My Comments Have Been Fixed!!!

Hey Ya'll,

First off I want to thank Jen from Oregon, letting me know that my Comments had somehow gotten screwed up since I changed my Layout!!!  I am soooo embarrassed about this!  This has never happened to me before!

I checked my blog today, after I got out of bed as usual, to see that I STILL didn't have any Comments!  Then the thought popped into my head, making me realize that something had to be wrong, as my fellow bloggers have always made comments on my paintings, etc.  So I tried to leave myself a comment, and....I COULDN'T!  So I went in and figured out how to make my blog allow them again!  Like I said....I am sooo embarrassed! 

So PLEASE feel free to comment!!!  I love comments!  LOL  Well, I gotta go for now, my hubby is on his way home!!  :)  I want to shower for him so that I smell my best!  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

It's Been One Of Those Days.... :(

This is my 4th Painting.  It was completed in June 2009 for my BBF Kelly.  I based it off of my 2nd Painting, that we gave to Kat, but with some changes.  I think that the Palm Trees and their Fronds are better (but still not great), and the foreground still needs some work.  And....in case you haven't noticed, I like Seascapes/Landscapes :)

Hey Ya'll,

Well, today was one of those days that I just should have stayed in bed.  To begin with, I woke up with a Headache.  And as soon as I got out of bed, it started to increase in intensity, until I realized that I was either having one of the worst Headaches EVER, or I was having a Migraine day.  Either way, it was not a good day.

So I took a bunch of drugs and went back to bed, after placing sheets and pillow cases over the windows in the Bedroom to help darken it up!  I just got out of bed a short time ago.  And although I am still not feeling great, I am at least able to function again!  The wind has been blowing wickedly hard here for the past two days, so maybe that has something to do with it!

Anyway, after I got up, I turned on my computer to check my e-mails, and of course I had one from Walt requesting that I call him at our daughter Kat's house.  Well, to make a long story short (I think), Walt drove off to Sacramento on Tuesday morning, and left his Cell Phone.....HERE!!!  So he hasn't been able to call me much.  And the last two nights, Kat has been going out after work until late at night, so he has to wait until she gets home so that he can call me on HER Cell Phone!  LOL  I attempted to call him on their House Phone tonight after I got up, but apparently I have an old phone number for them, and I can't reach him.  So he will have to wait until Kat gets home tonight to call me.

The biggest problem with today, is that I have lost a whole day of being able to work on the taxes.  I am really close to finishing them, but I am not quite there yet.  And let me tell you, once we get past all of this, I am going to start keeping all of our tax info, or anything that MIGHT be able to be used for taxes, in Spreadsheets as we receive it, so that I will have it already at hand at the end of the year!!  I am sick and tired of taxes, so the quicker I can pull them together from now on, the better!!

Well, I better go for now, I am having trouble concentrating, and I am probably rambling.....till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

Do You Like My New Spring Layout??

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I think I finally got my new layout figured out!  LOL  Hopefully this time it works the way it is supposed to!  Above is a photo of my 3rd Painting.  I finished it in April 2009, just in time to give to our oldest Daughter Christa for her Birthday.  It is a painting of Lake Tahoe, based on a photo taken by my Mother In Law.  Her photo won 2nd place in the Nevada Magazine.  I hope that you like it.

Well, Walt is leaving in the morning to drive back to Sacramento again.  He sure isn't looking forward to it!  He hates to sleep alone, and misses me the whole time he is gone!  Bless his heart, as I do him....Oh and did I tell you that his ex-fiance was drunk over the weekend and started texting Walt again???  I can see that this is going to get ugly.....luckily my Walt loves me, and is not interested in being more than a friend to her. :)

Well, my work on the taxes will definitely be done within a day or two, thank god!!!  I am so tired of taxes.  And I have come to the conclusion that I have to stay on top of all the paperwork, and that I need to enter everything into spreadsheets on a monthly bases, so that next year I won't have nearly as tough a time as I had this year.

Well, it is getting late and I have to watch this movie that I borrowed from our Daughter Kat titled, "The Twilight Saga-Eclipse", as she wants Walt to bring it back to her tomorrow.  I have had it for several weeks and hadn't had the time to watch it.  So till next time......

Aloha My Friends  :)

Sorry For The Whacked Out Templet Last Night!!

Hey Ya'll,

I just wanted to say that I am sorry to anyone that tried to view my Blog late last night, from about 11 pm-2 am.  I was attempting to change my Layout to something more Springy.  But PYZAM kept over lapping what I was trying to do!  So I was getting two different images overlapping and it wasn't working!!  So I finally managed to get it back to this layout at about 2 am!  I will try again in another day or two to change it again!!

Aloha My Friends  :)

A Big Shout Out To Jen !!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, it has been some time since I have had a new Follower!  In fact, I had lost 3 recently (but who's counting??)!  So I am really happy to welcome my newest Follower!  Her name is Jen and this is Jen's Blog link: Jen Is Gonna Lose It!.  Jen was Banded on July 30th, 2009, and is doing fantastic!  Get this, she has lost over 90 lbs so far!!!  OMG!  Now if only I can lose the last 30-40 lbs.....Jen, you are my hero!  So Jen, "Welcome to my Nightmare".

Aloha My New Friend  :)

Still Working On The Bloody Taxes!! :(

This is my 2nd Painting.  I little bit better than the first, but still a long way from great!  LOL  It was completed in Dec 08.  Believe me, it looks better in its frame!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I have been working feverishly on the taxes, and I am close to being done.  But it is so hard to work on them when Walt is home.  He wants all my attention, but then wants to know why I am not accomplishing much when he is around!!  LOL  Well, I am really close to being done, so if I don't finish them before he leaves for Sacramento, then they will definitely be done by the time he returns!

Today we had planned on going into town, and picking up the mail.  Then doing some light shopping for necessary items, then returning home and working.  Me on the taxes, and Walt on his work related project.  But.....Walt talked to his mother, and found out that she was in the area and agreed to meet us for lunch.  Take a huge guess where she wanted to eat.....if you said at a Buffet, then you would be right!  So we met her at the local Casino's Buffet.

Luckily, both Walt and I ate very responsibly today!  I ate only about half of what I would have normally eaten, even after the Band!!  So I am pleased with myself.  Even Walt only ate about half of what he would have eaten there.  So all in all, it was an expensive lunch, but at least we didn't over eat!

We are still waiting to hear about getting a week in Hawaii through our Timeshare before the year is out.  We would like to get the time in September, so that one of my BFF's could go with us.  But like I said before, she is under such restriction as to when she can go, that it is highly unlikely that we will be able to get a week at that time.  We will probably end up going sometime in October or November.  Which is fine with us, we are not locked into when we can go.  But it would have been nice to go with her.  So if we end up going in October or November, we will probably ask our Daughter Kat and her husband to go with us as they have never been there.

We also found out today that Walt's mom is going to go to Hawaii the last week in December! LOL  She has a Timeshare on Kauai that she has access to Bi-Annually.  So she has decided to go this year, and is now looking for someone to go with her.  The last time she was there was in 2000!  Can you imagine having a fantastic Timeshare in HAWAII and not using it????  Her Timeshare is also a 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom Condo like ours.  I told her that I would love to go with her.  But then I realized that we are probably not going to be able to save up enough for me to go to Hawaii with her, AND on our own trip!!  That would be paying for Airfare twice plus expenses!  Well, I can dream can't I???  LOL

I just checked into the price of Airfare for a direct flight from Sacramento.  And found out it will cost us somewhere between $700-$982 each (depending on which week we went), and if we flew First Class (which we love to do, when we can afford it), it would be $1420 each!  So....we have to start saving now!  LOL  But I checked into the cost of Airfare for December for Walt's mom, and was surprised to learn that it wasn't that much more expensive to fly in December.  It would be about $960 each.

