• Health,  Retirement

    The First Two Weeks of RETIREMENT and an Update

    Here’s my story of the first two weeks of retirement. A chatty little vlog along with some clips of what you missed at Christmas. And a bit of humor. Hope you enjoy. Watch it HERE. Life Update: So, I’m still getting over the stuffy nose thing. The chest has cleared quite a bit. George introduced me to Afrin nasal spray which gave my day hope and cleared me out well for 4 hours and helped me a little bit for the rest of the day. However, I began to get a urinary infection. I asked AI what causes it and mentioned I had had the flu and cold and drinking…

  • Sick,  Texas,  Travel

    Relaxing Travel Part II: Texas Stories and Surprises

    Well, here is part II of our Texas travel. A chatty vlog about a couple of “funny” things that happened there in TX and also a lot of feelings about quitting work and retiring. Lots of pretty scenery, our family holiday meal, and our trip back home to Tennessee. A wonderful ending. 😉 . You can watch it HERE. Other Updates Flu & Cold Well, I’m much better today but after I left the last blog entry, I had a set back. It’s like I contracted a completely new cold. And started the whole mess over again. I went through 2 boxes of Kleenex yesterday alone. After resting and having…

  • Food,  Sick,  To Do List

    Slow Recovery from Flu, My To Do List, and Some Good Eats

    Notice anything about these sheets? They have sloths on them. Katy gave them to me for Christmas. They are flannel and so cozy. I’ve been enjoying them the last two nights. I changed out of the flu sheets, lol. That is always refreshing. Speaking of the flu virus, I cleared up with the fever or so I thought, but it came back on Saturday at 100 and then yesterday at almost 100. That’s pretty low, but it was discouraging. The most discouraging thing is that is going in my chest and I wheeze at night. I’m sure I wheeze all the time, but it’s just quiet at night where I…