It's about time.

Many of you can relate to Working long hours at your career. Raising your families. Buying a home and paying all the bills related to being homeowners and parents. We're now retired and don't need all that work and expense. Now "It's about time" and what we do to follow our dreams.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving Wishes

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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It seems that my sleep issues teeter back and forth from one day to the next. Last night after only spending Two Hours in my Recliner, I spent the next Six in Bed. When I woke this morning, though I was wide awake, my eyes took a while longer to catch up.

Breakfast was back to Cereal as a way to keep balance to our diets. Once we'd taken our Coffees to the Computers, one of the first things I did was to call our Credit Card Company. After explaining that the account had been paid yesterday, I was wanting a Confirmation. The answer was not what I wanted but have experienced in the past. If you make a charge to your Card it shows up instantly, but if you make a payment it takes Three to Four Business Days for it to appear. The worst time to make a payment is the end of a week, because it won't show until the next week. Hopefully I will see it by Friday.

Today's high temperature of 50 F (10 C) hit shortly after midnight and has continued to cool down the rest of the day, thanks mostly to the 46 MPH Westerly Wind Gusts. I believe that I have mentioned how our Balcony Railing rattles at half that speed. Then add the fact that when the New Building Management Company took over, there was a Privacy Panel placed between neighbouring apartments that share a balcony. They attached it to the deck but not the center railing for support. All day long we have listened to the railing and panel beating on one another, similar to the sounds heard in a fabrication shop. This Wind is not going to let up until next week. We may need to wear Ear Plugs to be able to sleep.

With the Wind blowing so hard, Kathy wasn't in the mood to go out yet would later open the Balcony Door to be certain our Bistro Set had not moved. ??? Eight Floors up?

Due to lack of activity, lunch was only a couple of Cookies, a Yogurt Cup and another Coffee.

I don't know where she gets this information but Kathy read that we were forecasted to get 50 CM (20 Inches) of Sxxw. No matter what The Weather Network or the Radar showed, she believed we were going to get buried. What it said was Southern Ontario, but that is towards Toronto and Ottawa. We are the Southwestern part of Ontario, surrounded by the Great Lakes, that mostly protect us. After watching the "6 o'clock Local News", Kathy felt more at ease.

Around 7:00 we finally shared a Store-Bought Thin-Crust Medium Pizza for supper as we watched a few episodes of "Mayday". No matter what, we have errands to run tomorrow.

Kathy and I would like to wish our American Family and Friends a Happy Thanksgiving.

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Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.


Krackers

Words of Inspiration

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”

Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher.

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Better Standing.

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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Let's just say that I am keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be able to enjoy a fully satisfying night's sleep one of these days soon.

We were having a breakfast snack this morning as a way of not getting bored by having the same ole, same ole, over and over again. With Plans for later in the day, I'm still trying to get our intakes down to a reasonable mount in an attempt at my deflation.

Our Coffees helped us to get through our Computer reading just before we shared a Store-Bought Thin-Crust Medium Three-Meat Pizza for a slightly early lunch.

As soon as we'd finished, I was finally able to make the Calls that I've wanted to do for the last few days. Though it was harder to get through to the first one, the information gathered was much more appealing. Though I would have liked to challenge the second call, there wasn't enough time, so I'll simply have to call back tomorrow.

We always try to be early for our appointments, but with the Rain coming down, I picked Kathy at the rear entrance as we headed out. It took us Eight Minutes from the time Kathy got in the Car, to the time we arrived at the Bank. (This is the place we keep those extra eggs that I have talked about before.) Looking through the window, I was surprised to see Mark our Financial Adviser was also there early. Normally, he is busy driving from one Branch Location to another, that we are waiting for him.

Reviewing the information, he had and what I had found out, we brainstormed a Plan that leaves us in a better standing and had us smiling when we parted ways. I have more Homework to do, but for now we can breathe a bigger sigh of relief.

As to my earlier Plan, we drove around the block to have supper at Wendy's. Luckily, we had once again received Coupons in the Mail the other day. By using one, saved us about Eight Dollars on tonight's meal alone.

I dropped Kathy at the front entrance when we arrived home, because it was still Raining. By the time I parked the Car, it miraculously stopped.

The Weather Guesser on the "6 o'clock Local News" showed tomorrow will still be wet but comfortable. After that, we could be seeing colour changes, with the temperatures hovering both sides of the Freezing Mark for the next week.

We later watched a movie called "Twelve Days of Christmas" with Eddie Murphy. Even Kathy was laughing.

We've got Plans for tomorrow. Now we can only hope to make it happen.

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It’s about time.


Krackers

Never talk to pi. He’ll go on forever!

Monday, November 24, 2025

We Both Wore Out.

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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I had hoped to have a better night's sleep, but measuring it in milliseconds was really pushing it. The back and forth between my Recliner and Bed were again close but they added up to a restless night. I almost jumped out of Bed when I saw that it was past 8:20 this morning. Kathy followed Ten Minutes later.