If we are unable to get the time needed in September, so that our friend would be able to go with us, then we are hoping to get a week during one of the lower priced weeks to fly, in Oct or Nov.  Really, the only bad days for us to fly cost wise, would be departing from Sacramento on Sept 23rd, and returning from Hawaii on Sept 25th.  For some reason, that particular weekend is the most expensive time to fly during the months of September-December!  Go figure....And flying First Class costs the same, no matter what day you fly.....just saying..... :)

Anyway, I am lining up Appointments for the time I will be in Sacramento again.  I will be there from April 11th (PM) and we will be leaving either Thursday or Friday (14th-15th).  So I am planning on getting my hair cut again, since my Hairdresser is there.  And I am hoping to be able to get together with our Daughter Christa, the Grand Kids and my Mom, for lunch while I am there.  Since they are all in the same area, I am hoping to do all of that on the same day.  We will be house sitting at our Daughter Kat's house.  They will be spending time in Monterey, for their Wedding Anniversary.  And she has said that I could use her car while there, so I can go visit my Mom, etc without having to wait until Walt gets home from work.

I am also hoping to meet up with Tracy, from Banded Adventures while there, as we would be close enough to be able to meet up.  Tracy if you read this, let me know if you would be available for Dinner while we are there.  I left you a comment in your last post letting you know which days we are there.  Hopefully this time we can actually make it!!  LOL

And today, Walt told me that he really, really is tired of driving from Sacramento to Nevada every week.  And if his job continues as is expected, then we will probably move the RV back into California nearer his work.  My family would be happy to hear this, so we shall see.... 

Well, I better go for now, till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

I Did It!!! :)

This isn't great, but it is my 1st Painting.  Luckily they get better with each one I paint!

Hey Ya'll,

I can't believe it, I finally broke my all time low since my Surgery by 1.2 lbs!!!  I am now only 3.5 lbs away from the 160's!!!  I am getting so close that I can now taste it.  I haven't been in the 160's for YEARS!!  I have been fighting my band too much, rather than working it like I should have been.  But that was in the past.  I am going to do my best to eat like I should have been eating all along!  If I do, then I should have no problem losing another 25-30 lbs by mid September, right???  That would be an average of 1 lb a week, which should be doable???  That would put me in the lower 140's and close to goal, if not there!  I currently have my goal set at 130 lbs.  But I may not want to go that low, only time will tell.  But I think that if I can get around 140 lbs, I will be very happy!!  :) :) :)

Part of my problem has been that I like to GRAZE!  Especially at night.  And I like to have something to either chew or suck on.  And I have had so much trouble finding anything that is either really low in calories or sugar free, so I end up eating great during the day, then consuming too many calories at night.  But my sweetheart Walt, has found me some sugar free candy while he was in Sacramento yesterday.  And don't tell me that I should be munching on vegetables!  Unfortunately, I am not a vegetable lover!  :(  But half the battle is admitting the problem, the other half (and the hardest) is changing the old habits!  But I vow to do my best!

Nothing else is happening here but tax work, so I will end this for today, I just wanted to shout out my happiness!!  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :) 

It Is Finally Moving Again!! :)

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I can say that this last Fill has finally started my downward trend again!  It has literally been months since I could say that I have been losing weight.  I had actually gained back up to 180 lbs.  So since my last Fill, I have lost 5.6 lbs!  And with our Hawaii trip coming up, I am hoping to lose at least another 25 lbs by then!  But another 35 lbs would be even better!!  And I have at least 6-7 months to do it!  I think I can, I think I can, I know I can!!!

Well, in my last post, I told you that we were trying to get a week in Hawaii through our Timeshare sometime between September and December.  The week has already been paid for, and if we don't use the time by the end of the year, we will lose it!  So we called in and requested the rooms and was told it could take up to 2-3 months to hear, depending on how long it will take for the people that have their Timeshares in Hawaii to decide to trade them in for weeks somewhere else.

Well, we woke up yesterday, and was flabbergasted to have received an e-mail advising us that we already had a week in Kauai, 2 rooms reserved.  The way our Timeshare is, we actually have a 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom Suite, with full Living Room, full Kitchen, Laundry Room and at least 2 Lanai's.  But when we deposited the Timeshare, we broke up the Suite into 2 rooms.  One of them is the Master Bedroom, with full Kitchen, Living Room, and Laundry Room, with 2 large LCD TVs.  And the other room is a standard Hotel room with King Bed and Sofa with a small Kitchenette, LCD TV, it's own Bathroom of course, and a separate Lanai.

The problem is that the rooms that we were notified that we had, are on the Island of Kauai.  Don't get me wrong, Kauai is a beautiful Island!  But our friend is wanting to stay on Maui.  So we declined the rooms, hoping the next ones that come available will be on Maui.  If not, we will probably take the next rooms that come available anyway, since it isn't easy getting great rooms at the Marriott's in Hawaii!  And I found out last night, that our friend can only go a particular week in September, and she only wants to go to Maui.  Which really narrows the chances down to practically nil.  So unless a miracle happens, we will end up giving the second room to one of our Daughters.  As it will almost be impossible to get the 2 rooms at the same property, during the one week our friend has available!!  Oh well, hopefully we can go with our friend another time!  But we can always hope for the best, and keep our fingers crossed that the miracle happens for her!

Yesterday, I did 10 loads of laundry!  Luckily the laundry room here has 6 machines, and no one else was washing clothes at the same time, so it went pretty quickly.  Walt helps me out by taking the clothes to the laundry room for me.  He also helps out by getting the machines preloaded with soap, so that I can just fill them with clothes and start them.  Once they are finished washing, he comes back and puts the soap in the new loads for me while I am moving the clothes from the washing machines to the dryers.  Then, once they come out of the dryers and I have them folded, he comes back and starts taking the clothes back to the RV for me.  So although I do all of the loading, and moving of the clothes in the machines, and folding.  He really helps out a lot by carrying them to and from the laundry room.  He also starts to put the clean clothes away for me!  So we work well as a team and it gets done fairly quickly.  Our goal is to start washing clothes weekly instead of every two weeks  :)

Walt left for Sacramento this morning before 6 am.  And he will be back either Thursday or Friday.  I am hoping that he waits until Friday, as the roads will be better to drive on Friday.  I hate to see him drive over the Sierra's unless the roads are safe.  And it is supposed to be icy/snowy on Thursday.  I would rather him be gone an extra day, then to not come home at all!!

The day before yesterday, we woke up to find that our water lines for the back bathroom had froze again!  The temperature had dropped down to about 7 degrees overnight.  And since it is the only toilet that we can use right now, that poses a small problem!  Luckily we are parked close to one of the parks Rest Room/Shower Rooms.  So we can just walk a short distance to use the bathroom while we are thawing out the water lines.  Which was finally thawed out by about 3 pm......We are hoping that that was the last night that the temperatures will drop much below 20 degrees.  Last night it was down to about 16 degrees, but the lines stayed open, thank god!! :)  Oh well, we should just be about through the worst of the winter weather here.  Now we will start to worry about the heat, since we ARE living in the desert!  LOL

This was what our house looked like from the front just before we moved out.  We hadn't finished the Front Yard Landscaping as yet.

 This is what it looked like after it was bought at Auction to be resold.  They toned down the Maroon color in the house paint and added the grass and some shrubs and flowers.  It looks nice.  And I am positive the neighbors are much happier!!  LOL :)







Well, I guess I better go for now, I have lots to do to finish the taxes this week.  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

Can You Believe This ???

