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Terry just finished her first month of vestibular rehabilitation (balance therapy) and did well. She is making progress, but not quite there yet. So we are going to stick around for another month of therapy.
The Big News is that we are ready to announce the release of Vicki's book of poetry, Mostly My Heart Sings. During a bout with breast cancer last summer, she wrote poetry about her experience - as a personal catharsis. When she shared it with others, the concensus was that she just had to do something with it. The book was the result. Gerry is her publisher, Mike did the design work for the cover and inside, and Terry took care of the technical stuff. So now is the time to roll out an updated version of the Turas Publishing website, where her book is now available for pre-ordering.
Also, we just posted Bob Kiem's obituary from November after talking to Annie. He and Gerry worked together in Corpus Christi on their last tour there and both retired in early 1993. We had lunch with Annie today and forgot to bring out the camera! We are slipping!
This is our new look for 2012 - thanks to a lot of prodding from Terry's website-savy nephew, Steve, who is now making a living doing this. She thinks it is about time to admit that she is a gray-haired dinosaur in the computer field! She loves the new stuff, but there just are not enough hours in the day to learn it all and find time to play with it - considering everything else she is doing. But here goes anyway . . . . Look for lots of new changes as this gets implemented in the site. For now, we are redoing the Main Menu items, some with new content. Only 2011 and 2012 in the Trips List is in the new format, but we will be working backwards from 2012. Thanks to Steve, all the obituaries have been converted. The latest obituaries are for Elaine Sons, a friend who lived here in Jacksonville, for Janice Malard, Gerry's niece, and for Captain Bob Kiem, a Navy friend. The Rving section has also been updated. The rest of the site remains the same.
A new search function was added, but is still undergoing some changes. If you have any feedback after using it, please let us know what you think.