It is hard to believe how time flies! You know the old adage that says “wait until you retire—you will have ALL kinds of time”.  It sure isn’t working that way for us. Seems that we are always on the go or doing something. The good thing is that it isn’t always “work” (although we do some of that too ).

After my post in August, we went to Florida on a “trawler crawl”. We spent a week traveling over a lot of the state looking at boats that our broker had set up for us to see. We had a great time but picked a really hot time to be there. We did learn that the photo’s that are shown on Yachtworld are not necessarily what the boat looks like now. We found a boat at the end of that week that we really liked. We are still negotiating on it and hopefully it will be ours soon.

Shortly after returning from the trawler crawl, we spent two weeks in Pennsylvania. My mom was in the hospital and wasn’t doing well. We traveled back and forth to the hospital each day and finally saw a bit of improvement. When we left, she was still not able to get around on her own. She went to a nursing home shortly after we left and probably won’t ever make it back home. It is sad when a very independent person can no longer take care of themselves but like everything else in her life, she is taking it in stride. Her life has been hard at times, and I admire the way that she comes back fighting each time. She is making the best of her situation and I am really proud of her.

Since returning from Pennsylvania, we have spent more time in Florida. The hubby has been down once without me because I wanted to hunt. Yes, we are both deer hunters. For those of you that don’t hunt, you will be happy to know that the deer won this year and neither of us got one.

While all of this was going on, we are finishing our house. We added on a couple of years ago and still had all the trim to do in the old part of the house, plus there was more work to do once we added on. Somehow, that is all coming together and it is finally almost done!  But now that it is almost done, we are talking about possibly selling and moving to a warmer climate. We wouldn’t like to live in Florida (way too hot and muggy in the summer) but we are thinking that maybe North Carolina or Tennessee would be nice. We would still like to see the seasons change—just not so drastically. Maine is a wonderful place to live but the winters can be sooooo long.  Who knows what the future will bring.

We plan on continuing to enjoy our retirement and will share our adventures on this blog. If all goes well with the boat, we will be doing some cruising this summer. If this boat doesn’t work out, we will continue to look for one that suits our needs.

My friend has just posted “RECIPE FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR” on her blog.  It is wonderful. Take a minute to go to “My Maine Backyard Treasures” to read this wonderful recipe,  and while you are there be sure to check out the wildlife photo’s that she has that were taken right in her own back yard.

Yes, we are busy but in a good way! We are so blessed. We wish all of you have a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!