A lot Can Happen in a Month!

Indeed!
As I write I am sitting at the desk in the kitchen of the housesit we currently occupy. I guess that is what you would call it?
We had arranged this housesit over a month ago, applying for it just as we decided and made arrangements for the boat to come of the water and onto the hard for some necessary work to be done on her.
It was with much anticipation that Waz set out, on Monday morning at 9am, accompanied by our neighbor at the dock, Ken, to make the journey down the St John's River to the Boat Yard that would be her home for the next two weeks.
We could have (at a pinch) lived aboard her for the duration, but it would definitely have been a hardship.


I was needed on dry land to help with the dock leaving (ropes et al) and driving the car the 50 minutes east to the Boat yard. I checked in with the folks who would be hauling her, filled out all the necessary  paperwork and texted Waz to see how far away he was.


With 20 minutes until 12 noon lift out, he was right on time...well, so we thought! What we had both forgotten was that there is a 2 hour lag time on the tide turning....and we thought he was entering the travel lift at the turning of the tide...NOOOOO!




There she goes! I almost forgot to take the photos, so busy was I removing the fenders and getting the last of the ropes off the dock...duh! 9am on the dot!

...and out of the marina and into the Ortega River. I could see him calling the road bridge to request an opening. Fortunately this bridge opens on demand, unlike some of the others.

I was left with the 'stuff' including the full laundry bag and the orchids:)

This is the barge that preceded him...going UP the river. I believe this one had come from Puerto Rico, and would tie up at the container dock just up the river from here.

As he came down the river, there was a HUGE barge, accompanied by a tug pulling, another steering from the rear, and one on the side to help her get around the corners, going UP the river. This of course made for quite a wake.


I spied him just after he turned the corner on the river... and he then appeared to go sideways crossing over the wake. Look how small we are compared to the Tug and barge!

She was dancing around a lot, and the river was running very fast. I'm standing on the dock next to the Travel Lift and the staff waiting for her to come into the space for lift out, which isn't that big!
I had phoned to tell them to get two stern ropes on either side of her, to stop her going backwards once in the dock.

Untide is now making the turn into the dock...well, kind of.

This is where she was bound for. As you can see, not a large space, so he had to be spot on when going in, and fast enough so that his stern didn't swing down-river as he went in. The slings were a bit slow getting into the water, so he had to make a 2nd run at it, backing out and then coming in again.

 Turning....kind of sideways drifting....fast

Coming in  second time for the docking into the sling... The current wanted to take the stern with it.

 Backing off...

 This time!

 The bow of the large tug boat kind of sticks out, but it also doesn't stop the current at the entrance to the boat yard. The fellas are waiting to take the stern ropes to stop her going backwards into the river.

 Woohoo! She's in! Waz at the controls and Ken out back handling the ropes. Talk about a nail biter, bringing her in. The stern wanted to stay in the river, and the port side bow now has a bit of a ding in the rub rail, but that is what they are for. Hard to get these things perfect under the conditions! The staff gave Waz a 97%/100:)

With a bow line , they can now pull her into position dead center, and start moving the straps into the right places for weight distribution before raising her. You can see how close that tug boat is!

 ...and she is coming up.

 ..and up

 Our waterline needs a jolly good wash down! In fact I signed up for a full pressure wash on the sling.

Waz and Ken sorting out the ropes on the bow.

They brought the bow this close to the dock up front to allow the two fellas to get off the boat. Then they backed it down and raised it up.

You can see where Waz and I did some patch-painting in Bayport, Ontario, when we bent our starboard prop on the Trent Severn waterway.

 And slowly moving to the blocks for a wash down.

 This is how we left her to take Ken back to the Marina at Ortega Landing, a good 50 mins  west.
The fellas at the marina would wash her and position her on supports in another part of the yard where we can then work on her.

We came back again after going to the Housesitting place to off-load the freezer stuff and our food in the fridge that had been in the cooler in the car, all day.
We arrived back at the boat yard around 4.30pm, to find our girl already in place. We were very impressed that the tarps were already down on the ground ready to catch all the stuff we intend scraping off and flicking there.

And to top it all off, behind the boat...directly, in fact, there is a chicken coop with this gorgeous fella moving the ladies along.

