Slow Times Here in Florida

We did get our switch panel back, and it works!  But we've heard nothing about our captain's chairs yet, and it's been 3 weeks plus.  I haven't bugged them since my better half, aka, diesel mechanic, or Jan as you know her is a bit laid up.  She had been having some pain in her wrist and hand for awhile and went back to see her hand doctor, and he found that a cyst was causing the problem, so she had a bit of surgery and is wearing a soft cast for about 10 days.  Monday she gets it off.

But before that she single handedly washed and waxed half of the coach while I finished up the last of my doctor's appointments.  A colonoscopy to go next week and we're all done here with our Florida docs.  She also replaced our cracked vent cover.

We attended Debbie and Harold's Super Bowl party, and can truly say we didn't see a minute of the game, but had a good time visiting with friends.  It was a very cool evening, but they had a nice fire and several propane heaters.  This year has been the coldest we can remember since we first started coming down here in 1998.

Left to right, Sue, Barb, Phil, Harold, Debbie, Doug, Judy, my head, and Tom

On to the fires, Harold, me, Scott, Tom, Phil, and Doug

And the other fire, Harvey, John, Barb, Debbie, and Judy

We had a good time, and proud to say we didn't see any of the game or halftime show:-)

So as I mentioned in the previous post, Jan discovered her implant seemed loose, so we had to make a whirlwind trip to Atlanta to see our dentist.  We have been with him for almost 25 years, and yes it is absolutely worth it to drive 550 miles one way to see him and not someone else.  So we launched Sunday and arrived at friend's John and Diane's who put us for the two nights we were there.  We had a great visit with them enjoyed several different bourbons and even had a cigar or two.  Monday turned into a rainy cold day which gave us plenty of opportunity to visit, try to solve the problems of the world, and go out to a nice dinner.  Tuesday morning bright and early we went to see the dentist, and sure enough the implant was loose, he removed the crown and sent us directly to the oral surgeon, as he was concerned something wasn't right and wanted them to check it.  So off we go in the opposite direction to get Jan fit into a very tight schedule.  It's evidently a little bit unusual as the implant torques okay, but is loose, so Jan is on a month of antibiotics, and will have it checked again in March when we leave here and head north.  They think most likely they will have to remove this implant and put in a new one.  Time will tell, so instead of leaving at 08:30am, we never got off until almost 11:00am.  Oh well, it was worth the peace of mind.

Posing for the camera with John and Diane:-)

So now we are back fighting our battle with stink bugs.  We picked them up in Pennsylvania this past October.  It feels like we have vacuumed or killed hundreds of them and they just keep on coming.  We can't figure out where they are, or how there can possibly be more and more of them.  It's driving us crazy!

In case you aren't familiar with what they look like

We met with friend's Steve and Bobbie for our annual get together lunch along with Tom.  Had a nice visit and a good meal.

Bobbie, Steve, and Tom

Then, of course, I have to have a food picture of a dinner I whipped up, yeah me.

Delish!  Seared scallops over fried corn medley, with a bed of mashed potatoes

So still waiting on our captain's chairs, hopefully my next post will include pictures of them.  Still a few more projects to accomplish, and oh my gosh, we are down to less than one month to go!