(I know, I know – this took me AGES to post – I really have to figure out a better system….. but… better late than never, I guess….) Hello from Norwich, Vermont! I’ve been here in VT now for three days and am having a lovely time. I drove over from Woodstock on Sunday morning – just as the first snowfall of the season was descending. As my route from Woodstock to Norwich took me over the Green Mountains and through the ski resort of Killington, I have to confess that the drive got a little bit dicey and slippy…
Author: Sarah Holloway
Sorry its been a little while since my last post – lots of things going on, so here’s a quick round-up of what I’ve been up to – and what’s coming next! I’m certainly not just sitting on my ass watching daytime TV in my retirement, that’s for sure! First up – my girls trip to Cancun in Mexico. The reason I was there was to participate in a “ReBoot Camp” – basically a fitness retreat combining bootcamp style training with yoga – with some serious relaxation thrown in for good measure. Now, big groups of ladies haven’t usually been…
Greetings from Cancun! Arrived in Mexico 3 days ago and have been chilling – and eating – since I got here! I’m actually here for a Reboot Fitness boot camp that’s starting tomorrow in Isla Meujeures (sp?) but I thought I’d arrive a couple of days early to relax and gird my loins for the social onslaught!! I’m staying in a charming place that’s outside of the main hotel drag called Casa Tortugas (Turtle House). I picked it as it promised to be a peaceful retreat from the hustle and bustle (just exiting the airport alone is enough to make…
Right then. My regular blog-watchers will know that my current task on the docket from Rod is to “take a flower arranging course”. As I’m no longer in the 80’s (huzzah) my first step was to hit up Google and Ye Olde Internet and see what I could find for floral education opportunities in Chicago. It was surprisingly sparse. I dunno why, but I was expecting to find flower arranging opportunities everywhere – a la terrible painting and wine classes – but alas, no. I did manage to find something that isn’t until December but I was very surprised that…
I’m back! Took me a while to recover from 80’s week, but the pink dye is out of my hair and back in its usual bun-containment system. I wish I could say that I’m less tethered to my phone than I was before – but that would be a lie. I’m back to having it as a constant companion – but now I don’t take it for granted so much. I have a fresh appreciation for how much it can improve my life – when used in a thoughtful way. So all in all, I’m glad I did it -…
Day 1: Big Hair and Disappointing Lunches OK then. Let’s do this! Internet was switched off last night and for the first time in many, many years, the phone remained downstairs in the kitchen – rather than its usual space within arm’s reach on the bedside table. Woke up before Manpanion TM’s alarm went off and, before I could remember which decade I was now in, I was reaching for my phone. Several times. Feels weird, like a part of me is missing or that I’m waiting for something. First difference – the Keurig coffee machine was off-limits so off…
I’m back! I’m back!!!! HELLO WORLD!!! HELLO INTERNET!!! HELLO LAPTOP!!! Oh man – it feels sooo good to be back online. Its been quite the week, attempting to live like its the Eighties. Before this experiment, I tended to look back on the Eighties with a great deal of fondness – it was the decade in which I grew up, spanning those formative teenage years. It was the decade of Wham, Duran Duran and Culture Club. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Bubble skirts and big shirts. So. Much. Neon. CRAZY hair. Looking back, it was an…
There is a LOT to update you on! I will do my best to bring you up to speed on all that’s been going on these last couple weeks but its Sunday evening and I’m running out of time before I step into my Hot Tub Time Machine and am transported back to 1985, when hair was big and the internet was tiny. So first – last Sunday we got back from an amazing trip to the Big Island, Hawaii where we had the honor of watching a dear friend of ours pledge a lifelong commitment to her true love,…
Time for a new task from Rod. After a sidebar consultation with the Rabbit of Destiny, we agreed to make a slight modification to our Rules of Engagement. So that these tasks (and the subsequent blog posts) do not become a Rod for My Own Back (sorry, couldn’t resist), instead of pulling one each and every week, instead a New Task will issue forth from his paws once the previous task has been completed (or abandoned (Theremin – I’m looking at you). The whole point of this endeavor is to help me find things I want to spend precious retirement…
Its the last day of Brown Sign Week and my last stop is one that I pass all the time on I-55 – the Museum of Lithuanian Culture or – to give it its full name – the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture. https://balzekasmuseum.org/ I know virtually nothing about Lithuania (do you?) and am not entirely sure I’d be able to point out where it is on a map. So I figured stopping by the museum to learn a bit more about the country and its culture and history would be a worthwhile use of my last Brown Sign slot.…