Retirement Rocks

Daphne's latest post (about jobs one thinks one could do if pushed kicking and screaming back into the workplace) got me thinking about...

Last night, being New Years Eve an' all, we decided to take part in something a bit different here in sunny Buttonwood Bay.  No, not wif...

So how many times will you write 2008 and then go.....offs it's 2009 !!! As I don't write the year very often, it usually takes me t...

Wow, two posts in one day. You've heard of BOGOFF's (Buy One, Get One For Free) ?  Well this is a BLOGOFF. Oh suit yourselves !! Any...

Well that was it then.  Christmas over for another year but what a jolly holly time we had. It's fun to creep downstairs at 4am, hoping ...

The title of this post comes from a part of a song lyric from the movie Grease and sums up the topic of this post perfectly.....I think.  Ma...

Knowing the day was fast approaching, I've been trying for some time now to work the words 'golf cart' into some sort of Christm...

If it's one thing I've discovered about my time over here in the US, it's that I should NEVER visit somewhere and leave it decla...

Here in normally hot and sunny Buttonwood Bay, it's neither hot nor sunny. Shock news, I know. The heavy thunderstorm that was forecast ...

I included a photo in my 'Fish & Ships' post that showed 3 pelicans diving into the water with a pirate ship in the background. ...

When we were over on the West Coast of Florida recently, we stayed one night at a motel that didn't offer a breakfast. Yes I know.  We h...

Given the 5 hour time difference, I woke up this morning to learn about the death of Daphne's dad, the Communist who gave rise to her bl...

Now that Daffy and Stephen have left Florida and I have a bit more time, I thought I'd go over the 1,000 or more photos that I took and ...

Daffy and Stephen are busy packing as they return to Leeds today.  Well to be accurate they'll be in Leeds tomorrow morning as their fli...

You know those ultrasound photos that women show around to friends and family after a certain number of months have passed in their pregnanc...

We went to the Kennedy Space Center today (Fri) and Daffy and Stephen are still geeked up many hours later. I remember I was the same back i...

Tonight we're on the west coast of Florida, in North Redington Beach to be precise. This was a photo taken from the hotel balcony at sun...

Ok don't panic.  I'm not going to be giving a daily diary type post for the next 13 or so days that Daphne and Stephen are here in F...

The Brits are here, the Brits are here !!!!!! Daffy just rang me from the Perkins Restaurant we'd arranged for her and Stephen to go to ...