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Papa’s World – The life we live.

February 12, 2026October 19, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

My two sons and their families.

They still live back in NWPA, where they were raised.

They have visited numerous times between the two of them.

Being part of the life we lead while so far away!

Always in my heart and mind.

Many memories from the past –

And many new memories to be made.

The present is the life we lead.

Five granddaughters and one grandson.

We have made memories –

We are still making memories-

This is our life to live-

One day at a time!

Cindy and Buck – We were neighbors in NYS for years.

Then they moved to N.C., and we stayed in touch.

Here we are at Lake Tahoe.

We have traveled the world on vacations with them.

Today they live but 38 miles from us.

We are still creating memories in the life we live.

The day we were married –

June 25th, 1982.

The beginning of the life we live.

Sherry on Ohau on one of our many trips around the world.

Taylor is pinning the corsage on her date for homecoming as a freshman in high school.

The life we lead.

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Sherry’s website for health and nutrition.

Papa’s World – Enjoying our area!

February 11, 2026October 18, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL – A BIT OF HUMOR TO START YOUR DAY!

It has been FIVE YEARS since we moved down to the borders of N.C. and S.C.

We came during the COVID pandemic.

Streets and stores were empty, although open.

We saw the worst and the beginnings of the recovery.

But we looked on it as a new phase of our life together.

Also – a place for families to come and relax-

Go to the beach and explore.

This was the beginning of ENJOYING OUR AREA!

At that time, we traded in the car we had had for almost eight years-

And bought another Toyota Hybrid.

RAV4!

We still drive it today – 41.4 MPG!

We said our goodbyes to the LITTLE ONES and the OLDER ONES.

It was sad –

But adventures awaited them in the future-

Coming down to see us, and we’re up to see them all.

College came and went, and came again for the older three!

Maddy is on spring break for the Irish Festival at NMB!

The three LITTLE ONES –

Sherry flew up and flew back with them.

A first for them in an airplane.

Papa – Ella and Sherry-

Sunset on our back patio.

Both she and Maddy have graduated from college!

Sarah and Sherry –

Sarah is a freshman at CNU!

Our home is a place for them to visit anytime they want!

We love the choices we made five years ago!

This is –

PAPA’S WORLD –

ENJOYING OUR AREA!

My site: livinglifedoingitmyway. blog

Sherry has a website too.

For twenty years.

HEALTH and NUTRITION –

HEALTHY LIVING!

EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are there!

PAPA’S WORLD!

Papa’s World – WALK WITH ME!

February 10, 2026October 15, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Our granddaughter Sarah is at CNU!

This is her first year in college.

On our way back to NVA-

We took the route less traveled –

Staying off 95 as long as possible.

Newprot News is where we ended up and stayed overnight.

We toured the campus with Sarah –

The insides of these buildings are beautiful.

Full of marvel and grand wood accents!

Inside one small section of a library that had everything!

Most of the campus buildings resemble this one.

And the walkways are paved in bricks!

Inside are marble floors and stone columns.

The campus is colonial in appearance.

Here, Sherry and Sarah cross under the dome.

The attention to detail is outstanding.

Comfortable chairs, couches, and lots of private spaces.

The campus resembles this section.

Sherry and Sarah when she graduated from H.S.

She is embarking on the next phase of her adult life.

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Papa’s World – Living our lives together!

February 9, 2026October 14, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Here we are at the rapids just inside the Maryland border.

As we age – and having been married for 43 plus years-

Together for a year and a half before that-

What has become a thought for me-

One day, one of us will not be here!

That is life!

We have shared so much over the years.

And today we are each other’s giver.

I see friends who are going through life-changing events.

However, we still maintain that close bond of being there for one another.

A lot of truth in this!

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial – BLESSED!

Looking out across the Mall to the Washington Monument.

Sherry stands where over the 21 years we lived in the area-

We made a favorite pastime of going into D.C. –

Just to explore and walk around for the day.

LIVING OUR LIVES TOGETHER!

Buck and Cindy – our dear friends!

We have traveled the world with them.

Golfed – dinners- and friendships!

Today, we live 38 miles from them.

We were neighbors in WNY back in the late 80s and into the 90s.

They moved to where they are now, and we stayed in contact and visited.

Maintaining those friendships!

Going through life together-

SENIORS now – Closer to 80 than to 70!

Maintaining health and nutrition –

For the past twenty-plus years –

We have maintained our supplements.

Leaning on the published research.

True today as it was twenty years ago.

In fact, Sherry signed up –

To save money and allow our grandkids to have this for free!

She has had her own website for over twenty years.

On this site is her EMAIL and PHONE number.

And a link to purchase what you want.

LIVING OUR LIVES TOGETHER WITH HEALTH AND NUTRITION!

We choose to give of ourselves.

Someday –

Only one of us will remain.

But until that day comes –

We shall continue hand in hand.

VOLUNTEERING – LOVING LIFE – FAMILY – FRIENDS – TOGETHER!

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Papa’s World – Cassidy – Taylor – first Homecoming!

February 8, 2026October 12, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Logan and Taylor –

He asked her to go to Homecoming with him.

She accepted, in her freshman year, a first for her.

Cassidy and Nate.

He asked her to go with him to Homecoming-

She accepted – she is also a freshman-

This is also a first for her!

Father Marcus – Cassidy and her mother, Tammy!

Marcus – Taylor and her mother, Tammy.

This will be the first of many to come in High School.

To me, they are still the little twins who giggled-

Climbed up onto my lap-

Sang in the back seat and captured my heart.

Sarah and Cassidy-

They are so grown-up.

Sarah is now in college.

Bode – Taylor- Cassidy and Tammy!

The days of little people are over.

Taylor is placing the flower onto Logan’s shirt.

Cassidy is sitting with Bode as Taylor rides horses.

Cassidy is with her mother for the first Homecoming!

The little twins are young women now!

Taylor at the homecoming game.

Cassidy – in the middle as the highest for cheerleading at the homecoming game.

Papa’s World –

Seeing them almost all grown up.

CASSIDY AND TAYLOR –

So different but so alike.

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CASSIDY and TAYLOR – HOMECOMING – 2025- FRESHMEN!

Papa’s World – Seniors – live life to the plus.

February 7, 2026October 11, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

In our younger years, growing up

This was our generation.

Long hair- love and peace.

If you really think about it –

Short hair – hate and war are now some of the people’s mantras!

Or so it seems to me!

Being in our SENIOR years-

We both want to live our lives to the fullest while we can.

Twenty plus years ago –

We researched and selected this product of health and nutrition-

Proven through research to do what it claimed to do.

In all that time,

I have never missed a day!

Sherry also decided early on –

To join the business part and sell just enough to pay our monthly costs!

Which, for both of us,

Amounted to about $140.00 per month.

And she did ‘

And has had her own website for over twenty years!

Trying as hard as I could –

Eating fruits and vegetables every day in the right amounts-

Just was ot happening.

And – I loved fast foods –

Burgers and fries!

I am almost addicted to salt.

I drank a lot of milk and sodas!

After forty years of eating like that –

I paid the price –

I HAD A HEART ATTACK and an operation to replace FOUR ARTERIES!

I am convinced that had I not taken the supplement –

And changed my eating habits eight years prior-

I WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THAT HEART ATTACK!

Today-

I still take the capsules every day and have for over twenty years!

Recently, they developed a powder to replace the capsules!

Sherry has always had trouble swallowing pills and capsules!

This was just right for her –

A powder mixed with water tastes like a fruit juice drink!

Recognized and sold worldwide in twenty-plus countries –

She not only sold enough to pay the monthly installments –

But added to the monthly retirement income.

HER SITE: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com –

Contains both her email and phone number –

And information on how to order.

We are SENIORS – aging as healthily as we can-

Now closer to 80 than 70!

In retirement –

We are living life to the plus –

ONE DAY AT A TIME!

YES – as our lives began all those years ago –

So it goes today-

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Papa’s World – Life – family and grandkids.

February 6, 2026October 10, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Here are the five granddaughters and the only grandson –

Bode sitting between Maddy and Ella –

You can barely see him!

Today, he is in fifth grade –

Maddy and Ella have graduated from college –

Sarah is a freshman in college-

And Taylor and Cassidy are freshmen in high school.

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Sherry and her sisters –

Bonnie and Debbie.

Her mother, Barb, and her father, Bill.

Her parents are now gone –

Family was and is a priority to her.

LIFE, FAMILY, and GRANDKIDS!

My good thought for the day!

Celebrating both of our 75th birthdays. birthdays in 2024 on the OIB.

Today, we continue on toward the big 80!

We have been married for 43 years –

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Our choice for healthy eating and nutrition –

Over twenty years ago.

website – https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Three youngest granddaughters-

Taylor – Sarah and Cassidy!

If we could only turn back time!

LIFE, FAMILY, and GRANDKIDS!

And of course, there is MARLY!

Belonging to Marcus and Tammy, and the grandkids.

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Papa, Sherry, and the three oldest granddaughters-

ELLA- MADDY and SARAH!

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Papa’s World – Life in Cameron Woods.

February 5, 2026October 8, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

This is the view early after we moved into our home.

You can still see the irrigation they set up to water the neighbor’s lawn.

Later, they removed it!

A lot of truth in this.

We chose Cameron Woods because it seemed to be centrally located among all the amenities we wanted.

Shopping – Golfing- Beaches –

Gas stations, groceries, parks, and entertainment.

And a brand new community with a community building with pool – workout room –

Bathrooms – Pickle Ball courts-

Quick access to highways North- South –

And six to eight hours’ drives to family!

We get to spend time on the beaches!

Neither one of us is into swimming in the ocean!

But walking the surf –

Relaxing in the shade of umbrellas-

Knowing we can do this every day!

Several friends from back in NVA have already built houses and moved down here.

Our old friends have lived here since the 1990s.

Here – pictured are Bob and Pam, and they are leasing for a year to see if they like it!

Debby – Sherry and Tammy –

They have visited often, along with the grandkids.

CAMERON WOODS HAS BECOME A DESTINATION, along with her sister, who moved nearby!

We also brought with us Sherry’s Internet business on Health and Nutrition.

This is what we sell and have taken for over twenty years!

Her website is complete with information – how to order and, if needed-

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

Just go to https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Today, this is our home –

We had a dream, and it came true five years ago.

CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY –

OCEAN ISLE BEACH!

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Papa’s World – Life is short – live it!

February 4, 2026October 7, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Andrea – Troy and Sherry-

At the pier in OIB!

They have visited once since we have been down here.

Looking forward to when they come back!

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

A good thought for the day!

A walk on the beach in Feb.

Why do we choose here to live-

A scarf and jacket that can be removed if too warm in the sun.

WINTER – LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

Friends, some 13 years ago –

But these friendships go back to the late 70s and mid-80s.

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

Steering the boat on the ICW!

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

Our go-to for health and nutrition for twenty years.

EMAIL – PHONE – NUMBER and INFORMATION on HOW TO ORDER ON the website.

LOL- LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

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Papa’s World – FRIENDS are leasing here in the area!

February 3, 2026October 6, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Left to right!

Bob and Pam-

They have leased and will be here for a total of one year.

Sherry and Diane.

Diane is back from her summer cottage on Rushford Lake.

We will be doing numerous things with all of them.

FRIENDS!

Buck – Cindy – Papa and Sherry.

They are almost our oldest friends.

