I have not had the use of one, and now I have to readjust my way of thinking, to tossing EVERYTHING into the trash again.

Today we were supposed to have light rain, with snow showers and wind.  But all we actually got was some high winds and a little bit of hail around 3 pm.  But it is supposed to be a mix of rain and snow on Tuesday and full snow on Wednesday, when my Fill appointment is scheduled!  At least I have Walt to drive me there, as I have never driven in snow as yet.

So tomorrow we will probably start going through the Storage Bldg, to see what we want to do with everything.  This will be a chore, but not nearly as bad as it was, since we have much of it already sifted through.  Now we just have to determine what we really want to keep from the sifted through "stuff".  Well, I better go for now, hope everyone's Christmas was great and you got what you wanted!

Aloha My Friends  :)

Merry Christmas & We're In Carson City!!!

Hey Ya'll,

First of all, I wanted to say that I hope everyone is having the best Christmas ever!!  Due to our circumstances, I forgot it was Christmas after I woke up today!!  We worked frantically from the time Walt and Mark returned from Mesa with the RV, to get it loaded up so we could get to Carson City this week while we had a break in the weather!  We had planned on driving up to Carson City on Thursday, as that was to be the first day of clear weather.  But we weren't finished loading it up, so we decided to continue loading it up and wait until yesterday morning to leave.

So we drove up on Christmas Eve and it turned out to be a great day to do it.  The road was totally dry, the traffic was light and we made it with no problems at all, thank god!  So we arrived about 11:30 am and set up the RV to where we could at least walk around in it, and had the bed made up, etc.  Then we drove to Walt's moms house where she had made us a really nice Christmas Eve Turkey dinner!  The only problem with going to her house is her DOG.....this dog hates just about everyone but her, and bites everyone she can!!  She is also a major barker, which is very disrupting and everyone but my MIL hates this dog!  But eventually my MIL got the dog under control and caged, and the rest of the evening was really nice.

So we spent our first night in our new RV "home" last night.  Other than the bed being hard as a rock, and hard to walk around to the far side of the bed, which is my side of the bed, of course!  It was ok.  But we didn't go to bed until after midnight, and both had trouble going to sleep at first.  We also decided that we need to purchase some space heaters, to cut the use of Propane for heating, which is very expensive.  Oh, and we found out that my 40" LCD TV is too big for us to be able to use!!  Darn!

So today, we have been unpacking the stuff that we had packed into the RV.  Shortly we will have to start going through the stuff in the Storage unit, to decide what we want to keep, but keep it in Storage, or use it in the RV now, or get rid of it!!

I am attaching a couple photos of our RV sitting in front of the house before we drove off.  Tonight we are going to the Fandango Casino down the road from us, and having Christmas Dinner there in the Buffet.  Then on Wednesday, I am scheduled for my "FILL"!!!!  Then we will see how bad I was for the last 2 months!

Again, I hope that everyone had a great Christmas today!!  Love to all, and Mele Kalikimaka to all!!

Aloha My Friends  :)

It's Here!!!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, Walt and Mark (our SIL) finally made it back yesterday, about 11am from their trip to Mesa, AZ to pick up our RV.  Of course they were exhausted after a 41 hour turnaround!  They left about 6 pm on Friday night, and didn't layover at all.  Mark drove down, and Walt drove back.  This way it gave Walt practice towing the RV, while Mark gave him tips on how to tow it, and how to make turns, etc with such a long vehicle.  Mark drives Truck for ACE Hardware, so he is used to driving crazy long hours, in big long vehicles.  Once they got there, the Dealer had to put our furniture into the RV, and then instruct Walt on how to operate everything in the RV. 

According to Mark, Walt did great towing it.  Although he did have to stop at a Rest Area on the way home, so he could sleep a couple of hours.  He isn't used to being up so long, and even though he got a couple hours sleep, two different times during the ride down, it wasn't enough.  So I am glad that he made the smart decision to sleep for a while.  While they were gone, I didn't sleep much either, so we were both tired and exhausted.  And because of this, basically we both crashed at Noon yesterday, and slept until about 5:30 last night!  Then we took one of my sleeping pills to make sure that we slept last night too!

But the RV is here, and it is BIG!  Walt doesn't want to unhook it from the Truck, so with the Truck and RV attached, they take up almost the entire front of our house, including the driveway.  And today I got to go into the RV with the Slides out for the first time.  We loaded up all of our Clothes, and still have so-much-to-do.  Tomorrow I will need to get the Kitchen loaded up, while Walt continues the process of taking apart the Bedframe from the Double Bed in my Office/Studio, so he can try to get my Desk in there! 

