Happy Mothers Day!!!

Well, as usual a day late and a dollar short, but HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the ladies out there!!! We had a really nice Mothers Day, however we did our Saturday night at Kaileigh's house. We also invited Kaileigh's Grandmother, so we had three generations of Mommies in the house. As pictured above, Sheryl got some nice flowers and a balloon from her daughter and I got her a Safire Necklace she has had her eye eye on. We had a great time with the family once again.

Today, I had a Mobile RV Repair Service come out and service our A/C. It has been freezing up and water has actually been dripping on the floor from it, so I know it was dirty. He came out, showed me just what he was doing every step of the way and seemed to do a good job. The A/C was pretty dirty both inside and out. I try and do these things myself, however never messing with it before, I wanted a pro to come out and take care of it the first time. Now that I know what and how to do it, it'll be an easy maint item to take care of. I also got a good price quote on a new slide awning (our is tore up pretty bad from age and the winds.) so we'll have him order us one and have it installed when we figure out our travel schedule.

That's it for today, again Happy Mothers day to all and we'll see you back here again.

Procrastination and Pizza Pizza

 Several months ago, on our return trip from Florida to New Mexico, we had the pleasure of travelling I-10 thru Louisiana. For those of you who have travelled this fine roadway, know what I'm talking about. Well during that fine strip of pavement, we were bopping along at a moderate 60mph, when the pavement seem to just drop out from under us, (very bad area in the road) with no warning. We almost lost control (it was that bad) and shook us up pretty good. We regained our composure and pressed on to our days destination. Upon setting up for the night, we found that bump in the road had destroyed all the shelves in our rear entertainment center, luckily the TV is mounted well, so it survived. I had taken all the shelves down and moved the stereo equipment to another area and just left it at that, until the other day when the mood struck to rebuild. Of course the story would have been more dramatic with a before picture, but I just started the rebuild and forgot all about it. So after a Home Depot trip and an hour or so of wood cutting and framing we are better than new. It's nice to have the rig looking normal again.

 After working up an appetite, we headed over to visit Josh and Kaileigh and decided Pizza was in order. They brought up the normal chain pizza places (not that there bad) but I asked if there was a good local pizza place around. Well, that triggered there mind and they remembered a great little place just south of town in Norman, OK.  The plan was set and off we went and a bit later we arrived at the Pizza Shuttle. This is definitely a local place in a college town, the food was great and the prices were right, can't beat that. Again I was a day late and a dollar short on pictures as we had the pizza almost devoured before I remember to get a shot of it, that's how good it looked and was.

It was a nice day and we gave thought to eating out on the patio, until we noticed the accommodations, thought better of it and ate inside at a more sturdy table. Local places have there own atmostsphere and that's why we like them so much.

Another day down, looks like we'll be taking a side trip to Kansas and the family farm later next week, before heading down towards Dallas next month. So that was our day, it's great spending time with the kids, but will be time to move on soon. Take Care and we'll see you back here again!!!

Bombing Range and Escapees

 Here in Oklahoma the local bird population has seemed to take a disliking to our truck. Of curse they must be Air Force birds here on the base as they are using the truck as a bombing range. You can see they are pretty well on target and I'm saving you the horror of the full aftermath of their air assault, lets just say "it ain't pretty".....lol

 Our daughter offered up her driveway to wash away the scares of the battle. So after a hour of scrubbing and shining, Ole Reds all purdy again.

Kaileigh and Josh also have a new puppy, a cute little white haired lab mix, and our little Scrappy has taken a smitin to her. However like most men who only have one thing on the brain, Scrappy follows her everywhere and gets into everything she does. As in the other day, she taught Scrappy how to dig and play in the dirt/mud in the back yard, while we were gone for a bit. It was quite the sight to see when I pulled up in the driveway to see two little puppies at the front door, just proud as punch that they had escaped the confines of the back yard. What was even cuter, is when they decided they could be in trouble for their daring escape and both high tailed it for the hole it the fence. Of course they were doing this as I was parking, so I just had to laugh. When it was all said and done, poor Scrappy was dirty/muddy from head to toe and got the same treatment as Ole Red the day before.

Thats it for today, so keep Lovin Your Life as we do ours and we'll see you back here soon.

Great OKC Doctors

What a busy week, spending more time with the kids, Sheryl dealing with her back pain, seeing doctors and general day to day activities, make me tired just remembering it all.....lol.

