Well it has been about 6 months since I retired and I have never been so busy.
My wife and I never went on the Danube cruise, we spent the time in Pennsylvania taking care of her Dad, who at 91 had knee replacement surgery. We stayed at his and her Mom's home to help them out through the rehab.
I never really knew what it was like working in an Assisted Living Home! That's exactly what it was like.
Dad was a trooper, he fought thru the pain and after 2 weeks his pain got less...

Tomorrow will be the first day of the rest of my life, because today I retire after 37 years with the US Government!
I leave with mixed emotions because I leave a lot of good friends and co=workers behind but then I get to enjoy my life and do anything I damned well please
My wife and I already booked a cruise down the Danube River that we will take in October. WE will go visit family that we haven't seen in a while and not worry about having to get back to work.I will check out...

My wife and I were able to take advantage of her father's frequent flyer miles to take a free plane trip to Italy. Due to the resrtictions we were only able to go from 20-24th of April. We decided to go for it.
We departed Dulles airport on Monday around 620PM arrived around 830AM Tuesday morning at Rome airport. After walking for miles to passport control and waiting for luggage and then getting the rental car we departed the airport at 10AM . It took almost an hour to get to the Autostrada...

Have you seen the new fad of growing tomatoes upside down? It's actually a pretty good idea if you think about it. If you are limited on space, it's a good idea or if you just want to try it, it's also a good idea. I looked at different garden web sites and they have them for various prices, but I did a Google search for "growing tomatoes upside down" and came up with all sorts of things. One of which I am going to try. I went to my local hardware store(Home Depot) and bought two 5 gallon...

I posted this in the forum but thought I would follow up in my blog.
I started all of my seeds in doors about 2 weeks ago. Some didn't come up at first so I re did them. Now, all of the seeds I have started have begun to sprout
I planted 4 kinds of tomatoes, 3 types of egg-o planto's, 2 types of peppers, basil and lettuce.
This weeekend I will set out my cold weather seeds, like friarielli, beets and arugala.
Hopefully by the first or second week of May I will put...