Aahhh, life is good. No, actually, life is great! If you follow this blog at all, you know that I have been blogging about my retirement since my first post in Feb. 08. That seems like forever and yet it has arrived. I retired from the fire department the middle of September and went to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘memories’
Livin’ the dream
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged memories, retirement on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Things I love about “Fun at Camp”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Fun at Camp", memories on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to enter these in my previous post about “Fun at Camp” but decided it was already too long so I’m doing a separate list… having my family around for an entire week the blue pond the bluer sky the laughing of the loons good food reading as long as I want playing [...]
Holy mosquitoes, Batman
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fabric, family, granddaughter, memories, retirement, vacation on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another week at “Fun at Camp” has come and gone. This year was a little different because Greg, Vanessa and Ella came and spent the entire week. That meant a whole week enjoying my granddaughter. She is getting so big and is walking, although tentatively. She gets around so much faster crawling that I think [...]
My last parade
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged memories on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been making entries to keep track of the last time I do things at work before I retire. Today I drove in the Fourth of July parade for the last time. After weeks of rain, today dawned partly cloudy and dry. There was a slight breeze and it felt good to get outside [...]
A “welcome to summer” surprise birthday party cookout
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday, family, food, memories on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That is quite a title, huh? We or rather Bill, has been planning a cookout for a month or so. He has wanted to have one for several years and decided this was the year. Soooo, we sent out some invitations to people we like…coworkers, family, friends, neighbors, etc. Altogether there were about 40 people [...]
One door closes, another door opens
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, food, Funky Monkey, memories, moving, party on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone reading this blog knows that I have sold my condo and moved into Bill’s house. Finally, the closing took place on Thursday and was bittersweet. I have mentioned in earlier posts that I hated to sell my little piece of the world but now that it’s over and done; I can look forward to [...]
Remembering my dad on Memorial Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, memories on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My dad passed away more than 10 years ago. Admittedly, we weren’t very close. We never shared those little talks that fathers and daughters share on television or in the movies. To be perfectly honest, I was afraid of him. I never wanted to make him mad at me so I just did what I [...]
Happy Birthday Ella Marie
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday, Ella, family, granddaughter, memories on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s always amazing how quickly time passes when I look back, seems like I was just having babies. Beautiful Ella was born one year ago today, early in the morning. She was about one month early but her mom was on bed rest for the previous month, so she could have been much earlier. They [...]
Time well spent
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ella, family, granddaughter, memories on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got to spend yesterday afternoon with both of my children and beautiful Ella. We were attending an open house to celebrate my nephew’s recent wedding. It was good to see everyone together and reconnect with old friends that I haven’t seen in many years. There was lots of wonderful and tasty snacks, along with [...]
A 4th birthday celebration
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday, family, memories, party, real estate, Trevor on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
and it wasn’t mine. Well, I did have one, eons and eons ago, but I digress. Trevor, Bill’s grandson, turned 4 on the 16th and his party was Sunday. We traveled to Minot, about 1 1/2 hours north, to his grandma’s house, which just happens to be across the street from his house. There were [...]