We were neighbors back in the late 80s.

They moved to Magnolia Greens outside Leland, N.C.

Today we live 38 miles from them and often get together.

We have traveled the world with them on vacations.

We often golf together.

FRIENDS!

Ocean Isle Beach and the Causeway bridge over the ICW.

We live in the forest area on the mainland side.

Ten minutes –

And we can be across the bridge.

We spend a lot of time here.

We also go to Sunset Beach and Hilden Beach.

We have made many new friends here.

A DREAM!

Some of the new friends we have made as volunteers for the

Protection of Sea Turtles on OIB!

Here we are in front of the OIB Park stage-

This is where May through September –

Open-air music concerts for free –

Are held!

FRIENDS!

For health and nutrition –

Visit the website with email and phone number available.

My good thought for the day!

Sherry – Dottie – Cindy and Debbie-

Some of our oldest friends that we still see!

All these years, and we still enjoy getting together.

FRIENDS!

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FRIENDS!

Papa’s World – Living near the border!

February 2, 2026October 4, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

After searching –

And moving to the border of N.C and S.C.-

We have found our happiness!

The big drop in the 401K in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic-

Caused us to rethink about living in NVA!

The housing market expanded and increased values –

Led us to sell the home we built and move South!

We wanted to be within a day’s drive of the Families –

But be out of the Ice, Snow, and Cold!

We both dislike snow and Ice.

It was time to move and be seniors –

Enjoy what years we have left.

We miss the families, but we go back often, and they come down.

For nine months, we had this view from the fourth floor of a condo –

In Ocean Keyes, North Myrtle Beach.

We walked to the beach one half mile every day!

Nine months here, and then we moved into our newly built home-

In Cameron Woods Community in Ocean Isle Beach –

On the mainland side of the ICW!

The new home we moved into –

We chose to be in the middle of shopping-

Golf courses –

and close to two beaches!

We are about seven miles from the border of S.C.

We are just a couple of miles from the ICW!

Our church is about five miles away.

Shopping within seven miles in either direction.

Most of the time, no snow or ice!

Just once in five years, we had a couple of inches of snow!

Within days, it was all gone and back into the mid-50s!

These past five years have gone by so fast!

But it is what we want!

We are still after twenty years –

Maintaining our healthy lifestyle!

Our choice was and still is after twenty years!

INFORMATION – EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

Today, if we choose –

We can see this every day!

This is our WHY, living near the beaches and borders!

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Papa’s World – A place in the sun!

February 1, 2026October 2, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

What is called “THE GROIN” on the East side of Ocean Isle Beach.

This multi-million dollar project was completed a few years ago.

Large granite boulders were placed 900 feet straight out into the ocean-

With a 90-degree turn –

This section of the “L” shape is short-

Then the dredging of the Shalotte channel began –

And the sand was blown onto the beach West of the GROIN!

This was about a mile and hundreds of feet wide!

The beach erosion in the past wiped out the ends of First and Second streets!

This design is designed to prevent that erosion from happening.

The project succeeded –

However, going East beyond the bouldered wall-

The erosion has devastated that area of the beach.

Huge sandbags and sand have been carried in.

That whole end is most likely to collapse –

Placing multi-million-dollar homes in extreme danger.

It is a mess, and lawsuits have been filed.

NOTE: Those homes were built there after the “GROIN” was put in place!

MOTHER NATURE: It is sad to see this happening – time will tell!

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

My sons and their families-

A visit a couple of years ago-

Here we were hiking a trail near Cherry Point.

Showing them a PLACE IN THE SUN far from the cold weather back in NWPA!

It can be nice there for a few months-

But the cold is the reason Sherry and I went to the South-

On the border of N.C. and S.C.

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

For healthy living!

SUNSET from our patio in the back yard.

Winter here is sunny, with blue skies and white clouds –

Most Winter days.

Here you see a late fall day-

Or an early winter day.

Almost zero snow and ice.

I bundle up – scarf and winter jacket-

Sometimes ear muffs-

But after walking a distance in the sun-

Slowly, I lose the scarf and earmuffs!

I do not like the cold-

I am comfortable at 74 degrees inside and 77 outside!

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

We chose our place in the sun –

Ocean Isle Beach!

Here you see the mainland and then the Causeway Bridge.

The town of OIB is after crossing the bridge.

We live back in the forest,

A couple of miles before crossing the bridge in the forest!

A little over ten minutes and we are here.

Sunset Beach is a couple of miles away, and we have access to that area also.

All shopping – gas – parks – box stores,

And multiple golf courses are within fifteen minutes of our house!

Wilmington is 45 minutes, and NMB is less than thirty minutes.

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

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Go to https://sfitzsommons.juiceplus.com

Sherry in our home-

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Papa’s World – Some HUMOR and good vibes to start the day!

January 31, 2026October 1, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

I AM – All of the above or some of it?

A GOOD VIBE to start your day!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT!

GOOD HUMOR FOR THE DAY!

Taylor on the left –

Cassidy on the right!

Cassidy on the left and Taylor on the right!

How they have grown –

Both in high school now!

MY GOOD VIBE FROM A PAST MEMORY!

GOOD AND POSITIVE VIBES!

LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS WITH GOOD FRIENDS!

Pam and Bob –

Now are in the area to see if they like it!

GREAT FRIENDS AND GOOD VIBES!

Our healthy choices for the past twenty years!

SHERRY’S WEBSITE with EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER:

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Papa’s World – Cool pictures and good vibes!

January 30, 2026September 30, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

On a Spring 2025 trip to Florida-

We went to the Villages –

We had spent considerable time visiting my brother, who lived there!

Several years ago, he passed away.

We decided during our trip there in Florida-

We would once again visit Sumpter Landing.

He lived a half mile away, and we walked it every day for months.

This picture was taken just outside the Radio Station –

Where a man had a couple of parrots.

One he placed on Sherry’s upper arm, and we got the picture!

Across the street is RED SAUCE –

This was my brother’s favorite place to sit, talk, and have a couple of beers!

A COOL PICTURE and brought back many GOOD VIBES in memories!

The WWII museum is back in my hometown of Eldred, Pa.

Buses stop here for tours, and while you only see the entrance-

It really is huge.

The tank coming through the wall is real!

Put it on your bucket list –

You will not be disappointed.

A COOL PICTURE and many memories and GOOD VIBES growing up here for me!

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Mother and daughters.

The Swedish gene runs deep!

Tammy on the left and Debby on the right!

A COOL PICTURE BRINGING GOOD VIBES TO OUR FAMILY!

Our choice for health and nutrition for over twenty years.

If you want more information-

EMAIL, PHONE NUMBER, AND INFORMATION INSIDE THIS WEBSITE!

Sherry’s site: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

A GOOD VIBE FOR THE DAY!

Shortly after I had my heart attack and before my four bypass surgery!

This was back in 2013, almost 2014.

Eight years before this, I had changed my eating habits-

Most likely, what kept me alive after FORTY YEARS of fast food and not eating well.

I have continued on what I practiced back then-

FOR ME, THIS IS A COOL PICTURE AND A GOOD VIBE MEMORY!

Me today!

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Papa’s World – Positive writings!

January 29, 2026September 29, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Writing a blog that has positive meanings.

Good thoughts and vibes.

That is my goal on every blog!

Nature – picking up trash on the beach!

We strive to keep the areas as clean as possible.

Volunteering once a year on trash pickup!

That is who we are!

This is one side of my son Shawn’s business-

The other side is auditing for power companies –

State and local governments for the elderly-

To qualify for energy savings!

Proud of this man for what he is accomplishing!

Looking ahead –

Winter is here –

But not so bad in the area we live in.

Here – we have mostly blue skies – sunshine-

But still warm coat and scarves weather.

But for the most part –

No snow and ice –

I can live with that as it warms up in the sunshine!

LOL- might just be some truth in this!

Cassidy – one of the twins –

She drew this when she was eleven years old, freehand!

Such a talent.

I love this, and we have it framed!

Our health and nutrition for over twenty years.

For information:

Sherry’s website with email and phone number.

Papa – during the COVID-19 pandemic –

Could not find a barber-

It just gets more curly with each passing week! LOL

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Papa’s World – Blogs – Thoughts and good times!

January 28, 2026September 28, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

We moved here in 2021-

The weather here is much warmer than in NVA or WNY –

Where we first lived.

Also – born and raised in NWPA –

We had a few months of ideal weather and then cold and snow!

Neither one of us enjoys that weather –

We both like to be warm.

Living here can be hot and humid.

You just learn when to go out,

And you can always head to the beach.

There – with the wind and shade –

It is comfortable for us.

Walking the beach with a shade hat on –

The surf on your feet and a breeze-

That is a WHY for us.

Coffee in the morning is a must for me!

Just one cup!

But – I also like a cup of tea-

Nothing in it and only cream in my coffee!

My mother and grandmother drank tea as I was growing up!

Later, Mom drank coffee!

My grandmother introduced me to “COFFEE SOUP”!

Wierd as it sounds –

It was during the DEPRESSION thing.

When hard times came –

She would make and bake bread!

As a way to substitute for other items-

She would slice a thick piece of homemade bread-

Then pour some coffee over it with sugar and milk from the cows.

They called this “COFFEE SOUP” and sometimes some thick bacon.

Which came from raising pigs.

Most everything was done on the farm.

My father would take two slices of homemade white bread –

Butter both pieces –

And cut a thick slice of onion and make –

“BREAD AND BUTTER ONION SANDWICHES” for his lunch pail –

On the oil leases where he was a supervisor!

This also went back to his upbringing during the “DEPRESSION”!

Our way for over twenty years of healthy eating!

THIRTY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES are going directly into the bloodstream from powder capsules.

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PAST MEMORIES make me laugh!

This could be a success! LOL!!!

Our front porch –

My place to sit and relax in the shade!

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Papa’s World – Good humor- great vibes- pictures!

January 27, 2026September 27, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

The twins were born on their mother’s birthday!

Not planned, but the doctor said it was time-

So they were premature.

Here is Tammy holding Taylor’s hand while Miss Independent- Cassidy –

Does her own thing! LOL

This – giving a GREAT VIBE to my picture!

A LOT OF TRUTH HERE!

Our feelings exactly!

On our bucket list dream – OAHU!

Someday, we would like to return only to the Big Island!

ABOVE – A PICTURE OF A GOOD VIBE!

OUR ROAD TO HEALTHY LIVING – PAST TWENTY YEARS!

email and phone number, and order on the website!

LOL – LOL!

PAPA – As a volunteer for the Sea Turtle Protection on Ocean Isle Beach!

We have finished our third year and look forward to the beginning of our fourth year-

In May of this year!

Some good advice-

We will continue as long as we can!

A GOOD VIBE FOR THE DAY!

Papa – talking to tourists about the turtles.

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Papa’s World – Writing Positives and humor!

January 26, 2026September 26, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Raised during this time in history-

Love – Peace and happiness!

GOOD DAY TO ALL OF YOU!

We have this place to go to for early morning coffee and tea!

Just across the causeway bridge over the ICW-

The eatery called CAUSEWAY 59-

You sit outside if you want and observe the boats coming into the marina!

It is quiet and peaceful-

A way to welcome the day!

WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE!

Cassidy – Bode and Taylor-

Back at our home in Brambleton, Va.

Time has gone by –

Bode is in 5th. grade and the twins are Freshmen in H.S.

