BLOG CHANGE

JUST A SMALL BLOG CHANGE FOR THE NEXT MONTH. WE HARDLY EVER BLOG IN REAL TIME. USUALLY WE USE TERMS LIKE “RECENTLY”, OR “LAST WEEK ONE DAY” TO DESCRIBE WHEN AN EVENT TOOK PLACE. IT’S A SECURITY ISSUE. IF I BLOGGED THAT TODAY WE’RE IN VEGAS FOR A COUPLE DAYS, ISN’T THAT AN INVITATION TO BURGLARIZE  OUR HOME?

AIM DOES THE SAME THING ON FACEBOOK. HAVE YOU EVER READ THAT DANIAL IS GOING “TDY” TOMORROW FOR TWO WEEKS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.? HELL NO, SHE DOESN’T WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW SHE’S HOME ALONE WITH THREE SMALL BOYS.

UNCLE HANS TOO. WHEN YOU READ HIS BLOGS ABOUT SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, YOU CAN BET HE WAS THERE LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY READ HIS BLOG.

FOR OUR UP COMING TRAVELS TO WISCONSIN WE’D LIKE A MORE ACCURATE RECORD, FOR US, ON WHICH DAYS WE WERE WHERE, AND HOW LONG WE STAYED, ETC.

SO FOR THE NEXT MONTH WE ARE GOING TO USE THE CORRECT DATE ON THE TOP OF THE BLOG.  THIS MEANS A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST YOU MAY WANT TO SCOLL DOWN AND SEE IF YOU MISSED ANY BLOGS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE WE ARE VISITING MARY’S MOM IN MT HOPE THERE ISN’T ANY INTERNET SERVICE AND WE MAY ACTUALLY POST SEVERAL BLOGS IN ONE DAY TO CATCH UP. SECOND IF YOU DO YOUR INTERNET READING WITH A “READER” IT LISTS THE MOST RECENT ENTRIES AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, AND MY BLOG, POSTED TODAY WITH A DATE OF THREE DAYS BEFORE WILL BE BURIED DEEP IN YOUR LIST, AND YOU MIGHT MISS IT.

RETIREMENT

MY DAD RETIRED WHEN HE WAS 55 YEARS OLD AND BOUGHT A DAIRY QUEEN. HE WAS AN OWNER/OPERATOR AND WORKED SPLIT SHIFTS 7 DAYS A WEEK. NOT MUCH OF A ROCK’IN CHAIR RETIREMENT? HE PREACHED THAT HE WOULD NEVER RETIRE TO DOING NOTHING.

HIS THREE BOYS WERE TRAINED TO THIS PHILOSOPHY, AND IN TALKS WITH MY TWO BROTHERS THEY BOTH ARE THINKING MUCH LIKE OUR DAD DID IN TERMS OF RETIREMENT.

I’M BREAKING THE MOLD SO TO SPEAK BY TAKING SIX MONTHS OFF WORK THIS SUMMER, AND I’M SURE BOTH BROTHERS WILL BE WATCHING THE BLOG CAREFULLY TO SEE HOW I’M SPENDING TIME. SO IT’S MY GOAL TO BLOG MORE THAN USUAL THIS SUMMER, EVEN IF IT’S BORING BINGO, WALKS IN THE FOREST, POKER GAMES, OR POTLUCKS.

AS I JOIN THE “BINGO/FISHING” SET IN A RETIREMENT PARK THE BROTHERS WILL BE SHAKING THEIR HEADS AND WORRYING ABOUT MY BOREDOM AND TURNING INTO AN ALCOHLIC.

SO GET READY FOR SOME BORING SUMMER BLOGS FROM “THE MOUNTAIN”.

 

COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS

THE COUNT DOWN IS NO LONGER IN WEEKS, WE ARE NOW COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL WE FINISH WORKING AT THE CASINO. ACTUALLY AT HOME, ON THE COMPUTER’S HOMEPAGE WE HAVE BEEN COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS SINCE DAY #243.

TODAY IS NUMBER 3.