Next Hurdle Cleared

One of our big concerns has been "Will My Drivers Licence Be Affected?"  Visits with my doctors and the local licensing people has confirmed that I do not have any problems with my drivers licence.  This is a huge relief for us.  We had a fall back position figured out in case it had gone the other way.  It was going to be expensive and we didn't want to do it unless we had to.  WE DON'T.

Our next step is to get cleared by the Heart and Stroke Clinic, Feb 11th, and then we can try to find travel insurance.  Hopefully we'll get it together in time to have at least a few more days days in Texas this spring.

I'm pretty well glued tight to the TV right now watching the situation develop in Egypt.  It's exciting to watch history unfold in front of our eyes.  At the same time it's not as much fun watching that turbulence drive the price of diesel fuel into the stratosphere.  We may have to do a fund raiser to fuel our truck....it holds 240 gallons (900 liters) of fuel.  At this rate, in Canada, we're close to $1000 to fill er up.

So we're hunkered down in Winnipeg riding out a cold cold winter.  For our friends in S. Texas, it was -45 here this morning.  I know you have a bit of cold coming but I'd trade you for this any time you want.  Our friends condo is treating us really well and are so happy to have it.

We just had a great weekend looking after two of our Grandchildren.  Huge fun and HUGE tired.  At our age the kids certainly have more energy than we do and Bernie was fighting with a bad cold all weekend..  We enjoyed every minute of it and, of course, can't wait for next time.  This grandparent stuff is fun, you know, "spoil the ______ out of them and leave."  Mom and Dad can clean up the mess  :-)

I really don't want to bore you with all the wonderful things we're seeing and doing outdoors right now, so I'll say adios amigos.

Thanks for stopping by and please do leave a comment when you can.

Neal & Bernie