We're Baaack! or a short traveloge.

Of course after we got up here to Oregon last year we found out that all of our important papers were down in Arizona So off we went thinking we would only be gone a few days (right here I should have known better) off we went to Quartzsite. Then a sudden thought hit me, we are going to go through mountains during winter times. $400.00 ++ later for new traction tires we were ready to go, again. Ever driven 1500 miles with snow tire when you didn't need them?
Wasn't a happy camper.
In addition can you visualize a 70 year old driving a over loaded, gutless minivan during rush hour on LA freeways? Not pretty picture. All the other drivers seemed to want me to see something in the sky to which the kept pointing. I'd slow down to try to see what they wanted me to see but all the seemed to do was make all the other drivers eager to help them point.

Well we finally made it down there after three nights in motels, another $300.00. Plus $90.00 in gas. Surprisingly everything was in pretty good shape except the awning which we knew was bad. So we bought a new awning and an Arizona Room (a sealed-in tarp room under the awning) which nearly doubled our living space. Another $1100.00. By now I figured We just won't eat for the next year or two.

People at Church were interested about my health so Suday I got a chance to to tell everyone how bad off I was when we left and I hadn't really died. Some even seemed a little disapointed I hadn't died. So the week after I collasped in a parking lot in Yuma and got thrown into the hospital just for them.

Well a few days turned into nearly two months and both of us are glad to be back. Perhaps our traveling days are going to come to an end. The mind still wants to go but the body jhust isn't up to it any more. Love to all. Dad

The New Year Resolution Blog.

Yippee! I remembered the password(after three tries). Sure is hard to find much to resolve when you are sooo perfect. Mary Poppins and me, perfect in every way. Yep, yep, yep maybe I should ask my wife if there is some small area I could improve. Boy that was a mistake. Now I know that I am rated some where lower than whale doo doo. OK, I did have a little trouble fixing her sewing machine.( I got her a new one) and maybe the toaster is a little funny to use after I improved it somewhat, and we don't talk about the VCR, microwave, or vaccum cleaner. As far as personal habits are concerned, I have learned that letting gas and belching in public is highly frowned upon. Well I guess this year I will accept, with grace, the things my wife indicates I am doing wrong.(Now she will brobably want to know who this Grace person is).

Stupid Machine

Sometimes I think this $#&@ machine hates me. It never does what I want it to do. It mocks me by doing only what I tell it to do. How many times do I have to enter a password to verify who I am. It knows darn well who I am. I tell it to remember me over and over but alas to no avail. On top of everything else it expects me to remember passwords, user names etc. It has got to be kidding.

Ok, calm down. Take a deep breath. Breath slowly. Remember your blood pressure.

Now isn't life much, much better? See the silver lining on the clouds?

NO!!! I still hate this thing and I am going to enjoy every minute of this rant. So there!

Why-zit?

Why-zit women can remember a trivial event that happen seventeen years ago but seem to forget what Wal-Mart has in their store even though they (the Ladies) have been in it everyday for the past week? I believe there must be some unwritten rule that if a women walks out of Wal-Mart and they must reenter for some reason, shopping must start all over. (You never can tell the store just might have snuck in hundreds of new items onto the shelves the 30 seconds you were out.)

By the way no matter how firmly you believe this, DO NOT say this out loud, if you don't want your entire shopping history presented to all present. Didn't know I been in that many stores in my entire life.

IT Finnaly Happened.

Friday I was in the emergency room at our local hospital and this conversation took place.

"Well Mr. Wilson let me feel your stomache." (not so muffled scream as he pushed on my stomach) "Well maybe I shouldn't do that again." Me; "Ya Doc maybe you shouldn't do that again." Doc: "Well Mr wilson you have a severe pain in your stomach."

I wonder if he really thought I didn't know it was me that was screaming in agony.

Anyway after seven hours in the ER, blood tests, and a CatScan the diagnoses was that they couldn't rule out the gall bladder ( the guy running the ultra sound was not working). The heart was still working (had a pulse). Might be an ulcer because there might be an abnormality in the stomach. The Cat Scan reader guy was also gone, go see a specialist. Prognoses: Here is some pain pills . You should live until Monday when you are able to get to some other doctor.

Oh for the good old days when the family doctor diagnosed you with a disease, you died from that disease(becauseHe was usally also the county coroner).

Grumpy Frogs.

Being down wind in my gene pool (love that phrase) may just be a LITTLE disconcerting due to my (overly developed by some accounts) sense of humor, ability to get in trouble without trying (very hard) and the wondering about things of which I had never thought of before. Well one of my grandsons brought up the subject of grumpy frogs. Never thought about grumpy frogs or attack canaries or even acrobatic slugs but they seem like possible subjects on which to ponder since I have given up trying to make sense of politics and the future of the country.

Ark Building ?

Today the rain ceased. After two weeks of solid rain I was begining to wonder if I was just a little behind in starting that Ark. With the skunk in the garage, the three resident cats, Mom(my wife) and Sister dearest I wasn't too sure I wanted to be stuck on any old barge that I could make. Anyway the way the weather looks now I can delay starting on the Titanic II for a few more days. Oh by the way, I learned something remarkable after moving here to Oregon this last summer from Arizona. Sandals are NOT the shoe of choice for year round wear.