As of today I am retired (again)! For those who don't know my story, I was a high school and university teacher for 30 years (Physics and Geology, primarily). I retired in May, 2013 and 1 week later was employed again as a trainer for an oil and gas software company. That career was only [...]
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Pictures
As I continue to scan the vast collection of photos and documents (17,000+ pictures so far!), some themes have begun to arise. My extended family - across 4 generations - has had an apparent fascination with a number of photogenic topics. Enjoy browsing! Costumes are not just about Halloween. Whether it be for playtime, dramatic [...]
Update for Week (-) 21
I haven't written an update in a while mainly because there's not much to report. We're 21 weeks out (from retirement) and 5 weeks out from our upcoming Alaska land and sea adventure. Most of our recent activity has been focused on small preparations. We signed a contract with a general contractor to remodel our [...]
Weekly Update (-) 29 – a Monthly Musing
Well, tomorrow my retirement countdown clock drops below 200 days. I don't have much to update from this week, other than the fact that we finalized the purchase of our motorhome and will accept delivery of it this Wednesday. We're taking it for its "shakedown cruise" next week to Rocky Mountain National Park, in which [...]
Weekly Update (-) 30
Happy (belated) Memorial Day! All these updates are covered in the YouTube video linked at the end of this post. This week we had our second donation pickup from ARC. We were able to offload a number of larger items, as shown below. We also paid a visit to the graves of our four parents. [...]
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