Retirement Rocks

I don't know when 'they' decided that it's not the done thing anymore to use the word Christmas in adverts and stores and ev...

Yesterday was Thanksgiving here. I typed a large post during the evening but didn't save it to draft as I went along and the laptop powe...

This community park may be full of oldies but the state still demands it's pint of blood from them ! Ok that's stretching the truth ...

Well the day we've been waiting for finally 'arrived' and at 9:30am this morning a flatbed truck pulled up by our lot and brough...

Yesterday we decided to give bocce ball a try as neither Deb or myself had ever played it - in my case I'd never even seen it played. We...

I just had to try it again - getting sunset photos I mean. Here in Buttonwood Bay we get wonderful sunsets every evening and the last time I...

I've never fished. I never want to fish. Although I can kind of understand the appeal, I don't really get fishing. I can underst...

I've not been retired long enough to have forgotten how I felt most Monday mornings when I'd wake up and realise another work week s...

I went out for another exploratory bike ride yesterday afternoon as I was 'home alone' and it was another glorious day. I slapped a...

Today was a first - we joined the community community. Deliberate repetition there. We rose at 7:30, showered and walked down the park road...

Well I can already tell that I'm going to get great topics for posts by wintering down here in sunny Florida - the retirement capital of...

We woke and drove a hundred yds to be first in line at the dealership service dept when they opened at 08:30. We got the impression the wo...

Day 6 saw us leaving our campsite in Greensboro and heading down through North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and finally into Florida. ...

Tuesday started quite cold but dry and we went to a few retail stores in Greensboro but bought very little. Once again I was able to use m...

'The Kids' had taken 2 days off work to spend time with us and we went across to their house shortly after noon. It was my first vis...

Talk about one extreme to another ! After the long day driving yesterday (21st), we only had a short few miles into Greensboro and to the c...

We left our rest area early on Sat (21st) as after all, we'd little else to do after waking up. Personally it wasn't my best night o...

It's been almost 3 weeks since my post (ok that sounds WAY too much like a Catholic confessional opening) but we've been busy and on...

We went downstate again last weekend to meet up with a few people before we head off to Florida for the winter. Sounds good, huh ?? As I m...