Buyer cancels Escrow...

Well our first prospective buyer has cancelled escrow on our three Canyon Rim condos located on the hills, in Anaheim Hills. After hiring a private inspector, costing the buyer over $500.00, the inspection came back fairly positive with only minor items found that needed attention. However, settling cracks found around the property, pointed out to the buyer the inspector advising the buyer to consider getting a geological inspection on the hillside on which the condos are build. Even though the condos have been there over 30 years...without incident and the condominum association sharing their findings about the geological inspection they had done, the buyer was still paranoid and concerned and was worried that the condos might slip down the hill and backed out of the purchase. So it wasn't meant to be and we start over again in the new year.

December 25, 2007 Christmas Day ...4th Stop

Denise; "Pumpkin" and Erin

We stayed at Randy, Stef and Bunny's until it was time to head for our next destination, which was Deb's sister Denise and husband Pat's in Cypress, CA for hor d'overs and Christmas dinner.

Between Randy and Stefs we did receive a call from my sister Kathy who was visiting her Daughter and Grandchildren in King George, VA. We talked to Katrina, Justice (7) and Harmony (5). They sounded pretty excited about Santa coming and all the presents they had received for Christmas.

Arrived around 4:30pm. Blanch, Deb and Stig; Yvette and Jake; Scott and Stacy; Pat, Denise and Erin (their daughter); Jackie and Walter (Pat's mom and dad). Oh and Deb's mom Blanch. It was more snacks before dinner. Dinner was great and finally the last gift exchange. So as you can see we had a very busy day.

December 25, 2007 Christmas Day ...3rd Stop

After our visit with Mike, Dawn, Jake and Zack we were onto our next Santa stop...

Our good friends and also former next door neighbors, Randy and Stef. We have stayed close friends with Randy and Stef after they moved out of the neighborhood. They have moved 3-times since they lived next door to us and now are residing in Orange, CA.

... more snacks and more gift exchange.

We really enjoyed our visit with Randy and Stef since we hadn't seen them since they returned from their annual trip back to New York, earlier this month. We stayed at Randy and Stefs until it was time to head for our next destination.

We also enjoyed seeing and playing with their lovable jack Russell terrier, Bunny. After there jack Russell terrier, Spanky pasted away earlier this year. They acquired Bunny from our local animal shelter.

December 25, 2007 Christmas Day ...1st & 2nd Stop

Jerry and I hope all of you had a bless and wonderful Merry Christmas... Jerry and I had a very busy day... we started out with Church at 10:00am. By 11:30am we were home, changed clothes and walked 2-doors down to see Jake and Zack. Mike and Dawn fed us orange juice and pumpkin bread. Mike (Jake's dad) knows how much Jerry loves his pumpkin bread. Jake and Zack were very excited about Santa coming. They couldn't wait to show Jerry the Power Ranger DVD game Santa had brought. Shortly after we arrived the kid's were excited to open presents from us. I had two bags one for each of the boys. Picture's I had taken of the boys (1) with Santa hats holding a pretend present and (2) with Santa hats sitting in the snow. Jake and I framed the pictures, wrapped them up and put tags that the boys each signed for mom, dad, grandma (Dawn's mom) and nana (Mike's mom). I also had a special poem framed and gave to Dawn and Mike for Christmas. For Jake and Zack I had wrapped up some Thomas & Friends trains. I had a McDonald's gift card in their stockings, along with some Christmas Candy. The biggest box was beautifully wrapped and Zack was so anxious to open the package, he stood there with his little hand under one of the corners waiting to tear the paper off. I told both boys that that package was for mom and dad... it was pots and pans. When they started opening the box they were so excited to see the Thomas and Friends " "Gold Mine Mountain" train set. From Mike and Dawn Jerry and I received a beautifully framed picture of Jake and Zack, as well as, a Gift Card for Souplantation. Mike says we will all go together to the souplantation. BTW... Mike and Dawn bought their house 2-doors down from our friends Deb and Stig.

December 24, 2007 Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we spend with our dear friends (and former neighbors) Deb and Stig. We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Eve at Deb and Stigs, along with Deb's mother, Blanch; daughter Yvette; her son Jake; Deb's son Scott and his fiancee Stacy. Deb prepared ham and swedish meatballs (Stig is from Sweden) along with potatoes, asparagus lots of hordovers and too many deserts. Dinner as wonderful. This is a picture of Debbi, Yvette and Jake.

December 24, 2007 Christmas Eve afternoon

Christmas Eve afternoon was spent at our condo rentals with the buyer, buyer's realtor and a privately hired inspector. The inspector was there inspecting all three condo's from around noon until 2:00pm. During this time the termite inspector was also doing his inspection. He came back and said everything looks good, just a few minor items. Our homeowner's association should be taking care of those items.

SANTA'S LITTLE HELPERS...

Last week-end Jerry and I watched Jake and Zack on Saturday while Mommy and Daddy prepared for their annual Christmas Party Saturday night. During the day we took the boys to the local park where they had dumped some snow on the grown. The boys had fun playing in the snow. They especially had fun with the snow ball fight until little Zack was hit in the face by brother Jake with a snow ball. While the boys were at our house we took some pictures with Santa hat's for mom and dad.

