Thanksgiving Eve

Welcome from sunny Florida (although it has been raining yesterday and today).

There is really very little to report, as we have not been traveling to any extent since we arrived. We did go to Boynton Beach for a weekend to see the grandchildren celebrate Halloween. That turned out to be a lot of fun. In South Florida the weather is still quite warm at the end of October, so most folks sit in lawn chairs in front of their house to hand out candy. Some of the homes a well decorated for Halloween, and an occasional place will have a ghost or a witch inside the house, making the kids, ring the doorbell, and then be scared to death, before receiving their treat. I guess in this case the trick is reversed --- the home-owner does the trick!

We have been spending a lot of time just getting our maintenance up to date. We are almost through washing, and waxing. Carpet cleaning is coming up.

We have also spent time getting ourselves maintained. I went to Mayo Clinic for another chest X-ray. Everything is OK, and that will be the end of the monitoring. I also had a few other minor things taken care of. We also went to Tampa to get a tune-up on the cochlear implants, and I must say, I think I am hearing a little better. In a week or two, Madeline will start the process of getting her cataracts removed.

We have purchased a Jeep, planning to do some fairly serious 4-wheeling in the spring. It is second hand, so we are also doing a little fixing up on the vehicle.

That is about the news. We are having Thanksgiving dinner at my niece's home, and my sister Dona will be there. it will be fun to have a little family affair.