But – I have memories of times gone by!

A gift I shall cherish as long as I live!

LOL- YEP – AS FAR AS I AM HITTING – THEY ARE SAFE!!!!

YES – I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO THIS!

A drink for health – if you have trouble swallowing capsules or pills-

This is health and nutrition in a fruit drink!

For more information, email and phone number, or just to try out –

Sherry’s site: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

When my two sons and family come to visit!

Several times they have been here.

Looking forward to when they once again make that long drive down here from NWPA!

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Papa’s World – Positivity – humor and vibes!

January 25, 2026September 25, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Maybe- Maybe not- you never know!

When he was small – Bode- on our couch in Brambleton, Va.

He would come and stay with us during the day before he started pre-school.

Often – quiet as a mouse!

Today, he plays flag football, golf, Lacrosse, and sometimes soccer.

I often want the little boy back, but I enjoy seeing him grow –

“Papa – what are we doing next”?

“I don’t know, but whatever it is – we will have fun”!

That is so true! LOL!

Two of my oldest friends.

All three of us grew up in Eldred.

Bob – on the left- we graduated together.

Jim – on the right – we played softball and worked together.

MEMORIES THAT GO WAY BACK!

For health and nutrition –

See Sherry’s WEBSITE –

Email and phone number-

Every day, I practice this and learn from my mistakes!

My quiet place-

My place to sit and watch.

Shaded all day – Neighbors go by –

Greetings are made-

Watch storms come in and go.

FRONT PORCH – many memories are here!

LOL – however – not for me-

My problem is waking up after four hours to go to the bathroom –

AND THEN falling back to sleep! LOL

We both love the BILLS and COMMANDERS!

But no fights here as to which ones to cheer for!

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Papa’s World – Laughs – Good thoughts – Pictures!

January 24, 2026September 24, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

GOOD DAY, everyone!

A blog to bring a smile and a good thought!

Here we are in Winter, and I am already looking toward Spring!

Sherry and I are not fans of cold weather.

However, living here is much better than wherever we have lived!

Another GOOD THOUGHT!

This is my way of life!

Cassidy was in her fort when she was younger!

I miss these days!

LOL – YEP – MAYBE I DO!!!!!!

Sherry selected this instead of capsules –

Simply because she has a problem swallowing pills and capsules.

Add the powder to water, mix it up, and either drink it down or sip it slowly.

For information – email or phone number-

This is her website: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

We are close to several beaches!

In retirement and being a SENIOR -We are living where we want to be.

For us –

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

In JULY 2024 – they all came to the beach to celebrate our 75th birthdays!

WE HAD LAUGHS – GOOD THOUGHTS and PICTURES!

FAMILY!

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FAMILY – OLDEST GRANDCHILDREN!

Papa’s World – Good thoughts and life memories!

January 23, 2026September 23, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

GOOD THOUGHT and GOOD VIBE for the day!

When we lived in NVA, we often made trips either on the Metro or by car-

Into Washington, D.C.

We moved into the area in 1999 –

First, for a couple of months in Alexandria,

Close to Old Town.

Then, for a dozen years, in and around Fairfax.

Finally – Brambleton –

Which was on the backside of the Dulles Airport in the country.

Dozens of times during those years –

We acted as tour guides to family and friends!

We would spend weekends going into the city with them.

Here is one time with friends from AZ. –

Sherry -on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with –

The Washington Monument and the reflecting pond in the background!

We loved going into the city.

I normally don’t like cities, as I feel closed in.

But – Washington, D.C. –

It is wide open, and the buildings can only be so high!

LOL – A SMILE FOR THE DAY!

Jo – Sherry and Paul –

REFLECTIONS on the Vietnam Wall!

They visited us from AZ.

We are all from that area of history.

We lost people we knew.

MEMORIES FROM THE PRESENT INTO THE PAST!

WHEN FRIENDS MAKE YOU LAUGH AND SMILE!

These friends go back decades –

And decades!

Sherry – Cindy and Dottie.

Oh, the times through the years they have had!

GOOD THOUGHTS AND LIFE MEMORIES!

Sherry switched to this instead of the capsules –

Because she has always had problems swallowing capsules and pills.

Tastes like FRUIT juice when mixed with water.

For more info –

Sherry’s website with email, phone number, and how to order-

The twins – Taylor on the left and Cassidy on the right-

When they were small, they would climb up onto my lap-

And we would watch the IPAD!

Today, they are in their first year of H.S.

Taylor is almost as tall as I am-

And Cassidy is a few inches shorter!

If only I could turn back time!

GOOD THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES!

The day Sherry and I took Ella and Maddy –

On the Metro to Arlington Cemetery –

And then we walked across the 14th. street bridge –

Into the Rolling Thunder Bike Rally!

I think they were maybe 13 and 16 years old.

It was an exciting trip as we walked in DC that day!

Covering most everything and then caught the Metro back just outside where we lived.

GOOD THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Together – our life!

January 22, 2026September 22, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

June 25th. 1982 – a second marriage for both of us.

Combining Sherry’s two daughters –

And my two sons.

Back at that time –

We had no money –

We both worked for AOTC –

In Olean, N.Y.

We lived in the country at the farthest point from the Portville School District.

Life was busy –

We would often load the kids up in our twelve-passenger van-

Pack food for picnics or overnight trips.

We lived on a budget yet tried to have as much fun as we could as a family.

The house where we lived had a long gravel driveway and in winter-

Provided a 1/10th of a mile sled ride.

We had a backyard, and on the far end –

A fire pit for cooking out and a bonfire at night!

Hardly any lights in the country and a star-filled sky at night!

We had dated for a year and a half.

Both of us are waiting for the divorce to be done.

It was a time that I would not trade –

We had new friends.

But the house was small –

We were going to find one closer to the school –

It was about 14 miles round-trip every time we had to take the girls to activities.

And for my sons who still lived with their mother –

20 to 25 miles round trip.

After five years, we found a home close to the school and closer to my two sons.

We lived in that house for 12 1/2 years.

In that time, the kids all graduated from H.S.

We were empty nesters, and we decided we needed a change.

We both transferred within the company to NVA!

We would end up moving three times – build two houses while working in NVA!

Between both of us-

We had 79 1/2 years of service to the same company at retirement.

During this time, we found a supplement with research-

To help us age as healthily as we can into our senior years.

Now – over twenty years later –

We are seniors and still take this every day!

Sherry’s site with email and phone number-

She decided to have this as a part-time business.

Papa – third from the left, and Sherry second from the right!

Being retired – and both closer to 80 than 70-

We volunteer – The Protection for Sea Turtles –

And the Food Pantry for our church.

Here we are after volunteering for the pick up of trash for OIB.

We covered first and second streets and side streets between Lee Street and Charlotte Street!

In July 2024 –

Our family celebrated our 75th birthdays on the beach!

With our friends, the McBrides,

After a day of golfing.

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Papa’s World – My “WHY” – writing blogs!

January 21, 2026September 21, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Yes – I do drink coffee-

One cup early in the morning as I read the newspaper online!

After that, I turn my attention to “PAPA’S WORLD”!

This blog is a result of my wife, SHERRY, telling me I needed to have a place-

Where my writing could be stored –

Since it just went into the internet world –

Somewhere out there in space!

Never to be recovered and read again.

So with help from her and a friend –

We found WORDPRESS –

And for a yearly fee-

I have my own BLOG SITE – titled – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog

“PAPA’S WORLD”!

Where members can SUBSCRIBE for FREE – 660 have now joined-

And a blog goes to their email whenever I write one, and it publishes at midnight-

All over the world!

Of all those members, I only know maybe 4 or 5!

The rest are WORLDWIDE-

And I can see each country that they live in.

AND IT IS FREE TO SUBSCRIBE!

My writing is a memory jogger for me.

It is an exercise that requires me to remember things!

I write them down as a memory –

And oftentimes, pictures of the past jog that memory!

This supplement on the right-

Also clears my mind and boosts my energy!

Along with the fruits and vegetables on the left.

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I am grateful that my wife and friend helped me start my blogs!

Today, there are over 2000 stored on my blog site.

You can just Google “PAPA’S WORLD – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog”

And they will come up.

This is also for our family-

GENERATIONS to come who can read and see our pictures!

Instead of photo albums –

There are stories of family, friends, events, and holidays!

Where we lived and how we lived.

That is most important for me.

I hope to continue to write and share my blogs as long as I can.

It has helped my memory –

My will to stay as healthy as I can.

Thanks to all of you for supporting my blogs all over the world!

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PAPA and SHERRY – JUNE 25th, 1982!

Papa’s World – Past memories in pictures!

January 20, 2026September 20, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Several years ago –

Along with our long-time friends – The McBrides-

We vacationed on Oahu!

This was a bucket list for both of us!

We also wanted to golf-

So we rented clubs and played a rainforest course in the mountains.

We even saw a mongoose and wild pigs!

In this picture, you can see the yellow ball just as Sherry hits it!

To her left are green Trees, bushes, and deep ravines!

Needless to say –

You do not look for lost golf balls on this course!

It was cart path only – at times going through jungle growth on either side of the cart!

Part of the course was in the rain forest-

And yes, it rained!

The other part was sunny and dry!

It was an experience I shall always remember.
GOLFING OAHU!

PAST MEMORIES IN PICTURES!

The Covid Pandemic!

We wore masks –

But I have had Covid three times.
I have had the two shots and the booster.

I was sick for a few days –

But no lasting results.

I do not plan to have additional shots-

As I also do not have the Flu shots.

I have been tested, and my body is producing antibodies!

BUT – A PAST MEMORY I SHALL ALWAYS HAVE!

This I have taken for over twenty years.

Absorbed directly into my bloodstream.

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Our kitchen island in our home in Brambleton, VA.

The three youngest grandkids lived one mile from us.

We were together all the time as their parents worked.

They eventually moved out to the country.

The 401K took a big hit-

However, this house has increased significantly in value.

We decided to cash out after 14.5 years.

What had been an everyday occurrence for years –

Became less and less.

Loundon County became more and more expensive to live in.

We decided since they were older and becoming more and more involved in activities-

It was time to find a warmer climate,

Yet it was a six-to seven-hour drive away!

We moved to Cameron Woods –

Just a short drive to OIB!

This is across the causeway bridge to Ocean Isle Beach-

In the wooded area in the upper left is where we live on the mainland!

We either go home or they come down, so we see them often-

And try to support them in the events they do.

They call Sherry – MORMOR- Swede for MOTHERSMOTHER –

And they call me PAPA!

PAST MEMORIES IN PICTURES!

Instead of capsules – a quick way to get your daily 30 fruits and vegetables!

Just mix with water and you have what tastes like FRUIT punch!

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Two of my oldest buddies-

On the left – Buck –

And on the right – Jimmy!

Yes – we do funny things –

But then we have been friends since the mid to late 70s.

We all now live in the state of N.C.

PAST MEMORIES IN PICTURES!

On our wedding day –

JUNE 25th. 1982!

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Papa’s World – Reflections of the past!

January 19, 2026September 19, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

In our home in NVA at Brambleton-

We had several TOWER GARDENS!

They are growing systems requiring only –

WATER – AIR and NUTRIENTS!

An aquarium pump in the base filled with water –

Pumps the water to the top on a timer!

Then it filters down from the top

And the roots hang in the air and are saturated by the water.

