12-27-2016, 01:52 PM
Good morning all. It is 7c and the snow should be gone by tomorrow. Hope all had a great Christmas as we did. We always have three large gatherings over the holidays. I did five loads in the dishwasher after the Christmas day. I think I may get back to the trainroom today.
The wife had the turkey skewers removed from her hand since my last report. We went to this brand new hospital which is really quite something. I felt like I was in a Star Trek movie. The wife got an E-Mail telling her what floor to report to, so we show up and walk out of the elevator where a computer monitor welcomes you and ask you to swipe your care card or drivers license. My wife swipes her DL and it says Welcome Louise, the Doctor would like you to have an X-Ray before you get your pins removed, please report to X-Ray down the hall to your left, when you are finished in X-Ray proceed to the hand clinic to your right. The wife had her X-ray, pins removed and her first physio work out and we were in and out of the hospital in 50 minutes. All and all a pretty slick operation they are running there.
Spain is suppose to have the best medical care in the world, however, I sure can't complain one little bit about ours, and we have used it a lot in the past few years. Alway very efficient.
I got spoiled again this Christmas, receiving lots of goodies. I got $300.00 in PWRS (Pacific Western Rail Systems) gift certificates from various friends and family. I will be putting these towards a couple of Rapido "Royal Hudsons" this year. I still have a $100.00 left over from last years Christmas and birthday gift certificates. It must have been a slow year in the train room for me not to have used them up.
We are off to Vancouver Island after the new year to start scoping out different areas. We think we will move there after my daughter is out of high school in two years. The greater Vancouver area is just becoming too crowded. Civilization is rolling towards us at an alarming rate and we like a lot of breathing room between us and our neighbours. Many friends and family have already moved over there or will be in the next few years. I would also like to spend some time in the South Pacific as my health is always much better in the warmer climate. We live on a lot of fresh fruit and more fish when we are down there and we really notice the change in the way we feel.
Stay warm and safe.
Brent
The wife had the turkey skewers removed from her hand since my last report. We went to this brand new hospital which is really quite something. I felt like I was in a Star Trek movie. The wife got an E-Mail telling her what floor to report to, so we show up and walk out of the elevator where a computer monitor welcomes you and ask you to swipe your care card or drivers license. My wife swipes her DL and it says Welcome Louise, the Doctor would like you to have an X-Ray before you get your pins removed, please report to X-Ray down the hall to your left, when you are finished in X-Ray proceed to the hand clinic to your right. The wife had her X-ray, pins removed and her first physio work out and we were in and out of the hospital in 50 minutes. All and all a pretty slick operation they are running there.
Spain is suppose to have the best medical care in the world, however, I sure can't complain one little bit about ours, and we have used it a lot in the past few years. Alway very efficient.
I got spoiled again this Christmas, receiving lots of goodies. I got $300.00 in PWRS (Pacific Western Rail Systems) gift certificates from various friends and family. I will be putting these towards a couple of Rapido "Royal Hudsons" this year. I still have a $100.00 left over from last years Christmas and birthday gift certificates. It must have been a slow year in the train room for me not to have used them up.
We are off to Vancouver Island after the new year to start scoping out different areas. We think we will move there after my daughter is out of high school in two years. The greater Vancouver area is just becoming too crowded. Civilization is rolling towards us at an alarming rate and we like a lot of breathing room between us and our neighbours. Many friends and family have already moved over there or will be in the next few years. I would also like to spend some time in the South Pacific as my health is always much better in the warmer climate. We live on a lot of fresh fruit and more fish when we are down there and we really notice the change in the way we feel.
Stay warm and safe.
Brent