Day at Dallas Arboretum

Taking Care of To-Do List

Rockwall, Texas

Driveway

Weather Condition; High 82 Low 63, Cloudy

We were BUSY today. We checked several time consuming things off our To-Do List. First on the list was to vote. We got to the polling place early so the line was short. We voted.  

Well we pulled into Sonic for a coke and breakfast before moving onto our second item.

Second item was to have truck tires rotated. We stopped off at Discount Tire and had the tires rotated.

 From there we stopped off to get me a new pair of tennis shoes. I desperately needed new ones. It wasn’t on our list but we had to do it sooner or later!

Third item was to have the oil changed in the truck. We pulled into Kwick Lube. We had a short wait of 30 minutes before they could get to us.  We love going to Kwick Lube for our oil changes. They always vacuum and clean the windows too.

Dawn asked if they would check our K&N air filter to see if it needed to be cleaned. 

They were all shocked when they removed the filter and saw all the insulation stuffed in the filter. They pulled 2 handfuls out and then vacuumed the area out.

A little over a year ago we had a problem with either mice or squirrels nesting under our hood in the winter months. They stripped a large area of insulation from the cab area and made a nest under the hood near the alternator. Well, that must have upset them when I removed their nest and they just made a new one in the air filter.  We had our K&N air filter cleaned.  Seems the truck is running better now!!!!

Tomorrow I need to crawl under the hood and look for any holes near the air filter.

We ran home to let the dogs out for a potty break and then back to our errands.

Next thing on our list was stopping by Wal-Mart for a few groceries. But it was now dinner time and we were hungry.

El Chico! We stuffed ourselves with fajitas. I’ve always heard you should never go to the grocery store on an empty stomach. Problem is, I over indulged and the thought of food was NOT appealing! 

We bought our groceries and stopped for diesel. We didn’t get home until almost nine o’clock.

We are two tired girls.   

What a Day!

Rockwall, Texas

Driveway

Weather Condition; High 79 Low 63, Cloudy

The insurance adjuster came this morning. He crawled around under the fiver and took lots of pictures.  He then went to his car to prepare the estimate. He returned thirty minutes later with a written itemized estimate and a check. He told us if we ran into any problems with repairs or estimate to give him a call.

So far we are very pleased with Progressive Insurance. We’re very pleased with their roadside assistance program too.

We plan to have our repairs made while in Rockport. We can have them done at our site there. Here we would have to take it to the shop.  

My little brother stopped by to see us this afternoon. He wasn’t feeling well and was on his way home. He was complaining about having a headache for the past 3 or 4 days.

We visited for an hour and he left. About an hour later my brother called and asked if we could come to the minute clinic. We were less than a mile away when he called. When we arrived at the Minute Clinic we were told by the nurse practitioner that she believed he was having a stroke and needed to go to the emergency room right away. My little brother is in his middle 40’s. I couldn’t believe he was having a stroke.

She printed out his paperwork , we put him in the truck and drove him to the hospital emergency room a few miles away.

He was not looking well when we arrived at the hospital. We were told that the nurse practitioner had called and told them we were on our way.

They took him back immediately. We talked with a nurse and she checked his blood pressure and heart rate. She also did a few other tests and told us to wait for the doctor.  

   

The problem is that while he was being checked out by the nurse, two ambulances pulled in and that moved my brother down the list. We waited for over an hour before they sent him back for a CAT scan.

Good news, they said there was no sign of a stroke, they think he has bell’s palsy. I’m all too familiar with bell’s palsy. I’ve had it 5 times.  

Bell's palsy is a paralysis or weakness of the muscles on one side of your face. Damage to the facial nerve that controls muscles on one side of the face causes that side of your face to droop. The nerve damage may also affect your sense of taste and how you make tears and saliva. This condition comes on suddenly, often overnight, and usually gets better on its own within a few weeks.

I do have some slight permanent damage from having it so many times but I lived through it and feel much better knowing that my brother has bell’s palsy instead of a stroke.

We are now planning on pulling out of here next week for our migration south. We have a few things we need to take care of while we’re here. The truck needs an oil change and tire rotation. We also need to vote.

Trailer Tire Blow-Out

We pulled out of Daingerfield State Park yesterday about noon. We made it about 6 miles out of town when we had a trailer tire blow-out.

It did some body damage too

We made it to Rockwall safe and sound after roadside assistance changed our flat.

We are now waiting for our insurance adjuster to look it over.