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Year 3 Day 21 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/23/2023. Finishing the stairs is an all-week job. The two lower-level treads are completed and will be ready to walk on by the morning. I will be able to get to the treadmill again. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin looking its best atContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 21 – Lower-Level Stair staining complete”

Year 3 Day 20 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/22/2023. Steve comes out of the main level bathroom and says, ” I just killed a $90.00 spider. If those ones we saw outside are worth $80.00. That huge one in the bathroom was worth $90.00″. Ugg, might be time to do something. More stair workContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 20 – Stair staining continues”

Year 3 Day 19 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/21/2023. We uncovered the Oak stairs, and they look as good as the day they were installed. They were installed on 9/23/2021 and covered with five layers of builder’s paper. We have walked on that builder’s paper for 1 1/2 years. If you don’t keep themContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 19 – Paper removed from oak stairs”

Year 3 Day 18 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/20/2023. It is a rainy cool day outside and a tedious painting day inside. This saying fits perfectly for today. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin looking its best at sea and in the sun. My favorite skin care products are made by Elemis.Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 18 – Tedious rail painting day”

Year 3 Day 17 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/19/2023. Happy Birthday to Joshua our youngest Grandchild. He’s a sweet, sweet boy – like an angel ha-ha or maybe Denice. The sweat bees are back. Biting and biting and biting. We can’t even sit outside. So, we are back to Netflix binge watching. If youContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 17 – Happy Birthday Joshua, sweat bees are back”

Year 3 Day 16 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/18/2023. Happy Birthday to our beautiful daughter Jenna. Hope you are having an awesome birthday. Can’t wait to see you again in a little less than a month. My favorite plants in our gardens are the Daisy’s. They are so pretty and bring mountains of happinessContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 16 – Happy Birthday Jenna, more mulching”

Year 3 Day 15 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/17/2023. Just a mulching, and weeding day. Picked up two yards of hardwood mulch and used it all. Tomorrow we will pick up another two yards. We should have enough then. We have been paying $25.00 a yard and have bought four yards so far. MulchContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 15 – Mulching and weeding”

Year 3 Day 14 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/16/2023. I spent time with the neighbors today. We have really sweet neighbors. We finished planting around the house. Tomorrow is mulch day. We finished planting and the rains came in and watered for us. The new lawn is coming in thick and fast. Steve mowedContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 14 – Plants all in around the house”

Year 3 Day 13 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/15/2023. I learned yesterday that the spiders we have are Jumpers and people have them as pets. I am told they sell for $80.00 each. I like making money, but playing with spiders is a big “no thank you“. The Moles or Voles are back. IContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 13 – Moles and Jumper Spiders”

Year 3 Day 12 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/14/2023. Happy Mothers Day to all. Loving the two new front porch rockers and new bracelet. Today was a day of priming and painting inside stair railings. Today’s product recommendations are for keeping your skin looking its best at sea and in the sun. My favoriteContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 12 – Happy Mother’s Day, Porch rockers, inside railing painting”

Year 3 Day 11 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/13/2023. We are back to our Lowes trips. Today was for more plants, fertilizer, preen, and round up. We want to get the outside of this home finished. We are thinking of putting it on the market in a month. We need to get some thingsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 11 – Landscaping work continues, large ugly spiders”

Year 3 Day 10 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/12/2023. It is another day of working on cleaning up and getting organized. We were away for 29 days, and it barely rained. We planted shrubs and grass that could not dry out. We paid someone to ensure that everything was kept wet. Ironically, we areContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 10 – Cyst removed”

Year 3 Day 9 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/11/2023. Yesterday we drove 746 miles. Actually, Steve drove and I looked at scenery. We were back in Somerset, Kentucky at 5:45pm. Today was a hectic day. Getting everything back together after 28 days away – unpacking, doing laundry, taking care of yard work, cooking, makingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 9 – First day back home after 27-night KY to LA and back trip”

Year 3 Day 8 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/10/2023. (Day 28 of 27-night KY to LA and back). As you can tell we eliminated a few nights at hotels and cut our trip shorter by three nights. We are on the road at 4am leaving Marshall, Texas and driving before the tractor trailer driversContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 8 – Day 28 of 27-night KY to LA and back – Driving Texas to Kentucky”

Year 3 Day 7 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/09/2023. Day 3 on the Amtrak Sunset Limited 2 from Los Angeles. California to Houston, Texas. At dinner time last night, we are passing through a small town, Marfa. Texas. People were smoking Marijuana on board the train. They threatened to throw them off. The announcementContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 7 – Day 27 of 30-night KY to LA and back – Day 3 on Amtrak Sunset Limited 2 traveling from Los Angeles, California to Houston, Texas in a Roomette”