Hey Ya'll,

These photos that I am posting in the blog today are mine.  I took them last week during our last big snow storm....until today that is.  I woke up at 6 am and saw the snow, and took most of the photos through my windows, as I was NOT going to go outside in that snow just to take pictures that early in the morning.  A few of them I did take from my open door though.  The most obvious ones will be of our Steps into the RV, and the Hand Rail.  And remember that these are on the dark side, because the sun hadn't come up yet and I didn't use any flash!  After taking these photos, I went back to bed!!  LOL  But today's storm was much worse!

Well, I am finally getting close to finishing the Taxes.  At least I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak.  :)  I should have them done this week.  Part of the problem is that I am pulling them all together completely differently, than I have in the past years.  So it will take me some time to adjust to it.

As for my weight....I got my last Fill two weeks ago and I have lost another 3.2 lbs.  Not as much as I would like, but at least it is a loss!!  I was afraid that this Fill would make me super tight.  The last time I had this much Fill was just before my "Unfill".  But so far, I am doing ok....most of the time!  Tonight I was eating some left over Meatloaf that Walt made last night, and I guess I ate too fast, and of course I am sure that you can fill in the blanks here!!  Yes, I am stuck.  But not as stuck as I have been in the past, just an uncomfortable stuck.  I have to really start to watch what I eat and how fast I eat it!!

Well, we woke up this morning to a major snow storm here.  It took half of the day for the roads to get semi cleared out.  We had to drive into town though, before the snow slowed down and the roads were safe to drive on.  And all I can say, is that I am really, really glad that we have a 4x4 Truck!  We drove with it in 4 wheel drive, and drove really slow.  It was almost bad enough to need to chain up!!  In fact, I am sure that we probably should have!  After we got home, it continued snowing, but at a slower pace.  Then later today, it started to snow again pretty good. 

The road is already totally white and icy here in the RV Park again!  I am sure that there will be at least another 4-6 inches on the ground by morning, if not more!!  Now I know that all of you not from the West Coast area, will probably laugh at me for being so dramatic.  But you have to remember, I am a California girl, born and raised.  In fact, until I was 35, I lived in Southern California!  So I am NOT used to these conditions!  LOL

Well, as for my Post Title, I have to get this off my chest.  Last night, Walt showed me a photo of his Ex-Fiance from College.  She is listed in an Executive type site, that Walt just joined up into, and he found her on it.  She had her e-mail listed, so he asked if it was ok with me if he contacted her, to see how the world has been treating her in the last 30+ years.  I said "sure go ahead".  She responded this morning, and in her response, she provided her phone number.  So Walt called her.  Now get this, she is married and has several children, but apparently she likes to "play around".  This is one of the main reasons that he broke off their engagement back in College.  She was not monogamous even back then!  Well, she said that she would love to meet up with him again, and if he wanted to have an affair, she was all for it!!!!!!  WTF????  What nerve???  What are your thoughts on this??

And for some possible great news.....our next trip to Hawaii may just be happening this year!!  One of my BFF'S let me know that she was planning on going to Hawaii this year.  So I contacted her and asked if she minded if we went with her.  She said she would love the company, she is such a sweetheart.  Well, we have some time left on our Marriott's Timeshare that we have to use by the end of the year.....or lose it.  So we are attempting to get a reservation.  So please keep your fingers crossed that someone wants to trade in their time in Hawaii for somewhere else, so we can use it. 

I am not sure if our friend will be able to go with us or not yet, since we are not sure we will be able to go during the Month that she had originally thought to go.  We are trying for the first available we can get.  But that could be anywhere from September to December and we aren't sure she would be able to get time off from work when ever that may be.  But since we have already paid for this time....all we would have to save for, would be our Airfare, Rental Car and our expenditures there.  So please think good thoughts and keep your fingers crossed!  I need this vacation!!!  LOL  It has been years since I was there last. :(

So for now, all I can do is wait, and wait, and wait.....Walt will be going back to Sacramento on Monday morning, so I only have him for another 3 nights.  Then I will be alone until probably next Friday or Saturday.  Until next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

This shows how much snow fell over night!

These are our Steps leading into the RV.

And our Hand Rail.

Looking straight out from our Door towards the Eastern hills.

Our poor Gold Wing Motorcycle!  All you can see is part of the front Wheel!

And The Story Continues...

Hey Ya'll,


Well, it has been a few days since I posted last.  I was working feverishly trying to transfer all the information from my old e-mail address, that had been hacked into last week.  Once I am sure that everything that I had going into it, has been changed to the new e-mail address, I will close the old one out!  And I can't wait!!

Walt came home from Sacramento yesterday, instead of today as we had a short break in the weather a day earlier than expected.  Just the night before he came home (Friday), we had another big snow storm here in the desert valley.  We got about 8 ins of snow overnight, which is a lot for here.  I woke up at about 6 am yesterday, and forced myself out of bed to take some photos.  Most of which I took through the windows as it was too cold to go outside!!  After all, I am not THAT CRAZY!! LOL  I will post a few of them at the end of the post.  Then I went back to bed.  :)

This morning, we woke up and realized that the temperatures had dropped to the low single digits overnight (possibly just above 0) and the water lines to the back of the RV had froze again!!  This hadn't happened since we had our first storm here right after we moved to Nevada!  So we opened up the cabinet doors, and setup a heater in front of them, to allow the warm air to start thawing the pipes out.  It took most of the day, but at least they thawed.  :)  We went back to the store today, and purchased another small heater, so that we can keep one on in the back bathroom at night on these really cold nights, to keep the water lines from freezing again!

We also did a lot of running around town today.  Right now, this is the only time I get out of the RV, since Walt has the Truck with him when he goes to Sacramento for work.  So until I can start to ride the Motorcycle, or Walt starts to ride it, and I have the Truck, then I am basically house bound while he is away.  And since I had a coupon from Joann's that I had to use or else lose it, plus if I didn't use it, they would stop sending me the coupons!!  Oh My!!  So of course we stopped in to see what I could buy.  If you remember what I said in an earlier post.  The Joann's here in Carson City (we haven't moved to Reno yet) is horrible.  They have almost NO YARN SELECTION!!  I am talking really little and very few colors!!  So Walt suggested that I check out the Crochet books.  I'm glad that I did.  I found one with a lot of great patterns in it, so we bought it at 40% off.  :) 

We also were shopping around for a couple of small LCD TV's to put in the two Bedrooms.  The largest we can use is about 26", and that would totally fill the space, but hey, what guy doesn't want the largest TV that he can get???  LOL  We never really realized how hard it is to find a decent small TV, at a decent price!!  Most of the smaller TV's are cheaply made TV's from out of the Country, not a name brand.  And they weren't much less in price comparatively to the larger TV's!!  We found out that it isn't profitable, for the name brand TV manufactures to make small TV's.  So if they do, they don't really lower the price much if at all, as it costs about the same to make a small TV, as it is to make a larger one!  We can buy a 30"-32" TV for the price of a 19"-26", assuming it isn't a REALLY off brand!!  But we can't use one that large!  We already have a really nice 40" LCD TV that we currently can't use.

And get this, I have agreed to wake up at 4 am tomorrow, (remember when I used to go to bed at 4 am???) so that I can drive with Walt to Reno while he practices at the Truck Driving School.  I will probably take a pillow and try to catch a bit more sleep!  :)  Then I will read my Kindle until he is finished.  We will be driving up North out of Reno, back into California so that we can eat Lunch with Carolyn and Russ (Walt's Ex-Wife and his Son), and Betsy and Maria (Walt's Sister and Niece).

Then after Lunch, we will be going to where his Niece Maria, has a show going of her Photographs.  Apparently she is really talented, taking after her Grandfather and Grandmother (Walt's Parents).  I will try to remember to take my camera and get a photo of Maria by one of her Photographs.  Apparently she has already sold several of the Framed Photos.