Also, we figured out that we will be able to put my Digital Piano into the RV!  Of course it will be tight, but what would one of our homes be, without being tight and overfilled???  Did you notice the photos of our house in my prior posts???  We had 3 complete sets of Living Room Furniture for goodness sakes!!!  LOL

And....after all the trouble we went through to get our Washer/Dryer in time, so that they could be taken to Mesa to the Dealer to be installed, we found out that they had ordered us a 220v Dryer, instead of the 110v we were expecting!  We are not sure what we will do about it right now.  We will either have to return it in exchange for a different Dryer (assuming we can find one that will attach to the current Washer properly (if it isn't the same brand)), or return both units and start over, or spend another $400-$500 to get the RV wired so that we can use the 220v Dryer.  In which case, I won't be able to use both the Washer and the Dryer at the same time!  In either case, I will probably be using a Laundromat for at least a few weeks if not a month or more.  Oh well, sh** happens!  LOL

Tomorrow I will try to get a couple of photos of the RV to post.  At least of the exterior, if not the interior.  But I doubt I will take any of the interior as yet, as it is so unorganized right now while we are loading it up.  But I promise I will take some after it is arraigned the way we want it to be and settled.

The other problem is....Walt had said that once he brought up the RV, and parked it in front of the house, he would unhook the Truck for us to commute around town in.  Especially since we have been in a rainstorm, for oh.....I don't know how long.  So I didn't think too much, when I packed up my Motorcycle Helmet into its original box for protection.  Since just about everything that I could have sat it on, was packed up and given away, and the rest of our tables, etc was getting ready to be taken to Storage.  Well....Walt in his haste, to get as much packed up into Dan's Truck to take up to Storage, also packed up my Helmet.  I had not intended for him to take it to Storage!!!

Normally this wouldn't be a problem, since we have the Truck.  And....it is raining after all.  But Walt decided (without telling me), that he didn't want to disconnect the Truck from the RV after all!  Well, now I can't ride with him on the errands.  And he likes me to go on the errands with him!  So guess who he is upset at???  Me of course!  According to him, "I should have known better than to pack my Helmet up in the box"....MEN!  Gotta love them, or Kill Them sometimes!!  LOL

And, as I said in a prior post, we have been watching the weather for sometime now, hoping to get a break in the storms, so we can drive the RV over the Sierra's between Snow Storms.  At first it showed Friday as a good day, then it changed to Monday of next week.  Now it is saying that possibly this Thursday or Friday for sure it will be ok to drive over.  So it looks like we will be in Carson City for Christmas after all.  My parents will not be happy about this at all.  But we need to get over the Sierra's and if we don't go now, it could be the Spring before we could make it over again with the RV! 

And since we won't be able to stay in the house that long.....we kind of need to get over.  So it appears that we will probably go over on Thursday, so we really need to get ourselves in gear and get it packed!!

Oh, and get this, as if our poor local Mall hasn't had enough problems this season!  Remember, just a few short weeks ago, it caught fire and had to be evacuated??  Well, they finally got about 60%-75% of the Mall reopened, then this happened tonight!!  Here is a link for any that wants to check it out!  But basically, a "Flash Mob" was there to perform.  Here is a bit of what was reported in case you don't want to check out the link. 

"Evacuations were ordered at the Westfield Galleria Mall at Roseville Monday night because a "Flash Mob" by the Sacramento Choral Society brought an overcrowding concern.  Fire officials said there were several thousand people in the mall.  Roseville Fire Battalion Chief Peter Mashnat said some people inside claimed the floor was shifting and moving and that they heard cracks and pops in the foundation."  Another source said that there was about 5000 people inside the Mall watching the show.  This poor Mall just doesn't have a chance this year it seems!!

Well, I better go for now, I've got lots to do and so little time...till next time...

Aloha My Friends  :)

And They're Off!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well this morning Walt called up the RV Dealer and spoke with the woman who handles the paperwork for the RV Sales, and she said that my 2nd form of ID just had to be something that had my Name on it (luckily).  So Walt asked if my AAA Card would do, and she said that it was just fine!!  So....thank god that potential problem was fixed! 

So, after a long day, we went to the U-Haul place to pick up the 5x8 enclosed Trailer that we had reserved, in order for Walt and Mark to tow down to Mesa with our Love Seat, Chair and Stackable Washer/Dryer, that we want the RV Dealer to install for us.  However, when we got there and looked at it, at first it didn't look big enough!  But after Walt opened it up and measured the interior, he said that it would work....barely.