 Electrickery is on and the fans and fridge/freezer is going again. phew! Can you see the ladder on the far port side (rear)? that is how we get on and off the boat!:) fun!
 Not that WE will be doing much of that. Waz and I will be scraping and then sanding and THEN painting her bottom to make her all beautiful again.

So...we have slept in the bed for two nights now, and last night was a better sleep than the previous night. We were both exhausted after our early start, and the rather nail biting job of getting her down the river and into the sling. This is when I feel my age! lol.
It is a bit weird being in a big house. I guess I should have expected that, being in such close quarters on the boat, but I like my galley...I know where to find everything...I know where EVERYTHING is on the boat, come to that, and being in a strange house is 'interesting', to say the least.
The 18 yr old blind cat that we are looking after is no trouble, but she also doesn't know who we are, although today she responded to our voices a bit better and came for strokes. She wont be happy with her mom and dad gone. She does take her meds well, which is a blessing, and is eating and drinking well, which had been a concern...especially the drinking bit.  I go and get her and put her in front of the food and drink, and go out and close the sun room door so that she doesn't get distracted. So far so good!


We went out for dinner tonight. Waz had 'bought' a coupon with his Mileage Plus miles...what few he had in his account....and we went to Ocean 60 restaurant down the road at Neptune Beach. Nice food, but not startling.


Because today was a day off, we took it easy first thing...breakfast and a coffee and walk. Waz checks his Fitbit for our 7, 500 steps to complete on our walk. We mostly do it, but I'm thinking we should just walk for 50-60 mins each day. I hate being a slave to this Fitbit!


We decided to check out some equipment at West Marine, after our chicken salad lunch at home, but found the items we were looking for cost way more in the store than online. Normal?
We came back via Jacksonville Beach, or Jaxbeach as it is known around here, apparently.
There were almost no people out and about, that we could see, but when we went over the board walk, we found they were actually ON the beach:)
Some photos of the area follow.


We could barely see anyone on the beach before cresting the hill on the boardwalk....and then

 AHA! there they all are!. That is the Pier in the back ground. We didn't go out there. The dunes are protected, so there are boardwalks, which you can see at the mid far left of the photo below.

 Lots of hotels along the waterfront, though not on the beach. Palm trees and SAND!

  The Volunteer Life-Savers tower, along the boardwalk

We parked the car and walked, of course, but nothing took our interest in particular. One beach destination is pretty much the same as the next, along this coast.


Tomorrow is a work day. We need to start cleaning and sanding the bottom of the boat. We have a contractor working on the essential things on the body, and hopefully he will be there tomorrow too. We are a bit disgusted that the paint we ordered online has not appeared, and after following up, it appears they have been trying to get hold of us to verify that we are bona fide, given the large dollar amount of the sale. I remember that we had trouble with this company last time we ordered something from them. They assure us they will do their best to get the paint to us tomorrow or Friday. Well, that is ONE week down, and we have to be back in the water by the 21st of the month.
Cutting it a bit fine, we are.


Anyway, I'm off to read the mail and sit with Waz and watch something that makes us laught:) sound good?


Ciao for now.

When Will It End????

This chopping up of our bodies?
I notice that time has flown yet again. Don't ask me what we have been doing between Jan 4th and now...seriously!!!
We have spent more time in Doctors waiting rooms than anywhere else, it seems.


We kind of make our way through the weeks and hope that tomorrow will bring a brighter day, as it were. First we had to go through more of the Doctors appointments...this time the Dermatologist!


I had been keeping a close eye on a small spot...oh, about the size of a dime, I guess.... on my left wrist. It has variously changed color, shape and flakiness....as had a small spot on the left of the bridge of my nose. Skin cancer is something that appears to take time to gestate, so you know that ALL this skin damage was done in our teens and twenties when it was totally COOL to sun bake using various oils and potions to literally FRY ourselves. FOOOOLLLLS!!!!! DO NOT DO IT!
Hear this folks....


1. Get an annual skin screen from a Dermatologist
2. If you notice ANY changes to a mole or discoloration on your skin (get your significant other to check you out!) do something about it NOW.
3. Cover up...use long sleeved shirts...yes, even though it is hot! Esp. all you fair skinned Anglo-Saxon types...however, my ex-mother-in-law had chunks taken out of her dark ethnic skin, so nobody is immune!!
4. Make sure your kids/grandkids etc are all sun-screened every day...minimum SPF30 and wear hats..Dont forget the ears! I have just seen lots of older men (in particular) with chunks taken out of their ears! at the Dr's office.