And last but not least, I am expecting to be back in the Sacramento area for a few days in April.  If there are any Bandster's in the Sacramento area that would like to get together for Dinner, let me know.  Maybe we can arrainge a get together, if so leave me a comment or contact me at my e-mail address listed here in the blog.  Don't worry, it isn't the one that was hacked into last week!!!

Well.....it is getting late, about 12 midnight and I have to get up by 4 am, so I better start my nightly ritual to go to bed.  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

Did I Say That I Was Frustrated Before???

And no, this isn't me!!  I wish I looked this great!  LOL

Hey Ya'll,

Yesterday, I woke up to Walt wanting to tease me awake!  We were going to head into Reno to check out the new RV Park we will be staying at.  I almost always check my e-mails right after I get out of bed, which I did yesterday.  But I forgot to log out of my e-mail account before we left, and apparently someone took advantage of this and hijacked my e-mail account, in the hopes of extorting money from everyone in my Contacts!

We found this out, when my Dad called me frantic that I had gotten into trouble in the Philippines, and needed money to get home.  After I assured him that I was well, and in Nevada, and that I still had my purse, wallet and credit cards, he slowly felt better.  Then I received another call from one of my two best friends, Nadene telling me the same thing.  And then my Brother called as soon as we got home!  So....needless to say, I had some trouble to deal with!

Whoever hacked into my account, changed my Password, so that I had to go through a lot of trouble to gain access to my account again!  Once I was in, I realized that they also deleted out my entire Contacts Folder.  It didn't get restored until today, which delayed my ability to contact everyone!  And unfortunately, I had a handful of my fellow blogger's e-mail addresses in my Contacts as well, since I had been in contact with them last year while setting up a time and place to meet.

Luckily, Walt doesn't believe that they will be able to hack into anyone's account, just by having their e-mail address.  But as a precaution, I would highly suggest to those of you that did get this e-mail from "Me" requesting money, to change your Password and make it hard to hack into.  Such as using both Upper Case and Lower Case Letters, and possibly adding in Numbers and Symbols too!  I did this yesterday, when I finally re-gained access into my account.  I wish I had done it to begin with!!  And again, I am really sorry if this has caused trouble to any of you, my fellow blogger's!

I will be canceling the old e-mail address soon, and attempted to send out my new one to those that could receive it.  I am still working on getting everything changed.  Just in case, since I had a lot of information in my account, I am now having to change all my Passwords in everything that I can think of!!!  Hence the photo above.  :(  And my Shoulders and Neck are killing me today!!  Partly because of all the stress from the situation I found myself to be in, and partly because I couldn't sleep last night and my body didn't really relax.

I forced myself to go to bed at 1:30 am, because I knew I should, not because I was sleepy.  But I couldn't sleep.  Finally around 4 or 4:30, I began to get sleepy, then Walt got up to get ready to leave for Sacramento, so I didn't get to sleep until he left.  Then....because of the WIND, I couldn't sleep and got up before 9 am!!  Partly because of the wind, partly because of everything else!!!

The wind is killing us here!  I had to go outside today to place large rocks on some items outside so that they didn't blow away, and I could barely step up into the RV and close the door!!  The wind almost blew me over.  And it isn't supposed to lessen until tomorrow around 4 pm!!!!   I hate the wind!  I would prefer rain any day!!  And it is supposed to start snowing tonight and it isn't supposed to stop until Saturday or Sunday!!  But so long as it isn't super windy, all will be well....

Well, I better go for now, I have so much to do, and this is now added to it!!  But I learned my lesson, and I will be super careful from now on!!  Till next time.....

Debi

Did I Say That I Had NO RESTRICTION ??? Oh My !!

This is not me, just a photo I found on the Internet, showing a Frustrated Woman.  Which is how I feel right now.

Hey Ya'll,

Well, just yesterday I was crying that I didn't have any Restriction after my last Fill on Friday.  But today, when we went to eat Dinner for our early Valentines Day celebration, I realized that I DO have Restriction!!  LOL

I came THIS CLOSE to having a full blown PB!!  I became very tight for awhile in the Restaurant, but then started to feel better, so of course I had just had to have one more bite of the Fried Ice Cream....well, as you probably guessed, it was the last straw!!  Luckily, after sliming up a good gollup of melted Ice Cream, I started to feel much better!!  At first, I was afraid that it wasn't going to pass so easily.  Whew!  At least I dodged this particular bullet!!  And Walt was saying I told you so, I told you not to eat anymore of the Ice Cream!!  LOL  He was right, but I will never admit it to him!!  And he knows it too!!  LOL

Well, after staying up until 1 am this morning, Walt woke me up at 7:58 am!!  Just so that we could be the first ones in the Laundry.  I would rather do the laundry late at night (they are available 24 hrs a day).  But for now, we do the laundry in the mornings.  All 11 loads of laundry!!  We really had 13 loads, but I doubled up on one, and didn't do the other.....which I will do later in the week.  Because there are 6 machines, we can do 6 loads at a time!  So even though we had 11 loads, we were done in about 3 hrs. 

And I've got to say that Walt really helps out with the laundry.  He was doing some work on the RV, and running in to check in with me periodically, and taking the loads that were completed and folded back to the RV for me.  He will even do it totally himself when necessary.  :)  How many others can brag about their hubby like this??  He is a great cook, and can do the laundry as well!!  Now if we can just work on his temper some more......

And it looks like the weather will hold long enough for Walt to be able to stay through tomorrow.  He was originally going to drive to Sacramento tomorrow morning, to beat the Snow Storm coming.  But now it looks like the Storm will hold off until at least Tuesday afternoon, so he is planning on staying until then.  But then he will be in Sacramento until Saturday (mostly due to the weather again).  So we are making the most of our time together while he is here......(wink , wink ).

And as I predicted after my last post, I have already lost a Follower!!  I hate it when I lose a Follower.  I always wonder, was it something that I said, or was it that I talk too much about my everyday life, and not enough about my Band issues???  Or is it because I didn't leave any comments in their blogs for such a long time??  Well, if you have been Following me for a while, then you know that our lives have been in utter turmoil for the last year and a half.  We are just now getting to some normalcy.  But I still have to get through the Taxes!!  And now Walt wants me to get my CDL too!!  But I promise, that I will get back into everyone's blogs SOON!!!  I truly miss reading everyone's blogs on a daily basis, I truly do!  Which is why I have the Frustrated photo at the top of my post.

Well, I have lots to do, so till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

A New Fill, But....Restriction???

Hey Ya'll,

Well, yesterday we drove into Reno, since we haven't actually moved there yet, in order to go to my Surgeon's Office for my latest Fill.  Ever since my "Unfill" back in October, I haven't had any restriction except for the occasional problems where I wasn't careful and ate too fast or didn't chew my food very well.  I was hoping to have some restriction after this Fill, but so far....nothing.  I even ate Lunch at Applebee's yesterday and didn't have any problems.  Of course I was careful.  I ate slower than normal and ate less than I normally would have.  I took enough home to have 2 more meals out of it!  But I could have eaten more than I did.

After we returned home, Walt went to bed.  He apparently had had a bad Headache, that started yesterday morning.  However, he didn't say anything about it until Lunch.  So I gave him a Tylenol 3 (Extra Strength Tylenol and Arthritis Strength Tylenol doesn't help him at all).  I had to give him another one after getting home, then another one last night.  He still had the Headache and had stayed in bed a most of yesterday.

He had planned on going back to Reno this morning, to go to the Truck Driving School for more practice.  But although he felt better, he still didn't feel super well.  So he stayed home today and spent most of the day in bed again. 