Lots of good news this week though. The new doctors here on OKC have been great and much more helpful than those in small town New Mexico. We both really like our new Primary Care Doctor, very personable. Her new Cardiologist is great, ran tests right away to get a good base line and make sure everything is going well with her heart.

One of the main reasons for coming to OKC, was to contact the Laser Spine Institute to see if they could help with Sheryl's back issues. We made a appointment for an initial consult, we took her MRI from Feb 12 with us and they found a few trouble spots. However with Sheryl's increase in pain since those were taken, they sent us over for a new MRI and X-Rays. We went back the next day and received good news/bad news. Bad news was, she is not a candidate for their laser surgery (we were crushed) However, the Good News, the neurosurgeon who we met with, showed us exactly what was wrong and causing her pain, he also explained what procedure was needed to take care of it and referred us to the right doctors to do it. He went on to explain, the insurance companies will not pay for them (neurosurgeons) to do the procedure she needs, as it can be done by a Pain Management doctor for much less and insurance will take care of it. After some thought (later in the day) we both realized what a good thing this turned out to be, no back surgery, no possible trip to Florida to have it done, and we should beable to have her taken care of much sooner.

Ok, now I must give a plug for the Laser Spine Institute, they were by far the best and most professional medical office/company we have ever dealt with. Customer service is #1 in their book. During your initial consultation, a Neurosurgeon sits down with you and looks at you MRI with you, he explains everything he sees and gives you honest information. If you need further MRIs/X-Rays, they have a shuttle which takes you to the various locations and returns you to their office. They provide a Cafe with in their office with free breakfast and lunch while you wait, the staff was also amazing. We can not say enough good about this company, even though they could not help us. We would highly recommend them if you are having any serious back pain, and their procedure in minimally invasive. They have offices around the country and you can find them Here .

That's all for now, have more to blog about but I don't want to make this entry too long. We are both excited about the excellent care Sheryl has been getting here in OKC and just wanted to relay that to everyone. See ya back here soon!!!

Q'n With The Kids

 Ok, more like grilling but it involved lots of meat!!! We got together with most of our kids here in OKC the other day for a good ole fashioned get together. Sheryl's son brought the steaks and sausage, and everyone else brought the other goodies, we had a feast to say the least.

 The girls guarding the munchies, Sheryl, Kaileigh and Audry.

 As the night went on, the Margarita dispenser got lower, man they were good!!! Our families can be a partying bunch!

A little grill fighting before dinner to work up an appetite. It was a great evening, getting most of the kids together and enjoying each others company. By the end, we were all to full to move and eventually made our ways home.
The other big event of the evening was, our now future son-in-law asked for our daughter hand in marriage, he's a great guy and will treat her well, so our blessing was given. Now it's wedding prep time for the ladies, Woo Hoo!!!

Until next time, keep lovin Your Life as we do ours!!!

The weather here in OK has taken a turn and has just been great. With the nights warming, I have been trying my hand a some night time photography. Most havn't come out to well, still experimenting with the camera settings. However last night as I was walking Scrappy down by the lake here in the park, I noticed the shadow of a tree cast by the bright lights of the entry gate. With the colors, I thought it would make a cool shot. You can see it Here on the Photo Page.

Still Alive!!!

Boy, it's hard to believe how fast a week can go by. It's pretty much been a whirlwind of activity with visiting all the kids, getting new doctors set up, daily life and crazy weather. To think, all that and one a picture to show for it, but getting all caught up in the moments, I just don't think about it at the time.
We have also been looking at new rigs as this one is beginning to show her age at 11 years. Just little things that come up, but I guess that's just maintaince. Our main complaint is still the black tank, the folks in New Mexico never did get it right and after 4 visits to their shop, we just gave up. Yes it still has a leak somewhere (somehow they managed to jack up a brand new tank). This is something that we need to get fixed, so will be looking for a repair shop here on OKC. The hope for a new rig is out the window, as when the economy and life hit a few years back, it seemed to do us in for a while. That's ok though, our current rig is paid for and just needs to have these few issues taken care of. One good thing is, if the rig needs to stay in the shop for a few days (to get it right) we can stay with our daughter. That's the one bad thing about fulltiming, loosing your home while it's being repaired. We'll let you all know how it goes.

Just wanted to get in a quick entry, to let everyone know we haven't fallen off the edge of the earth, so take care and see everyone again soon.