A Bright Sunny Day
One of the best things about being retired is having time to play. (And nap.) Sometime back, Wife Mia said, “No more naps!” but she’s […]
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Horrible News!
Mia caught me napping again! That’s the third time today, and the 37th time since my first day of retirement! An hour or so later […]
Skipping the Weekend
Retirement Day Number … umm … Well, the truth is, I haven’t been keeping track. But rest assured, you didn’t miss anything. I took the […]
Forced to Do Stuff
I know I shouldn’t be doing stuff, but I feel like I’m being shamed into it by my own guilt. After all, I’ve been doing […]
Valentine’s Day Interruption
Stupid Valentine’s Day interrupted my retirement and made me do stuff. I had to make a temporary list: I mean, Mia knows how much she […]
Appending the Retirement Lists
I am sorry to say that the list I made with the toys and times was too ambitious. I knew I could never keep up […]
Retirement – Yikes! (Wait … Toys?!?)
Well, I did it: I went and retired. It’s February 2018 and I decided to keep a log of stuff I do so I can […]
On Buying Our Floating Home
This is a long story — ramblings about a life lesson learned. Kudos if you stay to the end. In May of 2018, Maria, Crewy, […]
Cayuga to Ithaca
Back in the 1990s when we first started trailering our 19-footer to campgrounds all over New York State, one of our favorite places was the […]
May All of Your Days Be Challenges!
The house batteries lasted just long enough to keep the food cold overnight. By 7:30 a.m. the house bank had 10.9 volts of reserve. It’s […]