Tomorrow, we are going to do our laundry in the morning. Ugh!  We have at least 11-12 loads to do, so we will be busy.  Laundry day always wears me out, since I have so much folding to do.  Then to have to put it all away!!  And since Walt may have to drive back to Sacramento on Monday, I will probably be packing his bags tomorrow as well.  He had originally planned on being here on Monday for Valentines Day, then driving to Sacramento on Tuesday morning, but it looks like another Snow Storm is moving into the Sierra's Monday afternoon. 

We are expecting some snow here in the valley as well, but probably not until Wednesday.  So I am glad that we got the RV's Heater fixed, plus bought the Electric Heaters.  I should have no problems, but you never know!!  The biggest thing is that we won't be together for Valentines Day, but I told him not to worry about it.  We are so tight right now money wise, with taxes due and all, that we really can't afford to go out for Dinner anyway.....And he probably won't be home until next Saturday.  Luckily, I don't mind being alone.  I really don't.  I know, I know, I am weird.

Anyway, I finished the book I was reading by James Van Praagh, called "Ghosts Among Us".  Let me tell you, it was a fascinating read, and I highly recommend this book to anyone that is open to the possibility of life after death.  He was raised Catholic and had even started schooling to become a Priest when he was young.  And he tells you exactly what you can expect after you die.  Having read it, I really feel better about what is to come, and I feel even more connected to all the family members who has passed.  After saying this, I know that I will probably lose some Follower's that do not believe in Ghosts or life after death.  But you can't please everyone.  And this is after all my blog, and I am only writing about my experiences with the Band and my life.

Well, I guess I should go for now, here's hoping that I actually get some restriction at some point in the future again.  Till next time....

Aloha My Friends  :)

Got To Visit The Family!! :)

Imagine the White Diesel from the last Post, in front of the "towed" Trailer in this photo (instead of this Black one).  The "Toter Home (would be Walt's Office)", it would be "towing" our 5th Wheel RV (instead of the type of Trailer shown here in this photo), and then we would "tow" another Trailer behind it too!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, we made it home last night from California.  While we were there, we went to lunch with my Mom, our oldest Daughter Christa, and the Grand Kids, Walker and Emily.  This is an amazing feat, since my Mom is in constant pain, she rarely goes out of the house, unless it is to the Doctor or the Hospital!!  So we were so thrilled that she made the effort to go to lunch with us.  We took her to a great small Mexican restaurant owned by a local family, since Mexican food is probably my Mom's favorite!!

We were there for about 2 hours!  All through the lunch period, but we didn't care.  We wasn't going to rush our visit.  Luckily, there managed to be JUST enough tables available for all that came in, during the time we were there!  LOL  Then we went to my parents house to visit with my Dad too.  He stayed home with Charlie, my Nieces son.  Since he was home sick from school.  My Dad would have been crushed if we didn't spend some time with him too!!

Since we stayed with Kat while in California, we got to have several meals out with her.  My favorite had to be Monday night.  She came home from work, and told me to grab my bag we were going out!  Just the two of us....So we went to the local Shopping Mall to pick up some slippers that she had special ordered for her FIL, then a couple of other places.  Once all the shopping was finished, we went to The Outback Steak House.  As it is one of my favorite restaurants!

Since I can't eat too much Steak (I didn't want to risk getting stuck....), we shared the Filet Mignon dinner and added a 2nd Baked Potato and 2nd side Salad.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE their Honey Mustard Dressing!!  So I ate the whole salad.  I only had a few bites from my half of the Steak, but it was delicious!  And I ate the whole (inside) of my Baked Potato!  It has been so long since I have had more than just a bite or two of one!  Kat had also ordered a half order of Cheese Fries, and I have to admit, I managed to NOT eat a single one!  I knew that if I started eating one, I would end up eating many more!!  And I wanted that Salad and Baked Potato even more!  Kat only ate a few of them herself, so we took most of the Cheese Fries, part of her Potato, my Potato Skin, and most of my half of the Steak home, so that Walt could eat them for Breakfast.

Once we got home though, I instantly noticed that the temperature inside the RV was too cold.  We had left the heat set, so that it shouldn't have gone below 58 degrees.  But it was 45 degrees!!  Walt tried to turn on the Heat, but it wouldn't work.  So he called Ron, our RV Repair guy, and Ron said to go buy a couple of the Electric Space Heaters (that we used to have, but had returned, and never replaced!!) to get us through the night.  So we did, and they worked just fine.

Today Ron arrived and fixed the Heat.  It was a simple fix, but until he looked at it, he couldn't tell us what the problem was.  So there goes another $40!  Oh well, at least it is working.  And if I had stayed here, instead of going with Walt to California, I would have been pretty cold!  Since I didn't have a vehicle to drive to the store to buy some Space Heaters!  At least I would have had one cold night!  As I am sure that Ron would have come to my rescue once we knew there was a problem.  This is just one reason why I hate not having a vehicle that I can drive when I am alone......

Oh, and I think that I need to change what I said about the Diesel Truck that I had pictured in the last post.  The Diesel with the attached room is NOT what we would be living in!  It would be used for Walt's Office.  We would tow our 40 ft RV with it, as well as another Trailer behind the RV!!  So that we had all our belongings with us.  We also would like for the flat bed portion behind the Diesel's "Office Space" to be longer, so that we could place the Gold Wing and possibly another Motorcycle there, just in front of where the 5th Wheel attaches.

Does this make sense??  The Diesel with the Toter Home attached, would be Walt's Office/Bathroom, then it would have a long enough flat bed behind it, so that we could transport the Motorcycles.  Then "towed" behind it, would be our 40 ft 5th Wheel RV, and behind it, we would "tow" another Trailer!!  So essentially we would be towing 2 Trailers behind the Diesel Toter Home!!  Which is why we would need the Class A Driver's License!!

Well, I better go for now.  Walt is back from the Truck Driving School.  I need to attend to him....LOL  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends.

How Was YOUR Weekend??

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I survived the weekend, and I actually had a nice time at the Super Bowl Party!  I met some really nice people there.  We were all rooting for the Green Bay Packers so our group was HAPPY!!  The only reason I was rooting for them over the Steelers is because one of my Uncles (by marriage) Nephews, used to play for the Packers back in the 60's and was in the first Super Bowl!! Otherwise, I could really care less about Football! 

One of the couples we met at the party, has been living full time in their RV for 5 yrs!  However, they are getting ready to retire, and are moving back to Arkansas where they have family.  They will be buying a small home to "live in", and use their RV for traveling from then on!! LOL  When they heard that we had a small second Bedroom and a second Bathroom, they said they wished that their RV had the extra space, it would have been much better!!

Anyhoo, I woke up today to Walt's sending me a text, advising me that I have a Doctor's Appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning (early!! The first appointment).  He really wants me to get on the ball and start getting my CDL as well.  He already passed the written test (I just hope that it doesn't take me a million attempts to pass it), and is in the process of learning to drive the Big Rig's.  Next is my turn!!  :(  Oh well, what else do I have to add to my list of acquired licenses???  I already have my Motorcycle License and "hopefully" in the future, I will have my CDL (Class A) License.  And me, going on 56 this year!! 

Here's a small tidbit that I am not sure I ever shared with you or not.  I grew up flying in small Airplanes with my dad, and loved it!!  In fact, I never even flew in a large jet until I went to Hawaii for the first time in 1978!!  And I used to always tell Walt how much I loved to fly.  Well, he decided that we would get our Pilot's Certificates!!  We went to Ground School together, and both of us passed the Ground School easily.  Then we began our Flying Lessons. 

Well, I only got so far as to finish about 10 hours of Flying before I stopped.  I stopped for 2 reasons.  Reason 1) it was expensive, especially for two of us!  And we wanted Walt to pass his test and get his Certificate so that he could fly us to Vegas for a vacation coming up.  And Reason 2) I knew that because of all the medications that I took, I would never be able to pass the physical anyway.....so I just enjoy flying, navigating, etc.

