Year 5, Day 295 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 2/19/2026, The Wellington. More trim work completed. The hallway linen closet across from the Laundry area is ready. Paint has to dry and the tomorrow things can be placed in it. Thought for today. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4sjKDCN French Onion Soup Bowls withContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 295 – The Wellington – Closets and trim work continues”
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Living the Dream Year 5 Day 294 – The Wellington – Justin Birthday dinner, garage door wall unit burned out
Year 5, Day 294 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 2/18/2026, The Wellington. Exercise, Kroger, work, and birthday dinner. Justin requested Aunt Frans cheesecake for his birthday cake. Okay that is great it is an easy recipe where you just throw everything into the blender. Blend till watery then put in a prepared shortbread crust. Last nightContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 294 – The Wellington – Justin Birthday dinner, garage door wall unit burned out”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 293 – The Wellington – Closet finishing
Year 5, Day 293 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 2/17/2026, The Wellington. Another nice day with lots of closets being finished. I just read these eight easy things you can do to avoid crimes of opportunity at night. So let’s all build a habit of every night at 9 p.m., take just a few minutes to:Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 293 – The Wellington – Closet finishing”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 292 – The Wellington – Utility cabinet install
Year 5, Day 292 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 2/16/2026, The Wellington. First thought of the day – Happy Birthday Justin. No matter how old you get, you will always be our baby. Hope your day is filled with fun, laughter, and lots of cake. Can’t wait to celebrate on Wednesday. Okay now it is gymContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 292 – The Wellington – Utility cabinet install”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 291 – The Wellington – Mellow Mushroom Sunday
Year 5, Day 291 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 2/15/2026, The Wellington. Rainy blah Sunday Funday. Good day to warm up with pizza at Mellow Mushroom. Thought for today. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4sjKDCN French Onion Soup Bowls with Handles Best bowls for placing in the broiler oven to melt that cheese. PerfectContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 291 – The Wellington – Mellow Mushroom Sunday”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 290 – The Wellington – Finish work, Finish work, Finish work
Year 5, Day 290 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 2/14/2026, The Wellington. Happy Valentines Day!! Although it is just another day of finish work! Thought for today. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4sjKDCN French Onion Soup Bowls with Handles Best bowls for placing in the broiler oven to melt that cheese. Perfect size. AsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 290 – The Wellington – Finish work, Finish work, Finish work”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 289 – The Wellington – Closet work, cow pics
Year 5, Day 289 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 2/13/2026, The Wellington. Happy Friday the 13th. Another day of never ending closet work. Went to exercise class in the morning and Lowe’s in the evening. Finally was able to get a few good pictures of the huge cow. He was close to the road all day.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 289 – The Wellington – Closet work, cow pics”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 288 – The Wellington – Lower level closet work
Year 5, Day 288 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 2/12/2026, The Wellington. Steve works on spackling the closets in the downstairs. Barmaid robot keeps the floors clean. I make Lasagne. We all are busy. Finally, got a great picture of the Clifty Hill huge cow. Thought for today. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4sg7X4gContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 288 – The Wellington – Lower level closet work”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 287 – The Wellington – Kroger Valentines overload
Year 5, Day 287 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 2/11/2026, The Wellington. Another sunny nice day. Finally, back to a normal routine. Having a regular routine is so important. It improves our concentration and productivity. When we allocate specific time slots for tasks, we’re more likely to complete them. Completing tasks boosts our self-esteem and senseContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 287 – The Wellington – Kroger Valentines overload”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 286 – The Wellington – Drive to Lexington
Year 5, Day 286 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 2/10/2026, The Wellington. I read this Breaking News this morning “A large yellow ball radiating warmth has appeared over our Kentucky skies. Authorities are investigating” It is a beautiful sunny day. Today we started out in the 30’s and hit a high of 71. Now this isContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 286 – The Wellington – Drive to Lexington”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 285 – The Wellington – Cutting closet shelves
