RV Blog--Life in a Box. This just ain't 'camping' any more....

Monday, November 21, 2005:

One more thing crossed off our list! Keith had his hernia repair done today, and during his lucid, pain-free moments, he's really glad that is over! It's hard to believe that they do surgery like that and then send them home 6 hours later!

Weather has turned COLD here! Well, ya'll know what I mean--highs in the 60s and low about 50! Freezing the Floridians, don'tchaknow?

We're thinking of having the latest thing for Thanksgiving Dinner... Turducken! Look THAT up in your Funk and Wagnall's! Duck, inside a deboned turkey with a chicken inside the duck! Those Cajuns sure know how to come up with some funky food!!!

Meanwhile, back up North, we've had a break-in on Redneck Hill. Thieves foraged through the garage and took what looked like easy money, and then ransacked the storage trailer hoping to find more goodies. I have no idea what they took from there, since our son had no idea what was in there and they pretty much trashed the lot, anyhow. Just have to wait until I get there. I was really feeling sorry for myself, thinking of things like camping gear, cameras, down bedding, winter clothes, knick knacks I couldn't bear to sell at last year's auction.... And then I thought about those who lost every last thing they owned in Katrina this year. We still have our photos and the 'things' that can't be replaced....and our home.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you all!


Dinah // Monday, November 21, 2005
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Monday, November 14, 2005:

Well, that was fun! Jean flew in for the weekend and we had a great visit! Ate a lot, vegged a lot, caught her up on some movies, and shopped for fleas.... And then dropped her off at the airport...:(
And before that, Marie called and caught me up on all her goings-ons. It's hard to keep up with all their buying and selling of houses and such, but I managed to keep track! :)
And now, hubby is having a 'clear liquids' day, along with that wonderful, nasty fizzy stuff and 4 evil little pills.... Tomorrow we get to go to Tampa for the ever-popular colonoscopy.
Now I can go back to stashing my goodies away in all the cubbyholes--just as soon as those jerks from Terminex have been here again. I was so displeased that I emailed Headquarters, after the manager here told me to wipe off my countertops and he'd be here eventually. Funny how they had someone here within 24 hours of my initial call--and collected my $150. But when I called for the second installment, which I needed desperately before Jean got here, I got nothin'.... I swear to you that I could have dealt with my unwanted visitors more thoroughly myself with a can of Raid and a couple of bombs than Terminex did with all their mysteries sprays and worthless little traps! This morning I lifted the lid on my coffee filter storage container and there sat a big brown bug and 2 very young ones. To say that I was pissed is to put it mildly! They ain't heard the last of ME! I've learned a thing or 2 to add to my normal passive/aggressive revenge pattern.... :) I can do "in your face" confrontations, too! LOL!
Pest update: The manager brought a flunky, whom he sent in first, and our home has been very thoroughly de-pested. Later there was a phonecall from the head office wanting to know if the work had been done.... We'll see what happens now.... Are ya'll tired of hearing about Florida's State Pest, yet????
Dinah // Monday, November 14, 2005
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Monday, November 07, 2005:

Life in a mobile 'box' indeed. Never in my entire life have I had "uninvited guests" living in my home--not even when we were living in the country, in the big old farmhouse, did we have 'bugs'. It took 11 months for them to find us, and 3 days for me to discover the invasion and call Terminex. Now, 10 days later, they have not all left and I am just a little p.o.'d! Jean is flying in to visit on Friday nite and I am really unhappy about these bugs! I cannot WAIT to get out of this bug-ridden state, with it's hurricanes and high humidity (today was 85 degrees with an unbelievable dew point). Not to mention all the blasted Snowbirds that are beginning to clog the highways and byways and eating establishments and parking lots..... We have already had one old bag from "Wrinkle City" next door over here demanding that we call the police because of the guy who starts his "truck" (actually a dark green Camero) at 5:30 every morning and wakes her up! Shirley told her it wasn't bothering any of US because we all have jobs--and she can call the cops herself and see what happens! LOL! We finally found a doctor who believes in 'sleep disorders' and is, at this writing, conducting a new sleep study on my poor, exhausted hubby--after writing him an excuse to not work for 6 weeks and filling out the form for short term disability! Plus, we found out that the local hospital was running a scam on us when they demanded we pay them 20% up front before his hernia surgery--which we then canceled before entering into the exhaustive process of gettting it done thru the VA. Turned out that our insurance will happily pay 100% of said hernia repair...so, he gets to have that done while he is being 'studied'. For a guy who never went to the doctor before coming to Florida, he sure is getting a belly full of them now! And then we get to leave here--NEVER to return! Grandkids, here we come! :) At last report, the baby is now walking 4 or 5 steps at a time and then stopping to applaud herself--because the grownups all clap when she walks! LOL! Hey Marie! Are you still out there somewhere? Online?
Dinah // Monday, November 07, 2005
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