Instead of making New Year Resolutions for the year 2022, I chose a WOTY (word of the year). The idea of a WOTY is to stay focused on the word and let it provide guidance toward whatever it is you wish to accomplish during the new year. My word of the year was More. Life …
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August Recap and Coffee Share
What's Up With Us This month has been all about preparing for our upcoming trip to Italy to celebrate our daughter's wedding. Considering that she has done all the planning herself, we didn't have much to do except lose a few pounds and assemble a wardrobe for the five-day event. The second task translated to …
A Breath of Fresh Air
If you have been following Picture Retirement for the past year, you know that Malcolm and I have been 'trying on lifestyles' while waiting for the housing market to right itself. After we purged a lot of 'stuff' and sold our home more than a year ago, we spent some time in a nearby beach …
Finding Our Way – Home
Your Focus Determines Your RealityGeorge Lucas Fulfillment is an elusive and somewhat abstract concept that we strive for but can never fully achieve or even define. It is a slippery little devil, that enters and exits our lives at random intervals. I lost that feeling during the last three months of living with my MIL, …
From Ordinary to Extraordinary
If there is one thing that travel has taught us it is to always expect the unexpected. Sometimes that means less and sometimes that means more. So much more.... Recently Malcolm and I were in a 'use it or lose it' situation with a cruise credit, so we booked a sailing for May 21st. It …