Happy New Year - 2011

January 1st 2011 - Cloudy warmer - 46 degrees

Lou and I have taken advantage of the much warmer temperatures of the last few days and pulled the new RV from the barn and have worked on the inside trying to get the drawers lined and some of the things placed in permanent homes.

I think we can say our bedroom and the bathroom are finished with the exception of the final touches that make the rooms look like home and I will do them once we reach our first stop where we will stay for a few days.

We have decided that we truly do like our new purchase and look forward to spending the winter traveling south to parts unknown.

We both had a wonderful Christmas and every member in both of our families put a lot of thought and time into each gift, we received cook books for traveling in the RV, new towels and place mats for the RV, gift cards for Camping World, Restaurants, Walmart, Target, Book Stores, solar powered flashlights, clothing for fun and special occasions, pictures, special spices, drink mixes, puzzles, card games, books, movies, jams, jellies, hand made quilted wall hangings for the RV, a precious sheep wall hanging, such a variety of things and no duplications. We certainly enjoyed getting together will all of our families and watching all of the children and their anticipation of what was to come.

One of Lou's Grandson's came over and had dinner with us after Christmas and spent the evening with us and that is always a good evening. He is away at college so it is always good to catch up on his busy life as a student and his life as a working college guy. His girlfriend is a pre-med student, so both are busy folks. His other grandson is in the Army and did not get home for Christmas, but was able to spend some time with us at Thanksgiving and that was a special time for us also. This grandson was able to get to see Garth Brooks in concert this winter. One of the lucky guys!!

We have enjoyed Michelle being home from College also and she was off skiing last night, and found out she was a little out of shape. Said she guess she had missed her gym classed from high school. She was able to transfer her working hours from Hershey to Wellsboro, so can stay at home until mid January when she will head back to college at Elizabethtown. Think all of these kids need the break and hopefully will be a bit more rested up for that second semester.

Lou and I are off to Sue and Tim's for dinner tonight and this week will be a busy week. I have appointments for breathing studies and also an appointment with the neurologist, so hopefully will get some answers before the end of the month.

We had Estee to the doctor last week, and he did a lot of lab work, and called the end of the week and it looks like pancreatitis and he wants to do two more kinds of lab work before telling us what the final diagnosis is, so hopefully will know something there also. Will be an informative week.

Lou and I danced in the New Year. We really had a great turnout for our New Years Dance, at one time we had seven squares on the floor and still had people sitting down. Great night to be out, no freezing rain, or snow.

Happy New Year one and all.