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Retirement Journal-Adventures in House Selling-Drooling Dogs and Smoke Signals from Heaven.

Posted on April 13, 2017 by kdewez

When I was a little girl, cigarette smoking was the norm, and my daddy would entertain me by blowing smoke rings. He was so good at smoke rings; it’s one of my fondest memories. I have been flooded with memories … Continue reading →

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Retirement Journal: More adventures in house selling- Candid Camera

Posted on April 11, 2017 by kdewez

Someone is playing a practical joke on me. Like a ninja in the dead of night, sneaking in and hiding old things for me to find in the ‘way-back’ of cabinets and closets.  I expect at any moment people will … Continue reading →

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Retirement Journal-Old habits die hard or “Maybe we’ll need that someday”

Posted on April 7, 2017 by kdewez

Getting a house ready to sell is physically and emotionally exhausting. House selling Dave and I have worked non-stop,  twelve hour days, cleaning, painting, and clearing out since we returned from picking up Bella-BOW. I really had no idea we’d accumulated … Continue reading →

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The Retirement Journal- Good Reasons not to Name a Fish Redux – Adapting to Change

Posted on March 29, 2017 by kdewez

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”-Dan Millman, from the book ‘Way of the Peaceful Warrior’   When I first started writing the blog, I wrote several … Continue reading →

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Retirement Journal- My New Career in Archaeology

Posted on March 8, 2017 by kdewez

As I’ve mentioned in recent posts, I am retired from my business owning, chair swiveling, sharpie sniffing career and feel a little unnerved about all this free time. I’m spending my days sorting through years worth of stuff; things passed … Continue reading →

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Retirement Journal-Routine Maintenance and Ducks Amok

Posted on March 3, 2017 by kdewez

After jumping from the Good Ship WorkDay into a dinghy on the Sea of Retirement, it seems I’m suddenly adrift and rudderless. The daily routine of get up, get dressed, get coffee, get to work has become roll over, check the … Continue reading →

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