Nutrients are added to the base where the water is stored –

Thus, your plants are fed all the time.

These nutrients are special –

The system grows in weeks, compared to months in soil.

We had so much that we gave it away to neighbors.

Today, since July 2021, when we moved into our home in Cameron Woods Community-

It has grown all year on our back patio.

Fresh vegetables with no pesticides year-round.

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST continued to this day!

THE TRUTH IS HERE!

Right after we moved in –

Our patio is in the rear of the house.

We had not set up the tower garden yet-

You can see it in the corner-

Soon, we had it going and producing!

REFLECTIONS IN THE PAST!

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Sherry – relaxing on the beach, which is a ten-minute drive away!

OUR WHY we selected where we live.

We are blessed and share our home with –

FAMILY and FRIENDS!

We grew up in this era-

Many fond memories!

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

Sarah with her father and mother –

A prom in her High School days.

She is now a college student!

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

FRIENDS – Bob and Pam-

They have now leased a house about 9 miles from us for a year.

For six and one-half years –

They were on the road in a Class A RV!

Bob and I went to school together –

They are trying out the area to see if they like it here full-time!

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

My quiet place to sit on the front porch!

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REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

Papa’s World – A heritage on Sherry’s family!

January 18, 2026September 18, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry was raised in a little town in Pa. called Mount Jewett!

Back in the 1800s,

Swedish immigrants settled here and actually built the town-

Along with an eight-sided replica of a church back in Sweden!

This church is called Mount Nebo, and during special times of the year, it still holds services!

Every year in August, over the past 50 years –

The community holds what is known as THE SWEDISH FESTIVAL!

Usually lasting three or four days!

A large parade with marching bands and local fire departments!

Organized events and a chicken BBQ!

When her mother was still alive-

We would go and spend the week with her!

There was a local grocery store called “BILLS” just up the street.

And – we always put an order in to take back home-

“CITY CHICKEN LEGS”! which were made there in the meat department!

In our 43-plus years of marriage –

This was always a dinner we had with her mother and father!

After her mother passed away, we decided to try to make our own.

It is made out of PORK and VEAL ( WE ADDED PRIME CUT OF STEAK) –

And then dipped in egg batter –

And dipped in a mixture of seasoned bread crumbs!

The meat is threaded on wooden skewers –

Here in our home in Brambleton –

We make the CITY CHICKEN LEGS.

This dish originated during the GREAT DEPRESSION!

When pork was more affordable than chicken.

It was made to look like Chicken Legs breaded!

Back at that time, it was a POLISH AMERICAN DISH!

Cindy and Sherry are sitting on the patio at her mother’s house during the SWEDISH FESTIVAL!

I do not know how this became a family tradition-

As her mother’s mother was born in Sweden –

And her father’s ancestors were Scottish-German.

But we always had the dish during the festival when we visited!

Just looking at these pictures of what our CITY CHICKEN LEGS looked like-

Make my mouth water!

After we moved to OIB and Cameron Woods Community-

We have not made them again.

And after her mother passed away and the house was sold-

We have not been back!

Our choice as a supplement for health and nutrition!

CITY CHICKEN LEGS!

PAPA and SHERRY-

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Papa’s World – Looking back – pictures!

January 17, 2026September 17, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

This is the day I came home from the hospital-

After having open heart surgery-

FOUR BY-PASSES!

I never went to the step-down unit-

Instead, five hours after the surgery was done –

I was standing up.

I went directly to the room where I would be discharged.

The surgery was at 10 am. Monday-

This picture was taken at 1pm. on Wednesday.

They wanted to do a study on me as I was the healthiest patient they had for bypasses-

But I said no!

The next day, I started walking inside-

Up and down the stairs and around every room for 30 minutes at a time.

I had a HEART PILLOW I clutched to my chest.

After a couple of weeks, I walked outside.

My journey to better health began ten years prior.

I am convinced that had I not started my routine-

I would not have survived the heart attack!

I had given up SODA’S – FAST FOOD – MILK!

I cut way back on beer.

We had started walking.

And yes, I took meds.

But for ten years, I slowly began changing my body by ingesting JUICE PLUS!

The capsules have been studied and proven to contain the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables-

They are absorbed into the bloodstream after they dissolve.

Every four to six months –

I get tested –

This surgery was at the end of 2013!

Today – still on meds-

My stats are:

Cholesterol- 99

Triglycerides- 57

HDL- 32 ( working on this)

LDL- 54

VLDL Cholesterol calc- 13

AIC- 6.7 ( working on this)

My journey will be for the rest of my life.

Here I am over 12 years later-

I am 76 years old here.

I will continue as I have for the last twenty-plus years –

Taking this supplement.

I will not go back to the things I gave up.

I will be tested every four to six months by my doctors.

To go over twelve years

And still the results of my stats are the same as when I had my first test-

After my surgery-

Proves to me I am on the right path.

I may be an exception –

BUT I BELIEVE!

Last year, we both turned 75 years old.

If this interests you-

Sherry has been a partner all these years since we first started!

She has her own website with her email and phone number.

This is my own story.

This is me!

For contact or just read and order.

ALL THE PUBLISHED RESEARCH IS THERE!

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Papa’s World – Scenes from the past!

January 16, 2026September 16, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Mike – Sarah – Ella – Debby – Maddy and Sherry.

Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach!

In the background – a huge condo complex.

We had considered living there, but it felt too much like a vacation rental.

These are the oldest grandkids with their parents.

We are about an eight-hour drive from their home, North of Winchester, VA.

So they visit, and we go back to visit throughout the year!

This is but one scene from the past!

Here are my two sons and their families.

They are from back in NWPA-

Where they had grown up!

It is a very long drive down here, but they have made the trip several times!

Excited for them to visit once more!

SCENES FROM THE PAST!

The youngest grandkids and their parents at the waterfront at Calabash!

They often come to visit –

It is a little over a six-hour drive!

The kids are all busy in different areas and are quite busy.

But the trips we make back and then coming here-

Keeps us in touch!

This is but one more scene from the past!

On one of our many walks on the far EAST END of OIB!

Looking for Sea Turtle crawls and at the same time collecting garbage off the beach!

SCENES FROM THE PAST!

Our way of getting the nutrients from 30 fruits and vegetables –

absorbed instantly into our bloodstream!

The website with how to purchase- an EMAIL ADDRESS and A PHONE NUMBER!

They grew up so fast!

Above when young –

Ella and Maddy –

Then, when they were in college, both captains played against one another!

Today, they have graduated from college and both work in their own fields!

SCENES FROM THE PAST!

My quiet place ( Front porch) where I sit and watch the neighbors walk, bike, or drive by!

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Papa’s World – The past with pictures!

January 15, 2026September 15, 2025 / Tom / 1 Comment

Cindy and Sherry are sitting on her mother’s backyard patio in Mount Jewett, Pa.

They stayed here with us, and her mother was by that time in the nursing home!

Just one of many memories we have of traveling together over the years!

THE PAST WITH A PICTURE!

One of my longtime best friends – Jimmy!

We grew up in the same little NWPA town called ELDRED!

Jim – up Barden Brook and me on North Main Street!

In the mid-70s, we played softball together-

And we also both worked for AOTC-DAL TILE!

We raised our kids and took vacations to the beach together.

Sherry – Jim and I all transferred to Va..

He to Va, Beach and us to NVA!

Today we are all retired and still try to get together several times a year.

We are all in N.C., although over three hours apart!

THE PAST WITH A PICTURE!

OUR GO TO FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS!

Our home on Minerva Street in Brambleton, Va.

This was taken from our neighbor’s front yard.

Brambleton was full of folks who worked for the state and the federal government.

The couple who lived here –

She was a stay-at-home mom, and he was the Director of Counterintelligence Worldwide for the FBI.

He retired and moved away a few years before we did.

THE PAST WITH A PICTURE!

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My grandpa, David Aiken, and wife, Nora.

I never knew him, as he passed before I was born in 1949!

However, I have his name for my middle name.

My grandma lived with us, and I remember sitting on her lap on the front porch-

And seeing a boy walking down the street to the school.

I asked her when I would be able to walk to school-

And she said, ” I’d be in a couple of years when you turn six!”

That was my very first memory of her!

THE PAST WITH A PICTURE!

Looks like and tastes like red fruit punch-

But has the powdered nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables that are-

Immediately absorbed into the bloodstream!

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PAPA of PAPA’S WORLD – closer to 80 than 70!

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Papa’s World – A look back!

January 14, 2026September 14, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Bode and Cassidy –

Patiently waiting as Taylor takes a lesson in riding horses!

Bode watches as Taylor tightens the saddle.

This was years ago –

Taylor is now fifteen years old, and Bode is eleven years old!

Taylor has loved horses and riding since she was about four years old.

She applied for a job working in a barn and getting paid for something –

She has been doing it for free for years!

For her,

It is a pleasure and not a job!

Her dream is to go to a college-

That has an equestrian program!

Taylor – Tammy and Cassidy.

Hoping her dream comes true –

A proud mother and her two daughters!

Here is our way of getting all those fruits and vegetables into our bloodstream with the nutrients!

We have taken this for over twenty years!

Here is the website with Sherry’s email and phone number!

Sarah –

Her early birthday and her sixteenth.

Today, she is a Freshman in college.

In her senior year –

She drew this picture-

Representing the past of her high school to the left-

And today’s H.S. on the right!

Her car is the white one on the right next to her father’s car on the right.

These are all her friends in the picture!

She also submitted the above, and it was painted on two spots in the school!

She is very artistic- her signature is bottom left!

Funny and bright!

She will go a long way!

She never stopped believing in herself!

Sarah – a look back!

On our wedding day –

6-25-1982!

JULY – 2024 – on the beach –

Family is celebrating our 75th birthday!

We seriously take our health to the next level!

Twenty plus years!

Aging during our SENIOR years!

our website with email and phone number!

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Seventy-six years old!

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PAPA’S WORLD – A LOOK BACK!

Papa’s World – Life in memories!

January 13, 2026September 13, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

FRIENDS!

We have a core group that has been friends for decades.

We all lived back in WNY and WPA-

Just a few miles away from each other.

Over the years, we have tried to get together as often as possible.

Life and grandkids now dictate when that will happen.

But that friendship survives to this day!

FRIENDS – MEMORIES and LIFE IS GOOD!

Daughters of ours and our friends!

Next generations.

Last October – Sherry – Cindy and Dottie – with daughters –

Attended the Bills vs. Panthers football game in Carolina.

Friendships continue in the next generation.

YES!!!!!

LOVE – PEACE and BLESSINGS!

A SUPPLEMENT OF CHOICE FOR US!

Our friends for many years –

We love getting together to play a golf scramble-

Of guys vs gals.

Sometimes they win, and sometimes we win!

FRIENDS FOR LIFE!

Long-time friends and my grade school buddy!

They are now 10 miles from us –

Leasing a place for a year to determine-

If they like this area after spending –

SIX PLUS years in an RV –

Living up and down the East Coast and to the West Coast.

FRIENDS – LIFETIME!

DRINK OF CHOICE-

SUPPLEMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!

I am closer to 80 than 70!

For over TWENTY YEARS I have taken a supplement-

It delivers the nutrients of fruits and vegetables (30) –

Absorbed directly into my bloodstream!

CAPSULES – or GUMMIES or POWDERED DRINK WITH WATER!

My health stats are excellent.

