Shouldn’t Life Be Fun?
So, we are officially empty nesters. For real. I can’t say I’m actually sad about this. It was the plan but I do miss them.
I said goodbye to my youngest son as he flew 1500 miles away to return to law school. Our other sons had already gone back to their own lives and homes. They were happy good-byes – we had a great time together. Our family has …
Retirement means reinventing yourself. Your daily life changes. The people surrounding you every day may change. You might sell your house and move but even if you stay in the same house and in the same town, life changes. We downsized, sold our house and …
Our girls’ weekend is over. I’ve got a few towels and sheets to wash, but when you look around the house, there aren’t many signs that something fabulous happened here over the past five days. If you look closely, you might see some licorice, leftover …
In less than a month we will be together. We are hometown friends and we are forever friends, yet some of us haven’t been together for decades. A lot has happened. We’ve had families and careers. We look different from we used to and honestly must …
Downsizing. I’m doing it again. One of my first blog posts was about our efforts to downsize. I even wrote a follow-up when I tried to do something about our sons’ sports trophies. (No progress on that one – they are all still in our garage!). I am …
We just named our boat. It was not an easy process, but naming things is not our strong suit. Maybe some of you are great at this, but this is not an easy task for us. Our first pet was a cat who we named …
We are not dropping anyone off at college this year. This is the first year in a while that we aren’t loading vehicles or moving vans. My two oldest sons have graduated from college and my youngest will be flying off in a few weeks …
FOMO. The Fear Of Missing Out. I’ll admit that I had to google this the first time I saw it in a comment on Facebook. No clue. But apparently it’s a thing now. I’ve got news for you: it’s ALWAYS been a thing. We just …