OK...you get the picture, so now you can LOOK at the photos!
After biopsies on various body parts, the wrist spot was removed...Squamous Cell Carcinoma! A much bigger chunk was taken than I had anticipated....let me tell you...it was not fun!


First they pump saline solution into the skin that is to be carved...(that's the white stuff around the wound)...then he cut....went and did some lab work...to make sure there were no more cancerous cells left...it is called a MOHs procedure...they keep taking more chunks until they don't find any more cancer cells. Having satisfied that requirement, he closed the wound.
This wound is now just over 2 inches long. Those are dissolving stitches...so the wound had to be kept covered and dry.      Whooppeee! I now have similar scars on both wrists!:(

And I know this isn't exactly a lovely photo of me....Waz had orders to take the photo before they put the plaster on it....
This is just the BIOPSY...he drew an irregular circle around the suspicious looking 'spot' for lack of a better word, and then injected it full of saline...hence the white appearance...which was NOT nice at all...and then just seemed to 'carve'. This is what is left.

I am officially OVER IT ALL! NO MORE CARVING CHUNKS!!!!


Fortunately, at the wound check yesterday, a week post-surgery, the biopsy was pronounced pre-cancerous and the rest of the cells were blasted with liquid nitrogen. To cauterize the wounds they use a blow-torch...just joking....a high frequency ultra-sonic gizmo (Waz's words) and sizzle the skin..it smells horrid! Well, it is, after all, burning flesh!


Isn't all this just happy stuff??


Sooo..in between there, somewhere, I took a nose dive and did a face-plant on the ramp from the floating dock to terra firma on the other side of the security gate. How? Good question. I'm sure we have all, at some stage, been standing up and walking, and next minute are face down on the ground, wondering how the heck we got there...ditto!


So...in order to save my new left hip and my new right hand, I stuck out my right elbow and landed on the cheese grater surface (non-slip), severely grazing the elbow skin and my face hit the deck and the same surface. So, yes, literally a face-plant!


What did THAT look like??? Aren't you glad I take photos of everything? :)
Actually, the worst was on the other side of the nose, but I didn't turn around for Waz to take the other side....next time! oops..NO NEXT TIME!

I really should not be let out alone...seriously!




So, in between all the medical appointments...not just me, by the way (But that is HIS story to tell....)....we do get to enjoy the winter sunshine, even if it is on the 20'sF, which we have enjoyed a couple of weeks ago. We had to get the BIG GUNS out....jackets that is... I think we each had on four layers!
The wind chill was nasty and the wind was fierce, blowing things around. The Bimini supports up top moaned and groaned all night.

On the same day, I was looking at the boat in front of us on the other dock, and noticed something in the water at her bow....and it looked large. No idea where it had come from, but with the fierce wind, if could have been anywhere.


Waz went down to see if he and the Dock Master could retrieve the 'thing' and were successful, as you can see.

It turned out to be a double seat, of the kind you find at West Marine, and they aren't inexpensive! Glad the guys were able to pull her up, heavy with water.
I stood on the front of our boat in the freezing cold and took the photos...of course:)

It's about time I put some food things on the blog...don't you think?

There was a get together in the Yacht Club at the beginning of the month....yes, that's it...for the Super Bowl! HOW could I forget? silly me:)

There was a Chili cook-off, and as I'm not a maker of such things, I opted to provide a dessert. This was Chocolate Dulce de leche truffle ganache  butterfly cakes. These individual cakes were filled with the dulce de leche (caramel, basically) and then frosted on top with truffle ganache and dusted with powdered sugar.

Voila! Butterfly Cakes!

BUT....people looked them over and under and couldn't decide what they were, so they didn't try them. At half time (of the football) most of the tray was still there, and when we left before the end of the game, there were still 4 cakes to be eaten. I explained to more than a few people what they were....next time I will be sure to put a large sign next to them! sigh! They were delish, by the way!

And while we are on the subject of food....This cauliflower pizza was fantastic! I made it differently this time, and it was the best one ever. It was more like a frittata, but who's telling??

And I know we aren't supposed to be eating processed carbs....well, it IS winter, and we are using more calories staying warm right??? RIGHT! We are, actually. Both of us have lost another 3-4 pounds, depending on where you weigh yourself. Besides...these are low sugar cakes! Banana , this one.

