Author Archives: Sparky
Merry Christmas to all!
Jett and I will be having a very quiet Christmas this year. We have no plans to see any of our kids or grandkids on Christmas but will see them soon. The only family event we have planned is a Christmas party Sunday night at her sister’s place. We have a 10lb ham that we … Continue reading
I’m kind of hoping it snows
I would like it to snow this winter. Not a lot, mind you. Enough to make it look like winter but not so much as to wreck my back. As this could be my last cold winter for a while, I want to have some memories – not necessarily fond ones – of what I … Continue reading
Life gets in the way
It took me almost a week to compose my most recent page (“Searching for a Used Fifth Wheel”). I wrote a draft, then got caught up in trying to find a photo of the nose cap of an Open Range 399BHS. Before I found one I had to deal with some tenant issues, a granddaughter’s … Continue reading
I guess we will be missed
As we slowly, incrementally, tell family and friends of our retirement plans, we get two responses: “That’s great! I am SO envious!” “We will miss you.” The first response is direct and always seems very genuine. The second response is conveyed more through body language and follow-up questions, such as “How often will you be … Continue reading
My life, as seen on eBay
Our plan includes renting our home for a year or more. We will leave it furnished, but will remove all personal items. Some of the most precious – pictures, quilts made by my grandmother and the like – will go into storage. But there is a lot of stuff – “belongings” I guess – that … Continue reading
Counting the weeks
It is Thanksgiving week which, in addition to turkey and cranberry jelly (which I truly don’t like, but don’t shoot me), means a short work week. Which brings us one easy week closer to hitting the road. The current count, not counting this week: 44 weeks to departure (if we leave October 1, 2012) 40 … Continue reading
Trying out a new theme
I am trying to get self-educated on WordPress themes so that I can customize the look-and-feel to my precise specifications. But until I get smarter in that area, I can solve one problem – the lack of a Home button – by simply switching to another theme. So I am going to try “Atahualpa” for … Continue reading
Cheaprvliving.com
Having done a budget which has us “getting by” on about $5K per month, I am humbled by people who do it on much less. I found a great website for people with smaller pocketbooks: Cheaprvliving.com. This site suggests budget breakdowns for those living on $1,000 a month or even $500 a month. Yes, there … Continue reading
The insurance Catch-22
I had an amusing encounter recently with a Liberty Mutual insurance agent. It seems that Liberty Mutual has some kind of business relationship with my employer and a representative appears in the cafeteria once every couple of months to drum up business. I took the opportunity to inquire into getting insurance coverage for the RV. … Continue reading
A funny thing happened while searching for driver training…
No, it’s not the introductory line of a joke. Rather it is just my musing about how I can start out looking for one thing and find something entirely different. I suspect that this will happen a lot once we hit the road. In this case Jett decided that I needed to find an RV … Continue reading