RAIN!

After 70 days with no rain, March 1 came in like a lion with a heavy downpour off and on all day long, starting in the early morning hours and ending late.  Because of the heavy downpour, we had no internet service since we are on satellite and it even affected our TV signal, causing it to 'stop' mid picture.

The 3rd of February we had an appointment with Mercedes Benz of Scottsdale to get the bluetooth Larry bought from Smart installed at their expense OR they would refund our money.  We had a loaner car and went to the Apple store where I had another lesson.  When we returned the bluetooth was working and has been fine since.  Larry had an appointment at the VA so he wouldn't 'fall through the cracks' and did his labs a few days before.  As a result, he has a heart monitor that he has been wearing for a little over a week now and will finish up Mar 6.  He has had a few "incidents" and hopefully they will be able to figure out what is going on.  I went to Sam's Club for their free health clinic and again found my cholesterol is still extremely high.

Larry took the BMW for its 6,000 miles 'check up' and everything looks fine.  They did mention the tires are five years old and starting to crack so that is something Larry is checking out.  I think he will wait until we get to OR since they have no sales tax and when spending big bucks, saving on the tax is a nice help.  We are planning on buying eight tires for the MH when we get to K Falls under the FMCA Michelin Advantage program which will save around a thousand dollars when you add the tax to the nice savings from FMCA.

I have done two non restaurant shops this month which means I did them alone.  They were easy and fun and I don't mind the little extra dollars.

The Smart in the trailer

The new wheel on the drill press

Larry was able to get the car in the trailer but he still has more adjusting to do before we leave in May.  He also worked on the stress cracks in the fiberglass around the battery door.  He plans to put stainless steel across the top to reinforce it.  He also worked on his drill press some more by putting another wheel on it and making it fold.

We ended February by doing something we have never done before--we went to see a new movie on opening day.  We went to the matinee showing of "Son of God".  We were a little disappointed as it was not completely true to scripture.  It was well done and it was nice seeing it on the "big" screen.  It has been a year since we last went to a movie and the last one before that was "The Passion of the Christ" in 2005 or 6.  We were in San Diego and we have not been to CA in a long, long time.

Larry repairing the fiberglass on the battery door