So we towed it home, and our friend Dan met us.  Since he still had our Hand Truck and Blankets in the back of his Truck, that they used when they drove up our belongings to the Storage Building last week.  So Dan got "volunteered" to help Walt load up our "stuff".....lucky him!!  Once Mark arrived, Walt and Mark got the Truck loaded up and took off!  So they are on their way down to Mesa as I write. 

I just hope that they made it far enough down the Valley, before the High Winds began, that were forecast for tonight and began around midnight!  They are hoping to arrive in Mesa by around 8-9 am.  Then, as soon as the Dealer installs our belongings, and instructs Walt on how everything functions with the RV, they will start the trip back, hoping to be back sometime in the middle of the night Saturday/Sunday.

So the trip to pick up the RV has begun.  Once they get it here, we will of course start to load it up immediately.  If the weather forecast holds out, it looks like we will be able to tow the RV up to our new "temporary" home in Carson City, next Friday, Christmas Eve!  I will hate to have to leave before Christmas, because this would mean that I would miss Christmas with the family.  But if we don't go while there is a break in the weather, it could be a while before we get another one!  Especially with sunny skies forecast for this ONE DAY, to make it safer to tow a 40' RV over the Sierra's!! 

So if this is the case, we will just have to get together one last time with them before we leave.  Anyway, other than this, I am packing again!!  I will be packing all day tomorrow.  :(  So until next time....

Aloha My Friends  :)

Houston, We May Have A Problem!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, now that the time is almost here (the time for Walt to drive down to pick up the RV), which by the way, is TOMORROW!!  Walt remembers to tell me today that, "oh by the way, I need a copy of your California canceled DL, and a copy of your Temporary DL from Nevada, PLUS a copy of your SS Card"!  Well, guess what???  It is packed away in my Office stuff, and locked up in Storage in Carson City!! 

So Walt says don't worry, that I can go down to the local SS Office tomorrow and sit for god knows how long, and request a copy of it (which I was totally agreeable to).  However, I checked on the SS Website tonight, and in order to be able to order a copy of it, I need two forms of ID!  Such as a Passport, which I do have.  However....it is in Storage WITH the SS Card!!

Now, these documents are quite important part in the quest to get the RV Registered.  And because the State of Nevada requires that the Names listed on the RV's Registration Documents, and the Proof of Insurance Documents be exactly the same.  Including the Names and spelling, everything.  Like whether you use your full Middle Name, or just the Initial, or no MI at all, etc.   So Walt went out of his way while getting all this started, to make sure that our names was listed in the Insurance papers exactly the way we wanted them to be listed on the Registration papers.  Unfortunately....now I don't have all the Documents easily available to show proof! 

So, lucky Walt gets to call the RV Sales Office in the morning, to see if they absolutely HAVE TO visually see my SS Card (or at least a copy of it this weekend) for Proof??  Or if we could fax it to them, say....after we move up to Carson City, and can find it in the Storage Unit maybe???  Now if it IS absolutely necessary, then Walt is going to have to call the Insurance Co back, take me off the Insurance for the RV (at least temporarily), have them email us the corrected pages, then call the RV Sales Office back and have them re-write the Sales Paperwork without my name on the Registration (only to have to add it back on later), and all this tomorrow before he leaves for Mesa!!!

Whew!  I'm tired just thinking about this, and I am glad that this isn't my problem!!  LOL  I have enough problems of my own!  LOL  Well, nothing else has changed, life is still happening and we are still flying at full speed trying to get ourselves in the RV and over the Hill by Christmas!!  Wish Us Luck!  We will need it.  Until then.....

Aloha My Friends!  :)

One More Thing Checked Off!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well....after a rocky start over the weekend, Walt and Dan were finally able to drive up to Carson City today, to take up most of our "Stuff", that needed to go into a Storage Building.  But we just couldn't get everything packed on time, no matter how hard we tried.  But all in all, I believe that we managed to get at least 75% of it packed.  The rest we will either have to take up later, or leave behind.  Oh My!!  As it is, instead of renting the 10x10 unit we originally planned, we ended up renting a 10x20!  Of course that gives us plenty of space to store the "Stuff", as well as have the space to be able to go through it later to repackage it for better, longer term storage.