I now weigh five pounds less than I did when I graduated in 1967!

I HAVE NEVER MISSED A DAY!

THIS IS ME!!!!!

A NEW WAY OF LIFE, ONE DAY AT A TIME!

LOL – BUT TRUE!!!

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Papa’s World – Life at one day at a time.

January 12, 2026September 12, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Living life one day at a time- living life doing it my way!

I have been doing this since I had my heart attack all those years ago.

At the time –

I had six more months to work and then retire at 65!

I had open heart surgery –

And four by-passes!

I never went back to work!

Since that time –

I came to realize you never know from day to day-

What might be the last day you are alive!

It was then that I decided to continue my journey on healthy living.

I had changed my diet after 40 years of eating fast food before my heart attack!

It was this change I had made that to this day –

Convinces me that is the reason I survived my “WIDOW MAKER HEART ATTACK”!

These capsules helped me build my body –

They provided nutrients that, when taken –

Go directly into the bloodstream.

The doctors and surgeons all told me –

I WAS THE HEALTHIEST HEART ATTACK PATIENT THEY EVER HAD!

They wanted me to come back for a study, and I declined!

On a Monday at 10 am. –

I had the four bypasses!

At 6:30 pm.. I was standing up.

Later that night, I was assisted in walking!

I never went to the step-down unit-

Instead, I went to the room I checked out of.

The next morning, they removed all the wires from my chest, and I was walking with Sherry!

On Wednesday at 1pm.-

I WAS HOME!

And started walking several times a day up and down our stairs –

And around in each room for THIRTY MINUTES each time.

I was home in a little over 48 hours from the start of my surgery!

Now, I am convinced that had I not made changes to my diet and taken this supplement-

I would not have survived.

I continue to this day –

My recent cholesterol was 99!

My Triglycedeides were 57!

LDL was 54!

HDL was 32, which means I need to walk more!

I have been on MEDS for ELEVEN and ONE HALF years –

Because of the HEART ATTACK and the damage it caused!

I now weigh five pounds less than I did the day I graduated in 1967.

Since that day –

I HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

LIVING LIFE DOING IT MY WAY!

And that is the name of my blog-

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And I am convinced this is my “WHY” to live that way!

Since that time all those years ago-

The company has developed this powder to mix with water.

It tastes like FRUIT juice!

But – I still take the capsules –

Have for over twenty years.

Because Sherry has a hard time swallowing any pill or capsule –

She switched to the above mixture –

They both do the same thing.

They are absorbed directly into the bloodstream!

Yes – this is me today!

A survivor of a heart attack that should have been my last day alive!

I will always take this supplement-

I will always believe this is what I did to allow me to be here today!

LIVING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

LIVING LIFE DOING IT MY WAY!

Here is the site where you can ask questions by email or over the phone!

My only REGRET?

Someone did not show this thirteen years before I had the heart attack!

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Papa’s World – Living – humor – good thoughts!

January 11, 2026September 11, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

There have been a few times that all three of the oldest granddaughters –

Have visited at the same time!

Today – Maddy and Ella –

Two have graduated from college,

And Sarah is in her freshman year of college!

Here we are, OIB Marina.

LIVING – and GOOD THOUGHTS with them!

As the grandkids get older-

Memories have a way of keeping us close.

Children grow and their lives change-

Just as ours did!

THE MEMORIES REMAIN – until we meet again!

They will always be in our minds and thoughts!

LOL – HUMOR – keeps you young at heart!

PEACE – LOVE – CARING – we are all human.

Spending time with friends –

Decades and decades.

Life is good!

Our life choice over twenty years ago – still to this day –

For info, go to: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

LOL – WISHFUL THINKING!

YES IT DOES! LOL

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Papa’s World – Positive good vibes!

January 10, 2026September 10, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Today’s world is full of negative thoughts and vibes.

This blog will present the opposite!

Enjoy yourself – live for the moment-

Engage is volunteering –

Stay away from the news cycle( find a reliable source not connected to major networks!)

Find interesting books –

I love mysteries – Sci-Fi!

Walk – try a hobby –

Find quiet time!

In our area on Sunset Beach –

Is the KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX-

A walk down the beach for a mile and a half

An area with benches and a mailbox containing journals inside.

A view of the rolling surf, and behind you, a view of sand dunes, marsh, and a bay!

A large piece of driftwood with a plaque dedicated to the two hippies who decades ago-

Lugged a mailbox here, installed it, and called it the KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX!

You write your thoughts down, and someone collects the notebooks,

And they are in a college museum for posterity.

A TIME FOR REFLECTION!

Sherry won a raffle for a pontoon boat for a day.

We invited friends, and we went on the ICW-

A day spent cruising and yes –

Riding the waves of larger boats!

Making memories-

A POSITIVE MEMORY!

A new way for us to sip a drink that contains the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables is –

Immediately absorbed into the bloodstream!

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com if interested –

EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER ARE THERE!

Stay positive – disregard the news that makes you angry!

Life is too short to wrap yourself up in misinformation!

Offer a hand to help – comfort –

And just be there!

Help – comfort and volunteer your services.

It keeps you busy and gives you a feeling of accomplishment.

Don’t engage in political discussions –

NO ONE WINS!

Enjoy the arts, music, and venues.

Shop even when you are not going to buy anything –

ENJOY YOUR LIFE!

Our goal going into our SENIOR YEARS-

Find a way –

To age as healthily as you can.

Read the published research!

Talk to people and read!

For more information – email and phone number-

I wake up early –

A lifetime habit!

Enjoy the beauty of a nice day.

Start the day with a smile of just being alive!

Keep your friends close –

And your family!

Visit often –

Enjoy the company!

FRIENDS – laugh and have a great time –

Life is too short not to!

FAMILY – POSITIVE GOOD VIBES!

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Papa’s World – Life with Good humor and thoughts!

January 9, 2026September 9, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Dottie is pointing to Sherry’s Buffalo Bills shirt!

Our roots to the Bills go all the way back to the late 80s.

Before we moved to NVA in 1999!

In our home, we are divided –

She roots for the Bills, and I do too!

More so than I!

I am a Washington Commanders fan!

My second team is the BILLS-

And Sherry’s second team is the COMMANDERS!

We cheer for both of them!

Makes for some GOOD HUMOR and THOUGHTS!

LOL – have been there and done that!

You need some GOOD HUMOR on the golf course – at least I do! LOL

A healthy way to get the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables absorbed into your bloodstream!

Just take the powder, add water, and mix it up!

It is red in color and tastes like FRUIT punch –

But as research shows –

It does what is claimed to do!

HA-HA! This is the reason I blog –

To keep my memory and mind active!

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR ME!

A GOOD THOUGHT!

LOL – A lot of truth in this!

If this interests you and you want answers-

Sherry’s email and phone number are on the website!

SHERRY- https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

POSITIVE THINKING – leads to POSITIVE RESULTS!

JULY – 2024 – celebrating our 75th birthdays on OIB!

This for twenty years-

Is what we are!

Both health and supplemental income.

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Papa’s World – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TROY!

January 8, 2026September 8, 2025 / Tom / 1 Comment

My oldest son –

I can still remember his taking my fingers as we walked up the street –

To my parents’ house on Main Street in Eldred, Pa.

We were renting an apartment above the Western Auto!

I was on second shift at the Olean Tile Company.

3 pm. to 1 am.

Ten straight hours a day, and breaks were on the fly!

Troy and I would walk up the street every day –

No one would be home there, but my sister lived next door, and she was home.

My parents had the Bradford Era delivered every day, and I would read it while Troy played.

Those were special days for me.

He was always curious –

He would constantly take things apart and put them back together again

Today, he can build a house from the ground up-

Doing everything!

He got that from my father, not me.

Troy on the left and his brother Shawn.

Troy still lives in the area where he grew up.

He is still in construction and a builder to this day.

Troy – to you on this special day –

HAPPY BIRTHDAY-

In my heart, I shall always cherish that little hand squeezing my fingers as we walk up the street.

The little blond-haired boy who loved taking things apart and putting them back together again.

The man you are today – a free spirit and a heart of gold.

Troy and Andrea –

On the beach, the last time they visited.

Until I see you again –

Hugs – many more years to come!

From both of us –

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Love ya!

Dad.

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Papa’s World – Living life in the South!

January 7, 2026September 7, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

We spent the first 50 years of our lives in NWPA and WNY!

Here – from left to right –

My friends and neighbors!

Jimmy – from the same town I grew up in, NWPA!

We played softball together and worked together!

Mike – our next-door neighbor in WNY in Portville!

We played many funny tricks on each other, and he and his wife still live in WNY!

Buck – another neighbor in Portville – who was the first to leave and go South to N.C.

He and Cindy – his wife –

Have traveled the world with us!

Today, they live but 38 miles from us.

They are the main reason we came to N.C.

Some HUMOR for today!

Here is where we came in 2020 after selling our home in Brambleton, VA.

This is a three-bedroom, two-bath condo on the fourth floor with two elevators right outside this door.

The view through those glass sliding doors –

Overlooks a large lake with fountains and is a half mile long, and a walk to the beach entrance-

In Ocean Keyes – North Myrtle Beach.

Where those glass sliding doors are – to the right is another set off the master bedroom –

And is a completely screened-in lanai with fantastic views.

We were very happy here and once thought of buying here!

But – no garage and limited storage space.

Here we are on the beach in Winter on a warm day!

Our WHY for moving South-

Hardly any snow and ice!

The heat does not bother us so much-

You can walk the beach in summer, and the surf and breezes are all we need!

We spent nine months here –

At first, searching for houses for sale.

But soon found out that anything we could afford also needed updating!

So – we found a community just North across the border into N.C.

We could build cheaper and get everything we wanted!

So, we signed and spent the rest of the nine months here enjoying NMB and the area!

Our new home shortly after we moved in.

Eight miles to the border of S.C.

Shopping – entertainment all around us.

38 miles from our close friends, the McBrides!

Three beaches, 10 to 20 minutes from us!

In the middle of about 30 golf courses.

A brand new community and loads of new friends.

In the years since-

Old friends from NVA have moved down here, and we meet every so often.

My H.S. buddy and wife-

is here now, nine miles away, for a one-year lease to see if they like the area year-round-

After the past six plus years of RV living up and down the coast and out West!

The younger grandkids and family love it here and visit often!

The oldest grandkids and parents also love coming here!

We now volunteer for the protection of Sea Turtles on OIB! PERMIT 25st02!

We choose to live here –

Aging during our SENIOR YEARS –

And for the past twenty-plus years –

Taking a supplement to help us age as HEALTHILY as we can.

Now, a drink that provides 30 fruits and vegetables to absorb directly into the bloodstream.

Nationally recognized in the health and nutrition industry –

It has been sold in the USA and 27 countries and has been in business for almost FORTY years!

Our HEALTH SUPPLEMENT OF CHOICE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS!

For more information –

A website with an email and phone number for Sherry.

Our 75th birthdays are in 2024!

We have not looked back from our move to the South.

Enjoying our retirement and Senior Years!

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Papa’s World – Our steps to retirement!

January 6, 2026September 6, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Here we are –

Almost a dozen years into retirement!

That went fast –

Leading up to it and then faster –

Once it was here!

Back in 1999, we decided to transfer from AOTC- DAL-TILE –

Located in WNY in a town called Olean!

We ended up applying and then relocating to NVA!

