I didn’t get a chance to post a picture so here it is. Only about knee deep at the shortest level and deeper in front of the rig. Too deep in front to turn the batteries back on but easy enough to dig it out this weekend if I have time.
My brothers rig is a buried a bit deeper but he isn’t touching it until March.
I drove up to the RV tonight to check on it and to see if I have caught any more mice. The RV looks fine, not much snow around it but I have to dig out the mound of snow in front of it so I can get access to the battery disconnects and turn everything back on.
I went inside and no indication of mice anymore, the traps all had the same peanut butter, nothing was nibbled or anything. So next time I go up there I’m going to try and clean up as much of their droppings as possible.
53 days, 1 hour 30 minutes and 20 seconds until our first camping trip!
I found out last week that my A1C went up to 9.9 and there was a likelihood that my legs had lost about 50% of their blood pressure. Not the best news one gets from their doctor but there was very good news as well. My BP was 118 over 74, Triglycerides are 120, Cholesterol is 170, the rest of my blood work is excellent except for my A1C. It kind of befuddles my doctor that I’m 254lbs, diabetic and I don’t have high blood pressure so it’s good to have something in control. I just need to get my blood sugar in control so the doctor has added Victoza on top of the Actos + (pioglitazone hydrochloride and metformin hydrochloride), Onglyza & Lipitor, even though I’m normal in this Diabetics have to be even lower than normal people so the makers of Lipitor make oooodles of money. I also take children's aspirin and 1000 mg of cinnamon.
The Victoza has seen high cancer rates in test mice and is considered something you use when other things have been tried and failed. I could of course improve my diet and I’m working on that. I was at the Hospital most of the day today getting an ABI test and it was a strange test. They have these little cuffs for taking BP from your big toes, they also get an idea if the person being tested has Diabetic Neuropathy.
Diabetic Neuropathies are a family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. People with diabetes can, over time, develop nerve damage throughout the body. Some people with nerve damage have no symptoms. Others may have symptoms such as pain, tingling, or numbness—loss of feeling—in the hands, arms, feet, and legs. Nerve problems can occur in every organ system, including the digestive tract, heart, and sex organs. 
I don’t believe I have any Neuropathy so when she activated the cuffs it actually tickled and you could hear the blood flow stop. It was weird listening to my heart beat from different areas of my body, the sound is different in your feet than say in your arms. Thankfully the BP in my feet was higher than in my arms although the technician said this doesn’t mean I don’t have a problem, which I won’t know for a few days when the results will be sent to my doctor.
To top off last week the cat was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism (initial diagnosis was possible diabetes, we have confirmation now she doesn’t have diabetes) and the dog has 2 different kinds of worms. The cat is going to get a radiation injection that should “cure” her condition at the cost of $1,200.00 so she goes in for this injection and special care on Feb 28th.
We’ll get her back after 3 days I think and then she has to be kept under lock and key for 2 or 3 weeks during which time she will surely drive me insane in the membrane begging to be released from her bedroom. Well, it will be her bedroom for about 3 weeks and she will meow 24x7 for you guessed it, 3 weeks and trust me, she can meow non-stop endlessly.
The dog keeps finding new ways to get infused with varieties of worms and we get her cleaned out and she goes and gets infected… again… Hey, maybe I can move into the RV during this period, nah, the storage facility will surely frown upon that.
The cat will hopefully be cured because the injection, if it doesn’t work, can cause the opposite problem so we’re praying for the best. I pretend to hate the cat and she does an excellent job of pretending to hate me.
I’m going to add much more walking into my routine, I walk about 3 miles a day now but I need to do much more. When we go camping I’m going to go for early morning walks and another walk before bedtime. Well, that’s it for now, perhaps a little TMI but it is what it is! Have a great night!
This weekend I’m going to head to the storage place and see how buried the RV is. I’ll take some pictures, I’m going to bring my snow blower so I can clear out the entire spot and back it all the way into it’s spot. Have a great weekend everybody!
Here is a picture of the cleared out driveway.
My car is buried! We have the front of our cars mostly cleared out in these pictures. Mother Nature 0, Erik’s kick butt snow blower 1! In a little over 2 hours we cleared out 7 driveways and 2 cul-de-sacs. Even when the snow was a foot or more higher than the snow blower it kept on going.
I had an absolute BLAST!! I'm tired beyond belief right now but in a good way.
I wonder what the RV looks like right now buried in storage??
We lost power several times last night, I’m glad my UPS’s held up so I didn’t lose internet access until about 3:30 this morning but that quickly came back. I haven’t gone to sleep really, took a few naps but spent a good deal of time watching the storm. Our tree that got blown over right as winter kicked in is almost buried under snow and it was not a small tree! Here are some pictures to get some perspective. When I go outside to start clearing out I’ll take some more pictures.
9:15pm - 2/1/11
10:30pm
8:50am – 2/2/11
That’s a 6 FOOT DRIFT covering my neighbors driveway and sidewalk!!
We have over 3ft on our sidewalk and front porch entrance
My neighbor behind my house
I remember the blizzard’s of 1967 and 1979, in 1967 my father set up a ramp off our roof so my brother and I could have some fun. In 1979 we had just come back from Norway and I had to clear about 65ft of driveway so the family could park the car and get into the house. We were able to sled off of the roof then too…
Fast forward to 2011 and now we have high speed internet and I can sit here listening to the blizzard and type a blog post with the power out and my wife sleeping soundly beside me. I have a huge snow blower waiting for tomorrow morning and even though it’s only 54f in here right now I’m comfortable. I think many people would be in a panic about now.
It’s amazing how quiet it is, I can hear my wife breathing next to me and the dog dreaming about something that makes her yelp and run in her sleep. My laptop has about 40% battery left so I’m going to sign off and wish everybody safe travels and a good nights sleep.
Wow the wind, thunder and lighting sounds cool… sleep well everybody.
I bought this monster snow blower a few years ago and the snow just hasn’t measured up to it, it just laughs it off and spits it out about 40ft.
Tomorrow there will be over 20 inches on the ground and maybe then the mighty snow blower will strain a bit. I can’t wait to get out there and see how she does! 
