Retirement Rocks

After the stress and worry yesterday, we needed a good day today and we got it in spades as we went to Lake Como, the place I'd wanted t...

When I wrote the previous blog a couple of days ago, my fav Tuscan photos were still in the camera. So here they are now.............. Yeste...

Tuscany....it's everything I'd hoped it would be and a lot more besides. I've finally got internet that lets me use my own lapto...

Sorry I've not posted before but the internet here in this hotel reception is a bit odd to say the least as it times out and also the ke...

I bought this house back in May of 1982, so just over 27 years ago. It hasn't needed much doing to it, which has been just as well as m...

38 minutes after taking off from London en route to New York on 21st of December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 exploded at 31,000ft and crashed do...

It's Wednesday evening and Virgin Media are having problems. Sadly their problems are my problems as right now I have no tv. Well to b...

It's been a while since my last UWOTD and since I changed the rules so it could be Ulster WORDS Of The Day so I could include phrases, t...

Here in the UK, people are still allowed to come to our homes to get us to buy into some service or other that they just happen to offer. I...

Supporting Leeds United, my local team, over the last few years has mostly been a pretty painful experience. Thankfully they lost the abili...

I went to the docs yesterday as I have had a pain in my left forearm for a month now, since returning from Tenby in fact. I'd not usual...

Nostalgia not being what it used to be, I have little to do with it. I often watch those ' Cash In The Attic ' shows and know that ...

I went for a walk in the countryside today and to get in touch with my feminine side (which is my left side, if you're interested), I wa...

I just used that title so I'd get some extra visitors when people Google for cheap hotels in Ireland ! I know, I'm sneaky. But it re...

When I booked my latest flight to America a few days ago, I used up some of my airmiles to lower the price and this was the first time in 20...

Ok I promise this will be the last post...hehe....about my visa. I hate blowing my own trumpet anyway. Last post.....trumpet.....oh suit yo...

Carried away with getting my B-2 tourist visa renewed last Thursday, I've totally ignored the advice on the US Embassy site and have boo...

With apologies to Mr. Caesar of Rome (47BC), yesterday those famous words, or my adaptation of them, rang true for me when I successfully re...

Well the big day has finally arrived. Ok the day BEFORE the big day has finally arrived but as I won't be here to blog on the big day, ...