Here we are in 2006!

The holidays are over, the Christmas decorations are put away and now we are into a brand new year! For us, it's started out with a BANG! Don had knee surgery last Friday...what a way to start out the new year! :-) It had been bothering him since we were in the mid-west, don't remember exactly where it began to bother him. A trip to the doctor once we arrived in Arkansas, gave him temporary relief. By the time we had reached sunny, So. California, it was time to see our long-time doctor. An MRI showed a torn meniscus and a large ganglion cyst. Another trip to our doctor to get the results and then some quick finagling to get in and get it taken care of! We saw our doctor on Tuesday, they referred us to an orthopedic doctor, they managed to squeeze us in the same day (you just have to explain that you travel for a living) and that same day we went to the hospital for all the pre-admit stuff! No time to back out or get too nervous by not having much time in between!

We were able to enjoy our holidays with family and friends, spending the week before Christmas helping my sister get ready for her wedding (don't ask...we've already told her she was crazy for planning a weddng at the time of year)! We spent Christmas with our family in Nuevo, ran off to Aguanga (Outdoor Resorts) to spend New Year's with some of our friends that own lots there and then off to the Rose Parade! (See Blog below for THAT story)! After returning to Nuevo we were able to join up with some of our Monaco friends for pizza (and beer) and hope to join them and more Monaco and non-Monaco friends in a few days in Indio for the FMCA Western Area Rally. That's the beginning of our whirlwind few months coming up in the first few months of 2006!