November Summary

We were all over the place with the November weather. Our high temperature was 91 on November 11, and our low was 44 on November 25. The real story was the big and wet storm we had for 3 days, November 21-23, where we had almost all of the rainfall for the month - over 2.3 inches. There were several days when the wind blew more than normal, but the highest wind gust measured was on November 6 when it reached 32 mph. All we can say about the December forecasts is that we will be starting out with a cold spell due to arrive over the next several days. We see that winter has arrived in Jackson, full force, with highs in the single digits and lows in the minus territory for the next few days. Maybe we don't want to spend a winter in that area.

There was very little in the way of exercise in the month of November and we need to address that situation before too long. Both of us gained some weight - enough to be on alert for December so that we don't let it become a trend. Right now, both of us should be able to lose the extra pounds - about 5 - that we put on with the holiday eating. As long as we attack the weight gain early, we should be OK.

It looks like December will be a month for getting organized for next year. We will review our health care options again before signing up again with the AARP United Healthcare program. As our plan is a Florida plan, we are pretty much limited to the options available in that state. We don't think that the Obamacare changes will have any impact on our senior options, but we'll see. Fortunately, we don't have a lot of special needs for medical coverage except it would be nice to have more coverage for prescriptions. Right now, we aren't spending any money for health care insurance except for our monthly deduction from our Social Security which we never see anyway. Overall, we have been satisfied with the program we presently have in place.

Have a safe December everybody - 'tis the season to be jolly...