Year 3 Day 6 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/08/2023. Day 2 on the Amtrak Sunset Limited 2 from Los Angeles. California to Houston, Texas. We will be traveling 1,633 miles in 37 hours. This train travels from Los Angeles to New Orleans, but our car is parked in Galveston. Before I get started aboutContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 6 – Day 26 of 30-night KY to LA and back – Day 2 on Amtrak Sunset Limited 2 traveling from Los Angeles, California to Houston, Texas in a Roomette”

Year 3 Day 5 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/07/2023. We spent the day driving around the area from Montebello where we spent last night. We went to see the Hollywood sign, drove Rodeo drive, visited Grifith Park, drove by some beautiful homes, drove Sunset Boulevard and saw the iconic palm trees lining the streetsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 5 – Day 25 of 30-night KY to LA and back – Los Angeles, California”

Year 3 Day 4 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 5/06/2023. Day 22 (Disembarking in Los Angeles, California) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. Last night was bittersweet. It was our last night of dinner with new friends. We had a great time with these two couples. Hope toContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 4 – Day 24 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 22 (Departing ship in Los Angeles, California) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 3 Day 3 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 5/05/2023. Day 21 (Day 2 at sea traveling from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Los Angeles, California) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. Last sea day and last full day of our cruise. Tomorrow morning, we will be in LosContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 3 – Day 23 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 21 (Day 2 at Sea traveling from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Los Angeles, California) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 3 Day 2(+3) – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 5/04/2023. Day 20 (at sea traveling from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Los Angeles, California) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. This is day one of two sea days before we disembark in Los Angeles. It is cooler today inContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 2(+3) – Day 22 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 20 (At Sea traveling from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Los Angeles, California) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 3 Day 2(+2) – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 5/03/2023. Day 19 (Puerto Vallarta. Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. We are in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico today. Puerto Vallarta has the largest bay in Mexico. This is a new port for us. We are doing an excursionContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 2(+2) – Day 21 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 19 (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 3 Day 2(+1) – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 5/02/2023. Day 18 (at sea traveling from Huatulco, Mexico to Puerto Vallarta. Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. I decided today was a good day to do lots of walking. The stairs are a great place to doContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 2(+1) – Day 20 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 18 (At sea traveling from Huatulco, Mexico to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 3 Day 2 – “Living the Dream”. Monday, 5/01/2023. Day 17 (Huatulco, Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. Land, Land, Land. I see LAND! I can’t wait to go walking off this ship. This ship is very very boring. I like the larger ships now. LotsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 2 – Day 19 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 17 (Huatulco, Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 3 Day 1 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 4/30/2023. Day 16 (day 2 at sea traveling from the Panama Canal to Huatulco, Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. We are in the Pacific Ocean traveling north. The time changed last night so we are up anContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 3 Day 1 – Day 18 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 16 (At sea traveling from the Panama Canal to Huatulco, Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 2 Day 365 – “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 4/29/2023. Day 15 (day 1 at sea traveling from the Panama Canal to Huatulco, Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. Today we are in the Pacific Ocean traveling north. The water is like a lake at 7am. BeautifulContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 365 – Day 17 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 15 (At sea traveling from the Panama Canal to Huatulco, Mexico) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 2 Day 364 Part 2 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/28/2023. Day 14 Part 2 (Passing through the Panama Canal) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. I took so many pictures, I decided to split them up. This is part 2 of our day crossing the PanamaContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 364 Part 2 – Day 16 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 14 (Passing through the Panama Canal Locks to the Pacific Ocean) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 2 Day 364 Part 1 – “Living the Dream”. Friday, 4/28/2023. Day 14 (Passing through the Panama Canal) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. Today is why we are on this cruise. We are up early and in the Windjammer. Everyone is up early this morning. WeContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 364 Part 1 – Day 16 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 14 (Passing through the Panama Canal Locks to the Pacific Ocean) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 2 Day 363 – “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/27/2023. Day 13 (Cartegena, Colombia) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. We got off the ship and walked through the Port and outside to the first block of stores. We passed immigration officers with boxes of passports. They wereContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 363 – Day 15 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 13 (Cartegena, Colombia) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 2 Day 362 – “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 4/26/2023. Day 12 (Cartegena, Colombia) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. We are up at the Windjammer 6am as we are pulling into Cartegena, Columbia. Cartagena Cruise Port is predominantly industrial. Two of the port’s six piers are dedicatedContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 362 – Day 14 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 12 (Cartegena, Colombia) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise)”

Year 2 Day 361 – “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 4/25/2023. Day 11 (at sea traveling from George Town, Cayman Islands to Cartegena, Colombia) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise. OMG OMG OMG. This morning was a bummer. I carry a packable scale with me while traveling. I weighContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 2 Day 361 – Day 13 of 30-night KY to LA and back (Day 5 (At Sea traveling from George Town, Grand Cayman to Cartegena, Colombia) of 21-night Radiance of the Seas Galveston TX to Los Angeles, CA cruise”