Year 5, Day 285 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 2/09/2026, The Wellington. Beautiful sunny day. We were able to open a garage door and cut closet shelves in the garage. Finish work is getting done. We have been watching Rizzoli & Isles in the evenings since we have been back from California. There are seven seasonsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 285 – The Wellington – Cutting closet shelves”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 284 – The Wellington – Sunday/Funday, Lunch out, Superbowl
Year 5, Day 284 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 2/08/2026, The Wellington. Sunday/Funday. SPRING IS ON THE WAY. The snow has mostly melted and we have Robins in our yard. In the winter, robins hide in trees in large, nomadic flocks. As spring nears, they disperse and reappear on lawns, making them seem as though theyContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 284 – The Wellington – Sunday/Funday, Lunch out, Superbowl”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 283 – The Wellington – Interior Trim work day 7, Cruise gratuities
Year 5, Day 283 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 2/07/2026, The Wellington. Another new exciting day of interior trim painting. Thinking about cruise tips and read this today. “Cruise veterans tend to leave automatic gratuities in place. To them, it’s part of the cruise fare. They then tip extra when service truly stands out. The gratuitiesContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 283 – The Wellington – Interior Trim work day 7, Cruise gratuities”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 282 – The Wellington – Interior Trim work day 6
Year 5, Day 282 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 2/06/2026, The Wellington. Another day of interior trim painting. But first a trip to town for more paint. Just like the Little engine that could. We think we can, we think we can, we think we can. AND It will get done, it will get done, itContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 282 – The Wellington – Interior Trim work day 6”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 281 – The Wellington – Finish work continues
Year 5, Day 281 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 2/05/2026, The Wellington. Finish work continues. A little bit gets done everyday. The snow is melting quickly now. Steve is dreaming about Royal Caribbean’s French Onion Soup. He is really missing it at lunch time. He ate it for dinner a lot on our last cruise. ActuallyContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 281 – The Wellington – Finish work continues”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 280 – The Wellington – Door and trim painting day 4
Year 5, Day 280 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 2/04/2026, The Wellington. Another door and trim painting day. Actually this is day four. Pretty soon it will be punch list day. Thought for today. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4beszn9 goPure Advanced Repair Eye Cream Can’t wait to start using this. As an AmazonContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 280 – The Wellington – Door and trim painting day 4”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 279 – The Wellington – Lunch with Bobi and Spencer
Year 5, Day 279 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 2/03/2026, The Wellington. It is hard to be motivated in this cold snowy weather. Schools have been closed here for 7 days and we have no garbage pick up. Lunch with Spencer and Bobi was fun. These kids need to go back to school. Spencer misses hisContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 279 – The Wellington – Lunch with Bobi and Spencer”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 278 – The Wellington – Groundhog day, Newcomers
Year 5, Day 278 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 2/02/2026, The Wellington. Happy Groundhog day. Punxsutawney Phil says six more weeks of winter. Hope that little guy is wrong. Steve worked on puttying nail holes and painting trim while I attended the Newcomers club monthly meeting. Thought for today. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation:Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 278 – The Wellington – Groundhog day, Newcomers”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 277 – The Wellington – Cold day preparing taxes
Year 5, Day 277 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 2/01/2026, The Wellington. Cold winter day. A good day to do our taxes. Well as much as we can. Need that win/loss statement from Royal Caribbean to finish. They will not have them available until 2/14/2026. Thought for today. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4beszn9Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 277 – The Wellington – Cold day preparing taxes”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 276 – The Wellington – Interior Door painting
Year 5, Day 276 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/31/2026, The Wellington. It is definitely a back to work day. Interior doors being painted. It is super cold outside like 11 degrees. We have so many big fat Red Cardinals outside by our feeders. At least they appear fat and chubby because they fluff their feathersContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 276 – The Wellington – Interior Door painting”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 275 – The Wellington – Getting back into the NO cruise groove
