Bad month

Hi ya all,
This is a no picture blog update. I thought I better do a fast update even though it has not been a great month so far. The month started out bad in late February.
Keto, Teresa's father passed away. It is and was so very sad. He had been in poor health for quite awhile, but we never expected him to die. But I guess he got tired of fighting, and passed on at five in the morning after everyone had left his room. Snicky.
His funeral was Hugh as he was loved and respected by so many many people. Teresa and her family are doing ok at this point. Martha and Keto were married for 42 years. They held his service in the same church that they have been attending since they were first married. The priest even broke down in his messages to the people. I had to go lay down in the car. I guess I do not do funerals so good. The last one I went to was when my lovely niece Nichole was killed in a horrible car wreck ten years ago.I got sick to my stomach at the funeral and was feeling pretty upset. His death really effected me and Chuck.

Then, on top of this horrible event, Martha, Teresa's mother is now going through radiation for Brest Cancer. She is staying in Las Cruses with one of the daughters. My gosh, when it rains it pours. If you all pray, send one her way. Martha is one of the most sweetest wonderful people you will EVER meet in your life. If anyone is worth a word of goodness to god, it is her.

A day or two after the funeral I got really sick. I got the flu and a horrible headache. Then on top of that I got the stomach flu along with the damn headache. Then on top of the stomach flu I got a chest cold. Thank god the headache went away. So for the last three weeks I have been in bed, on the couch, or praying to the porcelain gods. Today I am feeling like sitting up and writing. I have to say I am sorry to the people who have wrote to me asking for messages, visits, etc. I really have not been on my computer since February 27th.
Oh, yeah, I went to the doctors about this. They thought I had a blockage in my stomach and talked of putting me in the hospital for surgery. Not enough stress as it was so lets add to Dee's misery. Thank god we waited (the doctor admitted they know NOTHING about Gastric Bi-pass patients and suggested I go to Cruses or El Paso for a second option) as that was a non issue. However, I am going to ask my Doctor in Texas who did my surgery for a recommendion of a doctor in this area (las cruses or el paso) in case anything does come up. I am grateful that the doctor was honest with me about what would happen if I ever needed a Specialist. I like honesty.

While all this is going on, My darling Chuck is getting the deeds recorded from the property we have bought. I was getting scared about the " What IF's" of life. Keto's death scared me into thinking what if something were to happen to Chuck. What would I do with a Trailer and a truck? Where would I go, what would I do??? Where could we afford to live if we had to stop traveling for health reasons? Chuck just had another stint put in his body a couple of months ago.
Being that we have so many places we really liked, it came down to what is affordable in todays economy. Well, we decided that Deming is the affordable place. Oregon is out of the question as everything is so expensive there. Property, taxes, cost of living. Sky high. So is Northern California. Texas is expensive and way to hot and humid in the summer for Chuck. He can not take the humidity. Mexico would be nice, but even in Mexico it is expensive to live in the places I would want to be, and besides that, there is humidity that Chuck would be in misery dealing with.
So Deming it is. So we have purchased two acres here on the hillside and plan on building a house very slowly. This year we got the property. Maybe by next year we will put in a well, then a septic, etc. etc. The goal is to do this as cheap as possible and not have to incur a construction loan. Chuck is still not in the mood to stop traveling, nor does he want me to get a job, so this is where we are at for now.
I can deal. Not that "dealing" is hard. I do enjoy our travel time.

Pancho is fine. He is happy. He is killing his rats left and right and keeping down the rodent population. He sleeps with me during the day, goes out in the evening to hunt and is in bed with us at bed time. My being sick has really helped him catch up on his much needed naps. It is so nice to have such a loyal dog like my little boy. Gosh I just love him to death!!!

So until I am up and running around, please accept this typing as our blog. Soon we will get some pictures out. Although I am not sure when we are leaving Deming to continue our travels. I know we are thinking of going to Kansas, Visiting Joe, Becky and Poochie in Missouri and then onto So. Dakota in July. I would like to go see the grand Tetons this summer also, so perhaps this summer we can post some interesting stuff.
Until then, take care of each other and do not forget to let the ones you love KNOW you love them. Again, I am sorry for not staying in better touch, but that is the way the ball bounces when I am sick. I really feel way to sorry for myself during the throws of sickness to care about anything else. I am such a baby!!!