From farm and country to DC life in NVA!

TRAFFIC – BY- PASSES JAMMED FULL OF TRAFFIC!

Quiet life of rural America to city life!

But it was a step we took on our road to retirement.

A brand new world opened up for us –

And we adapted!

Later, after we transferred to NVA-

We attended a Health fair called NBC FOR YOUR HEALTH-

At the convention center in Washington, DC.

We changed our diets – gave up some foods and drinks, and were preparing to –

Age as healthily as we can into our SENIOR YEARS!

FOOD BECAME OUR MEDICINE and MEDICINE OUR FOOD!

We started to choose wisely.

Our senior year was coming fast!

RETIREMENT was around the corner.

We invested in our 401K and upgraded our homes from one to another-

Building equity in the long run.

We now live in the highest per capita income in the country –

THE NVA AREA!

We retired –

And then the COVID PANDEMIC HIT!

The 401K took a major hit-

But – the value of the home we had lived and retired into-

Started to go up and up!

This would become our nest egg!

SOLD!

We said our goodbyes to family-

And headed South to a warmer climate and a less expensive area to live.

We now had our pensions – Social Security – 401K rebuilding –

And our investment in our online business from Juice Plus.

This investment of $50.00 was the best thing we ever did –

It gave us a residual income – monthly!

And we could take it wherever we went as long as we had the computer and the internet.

PLUS – The research proved that we got what we wanted –

To age as healthily as we could –

Was published!

Our retirement journey brought us here!

We had this home built –

All on one level –

I got my wish list of a covered, shaded front porch-

Sherry got her office!

To this day, she continues to run her internet business.

Warm weather – close to numerous friends –

Golfing – entertainment and two beaches!

This home is large enough to house family and friends-

Yet all one level –

And the costs per month –

Allow us to live comfortably in retirement.

To this day, we have residual income.

And a new product – a POWDER that mixes with water –

That provides 30 fruits and vegetables to absorb into the bloodstream,

Nutrients that our bodies need daily!

Now full-blown retirement –

Here we sit on the beach in July 2024 for our 75th birthdays.

For over twenty years –

We have journeyed with this supplement-

To age healthily.

As an income to help in our retirement –

You can check it out on this website:

There is an email and a phone number there!

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Papa’s World – Good Vibes- humor!

January 5, 2026September 5, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Good Day!

Early in our life together –

I dream of living near the beach!

We went on vacation to the Outer Banks!

The shores of New Jersey-

Florida and Virginia.

We even went to Myrtle Beach!

But- we always knew in the waning days of the week –

We would pack up and head back home!

That was the bummer –

Back to reality!

So – after we both retired –

And the Pandemic caused the 401K to go way down-

But the housing market expanded, and the price of our home went up

We sold, cashed in, and headed South!

After nine months of renting a condo on a lake in North Myrtle Beach-

We moved into our newly built home in Ocean Isle Beach –

Cameron Woods Community – N.C.

We were still close to NMB- 16 miles –

Shopping –

The hospital and doctors.

When you are our age –

That is important, –

As is the Dentist and eye doctor.

Entertainment is thirty to sixty minutes away.

All the nearby beaches are ten to thirty minutes away.

Here – we sit on OIB – ten minutes from our home.

In July 2024, with family,

We celebrated our 75th. birthdays!

Our home is designed to provide space-

For all of them.

We are for the most part –

Out of the snow, ice, and very cold weather.

Neither of us likes the cold and is not winter sports savvy!

We can step outside in our driveway to observe the sunrise.

It is green year-round –

We can grow our TOWER GARDEN-

Year-round on our back patio!

We try to see the grandkids as much as we can, and they come down to our home!

We are well into our SENIOR YEARS-

And twenty years ago –

We searched and found a way to age as healthily-

As we possibly could!

We found this supplement,

With published research that proves it does what it says!

I have not missed a day in over TWENTY YEARS!

Sherry has always had trouble swallowing pills or capsules!

And this past year, they introduced a powder to mix with water.
She can sip or drink it as she wants.

It is very simple –

Put the powder in a glass of water-

Mix it up – it tastes like FRUIT punch!

And you immediately get the nutrients into your bloodstream-

All THIRTY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!

It is well known in the world of health and nutrition.

Sold in the USA and in twenty-seven countries worldwide!

LOL – OLD TIME GOLF!

We decided twenty years ago –

To pay for our orders –

To become partners in Juice Plus.

$50.00 a year – and have our own website –

This first step, within a couple of months,

Pays for both of our journeys into healthy aging as SENIORS!

It has also provided us with a supplemental income to help with Social Security, pension, and 401K!

POSITIVE OUTLOOKS –

Today, we are aging as healthily as we can.

If you would like an EMAIL or PHONE NUMBER-

Then simply go to Sherry’s Website!

It was a game-changer for us in both health and retirement!

Because of all the above –

WE ARE HERE!

Enjoy your day –

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Papa’s Wprld – MY thoughts- humor – good and positive!

January 4, 2026September 4, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Friendship is free!

Smiles are free!

Volunteering is free!

There is a lot in life that sends a positive message to other folks!

Make life as pleasant as possible!

On this day, we played golf with friends Cindy and Buck –

He only putts now.

So – Sherry – Cindy and I shot a 39!

Proud of that!

Life is good!

It is the positive results that keep us coming back to golf!

Cindy and Sherry –

Sitting on the patio in the backyard of her late mother’s house-

In Mount Jewett, Pa.

We were there for the Swedish Festival before her mother passed away.

A GOOD MEMORY for us from the past!

Advice or a smile for you!!!!!

Laughter – smiling is free!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT for me –

My HAPPY place to sit and watch the World go by!

Our front porch –

This was the one thing I wanted when we decided to BUILD a house!

HAPPY THOUGHTS – POSITIVE THOUGHTS – LAUGHTER are all welcome here!

Our life together started before we were married on 6-25-1982-

We dated for a year and a half.

We combined two sets of children –

Her becoming a stepmother,

And I am a stepfather.

Now, today –

They all come to visit.

A VERY BIG POSITIVE IN OUR LIVES!

Now there is a POWDERED drink for Juice Plus.

If you have trouble swallowing capsules –

This fruit Juice drink –

It is an easy way to get all the nutrients into your bloodstream from 30 fruits and vegetables.

The powder and when mixed with water –

A red juice that tastes good.

Easy – fast and you can sip this if you want!

Twenty-plus years,

We have taken this supplement-

I have never missed a day.

We also became a partner in the company –

To help pay the cost for both of us twenty years ago.

Sherry was given a website for becoming a partner.

You can read all about it –

See the published research –

Order email or Phone her – it is on the site.

Sold in the USA and 27 countries WORLDWIDE –

And in business for almost FORTY YEARS!

JUICE PLUS – Worldwide leader in the health and nutrition business.

SHERRY and her WEBSITE: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

SHE IS A CERTIFIED HEALTH CORDINATOR AND AN SSC IN THE COMPAMY!

PAPA’S WORLD – 2024, celebrating our 75th birthdays!

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Papa’s World – Word Press blog – New Year!

January 3, 2026September 2, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

The “KINDRED SPIRIT” mailbox.

We are now into a new year –

Yet this staple of a couple of HIPPIES –

Decades and decades ago –

Continues on –

New folks walk the mile and a half of the beach to sit and write their thoughts.

All these years – storm after storm –

And it continues – years of notebooks and writings!

Situated on the far end of SUNSET BEACH ( known as Bird Island)-

There are two benches –

The mailbox with a pencil-pen and a notebook inside!

And on the dune behind it –

Sits a large piece of driftwood –

With a plaque dedicating this site to those two hippies all those years ago.

Can you imagine the two of them lugging all the materials down the beach for two miles –

To install the mailbox –

Creating a myth – the storyline is endless.

Today, you can walk this and rest on a bench –

Gazing out to sea –

And write your thoughts in a notebook that for all these years and notebooks –

Have been preserved for future generations to read and study!

A way of life that both of us grew up in!

Give thanks for peace, love, and caring.

Not a bad way to live your life.

This past year, Sherry finally got a supplement that did not involve pills or capsules!

She has always had a hard time swallowing either one.

But – for over TWENTY YEARS –

She has taken the SUPPLEMENT JUICE PLUS!

Those capsules with nutrients –

Went directly into the bloodstream!

Today – The SUPER FOOD POWDER by JUICE PLUS-

Does the same –

A powder mixed with water and tastes like FRUIT punch! A WIN!

You too can do the same.

Just follow on her website for the research – what it has proven to do –

And the USA and Twenty-Plus countries it is sold in!

www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com ( HER WEBSITE)!

MY BLOG and my WORDPRESS WEBSITE-

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FRIENDS – FAMILY – MEMORIES – all in here for GENERATIONS to come to see and read!

We created this so the past and present are available to those yet to come-

In generations of family!

This blog represents my memories written down and shared worldwide!

I have some 655 members –

I only personally know 4 or 5 of them –

The rest are all over the World-

And also members of WordPress with their own blogs.

Each morning, I check the “STATS” of my site.

At any given time, there are 8 to 10 countries listed as having read my blog!

This amazes me as I had no idea it would go like this.

My original thought was to have a secure place to store all these blogs.

All you have to do is on GOOGLE –

TYPE IN – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog –

A search that should bring up blogs that I have written.

Or you can SUBSCRIBE on the site,

And you will get the blog when it posts!

THIS IS ALL FREE!

Follow along on our journey through life that started on June 25th. 1982!

Our life has traveled the globe –

We are now traversing our “SENIOR YEARS” together one day at a time.

I made a promise to Sherry –

When I started writing these blogs!

I will keep them positive – good thoughts – humor and laughter –

And show the family through the years, along with friends.

I will not write on Politics –

I will keep it wholesome and a place where readers can find comfort-

Think positive and laugh!

A big hug and a thank you to all who read this.

We are “HIPPIES” at heart.

May your journey be filled with positive thoughts-

Laughs – humor – FAMILY and FRIENDS!

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Papa’s World – Easy living – OIB!

January 2, 2026August 31, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Yes – during the “VACATION SEASON” it is crowded and quite busy!

However, it was this way in the NVA every day throughout the year.

Back there – we learned when to venture out –

And what secondary roads we could travel on.

Here you have one way to the beach –

And we know when to try to cross the bridge and when not to!

It all comes down to the “TIME OF DAY”!

And what the heck –

WE ARE RETIRED!

We have no schedule –

We can come and go as we want.

A very BIG PLUS for us –

We get to stay, while others have a week and leave.

WE ARE NO LONGER THE OTHER FOLKS!

From the end of May to early September –

Our park has OPEN-AIR FREE CONCERTS on Friday evenings.

This draws five hundred to seven hundred people.

But – in the off-season,

There are other concerts,

And festivals and vendors!

So you could say we have the best of both worlds –

PLUS THE WEATHER in September- October and November!

Born and raised in the NYS and WPA –

Those months are like Summer months to us!

The beach is not crowded –

The water is still warm if you want to go in

I DON’T! LOL!

I am satisfied walking in the surf –

Sitting under the shade and just enjoying life near the beach!

We are volunteers for the SEA TURTLE PROTECTION – NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION-

PERMIT 25ST02!

This season runs from mid-May until almost the end of October-

Depending on when the last Sea Turtle lays her eggs!

We spend a lot of time at the beach during this time.