Year 5, Day 275 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 1/30/2026, The Wellington. Getting back into the no cruise groove. OR AM I? I just keep looking at cruises. STOP IT DOLORES. Snowy day. Went to eat an orange and realized I bought two bags of Raspberry Oranges. Even the birds won’t eat them. Does anyone haveContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 275 – The Wellington – Getting back into the NO cruise groove”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 274 – The Wellington – De-icing driveway
Year 5, Day 274 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/29/2026, The Wellington. We are home. BOOHOO and we canceled our February cruise. My plants are happy to see us though. They now have water and company. Steve used the excavator claw to scratch the ice in the driveway. When he was done I was able toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 274 – The Wellington – De-icing driveway”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 250 – The Wellington – Newcomers Happiness
Year 5, Day 250 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 1/05/2026 – The Wellington – Early up and out to get a manicure, pedicure, and hair cut. Then headed to the Newcomers lunch. Great motivational speaker that talked about Happiness after retirement. She provided the Happiness retirement circle. The center is you at retirement. You then placeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 250 – The Wellington – Newcomers Happiness”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 249 – The Wellington – Nutcrackers standing guard
Year 5, Day 249 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 1/04/2026 – The Wellington – Captain Nutcracker and his sidekick drummer man took me aside. They convinced me they should stay out for the year. They want to hold the lanterns. Let’s see how it works out. They promised to protect us, welcome guests and light upContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 249 – The Wellington – Nutcrackers standing guard”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 248 – The Wellington – Cleaning up for market
Year 5, Day 248 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 1/03/2026 – The Wellington – Cleaned up the Wellington’s yard. It now looks good to put on the market in a few months. The dirt piles are leveled and grass seed planted around. Hmm wonder if it will grow. Moved the excess lumber pile to the rearContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 248 – The Wellington – Cleaning up for market”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 247 – The Wellington – Outside New Year fresh start
Year 5, Day 247 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 1/02/2026 – The Wellington – Yesterday the inside was cleaned for the new year. Today and tomorrow is clean the dirt piles up. Thinking of those past January Florida trips. Looks cold there in 2019. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s AmazonContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 247 – The Wellington – Outside New Year fresh start”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 246 – The Wellington – New Year fresh start
Year 5, Day 246 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 1/01/2026 – The Wellington – Christmas Decorations are put away. Nutcracker Hospital Time for a clean fresh start. Here’s a little something to ponder. Here’s a link to today’s Amazon recommendation: https://amzn.to/4qk0z6X Valentine’s Cards with Animal Astronauts Finger Lights: How cool are these for Valentines day. AsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 246 – The Wellington – New Year fresh start”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 245 – The Wellington – Happy New Year, tractor oil change day
Year 5, Day 245 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 12/31/2025 – The Wellington – Happy New Year. It has been a great year for us. We are thankful for all the good fortune that has come our way. Looking ahead I am filled with hope, inspiration, and motivation for the coming year. Today was a dayContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 245 – The Wellington – Happy New Year, tractor oil change day”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 244 – The Wellington – Flu Vaccine scheduled before next trip
Year 5, Day 244 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 12/30/2025 – The Wellington – Another day at the gym. Have to keep going to keep healthy, strong, and flexible. Trying to get the flu vaccine since October. We are taking the Amtrak California Zephyr in a room. After that, we will do a California coast roadContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 244 – The Wellington – Flu Vaccine scheduled before next trip”
Living the Dream Year 5 Day 243 – The Wellington – Mellow Mushroom ceiling tile
Year 5, Day 243 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 12/29/2025 – The Wellington -It is a cold back to the gym day. Then out to lunch at Mellow Mushroom where I blew away all the exercising. The Somerset KY Mellow Mushroom is under new ownership as of 12/08/2025. The new owners decided to no longer serveContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 5 Day 243 – The Wellington – Mellow Mushroom ceiling tile”