 I like to portion the cakes so they can be frozen, and we occasionally have one with a tablespoon of whipped cream:) for dessert.


Surprisingly, I had never made a 'Coffee Cake'....I have been in the USA for approx. 23 yrs and never made one...for shame! or not. That is sugar on the top, mixed with some flower, butter and cinnamon.  That is a Blueberry Coffee Cake made in muffin pans. Again, portions...and we cut these in half and share one for dessert. Nice warm too.

The leaves have all fallen, and we miss the color. Bare branches are showing signs of spring, however, and buds are now appearing. Tulips, daffodils and Hyacinths are for sale in bulb form in the supermarkets, and I smell all of them:)


The Live Oaks are enjoying the rain when it arrives infrequently, and the epiphytes respond accordingly.

Love the last of the leaves, two weeks ago.

This trees leaves disappeared in a hurry with the wind...Almost overnight.




And then there was Valentines Day. We choose to NOT do Valentines Day as dictated by the Retailers, but find that every day is a good one to practice being a Valentine. So, with that in mind, we did what we do most Sundays....went out for breakfast. BUT...Most of the usual Sunday breakfast/brunch places were really busy, so we decided to do the McDonalds thang.   We were sitting there after our $3.33 for two, Sausage, Egg McMuffins, plus hash browns and Lattes (which are really good, by the way!)...and I looked at the remains...below!

Soooo...which one of us is the OCD type???:) This still cracks me up!




On the following day, Monday, we went out to Atlantic Beach, north east of the city, but still part of the city, if you know what I mean. Yes, this is the Atlantic!


We were to meet some new friends there at a Sushi restaurant for lunch. We were a little early, so we went for a walk down to the ocean. It was cool, but the day was stunning.


This is the path to the beach....the rest of the dunes are protected for the Sea Oates.

The sushi was excellent and so was the company, and the short trip to the beach was a nice prelude to a longer walk after we farewelled our friends.
We always take the turn off to Jax Beaches, on I 95, so it was nice to actually get to one of the Beaches.
Well, its time for me to go and put some food in a pot for dinner 5.30pm!


Ciao for now.

...And It Got COLD!

Yes, this is Florida, where all the snowbirds migrate to in Winter because where they come from is snowed or iced under.
Jacksonville is on the Georgia border...well, about half an hour south, to be more precise, so it is the most northerly of Florida cities, on the peninsula, that is. There are more northerly cities on the Panhandle.

We are so enjoying the cold...sounds silly, but this is the first winter we have experienced for three years. Yes, it got cold briefly (two weeks?) in Port Charlotte where we wintered for 10 months over two Christmases, but not THIS cold.
One of our slip mates came out the other morning to walk her pup, and the poor thing almost slid off the duck board into the water...ICE! Aieee!

One thing we have been getting more of, are the gorgeous clear days, with Ccccoooold winds and stunning sunsets. The sunset below was snapped after we got home from our second walk of the day to the bridge (to watch it open:) ) and back...we noticed the bright orange sky and what looked like smoke. Eventually we smelled the smoke, and while it made for a stunning sunset, we learned later that is was a controlled burn, further south. They still burn the sugar cane here, in Florida....which reminds me...Alexander and Baldwin, the owners of the Sugar plantations on Maui ,are going to cease operations starting in March. 600+ families will be affected. This is tough for a small community like Maui, whose resident population is no more than about 130,000.


You can see the dark on the left hand side...that is the smoke.

So, I have been taking the cast off my right hand before I shower. I had to really scrub to get the old dried blood off, and there is still some to come off when the scars are more healed, but it feels wonderful to let the hot water run over the hand. I have three weeks to go before taking the cast off for good and undergoing therapy...I cant wait! I so want to do so many things...not the least of which is to clean the boat. She isn't too dirty, but I just love getting out there on a nice day and scrubbing her. Very satisfying!

We have planned to do some work on the outside of the boat, for a while. This was really a matter of finding someone we could trust to do the job in the way we thought it should be done, without the five arms and three legs some quotes have wanted. We don't agree with the way the quoters were wanting to do the jobs, so we waited.
The good thing about being in a city marina is that tradespeople can be found working on boats on every dock. We have  been watching a fellow working on a lovely Symbol down the dock and he was doing the job the way we liked. He came and gave us a quote, which was waaayy more sensible than previous ones, and we have come to an arrangement to get the work done in March at the boat yard of his choice. We drove out there on Sunday afternoon, about 3pm, which really was a bit late, but it was good to see where we would be taking our girl out of the water for the duration, to be worked on.

