We're doing well and really loving our move to CO. People
ask if we miss Florida having
lived there for most of our adult life. Nope. Not even a little bit. Not a week
passes when we don't talk about how happy we are to be here.
We had out first winter snow yesterday. From 3" to
5" depending on which weatherguesser you care to believe. We have a little view of the Rockies
from our back porch. The snow covered mountains are so pretty. By afternoon
today, the temperature got up to 38* so the three of us walked over to the
lake. To get there, we have to cross two
bridges over a small creek. Both were still covered with snow. I should have
gone ahead and gotten the snow plow
option when I bought Carols new scooter. Looking to see is snow tires are
available that would fit. Gopher just loves the snow. Rolls in it, stretches
out on her stomach, eats the stuff, on and on.
She's made a couple of good friends in the neighborhood; Beau and Newton(as
in Sir Isaac). Newton's
"father", Eric, is a professor of electrical engineering at the Univ.
of Colorado.The guy's really smart. He has a PhD from MIT in physics and electrical engineering.
This morning I went to the RV storage place and scrapped the
ice and snow off the solar panels so the batteries would stay charged. I sure hope
it's well winterized. A half gallon jug of water I left inside the camper was
frozen solid. Next Spring I'll know for sure. We're still talking about going
to "Q". Depending on the day we're having the conversation, the
answer's either yes or no. Ditto about
any future RV travel plans. We'll see.
Recently, we changed doctors to the Kaiser Permanente(KP)
Group. What a huge improvement from where we were. KP is the only 5 star rated Medicare HMO in
the state. Our Medicare Supplement
policy through AARP/United Heathcare was $403/month for both of us plus another
$20/month for Carols Medicare Part D. With KP our monthly fee is
zero($0.00). We do have a $20 co-pay per
doctor visit and a co-pay if we're hospitalized but how often will we be going
to the doctor and/or be hospitalized in any given year? A few times at best or
maybe never. The change keeps about $400/month in our pocket. We both have the same primary care doctor and
couldn't be happier. Our previous doctors specialty was palliative care; that's
helping people die. She was a very nice person but we both prefer going to
a doctor who specializes in keeping people alive. The first thing our new doctor did was order a
whole battery of tests for each of us.
Turns out we're in pretty decent shape.
Carol's skin cancer came back but we're dealing with that.
Another nice thing about being old? No Obamacare to worry
about. In fact, our entire family is
fortunate to have health care provided through very stable, long time
employers. In fact through this entire Great Recession, no one in our immediate
family was affected. We're grateful. Many others weren't so fortunate.
Jennifer and Karen are coming in for the Thanksgiving
holiday. Looking forward to that. We're
cooking Big Bird, making the stuffing and desert. Suzanne and others are cooking everything
else. Most are vegetarians so that means lots of good leftovers for us.
That's about it. Put some Christmas lights on the front porch. Ho, Ho, Ho.
