Hope everyone had an enjoyable 2022 Thanksgiving weekend. We had a wonderful week with Andrew being home (along with a visit by Tayler, one of his cousins), and the week before, I got to visit a couple of USNA classmates. More to follow on each of those events. As mentioned on the home page, and Continue reading
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#48 – First Six Months of Retirement, Thoughts
Hey, almost to milestone post #50…….haven’t had a comment in at least a month, but the posts will keep on coming. The six month mark seemed to be a good time to make an initial assessment of this retired life. Overall, I approve! Certainly not missing being part of the full time workforce, and very Continue reading
#31 – Retired, Moved and Reconnected
Here it is almost the end of January and we are finally relocated and reconnected. Last time I had connectivity was as I finished post number 30, and this will be a very short note. Retired as of January 1, and we were supposed to conduct the move to TN Jan 3-5, but two east Continue reading
#26 – More of the Same
OK, this first subject is not “More of the Same”- quite the opposite in fact. As a lifelong Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves fan, my emotions have been jerked in all directions for the past six months, finally with a happy ending. They are in the World Series this year. We really haven’t reached the end just yet, Continue reading
#21 – The Rest of the Year
Well how about that! Finally learned how to post a picture. Posts might start getting more interesting. This is the retirement home under construction back in early July. We’re now about 50% done. Was a busy week for the blog, not so much on volume of visits, but rather in quality. First, one of my Continue reading
#13 – Just Lucky?
OK, I’m not bringing up a retirement subject in this post, just doing a little catch up on the family plans for the future. It’s been two weeks since I last posted, not purposely meaning to skip a week. And it’s been about four weeks since the last comment, although there’ve been several blog visits. Continue reading