Retirement Musings and Everyday Delights
Our Thanksgiving weekend started with some Wii bowling and a pizza lunch with Ray's mom - who is looking pretty sharp for 95, don't you think? - and Ray's nephew, Curtis. My sister hosts Thanksgiving dinner, but she's always so busy getting dinner ready that she doesn't have time to visit, so this year she … Continue reading Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving!
Everyone has a few 'small world' stories. On our Jamaica trip last year, we met someone I'd gone to middle school with. When we moved to Brighton, we discovered that our next-door neighbour's best friend, who lives in Toronto, knew Ray when he was a child. On our first day in Newfoundland, I ran into … Continue reading What Are The Odds?
When's the last time you did something that scared you? The idea of my 60 at 60 list was to make sure I'm spending my time on earth wisely, but also to push myself out of my comfort zone. I've been reviewing my list to see whether I'm stretching myself, or mostly doing things I'd … Continue reading Carpe Diem
We were at a party the other evening and a guy walked up to Ray and said, "I've got you in my cell phone!" Ray had no idea what he was talking about. The summer before we moved to Brighton, we rented an AirBnB by the lake and Ray went for a cycle in Presqu'ile … Continue reading Small Town Life
I said to Ray the other day that we're kind of at the peak of our lives. We're healthy, our friends and family are healthy, and after decades of saving, we own our own time. When everything is going great in life, there's always that niggling awareness that it can't last forever; that we have … Continue reading Windows of Time
We competed in our first dragon boat festival of the season, a full-day event with 69 teams entered. Our club put in a women's team and a mixed team and we finished second in each of our divisions. We only had 33 paddlers and there are 20 per boat, so the women did double duty. … Continue reading Paddling Through My Insecurities
We've been members of a home exchange site for two years now and we receive fairly regular requests for exchanges. This spring, we've had requests from France, Kentucky, the Montreal area (4), and the Quebec City area (3). The number of requests from Montreal would undoubtedly be higher if our profile didn't specifically state that … Continue reading Thinking About a Home Exchange?
I've been thinking lately about the difference between hobbies and passions. I've started dragon boating again, which I enjoy, but I also know there are some people who really love it and can't wait to get back on the water again. Ray enjoyed curling a couple of times a week over the winter, but there … Continue reading Hobbies vs Passions
When we registered on the home exchange site two years ago, we were allotted guest points that we could use to stay somewhere without doing an exchange. Ray and I could have accumulated extra guest points by letting people stay in our home when we were away, but we haven't chosen to do that. The … Continue reading Calabogie Home Exchange
Before we left for Jamaica, I was feeling energetic and motivated. I was eating healthy, exercising voluntarily, and setting ambitious goals for 2024. Since returning, we've barely seen the sun and the winter blues have settled in. Left to my own devices, I'd spend the day working on my jigsaw puzzle, searching for carbs, and … Continue reading Winter Doldrums
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