Posted On: Thursday, August 4th, 2011 at 9:15 am
Joel and Linda
Well been getting a little behind with the upkeep of the blog as I have not had much in the way of anything that was of any interest.
This month I have a late start and there has been some things going on and I thought I’d post a picture of the new camper and truck connected so you can see the length of the rig as it is in the range of 50 feet. It has been warm as you know and we want to do some work on the rig with the introduction of a operating desk for the radios, laptop and printers. I did find a nice desk that would fit in the back of the rig and it looked real nice but the wood was a little dark but that isn’t a problem. Linda wants to clean the carpet and I have cables to measure and cut for the antennas and tuners for the Ham Radio and Cell Phone equipment. It has been so hot to work on and around the camper and with Linda working we have not found it condusive to go and spend any time in the rig. Lots to do before we leave to the south this fall and want to make sure I have all the tools and stuff I need for work that needs to get done once we get back to Alabama. Maybe with a little cooler weather and Linda finishing up her work at the Hill we can make some trips to Mercer where the camper is stored to allow us to work on it.
Well here in the neighborhood they are working on the street and they have removed to top 3 inches of the old street, that I understsnd is over 70 years old, and then they are installing the new fire hidrent across from our drive way. Finally after living here for the past 7 years we can get a nice street to drive on. There are many streets in the city that need resurfacing but that I am sure will take time and budgeting by the city.
Murphy has finally settled down after barking at all the activity in the street. He has a birds eye view of the work in progress from his perch in the front window on the love seat.
Well Linda and I are celebrating our birthdays on the 6th and although we don’t have anything special planned we just might go out for dinner and maybe have a few drinks. Linda is excited about getting her Medicare card and new supplemental health care insurance now as of the 1st of the month. On the 5th the TV station in Duluth posted our birthday announcement on the morning broadcast.
I got good news from my cancer doctor with regard to the additional skeletal xrays he wanted done. I have had Multiple Myeloma for a number of years and the new oncologist at the clinic looked at my old history and needed to get up to date on what was going on. Well after 22 xrays that he reviewed with the old one of over a year ago he said one of the 3 holes in my head, yes in my head, had disapeared and I only had 2 that they could find. He said at my age and because I have an abnormal protien in my blood tests he wanted to make sure there was nothing major going on. He said because nothing has advanced for many years now I should out live this cancer and just have to watch this by getting the xrays every 3 years and yearly blood work to watch the protien in my blood. Looks like I will be around now to keep this blog up and enjoy our travels south and watch the grand kids grow up.
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