Two items that we know for sure that we will be leaving behind, is Walt's Rosewood Desk and matching Credenza.  They are beautiful, and....HUGE!  So unfortunately, because they are so large, no one that we know has the space for them.  So we will be leaving them with the House.  And because they are so big and HEAVY, it is not worth trying to remove them.  And they are too nice to take to the Dump, so whoever buys our house, will be inheriting some really nice Office Furniture!!

Next up is the trip down to Mesa to pick up the RV!  Assuming Mark gets the time off, and isn't sick by this weekend (our daughter Christa is really sick with the Flu right now)!  So if all goes as planned, then Walt and Mark will drive down to Mesa, AZ to pick up the RV and bring it back here so that we can spend the next several days loading it up with the rest of our belongings!!

As for the Band, well....not so good!  We postponed the Fill until the 29th of the Month hoping to be up in the Reno area by then.  Since the Winter Storms have begun, it will be harder and harder to get over the Sierra's just for a Fill.  So we are really hoping that we will get a break in the storms long enough for us to take the RV over to Carson City.  Then we will only be about a 30 minute drive from the Doctor's Office in Reno!

But because of my "unfill" 2 Months ago, when I begged her to not take out more than .1 ml (and she took .3)!!  I have been eating wayyy toooo much!!  I haven't stepped on a scale in over a Month and I am sure that I have gained back at least 5 lbs if not 10!!  But since I packed the scale, I won't know for sure until we move up in the RV.  But hopefully, we will be living up there by then, so that I can make it to the Fill Appointment (as I really need it!)!!  I really need to get back on track and being so "unfilled" is killing me, especially now during the Holidays!!

Oh well, Que Sera, Sera!  I have made my bed, and I have had to lie in it too!  Just can't wait for the next Fill to get back on track!

On another note, Walt and I have been Bed shopping lately as we need a new Bed for the RV.  The Bed we currently have is a Tempurpedic and I love it, but Walt kind of hates it!  Even so, we did go look at the new Cloud's they have been advertising lately.  Now, don't let the advertising fool you.  The least expensive Cloud isn't any more comfortable than the bed we already have.  In fact, the only one that is as comfortable as advertised, is the top of the line Cloud.  And for the Cal King like we need, just for the Mattress (which is not including the Box Springs as we won't need it in the RV) it is $4000!!!!!  So we are probably going to go with a Sleep Number Bed since you can change the comfort level for each side.

And because of this, we are probably going to wait a few months (at least) to purchase a new bed.  However, we are still going to give our current Tempurpedic to my parents, as they really need it.  We can use the bed that is in the RV for now.  Luckily, a good 3 inch Tempurpedic Pad (which we have) can do wonders to help make almost any mattress livable for the short term!  And on this note, till next time.....

Aloha My Friends :)

What A Day And Still Not Done!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, first and foremost, I decided to spend a bit of time to setup my Holiday Theme for the Blog.  What do you think??  I love it.  I found it in Hotlayouts2u.com.  It just spoke to me.  Unfortunately, everything didn't transfer over perfectly, so I had to spend some time tweaking it.  I finally got everything pretty much where I wanted it, except for the section which is usually at the top of my home page, where I can sign in or out and easily access my ability to make a new post!!  So now I have to go into my Profile/About Me to do it.  Oh well, I guess if that is all of my problems, then I will be happy!!

So, as I have stated in an earlier post, I have been totally Stressed out about all the packing we had to do.  We had originally planned on driving our belongings that are to go into our Storage Building up TODAY!!  But the weather turned bad over the Summit, and snow was forecast at the last minute.  So we had to change our plans to drive over tomorrow instead.  So this gave me one extra full day to pack. 

But since our friends Bobtail Truck was getting fairly full, and the sun was going down, they decided to stop loading up and make a possible second trip later on, for the remainder of the Storage Building stuff.  Most of the extra things have been boxed up, but you know how that is....it seems like the less you have to pack, the more crap is laying around which looks like a ton left to pack!  But like I said, most of it is packed up, except for the Kitchen.  But we will just load most of it directly into the RV, and only pack some of it in boxes, but I don't have to worry about it for about a week!!

Now the REALLY HORRIBLE PART of this whole thing is this......after all the rush to get packed, then having to wait until tomorrow, we forgot to contact the Storage Place to get an Access Code to allow us into the Storage Unit.  You see, the last time we were there, we talked with them, and agreed on which unit we wanted, but we were going to wait until we went back up to deliver the "goods" to actually pay for and setup the Storage Unit in our name.  And we originally had planned on going up on Wednesday, not this weekend.  So we DO NOT have an Access Code, and we just realized this tonight and that they are CLOSED TOMORROW!!!  Holy Crap!

