The Villages

Archive for January, 2012

Retirement means Pension, Social Security, Medicare, and the Weather.

Today, when I jumped out of bed and checked the thermometer, it occurred to me that it really controls our lives, and even more so, our emotions.     I was a little let down, as I don’t know if it will get in the 50’s before 8:30am, so I can go to water aerobics.   I’ll keep checking […]

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Welcome Back…

We welcome back our snowbirds…new and old. Many may be here for the first time, and others have come back year after year, to enjoy our warmer winter climate. I say that with tongue in cheek, as I think my thermometer says 30 degrees. We had such great weather up until now, however it is […]

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Volunteers – The heart of The Villages…

I am just so amazed at the dedication of the residents that volunteer to teach us any thing you could ever imagine.   I understand there are now close to  2000 activities in the Villages.  In most cases, no cost to the participants and  all run by volunteers, and I have to say very dedicated volunteers, as they […]

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The Villages did it again…

New Year’s Eve Sean and I were on our way to the Bowling Alley, our silence was broken with Sean asking what fingers do I put in the bowling ball? You’re  asking me? I hadn’t bowled in over 40 years, and even though I don’t remember a lot lately, I specifically remember the last time […]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR – 2012

Happy New Year means getting serious with my Blog, it also means staying on my diet, and of course exercising, planning the long awaited trip to Ireland, and also Colorado….see there are some happy things to look forward to and then there are those New Year’s resolutions that just keep coming up year after year after […]

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