So....how does this work into what I was talking about???  Well, tomorrow's Doctor Appointment is to get my Medical for the CDL....Walt seems to think that so long as I am under control with the Medications, and that they do not/will not interfere with my driving, that I should be able to pass the physical.  I will let you know the outcome later.....LOL

The reason that we are going for our CDL is because of Walt's grandiose, way over the top dream of our future RV Rig!!  He wants to eventually get a Toter Home to tow our RV and a 2nd Trailer!!  The Toter Home he wants it to be would be large enough to have his Office and a Bathroom in it, at least!  Plus a large enough flatbed at the rear of it before the Hitch, to be able to carry at least one if not two Motorcycles!  Then of course the RV, and a second Trailer behind the RV for our extra incidentals!!!  I attached a photo of what we are talking about above.  But in order to be able to tow such a long RV plus a 2nd Trailer, you need a CDL......Not to mention the Diesel itself!!  Just to drive it, we would have to have a CDL!

So tomorrow, we will be meeting our oldest daughter Christa and the Grand Kids Walker and Emily for lunch tomorrow after the Doctor Appointment.  Then going to visit my Mom and Daddy afterwords.  We would love to take them to lunch with us, but it is very difficult to get my Mom out of the house anymore.  So we will probably end up taking them lunch.  But at least I will get to see them for a while before we have to go home on Wednesday morning.  Well, my SIL just arrived home, so I better go for now.  Till next time......

Aloha My Friends  :)

My Sweetheart Is Coming Home Today!!! :)

Before you get all excited, this beautiful painting is NOT MINE!  But I wish that it were!  :)

Hey Ya'll,

Well, this post will be a short one, as I have a lot of work to do!!  But I just wanted to say that my Sweetheart Walt, will be coming home today!!  But it will be for a VERY short time!!  LOL  We will probably leave tomorrow, in order to drive down to the Sacramento area to stay with our Daughter Kat, as it will break up our drive to Clear Lake in half. 

We are going to Clear Lake on Sunday, for Super Bowl.  And since we live so far away, we would just be tired the whole time we were there, and we would not be able to enjoy ourselves much.  Since we would then have to turn around and drive back to the Sacramento area!!  Which would put us on the road about 6-8 hrs Sunday, depending on traffic!  Plus the game time, WHEW!!  So by leaving tomorrow, we will only have the drive to Clear Lake and back to the Sacramento area on Sunday.

Yesterday I had a Migraine Headache most of the day.  So I wasn't much good for anything.  I didn't get any work done at all.  Since our RV only has shades over the windows, not curtains, it doesn't allow the interior of the RV to get very dark.  So I pined some pillow cases over the windows in the Bedroom and closed the door, so that I could be in darker surroundings.  It helped a lot!  So I just stayed in bed most of the day yesterday, trying to relieve my Headache.  Finally by evening, I started to get relief! 

Unfortunately, this caused me to not be able to get to sleep until sometime after 4 am!!  I know, I know....that before we moved into the RV, I always stayed up really late.  But since we moved, I have been going to bed every night, sometime between 11 pm and 1 am.  Even when Walt is away!  So 4 am or later, is just tiresome to me now...I knew that I should have taken that Sleeping Pill last night.....LOL

Anyhoo, I need to get my butt in gear and go take a shower!  I want to look and smell my best for Walt today.  :)   So, till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

I'm So HAPPY!! And A Belated Happy Birthday!!

Don't ya'll just love this PINK collar???

Hey Ya'll,

First off, I want to say thanks to all that left me comments wishing me, love, hugs, good wishes, prayers, encouragement, comfort.....well you get the picture!  But after saying thanks, I want to say.....that I am SO HAPPY!!  Walt finally cooled down and we talked through the problem yesterday.  Most of the problem was a misunderstanding, and after we both said our sorry's, we moved on!

Yesterday was Walt's 56th Birthday!!  So after we made up and rocked he RV a bit, we went off to eat Dinner at a Mexican Restaurant here in town that was professed to be one of the top 100 Restaurants in the United States, and was voted the "Best of the Best" locally for great Mexican food!!  My MIL suggested it to us, and we are really glad that we tried it!!  They more than lived up to their reputation.

After we got home, we watched some TV, packed his bags for this week, then rocked the RV again!!  Isn't make up sex great???  (Sorry if this is TMI for some of you)  My daughter Christa is probably red in the face right now!!  Saying...."I can't believe she wrote this, and put this out in cyber space where anyone could read it"!!!  Oh well, with age, sometimes you get less concerned with what others think about you.  LOL  Like they say...."if the RV is rockin, don't come a knockin"....LOL

So now I will be alone again until Friday late afternoon, or early evening.  But I have plenty to do.....Taxes!!  Ugh!  Why won't they just go away???  Oh well, some things just never go away, no matter how much you try to hide from them.  So saying that, I better go for now!  I just wanted to let you know that all is great again in RV Land!!!  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends   

Sorry For So Many Posts In One Day!

Hey Ya'll,

Well first off, I want to apologize for so many posts in one day.  But my sweetheart Walt, got home a short time ago, and I could tell immediately that something was wrong.....He always wakes up hours before me.  He is a morning person, I am a night person.  He left early this morning before I woke up in order to go check out a Truck Driving School, and he was planning on driving today to see if he would like it.

He feels he needs to get his Commercial Drivers License so that we could upgrade our towing vehicle in the future, so that we could tow not only the 5th Wheel, but another Trailer behind it!  Which would make a Commercial License necessary.  We would also probably pull them with a Semi Truck!  So he feels that I too HAVE to have a CDL as well.  Well, if we do upgrade to the Semi, then yes, I would have to have one, unless I never wanted to drive it!  But I don't feel that it is necessary for me to start to learn how to drive one until later.  At least after we get through taxes, and we are sure that he is going to go through with it too!  So yesterday I told him that I was NOT going to go to the School today with him. 

So unless this is what is bothering him, I am not sure what he is upset about.  Walt has a tendency to shut down when he gets really mad.  He won't talk about it.  He just wants to simmer and boil for a while, until he decides that he will forgive me.  Which is worse than fighting to me.  At least I know what he is mad about.  But when he shuts down without telling me what I said or did, then I don't know how to react or what to do or say. 

He won't let me say anything....which is even worse.  It makes me feel like he hates me.  Like our future is in jeopardy!!  Which makes me feel helpless.  He knows that I would never move back into my parents home, and since I have no where else to go, I am up a creek if he decides that whatever I did was bad enough to leave me for.  Especially since I had to retire from working due to Medical issues.  I would have a hard time finding work that would accept someone that has so many Medical issues.  So supporting myself would be almost impossible....I don't know what to do.  All I want to do is cry right now.  And I haven't felt like this in awhile.

We were supposed to go do the laundry today after he returned.  I don't mind doing it myself.  In fact, if I had had the money to do it, I would have went ahead and started it while he was gone.  Even though I knew that he would have been upset that I did.  So I waited for him.  When he got home, he silently ate lunch, then let me know in no uncertain terms that he was going to do the laundry and he didn't want me to help him....

Tomorrow is Walt's birthday, but I am not even sure if he will be here to celebrate it with me.  He may choose to go back to Sacramento tonight or early tomorrow, just so he doesn't have to spend it with me.  I am very sorry for such a Debbie Downer post today.  But that is exactly how I feel.  I will get off here for now.

Aloha My Friends  :(

A Big Shout Out To Erica !!

****UPDATE****

Erica's Blog is called, What A Loser.  She was banded on November 16th, 2010, almost on my 1 yr anniversary!!  And she has already lost almost 27 lbs!!  So go check out her Blog and give her the support she can use!!