After our grocery shopping yesterday, it wasn't necessary to start cooking, instead it was simple enough to serve Cereal for breakfast. I did dress them up slightly by adding Raspberries on top. Our Breakfast Juice helped with our morning medications, while our Coffees helped us to concentrate on our Computers. There was plenty of News, E-Mails and Blogs to read, plus I was thinking of something else.

Though we were again well stocked in the Fridge and Freezer, being that this was Monday it was the day you could get the Big Mary Sandwich at Mary Brown's Chicken at greatly reduced price. This is another Fast Food Outlet that we have been frequenting a lot lately. The cashier almost recited our order off by heart, not knowing that I would add to it. By arriving after the Lunchhour Rush had passed, it was nearly 1:30 by the time we left.

With the other Dollarama not having everything we had tried to get last night, we drove cross the parking lot to visit this location. Since all stores are not owned by the same person, that is not unusual. We had no problem fulfilling the rest of our List.

We headed back to the Walk-in Clinic that I had gone to last Monday about the Sweat Gland Cyst under my arm. I had noticed this morning that I was nearly out of the Antibiotics and the Cyst was again starting to enlarge. The Doctor agreed that it needed another Week, but reminded me to contact our Family Doctor, in case there is further complications. He also agreed that using Hydrogen Peroxide would help the healing process, but could dry up the surrounding tissue.

Back to Health First Pharmacy for a refill, when I told Danielle what the Doctor said about using the Peroxide and that's what I had always used, I found it strange when she claimed that's what her husband always uses. She had recommended against using it on the Cyst.

We didn't get our Mail last weekend so we headed to Guardian Storage to do so. We had just missed a Freight Train getting there and beat another as we left. As it was there was another cheque that would need to be deposited.

A stop at the Credit Union proved simple since I was the only customer.

We headed for home though with Kathy feeling tired, I dropped her off at the front entrance before parking the Car. I entered through the rear entrance which allowed me to see the Outside Recycle Bins had been emptied. As soon as I got upstairs, I grabbed our Recycle Containers and headed back downstairs. It was while I was emptying those, that I remembered not bringing up the Dollarama purchases. I definitely got my Walking Exercise in today.

After taking my Jacket off, I was so tired, that I needed to sit down in my Recliner just like Kathy had. The next thing we knew, it was dark in the Apartment and outside. We had both slept for nearly Two Hours and woke up just on time to watch the "6 o'clock Local News". It's suppoed to be wet tomorrow and could be white by the weekend.

With lunch having been so late, we settled for a snack for supper, while we watched a couple of episodes of "Caught on Dashcam". Unbelievable!

Since I didn't get my calls in today, I'll be busy before our appointment tomorrow.

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Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.


Krackers

You Might Be a Redneck If

You've ever been to the emergency room to have something removed from your nose.

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Lots Of Pleasant Surprises.

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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After going back and forth between my Recliner and Bed last night, I was quite surprised to see that there was only a few minutes difference between the two CPAP Machines, when I got up this morning at 8:00. After such a broken sleep yesterday, I was surprised to sleep in, but it felt good.

Still trying to clean more from the Fridge and Freezer, I guess that I wasn't as quiet moving the Frying Pans to the Stovetop as I had Planned. I had finished slicing the last of the Vegetables from the Fridge, when Kathy came out to join me. I think it was probably that she could smell the Bacon sizzling away. She had already gotten dressed and made up the Bed. Using less Eggs and Mozzarella Cheese, still had us leaving the breakfast table well satisfied.

There were quite a number of RV Blogs to read this morning, It is a good thing to see others out enjoying adventures that come with the RV Lifestyle.

For lunch I chose to use the last on the Perogies from the Freezer. Even though there are a few things remaining in the Freezer for future Meals, it is definitely time to do some grocery shopping.

Having more than one thing on our minds, we didn't head out until after 6:00. It was at that point that I remembered we needed a few things that we missed the other day at Dollarama. Seeing the lights on in the store, we were pleasantly surprised when we saw they have extended their evening time by an Hour. It will make a big difference for us.

From there we stopped at Wendy's for supper. Still satisfied from our earlier meals, we settled for their Grilled Chicken Wraps to top us up for the night. Luckily, everything was cleaner with less rowdies, compared to yesterday.

Back to Zehr's grocery store, we had a lot of restocking to do. We spent a lot of time in the Produce and Dairy section. In the Frozen Food section, we were again smiling when we found most items Half Off. And the grocers say they are not making money.

We are so thankful to have our Two Wheeled Folding Shopping Cart to help us bring everything up to our Apartment. The time saved hauling thing up, was used putting everything away. It felt so good to sit down and straighten my back.

We didn't even turn on the Television this evening but kept busy on the Computers. Tomorrow, I have calls to make before our appointment on Tuesday.

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Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.


Krackers

What did Bob Dylan say when he adjusted his watch?


The times, they are a changin’.