2023 Ends today

 Yes, time has come to say YES on making it through another year and not in the ground. ;-)  

Son was in from New Orleans for Christmas and all of us loved that. His schedule only let him be here for a day plus having to go get him and return him to New Orleans as he does not drive. 

Loving the ride in the Traverse after the new fronts and proper balance job by Oustalet Chevy.  Back to driving smoothly with no wheel wobble. 

Think the wife sessions on working with her Vertigo problems in Lafayette are done. The Grandson had to take her the last trip there as I was having my newly onset Vertigo problems. Which are getting much better but still having to learn how to deal with it. 

And now with her other problem the doctor is going the diaphragm path. As with her memory problems, not wanting to chance putting her  out to do an operation.  So, we'll see how that works. But , after fitting and ordering , gonna be a week or so before they arrive for insertion by her doctor. 

And , the newest batch of grape wine is in the sewing room to take advantage of the bit of warmth there to keep the yeast happy. 

And the last batch of Fig Wine is all in the little 6.3 oz bottles as of yesterday. About 20 of them left here. 

 

Picture from about 3 weeks ago. 

So, let us and the winds of fate see where we go and do in this coming year. LOL Or even    if  we make it to the end of another year. ;-) 

Traverse work today

 And $ 655 plus and the Traverse has new tires , replacing the the backs that had over 50K miles on them and put on the front.  With on pressure sensor replace that was not giving signals to the tire monitoring system. 

The month old fronts went on the back and they checked balance. 

So, good for quite awhile tire wise I hope. LOL! 

Then noticed windshield wiper on the right side was falling apart.  So, new wiper blades for about $79.00

Installed when getting home and all is good there. Even cleaned the windshield. 

Today it get a fill up with gas as right at a quarter tank left. 

Then , let  us see what happens with the rest of the day. 

 Been a heck of a month for sure. 

Big Wife's family gathering at her sister's for Thanksgiving. Me > Nada . Don't like crowds. Took off in Da Wagon for a spin along the coast. Just felt good to be on the roads less traveled and alone. 

It was Jennings, Lake Arthur, Gueydan, Kaplan, Cow Island, Pecan Island, Grand Chenier, Oak Grove, Lake /Charles, Iowa, /Welch, Jennings on my 190 mile cruise this dayu starting at 11A and ending at 2:30Pm

Did have problems with the mouse battery going out really fast so went and bought another Keyboard/.Mouse combo and a little different. Love it.

The next even in the last month was not good for me at all. Got up at about 10:30PM for a bathroom call. Then woke up about 2:30AM and my world went BAD. Dizzy as heck, Could not stand up, had to crawl to the bathroom and get myself seated to urinate. Crawl back to bed. What the HECK! Was thinking. Oh well, it this how my ending on life is gonna be? Did manage about 5:30 to get to my room and chair hanging on to everything along the way.

Next step, Emergency room time so called her sister and they took me to the hospital here. Wuz able to stand as long as holding on to something and after about an hour , just me on my feet with no aids. All kinds of tests showed nothing. Doc Wilder was the next move on Monday and more tests. But doing much better by then.

Just the mornings and anytime I lay down, it's a big effort waiting on the head to clear enuff to walk with out hanging on to everything around.

Vertigo is the problem. Better now , almost 3 weeks later, but still very slow getting up from laying down. Even kneeling / squatting and getting back up bring dizziness. Have to really be careful.

Next thing in line is work on Da Wagon. 2 new tires that should be in today or tomorrow. No hurry. New pressure sensors for the wheels that the tires go on. Checking the last new tires I had put on a month ago and have a bit of a wobble at 20 to 25 mph.

And that about wraps out the happenings for me.

Da wife, well, not good for her as fixing to have a minor surgery on the bottom end for a protruding piece of flesh. Was suggested to her 2 months ago but she didn't want and now suffering with it. And I don't even think of tell her what to do. LOL! Just say > " Your Choice " . Safer that way for me. ha ha ha ha .

So , till the next.

 Nov 21 has arrived and me with it.  Yes. 

Back a few days ago > Had to laugh a bit ago when the wife came into my room and asked if I could share a bit of my wine. l say well here's a 6 oz bottle of blackberry. Her face lit up. I say, " Yell if you want more! "

I've done 1 and a half bottles and do feel it. Course my stuff is pretty strong. '

LOL Like I'm gonna run out. and more in the making.

11/16 > 03:00 greeted my awaking eyes this morning.

Still overcast outside but like the mid 60 ish temperatures out there.

No need to check on DA Wagon this early morning as has not moved since returning from the Wife's doc visit for a blood sample and a quick roam about the city. And, I had gave it a quick wash job just before we left.

The afternoon ride about the countryside was in her Rouge so probably clean it later this morning.

And fill up some more of the 187 ML bottles as the wife and I did 5 of them yesterday. LOL Her one and me 4. About one per hour for me.

And the Fig wine mix is still bubbling like crazy this morning. Love that the yeast is very happy. '

So. off to You Tube then Netflix.