****UPDATE****

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I just realized that I had another new follower!  Her name is Erica, but....that is all I know about her!  Erica, if you would make a comment to me, then I could follow it back to your Blog, and start Following you too!!  So Erica...."Welcome to my Nightmare".

Aloha My New Friend  :)

CORRECTION: Welcome MANDY!! My Newest Follower!! :)

 










Hey Ya'll,

I have a new Follower, and her name is Mandy!!  She was Banded on December 6th, 2010 and has already lost over 50 lbs!!!  Her Blog is called, Frog and Owl.  So if you haven't already checked out her Blog, jump on over and check it out!!!  LOL  Like me, she also likes to Crochet!!  And in my book, that says a lot!!! LOL

By the way Katrina....I noticed in your Blog that you mentioned a recipe given to you by your Nutritionist called the Lazy Lasagna.  Could you possibly give me that recipe???  I know that it should be super easy, but since I have never made Lasagna.....a recipe would help me tons!!!

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

Aloha My New Friend  :)

It's Snowing!!

Hey Ya'll,

Just a super quick post to say that.....it is Snowing!!  Not too hard, and it won't stick.  At least not after tomorrow, but it is snowing.  Tomorrow our weather is supposed to start turning warmer again, so even if it snows enough today to stick, it will be gone......tomorrow!  LOL  Till next time....

Aloha My Friends  :)

Fill Postponed, and The Calories!! Oh My!!

I realized after reading some comments, that I forgot to mention that this beautiful painting is NOT one of mine!!  I only wish it were!  And it is one that I may try to duplicate in the future.....

Hey Ya'll,

Well, my next Fill was scheduled for yesterday, but I had a fairly bad Stuck episode on Wednesday, so I made the executive decision to reschedule the Fill.  :(  The reason being, since I had such a bad day, I was afraid that if I went ahead and got the Fill, that my Band would still be swollen and irritated, causing me to be even more TIGHT after the Fill, causing me to have to have an "Unfill", which I do not want to do again, if I don't have to.

Alert, Alert, don't read the rest of this paragraph if you are squeamish!!  So now maybe you would like some details on my Stuck episode.....I made myself a Chicken Pot Pie for lunch.  I didn't even eat it all, before I realized that I was Stuck.  I hadn't been Stuck in awhile.....well, let me tell you, it was not pleasant.  It was one of the worst episodes that I have had.  And I have had a few BAD ones!!!  LOL  I was in severe pain off and on, for about 7-8 hours!!  I literally threw up several times (I mean REALLY threw up!!  Not just Slimming).  Each time I managed to throw up, I would feel better.  Then within a half hour, it would start up again!  So I basically lived in the bathroom on Wednesday.....not my idea of a good day.....LOL

So I called in, and changed my Fill appointment for February 11th.  At least I will be able to make sure that I am recovered from the Stuck episode.  :)  Walt and I will be driving down to California on Sunday the 6th for a Super Bowl party, near Clear Lake!!!  I really wanted to get out of it, I hate driving far.  I had managed to get out of it for the last two years, but last year, Walt promised them that I would be there......thanks Walt!!!  But the good thing about it, is that we will be able to visit with Family as we will be staying with one of our daughters in the Sacramento area for a few days.

So Tracy, of Banded Adventures.  If you read this, are you still interested in getting together for Dinner??  We could meet you either Monday or Tuesday.  Please let me know????

Yesterday, we spent the day on the Bike, riding around town and getting it Licensed at the DMV.  Since Nevada allows for more than one type of Handicap placard, etc.  We went ahead and got a Handicap License Plate for the Bike.  This way, when I am riding it alone, I can park in Handicapped spaces.  I also have a Placard that I can hang in the Truck.

Today, we met Carolyn and Russ, for lunch in Reno.  For those of you new to my blog, Carolyn is Walt's ex-wife, and Russ is his Son.  Don't worry, Carolyn and I get along just great!  In fact, Walt always jokes that my Sister called when she does.  :)  Carolyn invited us to Lunch.....on her!!  Isn't that so sweet??

The problem is that we met for Lunch at Claim Jumper.  If you have never ate there, they serve HUGE portions!!  But that is ok, I ate a bit less than half of my lunch, Walt ate some of it too.  But the problem occurred at the end of Lunch....we ordered a HUGE Dessert to share.  We ordered the, I Declair (Baked fresh daily, Sweet pastry filled with a buttery Bavarian custard atop Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Hot Fudge & homemade Whipped Cream).  I would have posted a picture of it, but they don't show it on their website!  But it is at least 10-12 inches long!  Like I said, it was huge, and the total calories in it is.....2314!!  So even at 1/4th, I ate close to 600 calories just in the Dessert!!!  Oh My!!!  So....when was my next Fill???  LOL

Well, I better go for now, I need to relax as tomorrow we will be taking the laundry to the laundromat.  We have at least 9-10 loads to do!!  Wish me luck!  Till next time......

Aloha My Friends  :)

Welcome Dawn! My Newest Follower!!

Hey Ya'll,

Well, I was checking back in to see if I had a comment from Maria, so that I could find her blog, when I realized that I had another new Follower!!  Her name is Dawn!  But like Maria, I can't find your blog either Dawn!!  So please leave me a comment, as I would love to Follow you too!  But if you prefer to remain anonymous, then I do understand.....there are lots of us out there that do want to remain anonymous!  So Dawn......"Welcome to my Nightmare".  LOL

Aloha My New Friend  :)

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

Hey Ya'll,

I just checked into my blog, and noticed that I have another new Follower!!  Her name is Maria.  But that is all I know!  So Maria, if you would be willing to leave me a comment, then I could follow your comment to your Blog!  I would love to give you a proper shout out, but without your blog information, this is the best that I can do.  However, if you prefer to remain anonymous, than that is ok too!  So Maria, "Welcome to my Nightmare"!!  LOL

Aloha My New Friend  :)

Oh No!! Another Move???

Reno, here we come!!!












Hey Ya'll,

Well, when Walt and I went through all of our troubles, we decided to move into an RV so that we could hopefully semi-retire soon.  But in the meantime, Walt does still have to work.  So we had originally thought to move to Reno, since it was an easy drive down to the Sacramento area for Walt.  Then we fell in love with this RV Park, and we moved into it.  Walt didn't think that the difference in the drive would be that much.....

Well, after driving it for the last few weeks, he hates it!!  So we are moving to Reno after all!  It is good for a couple different reasons.  One, it will be an easier, faster commute for Walt.  And two, it puts me in a larger City, making it easier for me to get around.  Plus more shopping available!!  But, it also puts us in a smaller RV Park, where the spaces are closer together.  Oh well.....At least we don't have to pack up a ton of stuff to move this time!!  It is all in the RV, except for what is in Storage.  And we have decided to keep our "stuff" where it is for the time being.  LOL

Walt will be coming home tomorrow.  This time for the last time from the house.  After this, he will be staying with his daughter Kat while he is in Sacramento working.  She lives in the area and is "happy" to have her Daddy stay....at least for awhile.... LOL!  She has to go to bed really early since she gets up for work way early, so he will have to adjust his TV viewing to her.  Since he likes to have the TV on high volume....We may need to buy one of those devices where he can listen to the TV without the sound bothering her.  For that matter.....we could use one of those here!!  LOL

Well, I better go for now.  Till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

Welcome Ms. M! My Newest Follower!!

Hey Ya'll,

I just checked in, and noticed that I had a new Follower!!  Her name is Ms. M, and her blog is: Fatscapades Of A Redheaded Chick.  I'm not sure when she was Banded, but I do know that she has lost at least 50 lbs, and she was one of the lucky ones who attended BOOBS in Chicago!  So if you haven't already checked out her blog, please do!!  So Ms. M...."Welcome to my Nightmare".....LOL

Aloha My New Friend  :)

The House SOLD At Auction Today!! And The Newest Crocheted Bear!

