Watching Ike

Dodge Ball

As most of you know it's hurricane season and close to the peak dates. The tropics have been quite active.

We've managed to dodge Gustav, Fay and Hanna, although we got feeder bands from all three.

Ike on the other hand is one we need to be very concerned with. The cone is changing as he gets closer .. instead of heading straight at SE Florida he's now heading for the Keys (although he can go anywhere within the cone) putting us on the right side of the storm which means the wrong side.

As the weekend gets close that cone will change. I can only hope and pray he stays on a south westerly course and go through or below Cuba leaving Florida alone.

We have our plan ready. Because we are in an RV we will have to evacuate with our animals and valuables. I've made a list of what to take and we will film later today or tomorrow all our stuff for insurance purposes.

Magnesium Supplement

I started taking magnesium supplement since returning to Florida .. on the advice of my podiatrist.

He said it had many benefits .. one of course was for my sugar levels .. I've been reading on the internet where we all know we can get so much information, sometimes to much.

I can't remember where I read it but it mentioned skin tags, and I'll be darned if my skin tags are disappearing. As a child I called them Grandma Fuller moles.

I remember my grandmother having them.

What I wasn't told was when you first start (at least for me) the magnesium affects the bowels. Don't need any prunes, if you get my point.

I'm taking 250 mg twice a day.

Two steps backwards

This afternoon we went to put out our awning to protect the trailer from the afternoon sun (hoping it will help with the electric bill). The strap that is used to pull the awning broke so Ken asked me to help pull on the awning arm .. NOT a good idea .. I felt the pain immediately in the lower right side .. guess pulling goes with no lifting ..

Thank goodness I still have a few Percocet's left. Took one and here I sit doing nothing.

We are going to have to spend the money to drive out west, go to the RV supply store and buy a new strap, but due to fuel prices we are waiting till we have a reason to go. It'll be a gallon of fuel to go out and back.

Photos

I haven't learned how to link my Picasa Album to my blog so the best I can do is put in the link. Photos of our current location.

Went to the surgeon

Saw the surgeon today for my 1 month check up .. He's released me but said no heavy lifting for 2 more weeks.

He said that the cyst and ovaries were benign, I had a little bit of cancer in the uterus which went out when the uterus went out. Also removed 39 lymph nodes and all was OK. See me in 6 months.

Of course I still have the occasional stabbing, dull burning pain which will subside as time goes on.

Pretty much moved in

We are snuggly tucked into our RV spot .. DH redid the stabilizers. Made all the hoses and electric wires look good .. even hid our surge protector so you can't see it.

We still have a little wiggle giggle when he walks, but not as bad as other times. Nice and level too. Normally we have to use a bungee cord to hold one of the doors open but not now. And that same door will latch closed, been along time since we were level enough to do that.

We purchased the Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel Interesting stuff .. with an RV you can't hang smelly things on the toilet or put blue stuff in the sink .. so DH wanted to try it .. Not an easy find, tried 3 different stores finally found it at Winn Dixie. I can say it smells good.

We don't have a problem with the funky smell, and we also don't use chemicals, I just wanted something that smelled nice .. I tried Renuzit that you put down and lift it up and it's supposed to put smelly stuff in the air for about 30 days. Never worked. Tried other smelly things too that didn't work.

I'll keep you updated on this product.