Again, you plan the time you are going and add the time it takes to get there!

Our volunteer work involves –

BEACH WALKING to find Sea Turtle Crawls-

Twenty-four-hour on-call for the VERIFICATION team of Sea Turtle nests.

NEST SITTINGS ( OBSERVATIONS and THE HATCHING OF SEA TURTLES AND CROWD CONTROL)

CHECKING KNOWN NESTS.

SET UP AND TAKE DOWN OF THE “TURTLE TALKS”!

HELPING VENDOR BOOTH.

EDUCATING FOLKS ON THE “WHY” of protection for SEA TURTLES!

We have been married for over FORTY THREE years and together for TWO YEARS before our marriage.

WE ARE NOW ON WHAT I CALL – Easy Living – OIB life!

We selected this site and life after selling our home in Brambleton, VA.

Before that, we lived and worked in WNY!

Family and Friends are very important to us.

We have new friends and old ones who have also moved down here-

And other long-time friends who live in N.C.

Buck and Cindy have been in the area near Leland for years and years-

They were our neighbors back in WNY!

We have maintained these friendships all these years.

Jim and I grew up in the same little town in WPA –

We worked together and played softball together.

Dottie is married to Jim and is from the same town I grew up in.

They now live in Northern N.C.

And all of us get together.

They are also friends with Buck and Cindy.

Our life has evolved –

Living in the South with almost no snow or ice.

This suits us in our Senior years!

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Papa’s World- “HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

January 1, 2026September 1, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

WELL-WELL-WELL!!!! Have you made your New Year’s Resolution?

Mine is to enjoy each and every day to the plus!

I gave up losing weight-

Instead, I want to be happy!

Today, we are where we want to be.

LOL – this can be very true!

I make lists of things to do-

I keep a daily calendar of “STUFF” coming up!

I know what day of the week it is by

The fact that church is on Sunday-
Garbage goes outside on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday- the garbage is picked up.
Monday – Wednesday – Friday -the recycles can be taken care of.
And walking the beach could be any day it does not rain! LOL

COFFEE – I look forward to COFFEE each morning!

One cup is all I drink-

Sometimes I drink tea!

But – COFFEE is my tiny pleasure.

I do not drink WINE – or HARD STUFF!

I occasionally have a beer. Light beer – not IPA!

I do not smoke or chew-

I drink mainly ice water.

When I do have a draft beer, it is a local called “RED OAK”!

So – “HAPPY NEW YEAR’S” for me –

It’s mainly being with family, friends, music, songs, and a hug at midnight!

Kind of boring – but that is what it is!

Our dear friends for decades and decades.

Now – we – Shery and I – are the older seniors!

But we still enjoy the friendships of these folks over the years.

Golfing – music and laughter.

To many more good times to come!

Memories are made of songs sung and laughter –

To be enjoyed for a lifetime.

FRIENDSHIPS are for life-

WE ARE BLESSED!

A memory of little Taylor I shall always have.

To each and every one of you –

Across the USA and across the WORLD –

“HAPPY NEW YEAR” from us to you.

You are what makes this blog –

FAMILY – FRIENDS – PEOPLE-

FROM PAPA – ” HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

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Papa’s World – Beach dreams and living life!

December 31, 2025August 30, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

The Ocean Isle Beach pier!

We always dreamed of beach living.

While we are on the mainland –

We are close enough to drive anytime we wish-

And walk the sand and surf!

I remember vacations where I wished ed did not have to leave.

Those were wishful thoughts!

On the long drives back from vacations –

I always thought “ONE DAY”!

Now, when we walk or sit on the sand and listen to the surf-

And we ourselves watch as the vacation families change on check-out and check-in day-

We are now in our dream and happy place.

It is hard to believe that it was five years ago that we sold our forever home and moved South.

Today – this is our neighborhood.

Already, people have sold and moved on.

We have met new neighbors and said goodbye to old ones.

There are many second homes in this area.

Meaning the folks come and go each month.

But – except for trips back to see family-

We are the constants in what is now our retirement home.

Growing into this life –

Aging as healthily as we can.

My one thing I wanted in a new home!

A front porch where I could sit in the shade and watch and greet folks as they went by!

Our home is large enough to have folks and family stay –

Yet on one floor easy to maintain.

We have almost all of the landscaping the way we want it!

I no longer mow and trim –

But we grow plants and flowers and battle the Deer from eating them!

This is home – where we live.

Friends are nearby, and we see them all!

Friends for decades and decades!

We live but 38 miles from them, and we visit often back and forth, and play golf!

JULY – 2024- on OIB with family –

Celebrating our 75th birthdays.

We are now seniors in the years we have spent on this earth.

But over twenty plus years ago –

We started searching for something – a food supplement –

That had published research that proved what it claimed.

We found it at NBC for Your Health in Washington, D.C.

This is what we have taken for over twenty years!

To age into our SENIOR YEARS – HEALTHY!

And now you can drink it instead of swallowing capsules!

Think of RED FRUIT PUNCH – it is powered by nutrients and water-

Tastes to me like FRUIT punch!

If any of this is of interest –

GO TO SHERRY’S WEBSITE – INFORMATION AND RESEARCH IS THERE-

ALONG WITH HER EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER.

IT HAS BEEN SOLD IN THE USA FOR FORTY YEARS AND IN 27 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.

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Papa’s World – Life with us!

December 30, 2025August 29, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

In our SENIOR years – we VOLUNTEER –

Once a month – for our church – Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church-

We volunteer for our church on Saturday-

At the Food Pantry!

Sometimes this also involves a Thursday night of packaging for Saturday morning.

Saturday usually goes from 8 am ( if I am on parking)to noon.

From mid-May to mid-October –

We volunteer for the Protection of-

Sea Turtles for Ocean Isle Beach!

During that time, one or both of us walk the East end of the beach for signs of a Sea Turtle laying her eggs.

Sherry is also on a 24-hour one day per week team verification .

At any time during that time period – (midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday)

She can and has been called out to find the nest and verify or move it according to the tide lines.

We also work to set up and take down for the weekly MONDAY TURTLE TALK!

We are on one of the teams that sit on the nests to monitor until they hatch!

We are also on standby if any team needs help!

Sherry works the booth at the Oyster festival to help raise money –

As we are a volunteer organization,

And need to raise funds to exist.

We also collect food at our Community Center to take to the food pantry.

Ocean Isle Beach Causeway.

And our front porch sign!

We choose to live here because it is middle ground to two beaches-

Big box stores –

Where we lived for nine months in North Myrtle Beach.

Over thirty golf courses.

Entertainment and many fine places to eat and enjoy coastal views!

Memories from the past!

Little Bode leaning forward to look at his sisters and cousins.

Maddy to far right-

Next is Ella and then Sarah!

Taylor – Cassidy and Bode!

Someday in the future I would like to get a picture of when they are older like this!

When the twins were little –

Taylor and Cassidy helping Papa bag leaves back in Brambleton, Va.

Past memories I cherish of past times!

Each and every day I count one more day as a Blessing!

Sherry and Papa- relaxing at the beach – our dream come true in our SENIOR YEARS!

In JULY – 2024- our family helped us celebrate our 75th birthdays at the beach!

We are well into our SENIOR YEARS!

But TWENTY PLUS years ago –

We started search to find a SUPPLEMENT that had published studies and research-

That helped us age as healthy into our SENIOR YEARS AS we possibly could.

After extensive looking –

We found JUICE PLUS!

This supplement provides 30 fruits and vegetables nutrients that go directly into the blood stream.

I have never missed a day in TWENTY plus years.

Sherry has always had a problem swallowing pills or capsules.

This year they marketed a new product that when mixed with water –

And tastes like FRUIT punch –

Does exactly what the capsules do!

After released –

Here it is featured in –

HEALTHY LIVING-HEALTHY PLANET-

NATURAL AWAKENING – HARMONIOUS LIVING!

JUICE PLUS SUPER FOOD POWDER-

She now drinks this everyday instead of the capsules!

They also have GUMMIES for anyone who wants them and –

A PROTIEN SHAKE CALLED – COMPLETE in FRENCH VANILLA and DUTCH CHOCOLATE!

We are aging into our senior years as healthy as we can,

Staying active – volunteering and eating healthy and continuing to take our JUICE PLUS!

Sherry has been a PARTNER for over TWENY YEARS –

And has her own WEBSITE complete with her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

Sold in USA and WORLDWIDE in 27 countries.

For more info and answers –

GO TO: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

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Papa’s World – It has been a good life and the best is yet to come!

December 29, 2025August 28, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

In the past TWENTY PLUS YEARS –

We have traveled the country in our JUICE PLUS BUSINESS!

Sherry and I became “PARTNERS” early on.

It was a way to save money on the product-

Which, after reading the studies that were published-

Proved that this SUPPLEMENT was the real deal!

We had searched and searched for a nutrient that would help us age as healthily –

As we could into our SENIOR YEARS!

We found that it went into the bloodstream immediately.

And enhanced several key factors in aging.

All this was years ago, and I have never missed a day in all those years.

I am now closer to 80 than 70!

Now, Sherry has always had a problem swallowing a pill or capsule.

But she persisted in the Capsules and managed.

Recently, the company developed a powder!

And it tastes just like FRUIT punch to me!

Mixed with water and you can sip or just drink it!

It also puts the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables directly into your bloodstream!

JULY 2024- Here we are celebrating our 75th. birthdays!

On a week with our family at the beach.

AGING HEALTHY INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS!

Our JUICE PLUS family that has supported us all these years!

Our grandchildren have all taken this for most of their lives.

They are healthy –

And we know they get the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables every day into their bloodstream!

Now – well into our SENIOR YEARS –

We feel the best is yet to come.

We are active- walking and volunteering for several organizations.

If you want to check this HEALTH SUPPLEMENT out

Here is Sherry’s website: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are on the site.

The product is sold all over the USA –

And in 27 other countries!

All orders can be done on the site-

She can be contacted for questions.

PAPA’S WORLD – IT HAS BEEN A GOOD LIFE- AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME!

Papa’s World – Good times – pictures and memories!

December 28, 2025August 27, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

YES- IT IS!!!!!

Oh, to have these days back again!

Here – the twins – Cassidy and Taylor –

Back when they dressed alike-

That is not the same today!

It was at this age that they would help me with the Fall cleanup!

Bagging leaves!

They would help and then play hide and seek in the piles of leaves!

Those days are gone, but the memories linger on!

My good thought!

My brother Roger –

Gone but not forgotten.

We spent a considerable amount of time with him over the last ten years of his life.

Memories I cherish!

The Causeway Bridge to Ocean Isle Beach.

This is just ten minutes from our home in Cameron Woods Community!

We are often on the island –

On the beach, at the park, or at the community center.

One of the reasons we decided to live here!

Sherry has always had problems with swallowing capsules or pills!

Now, Juice Plus has come out with a powder that you just mix with water.

It is red and to me tastes like FRUIT PUNCH!

It has the same exact results as the capsules for your body!

It is easy to take with you –

And has all of FORTY STUDIES –

Published – that proves what it says it does.

Here we are – JULY-2024- celebrating with family –

Our 75th BIRTHDAYS!

Over twenty years ago –

We searched and found a food supplement –

JUICE PLUS –

That was research that proved what it did to your body.

In those twenty-plus years –

I have never missed a day!

Finding a supplement to help you age healthily into your senior years –

It was and is a homerun for us.

