Category: retirement
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Partially Retired
We are both excited and terrified at the same time, its retirement time! 6 years of planning, multiple planning meetings, eating at home, packing lunches, working overtime for years, driving used cars, we have no cottage, no RVs, no 4 wheelers, using coupons, garage sale shopping, reviews of income, savings, planning.. plan some more and […]
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Sushi at Sea
Were back from our cruise, but then I came down with a fever of 103, and a cough. Since I work in a hospital, prior to returning they made me get tested and turns out I only have a stinker flu – my temp is down to 100 at this point so on my way […]
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Totem Pole Carving in Ketchikan, Alaska
We learn about totem pole carving at Ketchikan Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary.
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Welcome to Alaska Sign
Were at the edge of Alaska and Canada on a bus tour. We make a quick stop to take a picture of Welcome to Alaska, and Welcome to Canada! A view from the bus up the hill. Stop at the side of the road.
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Salmon Hatchery – and Seal eating them all up – Alaska
Sharing a few pictures of our visit to a Salmon Hatchery, they hatch baby chum Salmon and then release them into the wild and after years of living out there, they return to the hatchery and mate and then die. The guide we had said their death is the beginning of new salmon and they […]
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Mendenhall Glacier & Nugget Falls, Juneau Alaska
Glacier and Falls in Juneau Alaska, a quick hike to all the Heaven.
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Disney Popcorn & Disney Twins
Popcorn At Disney is Unique. Check out this Popcorn Bucket for 2300yen, or $23.00. So you get the bucket and popcorn, plus refills are cheaper. These buckets come in many different shapes – Steam Boat Willy above and Toy Story Wagon below. We also saw popcorn buckets in the shap of Cinderella’s Carriage, Duffy the […]
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Eiffel Tower
So we saw the Eiffel Tower from a far and walked down to it! Stopped and took a bunch of pictures, had an ice cream, and bought Katrina an Eiffel Tower sucker. Next Post – Under the Eiffel tower and then….. Off to Toyko, Japan!
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Paris Pictures
There are so many beautiful pictures from random areas we saw in Paris, these are a few. Some from a top the Hop on Hop off, some just from wandering around. Enjoy!
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Beekeeping
Beekeeping Rewards
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Y-12
As I am driving thru Oakridge, Tn – I see atomic symbols everywhere – so my interest is peaked. Following signs to the Y-12 museum – I have to investigate what this unusual atomic symbol is with the name of Y-12. I learn Y-12 is a national security complex tucked away and rarely heard and […]
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5 things I wish I knew before I went to Cuba
I knew you cannot use credit cards in Cuba, and they have cigars and rum, but I did not know…. We were told we had to have a cultural tour booked or we would not even be allowed to step off the Cruise ship (or if we flew in – not step off […]
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Tropicana Club, Cuba
I figured out how to add videos! Better later than never! so this is older post updated. We only had two days in Havana, Cuba – so we made the most of it – a day of everything, then an evening trip to the Tropicana Club. I would describe it as an outdoor larger version […]
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First day on Vacation
Short post. We flew into Fort Lauderdale, Fla the night before our cruise, and we spent the night at the Link hotel, about 12 minutes from the airport, $100.00/nite with breakfast, small rooms, but clean and free transportation to the airport, but it only runs until 8 pm and we missed the ride to the […]
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Bon Voyage
We are headed out to our 7 day Cuban Explorer with Holland America Cruise, on the Veendam. We started in Fort Lauderdale, Florida then to Georgetown, Grand Cayman, to Cozumel, Quntana Roo Mexico, then Havana Cuba, back to Ft Lauderdale. We choose this cruise specifically for the Cuba Experience and we are really are very […]
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Cruise to Cuba
After weeks of looking for a trip that we could take together (no kids) during the time our youngest would be on spring break (and could go to his mothers) we finally found a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico – Grand Cayman – and two days in Havana, Cuba. It is a Holland America Cruise, smaller […]
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Hoover Dam
On the way to Hoover Dam, a quick stop at Lake Mead. Going back a few weeks, we visited Hoover Dam. We were already in Vegas, and David has never been and he wanted to see. The downside, the elevators to the inside powerhouse were down, so we only were able to see the outside […]
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Retirement seminar
So David and I went to a Retirement pitch dinner, where they try and upsell you on a product. Honestly we know so little about the variety of retirement programs out there. What we do know: A Traditional IRA is a tax-deferred retirement account. You save your $ today and are taxed later when you withdraw the money. A […]
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Next Trip?
The cover picture, is David is holding a baby turtle at a turtle farm we visited in Grand Cayman, our first family trip together in 2015. So we are now together almost 4 years. I was divorce Feb 13, 2014 and joined Match.com the end of Feb 2014 and met David after about 30 coffee […]
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Disney for Two
David and I just returned from Disney today, What a fun time. Two and a half days alone with my husband, what a treat! Yes, we were just in Disney in July, but that was with four kids, which had its drama and I was exhausted at the end of the trip. Florida this October […]
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What Does a Nuclear Physicist Do?
Most people when they find out what I do for a living, they stop talking to me, sometime they walk away. For awhile there I stopped telling people what I did for a living, but after being shunned (but also made some of my best friends) at a pre-school meeting, I decided… I am who […]
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Graduation!
The Twins Graduated!
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Santos Eco Resort Beauty
Sharing a few pictures of our Cancun Trip.
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Sandos Eco Resort, Cancun Mexico
We decided to start rating the locations we visit on our travels. Scale of 1 to 10, with 10 as the best experience we could ever imagine. The Sandos Eco Resort, in Cancun Mexico is a great family all inclusive. We spent 7 days at this resort, and never ran out of things to do. […]
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Cancun Mexico
Spring Break Travel
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Reykjavik, Iceland Trip
A quick 4 day trip to Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Reykjavik, Iceland Trip
A quick 4 day trip to Reykjavik, Iceland.
Dave and Lauras Dream 