Wishing all a great set of Winds this day.+

11/17 Was HELLO world at 11:55P after asleep before 7 and dozing a few times before that in my chair. Must of been the glass of wine at Loggerheads and the two sitting here in my chair.

Email done , coffee good.

Stars in the sky! Had not seen that in awhile. But, suppose to be back to COLD soon. La Yuk! My aged body and cold do not like each other at all.

So, watching some more of The 100 Season 2 on Netflix.

Picture that was on my screen this morning > had to ponder on it for awhile. Sure do miss my roaming the USA on my bikes days.

11/18

Well, out to vote at 7AM this morning so that's a done deal. Was told by one of the ladies there to keep on taking pictures. Hmmmmmmm Yep! That I love to do.

So a couple passes on Main Street at 07:30 this morning. An overcast sky took the place of the stary sky I was look at when on the first get up at near 12Midnite. Oh well, Ain't no one or anything gonna tell Maw Earth what to do. They figure she's been here for 4.5 billion years and us , a few million at max.

Christmas decorations and looking at city hall on Main Street.

11/19 Wow! Was up and making coffee at 11:30PM . What happens when I'm asleep by 6:30PM and dozing off in the chair at 6PM. '

The stars are out for sure as I walked about the yard and a visit to the shop to check wine process, a set of bubbles about every 1.5 seconds so yeast is happy. And Da Wagon didn't need cleaning in the front.

Going though pictures kept this year and there are MANY. Hmmmm.

So Sunday, what are you going to have for us? Me , Brenda and Dee for noon meal and a ride about to ?????????.

We'll see what the Winds blow our way for sure.

I'll just chill in my swing and ponder about it. ha ha ha ha

Well, it was work on the fig wine phase 3 this morning. Then clean stuff so it'll be ready for the next batch on down the line

And last sample taken this morning it was at about 10% ABV.

Well, that do catch up up to this fine morning.

 And the 14th day of November be here and me with it YES!!!!!!!!!

At least been getting some rain the last few days and the brown patches of grass growing smaller in our yard. 

Course the darker green is where the sewer line runs and probably been there since this house was built in about 1947.  Smile thinking the house is the same age as my wife. 

But keeping it up was the thing 

Did get the Traverse back from Chevy Place a few weeks ago. Total cost to repair it was 3,400 bucks with 1000 from me. Sure missed driving it but love using the wife's 2011 Nissan Rouge that averages 30 plus miles per gallon when I drive it. Da Wagon gets about 21 average being nice on the gas and speed. My highest ever was in the 24 mpg range and low in the 17 mpg range. But overall in the time I've had it is about 21 mpg. 

So nice to open the garage door and see it all pertty and clean.   But telling the wife yesterday need to replace the back wiper as it makes noise and coming apart.  And ditto for all 3 wipers on her Rouge. 

Did see a chair being thrown away a few weeks ago and wife says  " I like that ".  So , a day later I pick it up and begin the reworking of it. 

The queen in her redone chain and bottom what I started with. 

Did start a new batch of Fig  wine yesterday after a few days of getting the mix ready. Fixing to go see it the yeast started working yet as added it yesterday noonish. 

It's gonna be in this 3 gallon bucket for awhile. Then transferred to the glass carboy for final brewing. 

And that's about it for what's been happening for the last monthl.  

 

 As the 12th day of October comes to a start. May as well get caught up on this blog. 

The Traverse is at Oustalet Chevy and money put down by State Farm and Me to get parts ordered as soon as they figure out what is needed.  So me regulated to walking and bicycle that I've been having around for about 20 years pretty sure. 

Did finish the batch of Banana Wine and so far all that tasted it love it.  Have it bottled up at present. Hopefully a trip to Loggerheads this afternoon with Da Bride and I can bring my friends that work there samples. Specially since a few save me bottles. ;-) 

As pictures shows my wine stock at present. ;-) 

Did go up town one morning and seeing the peeps setting up for the Main Street sales booths. So did have to walk about with Da Bride and take a few pictures. 

And the on going project of removing the old home that has been my back yard neighbor for 54 years. Was in bad shape for many years and roof caving in for the last 5 or 6 years. 

And that about catches up till today for sure. 

So, till the next. 

 Wow on already into October and 1st cool spell this morning with a mid 60F temperature. Wow! 

Not really a lot happening cept on going construction of a few new buildings. 

There flowers also now.  Looking good? 

And the new Starbucks building coming along just nicely. 

And the Hebert's Meat market getting there. 

Did have an incident with my Traverse last weekend pulling into a place and not seeing a post about 2 foot high.  La Yuk.  The biggest problems having so far is dealing with State Farm. But think , after a week , we finally going to be able to get the work started at Oustalet Chevy.  What a pain dealing with this Ins Company. 

Oh well, to the Chevy place  Monday morning and let the work begin, even though State Farm want me else where that I'd have to get the wife to drive me 12 miles instead of me walking about a 1/2 mile. La Yuk State Farm. 

Today a bit a market on Main Street which me and Brenda checked out. 

And now for the rest of the day.  Ta da!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!