Aug

13

The Neptune Memorial Reef

Posted by Pennie

August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Hopefully, you’ve already read my post of August 7th, “Bury Me in the Backyard with the Family Pets”. If not you may want to check it out first as this post expands on what I talked about there. So I’ll wait on you to come back…. (soft whistling)….(tapping fingertips on desktop)….ah, you’re back! I hear [...]

May

13

Testing the Water

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May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We just got a notice from our local Yahoo group that there may be a scam afoot in our little retirement community. It seems several residents (ourselves included) recently received official-looking mail offering to test the water in our homes. Apparently they are only interested in selling us something to fix our bad water, which [...]

Mar

31

Features of Our Ideal Retirement House, Part 2

Posted by Pennie

March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment

I found an old post back from March, 2007, done by my predecessor here and thought I might make a few comments on that. The post contains 11 things the author is looking for in a retirement home. My retirement home is a manufactured house in Florida. We did put in mostly laminate floors that [...]

Feb

23

Monday!

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February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Well, here it is Monday again. As a retired Empty Nester, however, the thought of Monday doesn’t send a chill down my spine like it used to. Now it’s just the start of another week in Paradise, doing pretty much what we want, when we want. Oh, there are ocassional things we have to do [...]

Jan

24

Buy Me Now or Buy Me Later

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January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Did you ever buy a fairly big ticket item and then have everyone and their dog tell you that you shouldn’t have bought it, you especially shouldn’t have bought it from that company, your old one would have probably lasted another 5 or 7 years? We did. We live in Florida so we don’t have [...]

Jan

17

Leaving the Empty Nest for an Evening of Entertainment

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January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Our empty nest is in a retirement community in Florida and last night was the first show in a 5-show package at our clubhouse. They have this series of shows every winter and if you buy tickets to all five, you get the same seat and a bit of a break on the price. Later [...]

Jan

14

Some Books to Fill the Cold Winter in Your Empty Nest

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January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Since winter is here and reading is always a great way to spend a cold winter’s night (there are other ways of course but you can only do that so much), I thought I would mention some books that I’ve read in the past that I’ve found to be very inspirational. The first is The [...]

Jan

8

Medical Identity Theft

Posted by Pennie

January 8, 2009 | 4 Comments

photo credit: kokopinto Well, it seems there’s another sort of identity theft underway out there and it is medical identity theft. This happens when your name or insurance info is used without your knowledge or consent. An example would be using your stolen ID card to receive emergency room services. It’s fairly easy for this to go undetected [...]

Jan

4

The A to Z on Beauty

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January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I was just reading a little free magazine that’s distributed in our city. There was an article in it with tips to help busy women look their best. I think it would work for busy men too. These publishers shouldn’t really discriminate when telling us we look bad. Equal opportunity and all that. Anyway, the tips were listed [...]

Dec

24

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Posted by Pennie

December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas, Empty Nesters!!

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