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 [...]
Monthly Musing – Looking Back
Wow! It was a really good day at church today. We heard the chaplain from an active duty naval ship speak on the text from Genesis in which Jacob wrestled with God and survived, receiving a name change (Israel) to reflect the fact that he had been humbled and was now ready to be used [...]
Week (-) 27 Update – Roughing it (not so) Smoothly
(YouTube video is at the end of this post. Please consider subscribing to my channel on YouTube.) Tiffin Motorhomes has a byline they place on the emblem they use for their motorhomes. It reads "Tiffin Motorhomes - Roughing it Smoothly". Well, our maiden voyage was a bit less than smooth! We took our motorhome up [...]
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. [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 