Journey & Adventure

The early retirement plan is chugging along.  I wish I could say it was ahead of schedule, but such is not the case.   If anything, it’s lagging behind slightly. We have made a conscience decision that J would not go back to work.  He would instead spend his time working on the projects around the house, maintaining the yard and really just getting us in a better position to get the maximum return on the house when it’s time to sell.    Well, who knew we had so much unfinished business around our place.  He’s been off work a year now and the to-do list is still a mile long.  Believe me, it’s not for lack of working on things.  In fact it’s far from it - we finish one project and two more come to mind.  There are things we could probably leave and let the next home owner deal with – like new closet organizers, but since we don’t want to leave a dollar on the table, we are working to make things perfect.  Although we re...

I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth – yet.  I just can’t keep up and there are many things in my life that are being neglected.   This Blog – I love blogging, but I haven’t been able to come up with anything interesting or intriguing to say.   Blogger and Gmail has been completely blocked from my work computer, so this makes it extremely difficult to blog or even read blogs.   By the time evening comes along, I have a million other things to do at home and blogging hasn’t made its way up the list.   It frustrates me and I feel like I’ve failed miserably at something that I enjoy doing.     My apologies to everyone…   Exercise – What is that?   Does the hour I spend in physiotherapy for my sore neck each week count?   It’s been at least 3 weeks since I’ve worked out.   Not good…   Me –   Let’s see – I need to get back to eating healthy.   I need a haircut, a pedicure, a manicure, a fac...