Anticipation to Trepidation

This is my second post today but I need to get this off my chest.  I have posted several times about my desire to retire in the fall.  As of today, my countdown clock says I have 186 days until I work my last shift.  I listed my condo last fall and it remains on [...]

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What is a “blogiversary” anyway?

According to the online dictionary, there isn’t any such thing.  It does define “blog” as on online journal but that’s the extent of it.  However, just like the other blogs, I’m having an anniversary of my online journal.  In other words, I’m having a BLOGIVERSARY!
Unlike the other blogs, I’m not having any big giveaway.  First [...]

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One down, four to go

I spent this morning cleaning out one of my closets in an effort to get more organized before eventually moving.  I managed to fill three trash bags with clothes that I haven’t worn in ages and most likely won’t wear anytime soon, if ever again.  I also emptied out a knitting bag and filled it [...]

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The end of another year

I don’t know how so many of you find the time to post regularly.  Try as I might, I just don’t get it done.  I want to post photos but it seems to take me forever.
Christmas was very good this year; Bill spoiled me rotten.  I wish he wouldn’t do that but no matter how [...]

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Boo!

Happy Halloween!  This is one of my favorite holidays.  Bill and I have dressed up for the past several years and gone visiting to our friends’ houses.  They were quite saddened this year when I told them I was working.  Boo hoo.  A couple of years we even went dancing and won first place in [...]

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A big decision day

I started this blog with the idea of sharing some of my quilting projects with friends but also as a place to express my feelings about changes taking place in my life.  Today was a big change day.  I listed my condo for sale and once it is sold I will be moving into Bill’s [...]

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Four days in paradise

It was another awesome trip to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.  This is one of our favorite places to spend time.  The weather was very cooperative, clear, sunny days.  It was cool when we got up on Wednesday morning but warmed up nicely by the time we went hiking.  It was quite cold and [...]

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13 months and counting

With a projected retirement date of 9/17/09 there are only 13 months left. Yeah! I have no idea yet what the future will hold but I’m looking forward to it with great excitement. I counted up the number of shifts I have left to work and after tonight it is 193. [...]

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18 months & counting

I was hired by the fire department 23 1/2 years ago today. When I started my employment as a 10 hour/week ambulance billing clerk, my son was 8 and my daughter was 4. Never in my wildest dreams did it occur to me that I would become a fulltime firefighter and EMT and [...]

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