The Villages

Archive for March, 2012

I will be traveling…

I’m leaving this morning, bright and early for New Jersey. I will be driving, and most often I drive up alone. I stay over one night and then on to my sisters in Virginia, sometimes spending several days enjoying her company. Then it is on to NJ to stay with my sons. I haven’t seen […]

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Lunch with friends…

There are many things to enjoy in The Villages and if you have not already noticed, many of our activities will invariable start or end with a meal.   I do believe there are many reasons that contribute to this;  the abundance of good restaurants, the prices are very reasonable compared to other parts of the country, the […]

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Retrograde…

Many years ago, things were not going right for me and it seemed that everything I touched went wrong. I could do no right. I mentioned this to a friend, who is a very knowledgeable astrologer, and she called me a few days later and said she checked my chart and my planet or planets […]

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It’s A Win Win…

We recently replaced two of our TV’s. Just as we were trying to figure out what to do with them as they worked perfectly, an advertisement appeared in The Daily Sun. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Donations Needed *Household Items In Good Condition *Home Improvement Items *Gently Used Furniture *Collectibles Call 352-401-0075 For pick-up I called and […]

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A Retirement Privilege…

  How many times recently have you grabbed a piece of paper to jot a note down.  A note meaning, you want to remember a particular thing, without putting any effort into trying to remember. We write down names, telephone numbers, good books, meeting times, good buys and more. When I examine my own behavior […]

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Popcorn removal…

The other day I was riding through a neighborhood, and saw a sparkling white van that was parked in a driveway.  The van’s whiteness caught my attention,  and as I got closer I noticed the large clean, crisp, black  lettering on the side… Popcorn Removal.  Being from the North East, I only knew popcorn as something to eat, […]

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Who is up for an award???

I do believe it is all of us, and I think winning an award or a prize  started  at a very early age.  There were contests to be entered on the back of cereal boxes, and how about digging deep into a  cracker jack box, to get that  prize.     Then our awards got more difficult;   spelling Bs and […]

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