While in those parts, we visited the Kingsley Plantation. It was bitterly cold, with the wind off the water, which is exactly why the plantation house was built by the water...

These were taken at 4.30pm, so the light was bad, to begin with...you can almost feel the cold, though.
This house, though ransacked during the civil war, was built in the late 1700's and is exactly the same today! It is truly remarkable. The slave quarters are further down the road, away from the house.
I didn't photograph them. I have an aversion to recording the sad lives of these folks.

The old Cherokee Rose Bush is still blooming. Such a pretty open blossom.

Perhaps we will go back to Fort George Island and the plantation when we are working on the boat out there. Hopefully on a fine day.

In the meantime, the lovely little Phalaenopsis Orchid I grow on the dashboard of the pilot house is in full bloom. It has three spikes, and is amazing!

I love these kittle Moth Orchids, and it seems to thrive where it gets first of the morning sun, and lots of light, with a fan blowing a light breeze onto it.

On Monday, our friends Enid and Richard...fellow kiwis...left the dock to go south. We have so enjoyed their company and miss them dreadfully!! They have some work to complete, also, and will lay up in Ft Lauderdale where they have some warranty work to do.

Our other friends are in the process of selling their boat, and we had expected to hear that the sale had gone through on Wednesday, but there is a hold up with one aspect of that so they are in limbo for now. They really don't  mind, as they have nowhere to go 'home' to. This is where we will find ourselves, should Untide be sold. I guess we need to get onto that???tomorrow!

Well, Waz has gone for his shower and the bedroom feels like Siberia, is it that cold, so I will go and put the heater on before I get ready for bed also.
We have to have the car at the Honda Dealership at 8am tomorrow for her 60k mile check up and oil change. We aren't allowed to do an oil change in the parking lot at the marina!!:)

Ciao for now...life is carrying on per normal otherwise. Stay warm, all you northerners, and enjoy the kiwi summer, the rest of you.

#1 Cast is off and #2 cast is on...Progress In Hand!

I couldn't keep these gruesome photos to myself... I had to share, didn't I?

I almost fainted in the Dr's room, it was so hot, and they had to bring me a large cup of cold water!
You see...it is cold outside, which means that the offices everywhere are HOT from the heating, where they are normally places of refuge from the heat outside. Cant win in Florida...either hot or cold! This IS winter after all:)

As you were....
The gruesome photos!

Today, being the 2 week mark for my hand surgery, it was time to take out the stitches...and it hurt! yes, it HURT! I usually don't have a problem with the removal of such things, but I had to ask the Nurse practitioner if I was properly 'cooked'! She had never heard that terms before...and was somewhat puzzled by it...healed sufficiently??

Yes, was the answer to that one!:)


Sooo...drum roll..... The cast is off, and the big reveal is about to happen! tada!

Before the pretty blue stitches came out. This is the Carpel Tunnel scar.

Side wound is about 1 1/2 inches long, and the one on top is about 3/4".

 Stitches all gone!

 Looks a bit gruesome...so they covered it all up again! thank goodness!:)

All ready to get my custom polymer cast. I had to wait almost 2 hrs for this. It was in the oven cooking. It was very hot when the technician put it on my hand, but it cooled very fast. We had to get it into the correct shape/posture before it cooled too much. I'm not happy with the posture of the thumb, but I get no say in the matter!:)

 The dial on top is to 'screw' the cast tighter:)

I am allowed to take it off to shower, but nothing else. Phew. I hope the weather continues cold, because this thing will be HOT in the sun. There is a cotton 'sleeve' underneath, fortunately.

Well, that is all the excitement for today:) Night!

New Year Beginnings

Today is Saturday the 2nd January, 2016. It is 60F outside, and falling, at 4.45pm. The highs and lows are downhill for the rest of the week, unfortunately! I shouldn't really complain, but I am having trouble finding a sweater to put my fat fist into and out the arm hole!

