Getting Ready for Mac's Surgery

Mac is having his surgery on Monday. He will be having two surgeries at the same time. Hernia repair and removal of growths on his vocal chords. Both surgeries will be done as an outpatient so I will be able to take him home sometime late Monday afternoon. I won't be getting any work done from him for several days...lol.

Heartland sent us some better photos of our new Augusta paint job, but we had to agree not to publish them until after the first of the year. Take my word for it, the other ones we saw, do not compare to the new ones that Jim Beletti sent to me...Whew, it sure is a nice looking rig!

These next few weeks are going to be crazy around here getting everything all finalized for Mac's retirement. We both have a few doctors appointments to get done before the 31st. I have dentist, dermatologist, and having surgery on my right big toenail...ouch.

The snow is almost all melted. It snowed pretty hard on Tuesday and we got about 3". Looked like it should of been Christmas!!

Speaking of Christmas, we still don't have our shopping done. I think we may just do gift cards this year except for the great granddaughter. A pink tricycle for her, I think.

Also have to get mom something..she's hard to buy for. She really doesn't need things that we can buy...so maybe she will get a gift card too! She's wanting some clothes.  Shopping done!! That was easy. Mine and Mac's was easy..a new 5th wheel and a new GPS. $$$

Well that's all for today.

Life isn't measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away...

Sleep Study

We had our sleep study last night and I don't want to do that again!! We were hooked up to about 50 wires that monitered everything like breathing, eye movement, leg movement and much much more. We checked in about 8pm and it took 45 minutes to hook me up and 45 minutes to hook Mac up..I got to bed about 10:30, and they took him to his room and he got to bed about 11:30. I didn't sleep well. I spent most of the night laying there looking at the ceiling so they probably didn't get a lot of info on me. They did say that my oxygen levels did drop down from 98 to 66 a few times when I was asleep. That doesn't sound too good.

Mac on the other hand didn't sleep well, but he did have some sleep apnea episodes. They said that he did quit breathing 35-40 per hour so they hooked him up to a C-Pap machine about 2:30am and he messed with it for a long time and finally fell back asleep about 5:30am and was up again at 6:30 to take all the sensors off.

They took mine off about 7:00am and we were out of there and on our way home about 7:30.

We got home and brought our stuff inside, read our email and blogs.
Went to mom's and got her grocery list and went and got her groceries.
Now we have been looking at checklists and trying to decide what to use and make one up for ourselves in excel.

We almost have the TT cleaned out. Only a few boxes left to carry out and then clean out the basement...that could be fun.

The people we talked to on the phone did not call to come and see the TT so hopefully someone else will see the ad on Craig's List and call. We have it priced to sell.

Well we need to finish the TT so I'm outta here...

Life isn't measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away...

Cleaning out the TT and Dr's Appointments

Last night we spent a couple of hours boxing up our "stuff" in the TT just in case it sells quickly. I don't want to have to kill ourselves trying to get everything out. There sure is a lot of stuff in there. We sure won't put all of it into the new 5er. We will be more careful about what we put in it. We will pack it for full time living instead of weekend camping. We will try to finish it on Saturday.

We went in to Kansas City today for doctors appointments. Mine went fine. Mac is going to have to have hernia repair surgery in the next week or two. It will be done on as an out patient which is good. They will call us tomorrow sometime and let us know for sure the date and time.

We have to have a sleep study done tomorrow night which ought to be interesting. We check in at 8pm and will be done around 5:30am. I usually have a hard time sleeping in a new bed so we will see how that works out...lol

Not sure if we will go down to the Chetopa RV Center on Saturday or on Tuesday. It kind of depends on if that couple comes to look at the TT and what date they schedule Mac for surgery.

We got another photo of the new paint scheme of the Landmark. This isn't the model we are getting but it will give you a side view of the full paint job.

Well, it has been a long day and I need to get ready for work tomorrow.

Life isn't measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away...

 

Well, We Ordered It...YeeHa!

We placed our order for our Augusta. It was kind of scary and also at the same time very exciting.

The dealer called us from the National RV Show in Louisville and told us that if we committed today, that Heartland was offering a $1000.00 discount. So we made the plunge. The Augusta is going to look fabulous! The new options are great...They are offering a full body paint scheme instead of the combination paint and graphics. The upgraded paint scheme looks great. I will try to add the photos that the dealer sent to me by text. They may not come out real good but it will give you an idea of how the outside will look. This paint option will be offered after the show for $7995. but since we placed our order today we will get the upgrade for show cost at only $2500.00. Sounds like a deal to me. The company that are painting this new paint scheme only committed to doing 40 of these. He may do more and maybe not. So we couldn't pass it up.

They are also offering a new interior decor color called Godiva. They sent me a text with the samples on it but can't really tell the details of it. Said it is shades of tan, and blue.

