5C's Que Pasa

The girls and I are doing just fine on our own.  In fact I got a stack of paperwork completed yesterday.  Progress. We even got 12 hours of sleep last night.  Refreshing.

This morning I started the day with an hour soak in my tub with a good book.  Other than an hour passing too swiftly and my bubbles overflowing onto the floor it was a perfect morning.

I forgot to mention yesterday that the Canada Geese seem to have all flown south.  Haven't seen or heard any for a few days now.  Lots of  local ducks hang about though.  They will stay for the winter.  We did have some visiting ducks of various types pass through but they have also departed.

This should prove to be interesting over the next few days.

We did have frost this morning and it was very cool.  I had both the furnace and the fireplace turned.  I can keep it warmer than normal which is how we girls prefer it.  Once Colin gets home he will turn it down!

They had to cuddle to stay warm while the house warmed up.

There was a wee bit of snow at the top this morning as the clouds started to fill the valley.

Now at noon, you might say we are clouded in. I bet there is some snow activity happening up there.

Tags: Duck Lake, Kelowna in Nov., The girls

Adios snowbirds!!  The last of  those driving who live on our street left in their car  this morning.  They are driving to Palm Springs where they rent a condo for the winter. Safe travels Michele and Robert.  There are still 2 couples left here who will fly to their homes in Yuma and Tucson on October 31.  They are older now and have vehicles and homes in both places but they use to drive their RV's south for the winter.  So that just leaves us with an RV on Lake Lake, as our street is called, who will still head south…sometime!!!  Sniff!!  However we won't be lonely, on this loop of the street there are 3 homes that will remain occupied all season long and on the other side of the street there are 6 homes that will be occupied all winter.

Holiday Park is emptying out but there are still many who remain year round and enjoy planned events at the rec centre.  Our friends Pat & Gord  will be leaving next week and then we will feel alone.  However we will see them in Centro in Mazatlan.

A big adios to Colin who left at 6:30AM on West Jet for Winnipeg to see his Mom.  She turns 98 on Oct. 28th which was our original RV departure date.  Because the flights were already booked Colin went this morning but it would have been nice to be there for her actual birthday but he will make his three days with her special.

When I stepped out of the house to drive him to the airport just after 5AM I was almost blown away by the wind coming off the lake.  I could hear the lap of the waves on the beach and it was very cool out there.  Good thing I had white socks on in my black sandals 🙂  Many asked us why we sold our home across the road and moved to the lake site because in the winter it is cold and windy.  That it is, as we now know, but the view is certainly worth it especially with our cozy fireplace.  I think it would be very difficult for the girls to do their business here in the winter as there is zero protection from the elements on this site.  Guess that is why we go south!

I was sort of watching for Colin's plane to take off but I think it took off in the other direction, into the wind as opposed to flying over our house and I missed it.  I will miss him while he is gone.  Just me and the girls.

When he gets back we will have time to put our yard away for the winter and maybe hang a few pictures inside.

Tags: Family, friends, Holiday Park, Mexico

Good thing I didn't go ahead and purchase my tickets for the opera La Boheme for Nov 13th in Mazatlan.   I will have to cancel a few pre booked massages though.

We are very officially delayed!!

There is no official departure date, just an official no go date.  At this point we hope to leave Kelowna between  Nov. 16th and Nov. 30th!!  We hope to get the travel departure date within 10 days so we can book health insurance and all those other last minute hundred things.  Meanwhile I get to sit back and relax!!

I don't think so…..I have NO winter clothes.  I don't even have closed toe shoes!!!  The next month will be very interesting.  On the positive side I will be able to have a few more weeks in the new house and see what November is like here in Kelowna.  We will leave the RV fully loaded as it is and just take a few things out as we need them.  I even have the fridge loaded.

Last night we had to scramble over to the RV to find me some heavy duty pain meds.  I had a very thorough going over by the endodontic specialist yesterday.  First I had one of those 360 degree scans that allows him to see the teeth from all directions.  Seems like a minuscule particle of tooth matter is irritating the nerves in the tooth canal so he first ( after very very carefully freezing me ) flushed the area with bleach!!!  Then he filled the canal with an antibacteria medication which is to come out on Nov. 13 unless we get an unexpected go date and then I can have it done when I come back here in April.  I vow to only have root canals done by a specialist in the future.  Expensive but worth the price of a specialist.  Those nerves were screaming big time last night but are settling down today.

A few days ago colin was photographing a house front when he noticed what he thought were deer statues in the yard next door.

He really thought they were fake, their eyes were not even blinking, they were just sitting relaxing on an autumn day.

It wasn't until the deer on the upper level, to the left of the tall pine tree moved it's head ever so slightly that he realized they were indeed very real. They simply sat there as he did his job, not at all frightened.

I know that on some blogs you can click on the photo to enlarge it but I really don't know how to make that an option in my photos.  I am open to a tutorial or if you want a larger JPG of the deer send me an email or make a comment.

Tags: critters, Mazatlan, medical, Mexico

The one issue that has not been resolved re setting a departure date is becoming a bigger issue.  I spent a huge amount of time on it yesterday and will again today.  There is nothing I can do to change the outcome but to wait and see what will evolve.  Hopefully we are looking at just a few weeks rather than a few months delay.

I got called in on a cancellation at the dentist's office yesterday afternoon.  Thank goodness as the pain was quite bad.  However after 4 attempts to freeze my tooth I could still feel it in certain areas.  He is an excellent dentist and really  kept trying different things but finally he just went in and did his thing.  Turns out that I have no root left in that tooth but something at the tip of the root was causing excruciating pain and could not be frozen.  So today I am off to an Endodontic Specialist who has already informed me that he needs two two hour sessions.  After my two hours in the chair yesterday I am not looking forward to what today will bring.

Yesterday Colin took the RV in for an engine check that we had scheduled and all is well.  Our concern was the engine noise we had coming home last April.  The engine checks out just fine but we needed new engine batteries. Last changed in Acapulco five years ago so we were do due for the change.  Much better to do it here than in Mexico.

Here's Colin bringing home the RV. We did a great job parking it on our rental site. Just wish we were heading out in it.

Tags: health, Mexico, RV repairs

What is it with me and my teeth?  It started with a small ache but now is a full blown throbbing pulsating constant pain.  Diagnosis, root canal ASAP.  Nothing wrong with the tooth, just that the nerve has decided to pack it in.  Unfortunately the earliest the dentist can see me is Friday at 8AM.  Hope I can hang in that long.  Already living on T3's!

Seems appropriate!!

The good news is that it seems we will actually be heading down to Mexico after all.  There were certain issues that were going to keep us here for the winter. All but one issue has been cleared so we shall start making plans in earnest.  No departure date yet.

And the ??? would be one of the latest jobs Colin was working on.

He has been hired to take photos of some impressive cars including this C8 Spyder!

Tags: CJPS, health, Mexico