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• The Right Moves
  on Jan 23, 2015 in Beginning Budget Fear Goals Income Life
  In the darkness, I stir from my dreams and my thoughts begin to sneak in.  Like a bully, they force themselves into my slumber and I awake.  Before I know it, my mind is racing with the same thoughts that I've contemplated time and time aga...
• A Brief Friendship ...
  on Jan 13, 2015 in Beginning Friends Life
  Since moving into our condo, I made a new friend that I've mentioned in our post about living in "Mayberry" ... Miss Margaret.  We've met a few times in the past 10 weeks, and I grew fond of our 86 year young neighbor.  Just before Christma...
• Winter Sucks, But I Love My Christmas Gifts!
  on Jan 8, 2015 in Beginning Holidays Products
  It's now the 8th of January and I just haven't been motivated to write a post lately.  I seem to go through this every January.  My creative juices have frozen and I just want to hibernate.  Winter sucks!Yeah, it would be pretty great...
• 2014, The Year of Change!
  on Dec 30, 2014 in Beginning Downsizing Family Life YearlyReview
  The bride and her dadOkay, it's that time of the year again when I write a post about our past year's activities.  I can truly say that 2014 has been a whirlwind of change.  It's been a great year!In February we began working on restoring a...
• A Boat Ride and A Boat Yard!
  on Dec 23, 2014 in Beginning Deck Haul-Out 2 Holidays
  Ken looking things over as Nirvana sits at her new (and temporary) "home".Now that we're just getting settled into the condo and Christmas is on top of us, we should be relaxing for the holidays, right?  I guess we love to make things interestin...
• One Down, Eleven To Go!
  on Dec 2, 2014 in Beginning Goals Holidays Life
  One down, eleven to go ...No, I'm not talking about a 12 pack of Landsharks!  I'm talking about the 11 months we have until our lease on the condo is up.  If the next eleven go as fast as that first one ... we'd better start packing again!
• The Mayflower Ship ... A Short History Lesson
  on Nov 25, 2014 in Beginning Holidays
  Mayflower ReplicaWith Thanksgiving in just two days, I thought I'd share a post that I wrote in 2010 (4 years ago?!) about the Mayflower ship.  I kept it short and simple, and I think it's pretty interesting stuff.  With the sale of our hou...
• Five Years Ago ...
  on Nov 20, 2014 in Anniversaries Birthdays Catalina30 Life
  Our first solo sail ... on Lake Pontchartrain, 2010Five years ago today, I turned 43.  Five years ago tonight, we saw our sailboat for the first time and made an offer on her ... what a birthday present!  I'd found her on Craigslist that mo...
• Moving to Mayberry!
  on Nov 13, 2014 in Beginning Downsizing
  Our new little place ... with our little front porch.The past few weeks have been a blur ... am I really seeing Christmas commercials on tv?!  Where have I been?  Anyway, Ken and I worked our butts off sorting through stuff, downsizing, mov...
• Downsizing
  on Oct 24, 2014 in Beginning Downsizing
  If you didn't read our last post ... we're moving!  Yep, we sold our house and signed a one year lease for a condo.  Why not move straight onto Nirvana?  If you've been following along for a while, you know that things have been tight...

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