Marlin Fishing

We have been trying to go marlin fishing for quite some time now. A person Dad knows, has offered to take us on his boat, along with his wife, to Cabo St. Lucas, Mexico. This will be a long weekend trip starting on Friday.

The boat is to be very nice, and have accommodations for all of us. We are all set except for one detail. We can never find the date that will work for everyone. Right now, the trip is set for the beginning of August or maybe it will be the second week of August or maybe it will be the end of August. Could it be in September or October?

I just wait to see what will happen. It is exciting to think about doing this. I have always wanted to catch a marlin. It will take strength and I may not have it all but I can say I did it.

Six weeks and counting....

I had a doctor's appointment last week. I was still having some discomfort and swelling so the doctor prescribed that I get an MRI of the ankle. I did get in fairly quickly and the results were within a day of the exam.

The doctor called with no definite news. This means that there is some inflammation there but the MRI did not pick up the tear. He told me that there still might be one but just hidden from view. He did say that an old tear showed up but it was nothing to be concerned about as most people have this type of tear every time the person would roll their ankle. The bottom line is that I continue with my physical therapy for the next 4 weeks, start using a regular shoe but no sandals or going bare foot, and then see him at the end of the 4 weeks and decide what to do next if things have not healed. I may elect to have surgery to clean out the tendon area if this will make things better.

I wore my tennis shoes yesterday all day and my foot ached by the evening. I have the boot on today to give it a break. Of course, it has to be hot too today. That boot can keep things warm.

I will just continue with my home exercises and using an ice pack. Six weeks have gone by since this all started. Here is to another 4!

Golfing at Pebble Beach California

Dad returned from his golf outing to Pebble Beach. He did golf the actual Pebble Beach and also Spanish Bay. The second course was very, very challenging. The course at Pebble Beach wasn't too bad. The views were beautiful.




Spanish Bay was difficult. He lost so many golf balls. The wind was bad and the course was unforgiving. This course offered the use of a caddy or taking a golf cart. Because Dad had walked Pebble Beach the day before, he and his partner chose the golf cart. He could listen to the caddy when he made suggestions to the other team. He had a scottish accent which was neat to listen too.

Wii Game System

We just received the Wii Game System and the Wii Fit. I had gone on Ebay to look for them as it had been difficult to find them locally. I tried several times with bidding for a game system but would always lose at the last minute. I kept trying and even went so far as to bid on several systems at the same time. I was a little nervous about getting stuck with more than one but that didn't happen. I was successful!

The owner of the system was based in Nebraska and once he was paid, he sent the system to me by Fed Ex. It was placed on a rush delivery so I was able to get it today (Saturday). The Wii Fit was bought straight out from a person here in California. This system arrived within a couple of days by UPS.

We haven't set the game up yet as Dad thought he would like to get someone to hook it up for us. We have the Play Station 2 and would like to be able to have them both on the same TV.

I know I am excited about working with it. The Wii Fit is a system that the Physical Rehabilitation place that I go to would like to use with the patients. I am looking forward to being able to use this system. It offers so much.

The Cost of Living in California

You really don't want to live here in California right now. Things are getting out of control. Gas prices have jumped for regular gas to $4.39. If you have diesel, you are paying $5.00 a gallon.

You can't sell your house. People are having their homes foreclosed on every day. We are lucky because we were able to refinance. We now have a 30 year mortgage. We did have an 7-year arm mortgage but it wasn't coming due for another year and then our payment would have doubled. This is the biggest problem for people around here. They bought high, expected to be able to handle their payments, and then their 1-year arm mortgage came due. They were left with very little option. They could not sell, could not handle the payments, and had to leave their houses behind. Very sad!

The food prices are high. Most people can relate to this problem.

People are being laid off because the companies can't afford their bills.

I could go on and on about all the problems. These are problems everyone deals with from time to time, every day. When is this madness going to end!!

You keep hearing that things will turn around very soon. When is that time happening?

Hold onto your family. Try to have a good outlook. Smile and laugh. What else can you do? You might as well enjoy yourself.