Our neighbors arrived on their boat, with family in tow, and left the dock a couple of times...thus reminding us that they keep a lot of heat out of our boat, AND stop a lot of wave action coming our way. They are 52ft, so they stick out similarly to us. It was hotter (before it got colder) with the  away, so we are grateful they came back quickly and have now gone home. We didn't realize how much we enjoy NOT having neighbors in residence. We had to constantly be careful of everything...pulling blinds at night, talking outside etc. They also sat on the cockpit deck out back, a lot, so they were VERY public. They also have a little Bichon Frise, which they foolishly left alone within the first two hours of being here, and poor pup whined and barked the whole time! 2 1/2 hrs. We invited them to let us puppy sit if they should want to go 'out' again, which they did, leaving pup on the deck, where we could give her lots of loves and she was happy just watching everyone.
We took our lunch outside in the shade and she joined Waz while he ate sitting on their boarding steps:)

We have been increasing our walking in the past week, which we are enjoying. Some scenes from nearby..
An unusual Butterfly...

 large Live Oaks overhang the streets nearby. They are a very necessary part of life I these hot parts..well, summer, in particular.

Last Wednesday I had my 6 week check in with the Hip surgeon. At this point they took x-rays to make sure everything has stayed where it should be and there are no problems with the appliance.
I have to admit being rather shocked to see that huge screw in there keeping the head of the socket in place. I know there are holes for such things, in the appliance, but I thought  mistakenly that they only did that for 90 yr old patients! hmmm...:(

Having ascertained that everything was all good, I was given the ok to extend my walking range and to be able to use that leg (left) to take a step up, as long as I feel able. I'm not quite there, putting my weight on it to step up, but step down pretty well on it.

We also kept a Dermatologists appointment last week...this was for a mole on my left wrist that has been doing some pretty interesting stuff for a while now...changing shape, color and bumps and blisters. I have had a place on the left side of my nose that has done similar interesting things, but is in a place I cant see too well....the long shot of this appointment being that the nose got 'frozen', as it was pre-cancerous. Phew!
The Dr took his magnifying glass all over my body and declared a mole in the  middle of my back to be 'OFF' ASAP, and then a biopsy for the wrist mole. I go back to him for those things on Tuesday.
If it isn't one thing, its another. Why not get it all done at once???

I return to the hand doctor on Monday for X-rays and removal of the current cast, and to have a second cast installed...one that I can remove for showering:) This is the two week check, post surgery.
It is wonderful to not be in any pain. It makes me wonder why I tolerated it for so long!!?? Hindsight is a wonderful thing!:) As is Gratitude!
On that  note...I am so grateful for the care and attention of the not just the surgeons, but all the support staff who have contributed to my current wellbeing. It is priceless!

Waz has been down in the engine room again...and inevitably come back with blood somewhere. His forehead is a permanent Warzone! He is also stretched out and groaning...perhaps he has also twisted in a strange way and is now suffering that!



Can you see the scar on his forehead, along the hair line???:)

Just as well the rude hand gesture he is making isn't in focus!!!....But..for once I caught him smiling instead of scowling at having his photo taken. This was taken prior to out attending a Christmas party at the Yacht Club.

I think he looks pretty spiffy when he bothers to get dressed up...blue is definitely HIS color:)

We entertained Pam and Stephen, who are in the process of selling their boat, and Richard and Enid who are waiting for parts to arrive before heading out of here for parts south, for New Years Eve. The former departed early, and Richard retired  around 10.30-ish, leaving Enid and the two of us to see the New year in. Enjoying the fellowship was the whole point of the evening...as we don't know if we will ever see these lovely couples again...boating is like that....but we will  most certainly keep in touch.

The Marina is full....people have returned from their Christmas/New Year sojourns with family and are now back aboard, contemplating their next moves. With the change in temperature and the cool, most are sitting still until the sunshine returns and the temperatures rise again.

Grey days aren't our thing and getting out and about in the cold wind and grey day isn't much fun, but essential. Folks have taken the opportunity to do chores, it seems...the laundry has been working hard today. I thoroughly cleaned the bathroom in the master suite this morning, post shower...left handed isn't much fun, but I got some exercise in at the same time...bending and stretching:)

We make occasional forays in the car, but not inclined to go far....too much traffic on the roads and people on vacation drink!

So, are we caught up? For now.
Happy New Year Folks! Make 2016 a great year,  and take care of your bodies...we only get one each, and it is precious! especially as we age.