Steve DOS and I just returned from Royal Caribbean’s Star of The Seas, for a seven night Western Caribbean cruise. Although we have sailed Royal Caribbean many times before, and have Diamond Plus status, we’ve never been on this “Icon…


The month of July was surprisingly busy for us considering we’re both retired and it’s one of the hottest months of the year here in Florida. We were going to drive home to Orlando from Virginia (last post), but decided…

Today marks the six week anniversary of my knee replacement surgery. I’m doing well, as is Steve (DOS). For anyone that’s had knee surgery, I’m sure you can relate to the post-surgery knee replacement process of PT and pain, although…

Update: It’s now May 7th as I write this, and am now recovering from my left Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery. I had the TKR surgery on April 17th at Advent Hospital South, and tomorrow (Thursday) will be 3 weeks…

So now it’s April 15, TAX Day for US Citizens, so hope everyone got their taxes done. I did mine a while back (as did DOS), which is always a big relief as there are so many forms to file,…

Wow – March has come and gone and like a whirlwind! We had no major trips, but a few activities close to home, and mixed in with a bit of the spring cleaning thing as well. We started off the…