SOLD

Even with the Real Estate economy in a slump, Jerry and I have sold our 3 condos located in Anaheim Hills, CA. We put them on the market back in September. We did have to drop our price by $75K dollars, but it was more important to get the condos sold. We will have a 60 day escrow and escrow should start today. We will be meeting with our realtor tonight and tomorrow night we will have a walk-thru with the buyer along with his realtor and ours. We broke the news to our tenants yesterday which was hard to do. It was really difficult to share the news with one particular tenant since they will be required to move-out in the next 60 days. The new owner will be residing in one of the condos. We are praying for an easy transition. Once we have these condos behind us, we will be putting another rental house on the market. We are moving along hoping to be in Coeur D'Alene, ID in the next 2 1/2 years.

A Christmas Wish

May all the days of all the years
that God may have in store
be filled with joy and peace
to bless you more and more.

May the happiness of Christmas
be in your heart to stay,
and to brighten all your moments
long after Christmas Day.

Oncology Appointment - December 3rd follow-up

After Jerry's appointment on Tuesday, Jerry hasn't been feeling well since. The day of his treatment, Jerry, takes drugs to help keep him from getting constipated with all the drugs that are administered in the IV which cause constipation. It started during the afternoon while he was still at work. Once Jerry came home until Jerry went to bed Wednesday... Jerry had constant diarrhea. About 2:30am Thursday morning Jerry was tossing and turning in bed, which woke me up. I asked Jerry what was wrong and he said his lower back was hurting and he was cold. Even though it was not cold in the house, Jerry had his electric blanket turned up to high. I gave Jerry a heating pad for his back, which was also up high. Jerry continued to shiver because he was so cold. I wanted to take Jerry to the ER, but Jerry did not want to go. He said he was too cold to lay in the ER. I told him they could give him warm blankets, but he said no. I knew Jerry probably had a fever, but with all the blankets and heat I couldn't tell. I continued to give Jerry gator aid because I was sure he was dehydrated. Jerry and I finally got to sleep around 4:00am. Later, Jerry's alarm went off for him to get ready to go to work. I told Jerry that he needed to stay in bed and rest. He said he'd stay for another hour. When I woke up to get ready for work, Jerry was still sleeping. When I said good-bye and left for work, Jerry told me he was going to sleep awhile longer and then would probably go into work. I was getting ready to leave for lunch, I decided to call Jerry, at work, to see how he was doing. They told me that Jerry did not come into work. I called home and he told me he still was not feeling well and that he had slept until 11:30am. For all who know Jerry... you know that NEVER happens. Married to Jerry for over 28 yrs. I have never seen him sleep past 9:00am. I decided that Jerry may still need to go to the hospital so I left work to try and encourage him to go in. I went home, the palms of Jerry's hands were "white". I tried to get him to go to the ER, but he still insisted that he did not want to go. We sat around watching TV for the afternoon and about 8:00pm Jerry finally fell asleep on the couch. Later on, when I went to bed I left Jerry sleeping. Sometime during the night, he came to bed. Today (Friday 12/7th) Jerry is better, but he says he's dragging.

Upcoming Doctor Appointments

Pending Doctor Appointment:

OTOLARYNGOLOGY
An otolaryngologist provides both medical and surgical care for disorders of the head and neck. Collectively, otolaryngologists are referred to as ear, nose, and throat (ENT) physicians.

TBD (to be determined) - Sinus Blockage

12/14/07 - Gastroenterology for possible Hernia Surgery

12/18/07 - Cardiology - Stress test (follow-up on possible heart attack).

CT OF THE PARANASAL SINUSES

Jerry constantly has a runny nose and was having headaches everyday. Therefore, they performed another CT Scan and these were the findings:

There is near complete opacification of the right maxillary sinus with complete obstruction of the osteometal unit. There is very minimal narrowing of the left osteomeatal unit with minimal mucosal thickening of the left maxillary sinus. There is mild to moderate mucasal thickening of the frontal sinuses bilaterally.

Jerry will need to follow up with an appointment with the ENT and they will need to probe up through his nose to unblock the sinus.

Oncology Appointment - December 3rd

Yesterday was Jerry's Oncologist appointment (every 4 weeks). The appointment was routine but over the past several weeks he's been complaining about headaches everyday and last week he had belly aches everyday. For the past couple days he has been feeling better though. Of course now that he's been to his appointment we know he'll have another couple days of not feeling well. Because of Jerry's constant headaches everyday the doctor ordered another CT Scan of his head. The scan indicated that Jerry does have sinusitis, as well as, a blocked sinus. Jerry will need to make an appointment with an ENT (ear, nose, throat) doctor to have them drain his sinus cavity. Poor guy... just another complication!!!

CT OF THE BRAIN WITHOUT CONTRAST

The brain scan could not be done with intravenous contrast injection, which is what the doctor ordered, because of Jerry's current kidney functions being elevated. However, the scan was performed because Jerry was having constant headaches everyday. Here are the findings:

Minimal periventricular white matter decreased density areas which may indicate small vessel disease. There is a small area of encephalomalacia in the inferior medial Right frontal lobe which may indicate an old contusion/trauma.

There is diffuse para nasal sinus disease which will be reported separately on the CT of the sinuses. There is a small area of decreased density in the posterior cortex of the right and left occipital lobes, presumably indicating small old cortical infractions.