We will have to look at the swatches when he gets home and we go over to make the final interior decisions. He also told us that we can have a wood door with glass insets installed at the bedroom entrance. That was really the only thing that I didn't like on the Augusta. It had a small accordion door for the bedroom door. So we are getting the wooden one.

Whew...this morning went fast with all the calls from the dealer and the text messages, but now it is final....we will be the new owners of a 2010 Heartland Augusta that should be delivered by Feb 9th 2009.

We will still be going over there this Saturday or next Tuesday to sign the contract and get all the other selections made.

Now all we can do is wait. That will be the hardest part of this. It will seem like forever before we get that call telling us it is time to pick up our new 5er..."Gus"

Today I can relate to the quote I always put on our blog...

Life isn't measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away....

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...

First of all, Thanks everyone for your input about the RV colors. I think we have made the decision to go with the Slate color. Mac likes it the best and I like both. He is going to call the dealer on Thursday because he will be back from the National RV Show. Hopefully the new changes will all be for the better.

As of today I cut my work schedule back to 3 days a week for awhile. We have so many things to get done here at home and a lot of things to get sorted out with Mac's retirement. Dr Padfield was very good about it and said that it was fine with him. Things have been kind of slow and with that it helps me and him at the same time.

I'm trying to decide what to get started on next here at the house. We are going to go through the kitchen stuff and get rid of the things that we will not be taking to the RV. Next we have to get the Utility/Storage room cleaned out...that is the scary room! So much stuff stored there for years and we don't really even know what is still down there..lol

We have so much furniture that we will not be needing. Who needs 4 desks anyhow. I will try to list some of these things on Craig's List and see what happens. What do I do with my collections...I think I will split some of them up and give to my granddaughters.

Well I am off tomorrow and we are going to see another financial advisor. I hate this part. Who do you trust with your money...we are pretty sure we have decided, but still want to talk to this guy first. Also, we have to pick our "Retirement" medical plan. the company offers 3 different plans. One is almost the same as we have now and that is the one we will probably take if we don't have problems if we re-locate to Texas. That is a big question I want answered first.

We have set our mail forwarding up with Escapees so are ready to change our residence when we are ready. We will be going to Kerrville in March and probably on our way home we will go through Livingston and maybe proceed with the paperwork. We will have to keep dual residency until the house is sold and I am ready to retire which won't be for a while yet.
Well that is about it for today...

Counting down to Order date...5 days

Life isn't measured by the breaths we take,

but by the moments that take our breath away...

Visiting the RV Dealer

Snowing as we leave mom's house

On Saturday we left home on our way to Chetopa RV Center in Chetopa, KS. It took us about 2 hours to get there. They don't have an Augusta on the lot but we still wanted to go and meet with the dealer in person so that we could get a feel for him. He is very knowledgeable about the RV's and tow vehicles. We learned a lot regarding several things we had on our list.

We will be ordering a new 2010 Landmark Augusta probably next weekend. The dealer is going to the National RV Show in Louisville, Kentucky the first of next week so we wanted to wait and see what the new changes are going to be. We read on the Heartland site that they will be making 2 major changes so we want to know what those will be before we order.

Pulling in to Chetopa RV

The dealer gave us a great price on the 5th wheel with all the options that we want. WooHoo!!! Can't wait. We need to get it ordered soon so that it will be here in plenty of time for our trip to Kerrville the first of March. The dealer said that after the RV show there are usually tons of orders from dealers for stock in their lots. He said that since our order would be considered a customer sale that it would be made before the stock orders.

I have a poll for our friends and readers...which color scheme do you like best: the first is called Harvest and it is a darker and richer color.

and the second is called Slate and it is a lighter and more fancier one...

We need to decide on the color scheme. I like them both but the slate seems to just fade into the carpet and walls. The Harvest is darker and seems to stand out more and show the rich colors..Please HELP..we need to make the decision before next weekend.

Now we have to decide for sure what hitch we want. We have researched several and thought we had our mind made up, but now are reading more and checking forums to get some input. Also, I need to start making my lists on things that need to go into it..kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, basement...have to make sure that I have enough room for my shoes!! lol and my vinyl lettering supplies. Oh yea, and Mac's stuff.

I finally got our TT put on Craig's List this morning so hope it sells soon.

Here are some more photos of the Bobcat...

Wish us luck!!!

Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away...

It's Perfect!

We came across the perfect RV for us. We have been looking at a Landmark Augusta for some time now. Yesterday Mac found "The One". A dealer in Arkansas has one just like we want..everything on our list, dual pane windows, big refrigerator, 2 air conditioners, washer & dryer, and fireplace, plus the right color scheme. Must be fate....

Only thing it doesn't have is a generator but that is an easy fix.

Here are some photos of "Gus"...

 

Hope you enjoy the photos...We got an email from the dealer and Mac is going to call and talk to him tomorrow. Hopefully it is deal time!!

Life isn't measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away...