Goodbye House!  We shall miss you!!  We never did finish the Front Yard Landscaping!

Hey Ya'll,

Sorry that I have been MIA for a few days.  As usual, so much to do, so little time....  Anyway, Walt and I took his Mom to lunch on Friday, for her Birthday.  I Crocheted her a long Scarf and a small Crocheted Ballerina Bear.  The pattern calls for it to only measure 3"'s tall.  The way I made it, it turned out to be about 10"-12"'s tall.  Her favorite colors are Purple, so that was the colors that I chose for the Tutu.  I will post photos of it at the end of the post.

So Saturday, Walt and I drove down to the Sacramento area, so that we could pack up the remaining "stuff" that was still at the house, so that we could get it moved up to our Storage Unit.  I didn't want to sleep on the floor at the house, even on an air mattress, as it is just too hard for me to get up off the floor (I'm not a spring chicken anymore)!  So we stayed at my Step-Daughter Kat's house.  After we had lunch, I drove over to my parents house and visited them for an hour or so, then our oldest Daughter Christa and her family, came over and helped us finish packing.  And Mark, Christa's husband dug up the 4, Bird of Paradise plants, that we had planted behind the pool, so that she could plant them at her house.  After we were finished, we drove to Sacramento to Kat's, and went to dinner with her and her husband Elliott, before going to their house for the night.

Walt and I left early the next morning, to go back to our house to start loading the belongings into our friend Dan's Bobtail.  He has been so gracious to allow us to use his Bobtail, to move our "stuff" to the Storage Unit in Carson City, NV.  He drove it of course, and helped to load and unload it.  But we did pay for all the fuel, and his meals.  But for him to take 3 days of his time to help us, was much appreciated.

So we drove back up to Carson City on Sunday, after we finished loading the Bobtail up.  After unloading it in the Storage Unit, we took Dan to lunch, then I drove the Truck home, while Walt and Dan took my Desk, Office Chair and the remaining Lateral File, to his Mom's house, as we gave them to her.  Then Walt rode back to the Sacramento area with Dan, so that he could drive back home on Thursday, with the Gold Wing and it's Trailer.  Oh, and of course he has my Trike Training Wheels attached to it!!  This way, once we get it up here, and I have some practice riding it (as it is totally different than riding a regular Motorcycle), then I can ride it around, when Walt has the Truck in California at work.

Today, was the Auction for the House.  :(  I am not sure if I am happy about it, or not.  But at least we no longer "own" the house, so we are no longer responsible for any accidents that may happen here.  Which is why Walt continued to live in it after moving me up to the Carson City, NV area.  We were concerned that someone would jump the fence and drown in the pool or something.....

Christa did manage to sell the Hot Tub and Gazebo last week for much less than we paid for them, and she also sold Walt's HUGE solid wood, Rosewood Office Desk and matching Credenza today!!  Also for much less than we paid.     

The house sold.  So someone got a great house for a great price!!  Our neighborhood is one of the more desirable ones in our City.  Of course, it wasn't the most expensive neighborhood, but one of the nicer ones.  We loved our house, and how we made it ours!  But, well.....life goes on, and things change.  So we are on to our new life as full time RV'rs.

So, since Walt went back with Dan on Sunday, and I was finally left with transportation, I spent the day driving around my new City and checking out the Craft stores here.  Unfortunately, they left a lot to be desired.  I usually buy my Yarn at Joann's, and the Joann's here in Carson City is just.....TINY!  And they only had about 1/8th the amount of yarn that the store where I usually buy at has.  Even the Michael's store has less than the one in California.  However, I did find a local Craft Store that had a bigger supply of yarn, but they were a bit more expensive.  So I will check out the Joann's and Michael's stores in Reno, hoping that they are more like the ones in California, otherwise, I will have to make the drive to California, when I am getting ready to start a new big project!!  Not what I am wanting to do either!!

So I guess that I will end this for now, I need to get to bed, got lots to do to get our taxes done!!  So till next time.....

Aloha My Friends  :)

This is the Ballerina Bear that I just finished Crocheting for my MIL for her Birthday.  I hope you like it.  :)

Sending Out Award To Everyone!! And...Walt Is Leaving Again!

Hey Ya'll,

I just wanted to make a quick post to keep you all up on whats been happening here (which is not too much).

But first, I want to pass along this gorgeous Stylish blogger Award to every one of my Followers!!  If you haven't already received this award, well.....you have now!!  All you have to do, is pass it along to someone you feel is deserving, which I feel everyone is, which is why I copped out and gave it to everyone!!  Then, tell us 7 Things That We Don't Know About You!!

Now, as to what Walt and I have been up to.  Well....since my last post, we have been trying to find a Universal Remote, that we can program to use with the TV in our Bedroom (the original one died....:( ).  The TV is about 11 yrs old, and so far, we have tried 2 different remotes to no avail!!  However, we did find one that we figured we would use as a last resort.  I say last resort, because it is on the expensive side.  So it appears that it will have to be the expensive one!  We checked online on its website, and found that it will work with our TV.  But we won't be able to get it until at least Friday!

Today, our son Russ came down from where he is living with his mother Carolyn, "my sister" for those of you that have read my blog for awhile!  Otherwise you won't get the joke!  Anyway, Russ drove down to pick up our practically brand new, High Efficiency, Extra Capacity Washer/Dryer set.  Yes, some may think that we are crazy, giving an expensive set to Walt's ex-wife....but we have our reasons.  Anyway, Russ came and we loaded them up in Carolyn's truck, then we took Russ to eat lunch at a local Casino.

Afterward, Walt and I proceeded to return the last Ceramic Heater that we just bought yesterday, as we didn't know it until we had it home, and out of the box, that the lowest temperature you can set it to is 65 degrees!!  I'm sorry, but having our tiny RV Bedroom at 65 degrees in the Winter is just too hot!  Both Walt and I prefer to sleep with it a bit on the cool side, so we like to set the Heater somewhere between 57-59 degrees.   So off it went, back to the store.

We also had to return the Universal Remote that we bought yesterday.  During our rounds today, besides returning the Heater and Remote, we repurchased a new Heater and Remote.  And guess what???  Now that we are home, neither I nor Walt can get the newest Remote to work.  So Friday it will be off to the store, to return/exchange the Remote AGAIN!!!  We haven't unboxed the Heater as yet, so cross your fingers that this one will work the way we want it to!!!

I need to go for now, as I need to pack up Walt's clothes for his trip back to Sacramento tomorrow!  He will be returning on Thursday though.  But Thursday will be a particularly hard day for him.  He will be driving from Sacramento to Carson City twice!!  Yes, you read it right.  He will be riding the Gold Wing up, with our friend Dan following in his enclosed Van, bringing up the last of our "stuff" to be placed in Storage for awhile at least.  Then he will hitch a ride back down with Dan so that he can return with the Truck!

This way we will have all of our vehicles here!  Which means that next week we will be going back to.....(drum roll please) you probably guessed it right.....the DMV!  So that we can finish Registering the vehicles.  We can't register the Bike and it's Trailer without them being here, since Nevada has to visually inspect the VIN #'s!!  But at least at this point we will have everything Registered, and we will be totally out of California in every way except for the Work that Walt does there.  And he is looking for work locally so that he can stop commuting!!  I will also get a Handicap License Plate for the Bike.  This way we can park it in a Handicap space too.  I have a Placard as well, but I'm sure that you can figure out why, I won't use it with the Bike????  If not, leave me a comment asking me why, and I would be more than happy to tell you!!  LOL  Well, I better go, I do have a lot to do....till next time.

Aloha My Friends  :)