Friday, August 2, 2019

Good grief ....

Good grief because this is only the 7th post
for 2019 in what is supposed to be my family journal
I blame Facebook.....once that came along, I really slacked
with my blog.

I need to work harder with this
so whats new.....

well, I retired!! 
May 24th after 23 years with Capital One
very bittersweet
I made soooo many great friends there and even
though I have been working remote from the beach and
not seeing them very often, I do miss them.
Thanks to Facebook I am able to keep up with so many
of my friends so there's a thumbs up to FB

2 months after retiring I am STILL in awe at how
sweet, awesome and thoughtful my team was
in my send off. So many great notes, cards, gifts 
one of which was a Betta fish!
I have never entertained the idea of having a fish
but I just love this little blue fish
It is so relaxing watching him swim around
They gave me a large fish bowl that was half filled with gift cards
and there in the middle in a little container was
this beautiful blue Betta fish
We have upgraded him to a tank with a filter and heater
and this allows me to not have to clean it every week
but now only once a month
We also added some live plants and he loves swimming
through them




I can not get that plant that is floating to stay at the bottom
I think I need to add some more stones
also to the right in the back you can see the moss ball
that is supposed to help with keeping the water clean

Johnny was busy the first part of the spring finishing up
his shed or as I call it, his she shed




and now is all done and looks great
as our builder was able to get the same vinyl siding
as we have on our house
the blocked off area there will be filled with garden dirt
and we are going to plant something, haven't
decided what yet

There are lots of foxes here on the island
we catch glimpse of them here and there but now have
2 little ones living in the ravine by our house.
though as I type this we have not seen them in over a week
guess they have moved on



and to finish up this post.....my new obsession
cold brew coffee! 

I love it and this is my favorite brand
I add 1/2 and 1/2 but no sugar
and I can thank my son-in-law for this as Bucky
is the one that got me to try it.
so refreshing on a hot day



and that's all for now.....hopefully I can get more post done
later.....

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