Brrrr....it's cold but sunny

January 2nd - 8th, 2014 

We really haven't done very much so far this year.  Like the rest of America the weather hasn't been brilliant and has been cold.

Bryan went to visit his mom on the 4th and stayed overnight.  He had a shirt he needed to pick up, so took the opportunity to see mom and we needed to return our parking pass to the campground there. I stayed home with CoCo and we stayed nice and cosy in the motorhome.  The weather wasn't too bad and we went for a walk on the beach. I booked our flights and hotel for San Diego for Ryan's wedding.       in March.

On Monday 6th we took CoCo to the vet.  She has got a growth on her front paw, between her toes, that has got bigger and a blister has developed on her pad that is making her limp a little.  We also needed to get her shots updated.  The vet at the base only does shots and can not do anything surgically  so they gave us a list of vets they recommend. We went to Megan's Landing Veterinary Clinic here in Pensacola.
Dr. Case there was wonderful.  She sat on the floor with CoCo and checked her out.  She gave us some antibiotics and painkiller for her and we will have to go to a vets in Tampa for a follow up for her flu shot and decide if she needs a biopsy on her growth.  She seems to think it could be cancerous but until we get the biopsy we won't know.  They could remove it and that could mean removing a toe as well depending on how much it has grown into the paw.  They did bloodwork which we got the results from the next day and everything was clear except her urine which showed a high white cell count and that she might have a urinary tract infection.  They recommended we get another urine sample in about 3 weeks to see if it has cleared. We are going to see if the antibiotics help the growth go down and then decide what to do.  All the staff there were great and spent some time with us going over everything.  I would recommend them to anyone.

There were hard freeze warnings for Monday and Tuesday nights and it got to 19 Fahrenheit, below freezing, brrr.  We left a tap dripping and the "arctic package" on the motorhome turned on.  This heats the basement under the Lily.  We also had a ceramic heater and our furnace heating the inside. We turned the fireplace off when we went to bed.  We managed to not freeze any of the hoses or pipes which was good as some of the others in the park had icicles hanging from their outside taps.  At least we were not as bad as the northern states.
 
I spent most of Tuesday researching Cell phones as Bryan's is acting erratically and we need to try and get cheaper plans.  We have a family plan with AT&T that we have had for years.  The contract for my phone has expired and Bryan's expires in May.  We will probably transfer my number and get Bryan a new phone using my number.  I'm looking at Straight Talk from Walmart.  Depending on what phone you get you are using AT&T or Verizon towers.  We want to split and have one phone on each service so if we can't get one of them the chances are the other will work and we should get coverage in most places between the two.  This will cut our monthly bill in half, a savings of $90 eventually as long as it works.  It will be good to try one phone first and see what happens.  So sometime soon we will probably swop phone numbers.  Don't worry we will tell you and at least you will still get one of us no matter what number you call.  In the meantime keep calling the numbers you are at the moment.  Mum, until you hear from me differently still call me on my number that you are using.  :)  
I also booked our overnight stay at Tallahassee RV park for next Monday.

Today, Wednesday 8th it was still cold but above freezing.  The Blue Angels, the Navy Flight Demonstration team are stationed here and they were practising yesterday and today.  People were out watching them but we didn't go out as it was still pretty cold and we have seen them before.  We watched a couple of them flying in the distance from the motorhome. We decided to go out to the Navy Museum here on the base as it is inside and would be warm and we needed to get out of the house.  This is Bryan's second visit this trip.

Blue Angel

When we got home I took CoCo for a short walk on the beach, as she isn't supposed to be walking far on her paw.  She loved it and was running on the sand.  I had left a stew cooking in the slow cooker and so dinner was ready when I got home and we sat and ate.

Well, that's it for now.  It's a cool night again although not as cold as the last two nights, it is 40 degrees Fahrenheit as I type this at 10:00pm, projected to drop to 32 overnight.