Walt called them earlier hoping they would check their voice mail and call back, but so far no call.  If we can't get them to call us back by tomorrow morning (which we highly doubt they will since the Office is closed), we will have to change the day we go up, thus causing problems for all around!!  As our friend uses his Bobtail Truck for work.  Which means that since it is full of our belongings, we may have to pay for him to use a Rental Truck, for who knows how many days!!  And they can't take it up next Friday/Saturday/Sunday as that is when Walt and Mark is supposed to drive down to Mesa to bring back the RV!!  So I am hopeful that they can make it early this week.

Anyway, at least this round of stress, is kind of over.  At least we can relax for a couple of days!  Hence my working on my Christmas Blog Layout!  Now that most of the Furniture is gone, our house sounds like an empty Auditorium!  Because we have no carpeting in the house.  The floors are either Wood or Tile.  And with all of the Furniture out, and nothing on the walls either.  Well...like I said, an Auditorium!! LOL

I have had to push my next Fill Appointment to the end of the Month now!  We want to make sure that we are moved up to the Reno area and moved in.  At least that is the hope.  If not, then it will get pushed back even further!!  And boy do I need this Fill.  So please keep your fingers crossed that this move happens when we want and I don't have to continue to wait, and EAT, EAT, EAT!!  Well, I guess I better stop for now, I need some rest.  So, till next time.....

Aloha My Friends!!  :)

Stressed Doesn't Even Begin To Describe How I Feel!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, as usual Walt has left me only a minimal amount of time to pack up.  We knew this day was coming, and I had requested boxes a couple of Months ago knowing that it would take me forever.  Of course, Walt would get pissy with me, and say that he had it under control.  That he would get boxes when the time came.  Well, then he decided to change the dates of when things needed to be done!  Now I am expected to have the "WHOLE HOUSE" packed up by mid day Friday (as in THIS Friday!!!).  So I took the initiative and went to Walmart (at Midnight no less) to get boxes myself a couple of nights ago.

Even so, I am in so much Stress that I just want to curl up and stop functioning, or at the very least, run and hide.  When my stress level elevates, it causes my Fibromyalgia Symptoms to escalate.  And boy are they ever.  When I get this stressed, I just feel like nothing I am doing is making any difference.  There is so much to do, that I am not even making a dent in it, so I just get depressed and I feel hopeless.  Oh and by the way, stress always makes me eat more, and I haven't stepped on the scale in several weeks now, and I am sure that I will have a Heart Attack when I do!!  LOL

In fact, I have had even more trouble sleeping the past couple of nights than usual, normally I am in bed between 3-4 am but the night before last, it was after 7:30 am before I finally got to sleep.  Then Walt had to go and make several calls, which made it almost impossible to sleep!  He likes to talk with the speaker phone on, so he has to speak even louder than normal (or at least he thinks he needs to), and I can hear him throughout the entire house! 

I am supposed to have my whole Office, Studio, and Kitchen packed in Less Than 2 days!  Not to mention the terrifying Garage!  Plus I have to wash everything that needs to be washed in the same time period before they pack up my Washer and Dryer to take up to Carolyn (Walt's ex-wife).

I should have been able to start packing months ago when I requested the boxes.  But NO.....Walt wouldn't hear of it.  Am I the one being Pissy now??  You bet your sweet Bippy I am!!  Oh well, what can I do?  I'm afraid that even if I pull all nighter's tonight and tomorrow, plus work all day tomorrow and the half day Friday, that I still won't get it done!  So then I begin to feel like, why should I even try???  The only thing good about this is that it can't last forever, and it will end in a few short weeks.  Plus we have to go out tomorrow to purchase the materials that we need to properly wrap my Creme Love Seat and Chair for storage, and Bubble Wrap for the Kitchen items.  Which means that I will have even less time to pack!  Oh My!!

Oh and did I tell you that I received some bad news tonight from Walt???  He informed me that we won't be able to setup my Office in the RV until probably April or May.  As if moving wasn't stress enough, now I can't even get fully settled in until the Spring.  I feel like I will just be in limbo forever.  Well, I better go for now, this is all the time I can afford (and I can't really afford it) to lose from packing.  But I needed to vent for a few minutes.  Sometimes it helps, but I'm afraid it didn't help much this time.  So, till next time....

Aloha My Friends  :( :(