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I went to the Department of motor Vehicles yesterday and a funny thing happened. I was the only customer in the building! I have been in DMV’s in Pennsylvania, Florida (Pan handle), West Virgina, Florida (south), Colorado, Oklahoma, South Dakota and now Arizona. I have a prior history with the DMV’ s across our greatContinue reading “Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles…”

“Calories are meant to be consumed, not counted.”  Garfield the cat

This is sunrise as seen from our front door. I am not normally up this early, but it was worth it. We were blessed with a double rainbow. The second one is hard to see in the photo.

Some people should just keep their thoughts to themselves.. I hope this person was completely humiliated by this complaint…. Noise Complaint at Luke AFB, AZ Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that it was there longContinue reading “If this is true, we live in a sad world…”

Now that I have some free time on my hands, I thought I would try doing some things in the kitchen. It seems that my Dad and my Father-in-law both started cooking and baking more after they retired and so I will try to keep the tradition going. There are so many more options toContinue reading “Cookies…”

We were both bummed and excited about finally getting back on the road after our extended stay in Oklahoma. We sure miss our grandson, who by the way, wanted to come with us, but both his parents are real “sticks in the mud” types and said no. I know, what was wrong with those two!Continue reading “It’s about time…”

A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve – is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a check made payable to “The United States of America, for an amount up to and including my life.” That is honor, and there are few too many people in this countryContinue reading “Veterans Day…”

Norm told me Leo was looking for the valve cap off our trailer spare tire that I was on the ground filling. I said “He won’t find it in my ear!” As we started our preparations to leave Oklahoma for Arizona, Leo was a big help. We have been squatting (my name for being inContinue reading “Pre-Launch Inspection…”

Most people will not believe it, but the weather was cold, wet and windy here in Oklahoma and we had our grandson with us. What to do? We did something that was not available to us when our children were his age, we went to the mall, specifically we went to the play area insideContinue reading “The Mall…”

No, that is not a can of beer in Norm’s hand. She would never drink a beer when she could have a V8! Leo wanted to go with us on our road trip to Pennsylvania, but he couldn’t find his riding boots or his helmet. We kept forgetting to get a balloon, so Norm madeContinue reading “Road trip…”