During this time –

Sherry became a CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH and a PARTNER in the JUICE PLUS COMPANY!

Mostly to help pay for our products!

She was given her own website all those years ago.

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are there.

THE SITE: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

If you have questions or want to order, you can here on this site!

THE POWER OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES NUTRIENTS GOING DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM

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Papa’s World – Life journeys – good thoughts!

December 27, 2025August 26, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

I love this- peace be with you!

My two sons- on the left – my youngest son, Shawn-

On the right – my oldest son, Troy!

Fond memories of the past!

LOL- funny thought!

Some years ago –

Our oldest granddaughter – Maddy –

Came to visit over St. Patrick’s Day.

We took her to the parade in North Myrtle Beach!

She loved it, and maybe someday she will come back for it again!

My sons and their families.

Came to visit a few years ago.

Here we take a picture of the sunset from the pier.

A fond memory of a time gone by!

Before, the only boy grandchild- Sarah, Cassidy, Ella, Taylor, and Maddy.

The little twins are now in their first year of High School.

Maddy and Ella have graduated from college.

And Sarah is in her first year of college.

And now Bode is in fifth grade.

Fond memories of times gone by!

Bringing humor to this blog!

Sherry and Papa – July 2024 – a family celebration for our 75th. birthday!

Now well into our SENIOR YEARS-

Twenty-plus years ago, we started searching and reading research –

For a SUPPLEMENT to help us age as healthily into our SENIOR YEARS-

As we possibly could.

What we found and started to take every day-

Because it was proven to go immediately into our bloodstream-

Since Sherry has always had problems swallowing pills or capsules-

There is now a powder to mix with water –

That does the same thing –

Goes right into the bloodstream and tastes a little like red fruit punch!

All forty studies-

Prove what it does.

It is sold here in the USA and in 27 other countries.

To help us pay for the product twenty-plus years ago-

We became partners –

And we have our own website where Sherry’s EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are for questions.

Or you can just order and become a partner yourself to save money!

THE WEBSITE: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Today we continue our journey into and through our SENIOR YEARS AS healthy as we can.

Thanks for reading –

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Papa’s World – Past times with family!

December 26, 2025August 25, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

My mother Mary’s parents.

Nora and David.

My middle name is David-

He passed before I was born, but my grandma lived with us as I was growing up!

They had ELEVEN children!

During the depression –

He would take and feed the neighbors from his farm!

Family from the past.

TRUE!!!!

The three youngest grandkids came to visit when we lived in a condo in Ocean Keyes –

In North Myrtle Beach!

Creating so many fond memories from the past!

On our wedding day –

June 25th. 1982!

WOW – THAT WENT FAST!!!!!

Papa – with our friends Cindy and Buck –

In Northern California.

They were our neighbors back in Portville, N.Y.

We now live some 38 miles from them in N.C.

We are still friends after all these years-

And have traveled the world on vacations with them!

FRIENDS FROM THE PAST AND TO THIS PRESENT DAY!

A VERY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Friends – Cindy, Dottie, and Sherry.

Decades and decades of friendships!

The smiles tell it all!

In July of 2024 –

Our family helped us celebrate our turning 75 years old!

Here – we are at OIB on the sand by the beach.

Over twenty years ago –

We started to search for something that would help us age healthily into our senior years!

We found the research – published in Journals –

That proved what this supplement would do once you ingest it!

It goes directly into the bloodstream –

And carries an NSA verification for professional athletes.

It is the Winter and Summer Olympic teams supplement.

Over twenty years ago, we made this choice and have never missed a day!

I still take the CAPSULES –

But – they produced a powder that is made into a liquid with water that Shery drinks every day!

She has difficulty swallowing capsules or any pills.

In those early years, we decided to save money and pay for the product –

By becoming a partner in the company –

Whish, in addition to the USA –

It is sold in over 25 countries!

Today, she still helps out people –

Looking for health and nutrition.

When you become a partner –

You get your own WEBSITE!

Sherry’s website-

With her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

She can sell from here to the USA –

And those 25 countries!

We have been aging as healthily as we can –

For twenty-plus years.

We are grateful for those who led us to this supplement all those years ago,

Thanks for reading PAPA’S WORLD!

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Papa’s World – “MERRY CHRISTMAS”!

December 25, 2025August 23, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Over the years, “CHRISTMAS” celebrations with family!

When we lived in Brambleton-

It was a drive to the Metro some miles away –

And take the family into D.C –

To the White House lawn and the nation’s Christmas tree!

Here is Sherry on one of those trips!

We have spent many holidays in DC.

Always forming memories –

We keep them in our minds and souls!

We have spent many Christmases in Lake Holiday with the older grandkids and their parents!

Forming memories for years to come.

When family visits –

And going to a Christmas show at Barefoot Landing.

You can see the mild winter conditions of winter in December!

And of course, there is MARLEY –

The family granddog!

Such a gentle dog!

And then –

It is “CHRISTMAS IN A BARN” with the older grandkids and their parents!

The twins –

Reading for a Christmas service.

At Community Lutheran Church in Sterling, VA.

Around the Holidays –

And game days for football-

Celebrating with friends.

Yuletide feelings with our neighbor Diane.

Many fond memories of Christmas past –

And looking toward the future!

From family to you-

“MERRY CHRISTMAS”-

And a “HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

PAPA’S WORLD –

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“MERRY CHRISTMAS”!!!!

Papa’s World – Some humor and looking to the past!

December 24, 2025August 22, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Today – she has graduated from college-

A degree in Environmental Science-

Working for a large Environmental nationwide firm.

She has her own apartment –

But I still remember the little girl –

On her tricycle – with her “PIGGY” in the basket.

Maddy has grown up –

But this little girl will remain with me for the rest of my life!

A little humor to start your day!

Now if it were craft BEER –

I would be into it! LOL

When we moved South in 2020 –

During the COVID-19 pandemic-

We stayed in North Myrtle Beach at Ocean Keyes-

The beach was a half-mile walk from our condo!

We loved it here, but could not find a place to live that met our lifestyle!

NINE MONTHS was the period of time we lived here.

Fantastic memories,

And we still travel the sixteen miles back to visit!

CHERISHED MEMORIES!

My oldest son, Troy.

He still lives back where he grew up in Pa.

Looking forward to his next visit!

CHERISHED MEMORIES!

The time we moved into our new home-

In Cameron Woods Community!

Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

Sitting on the front porch sipping my coffee!

LIFE IS GOOD!

TRUE! LOL!!!!

LOL LOL LOL!!!!

Sitting on the sand for our 75th birthday celebration – July 2024!

AGING HEALTHY INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS FOR TWENTY-PLUS YEARS!

WE CHOSE THIS SUPPLEMENT –

In the twenty-plus years, I HAVE NEVER MISSED A DAY!

For more info and email –

and phone number-

GO TO: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

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Papa’s World – Looking back and good thoughts.

December 23, 2025August 21, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

The Covid Pandemic – It still amazes me that some people did not take this seriously-

And refused to wear masks!

All around us, people were really sick.

Here we had to stock up on groceries –

It became just a habit and was no big deal!

Although I went months without a haircut-

Reminded me of my days way back in the 70s –

Riding my motorcycle with long hair! LOL

The date – June 25th. 1982-

Our wedding day.

My oh my-

The time has gone by so fast.

Kids are all grown up, and grandchildren have graduated from college!

Hard to believe that great-grandchildren are possible in the future!

It has been a long ride, and I have enjoyed every moment of it!

The innocence before they get older.

Love this time of life!

At my age – it could be me! LOL!!!!

It never gets old with old friends.

BOB and PAM!

Bob and I went to grade school and High School together.

Now they will be nearby for a year –

Testing out the area.

They have been RVING the past six plus years!

Friends are priceless!

Our friends have this sign near their front door! LOL!!!

For three golfers who just play for fun –

Cindy – Sherry and I –

Playing a scramble-

Carded a nine-hole even par!

Proud of this in my senior years!

In July 2024 – Sherry and I –

Celebrated our 75th. birthdays with family on OIB!

Back in the early 2000s –

We decided to search for and find a supplement with nutrients –

To provide us with nutrition to age as healthily as we can into our senior years.

After much research, we found the one that has published research –

That proves what it does to the bloodstream.

We have never missed a day since then.

It is taken by the Winter and Summer Olympic teams.

Professional athletes take it as it is,

NSA certified.

When tested in their bloodstream –

They pass the tests.

Since then –

Sherry has obtained a “CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH” through Dr. Sears.

In the beginning –

She decided to help pay for the Supplement by becoming a partner with her own website!

www.https://sitizsimmons.juiceplus.com

On this site –

Are her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

If you want to communicate.

Or you can order as we did –

And become a partner to help pay for it!

Plus it is sold in 27 countries and the USA!

Our journey has led us to our SENIOR YEARS –

Taking this has helped us age as healthily as we can

LOL – A SENSE OF HUMOR!

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Papa’s World – Past years and memories!

December 22, 2025August 20, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Taylor – our granddaughter –

And their puppy, Marley, some years ago!

She has a way with animals.

She has ridden horses since she was about four years old.

Today, she has trained Marley to do so many commands-

Marley is big now –

And Taylor is still riding horses and training Marley!

My Alma Mater, where I graduated from High School!

OTTO-ELDRED in Duke Center, Pa.

We were bused some 8 miles to school.

I attended seventh through twelfth grade here!

Many memories and friendships.

I still am in contact with classmates from that year!

While I have not been back there in years-

My memories have not faded!

GOOD ADVICE!

For the past twenty years –

We have attended a Health and Nutrition for Juice Plus.

Every six months across the country.

A big part of our life is pursuing health into our senior years!

So many memories-

So many friendships.

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR TODAY!

Here is Sherry teeing off!

We continue to play golf-

Finding to be outside –

In the fresh air –

Always looking for that one shot-

To bring us back again! LOL

Sarah – now in college-

Pursuing her dreams!

A talented artist-

Funny – outgoing!

Her life is beginning!

More memories to be made.

Here we celebrated our 75th. birthday –

July 2024 – on the beach and sand dunes with family.

In our senior years!

We began a journey over twenty years ago –

To find a way to age as healthily as we can into our senior years.

We found Juice Plus.

You can research it through this website:

Email and phone number can be found here.

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Papa’s World – Aging into our senior years!

December 21, 2025August 19, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Now, we are seniors!

Have been for quite some time!

Our senior years changed back in the start of the Pandemic.

That is when the 401K dropped like a lead weight –

Wiping out almost 1/3 of our retirement.

But – at the same time, for some reason-

The housing market took a leap-

And we decided to sell and take the profits!

Above – our “RETIREMENT HOME FOR LIFE”!

We lived here for 14 1/2 years.

We built this house – and were happy here!

Many memories of family and friends were here for all those years.

It was large – two stories and 3100 sf.

A corner lot, and we were one of the first ones to move here.

And it grew and grew!

There was one High School, and when we sold and moved away –

The fourth High School opened.

They had built a complete community –

Along with stores, banks, a library, restaurants, a gas station, and a grocery store.

Everything you would need to not venture out to the hustle and bustle of NVA!

The Metro was just a few miles away, as was the Dulles Airport.

We were happy here – but the costs kept rising!

NVA is very expensive to live in.

So when the market fell –

We decided to go South!

We found a condo in North Myrtle Beach at Ocean Keyes.

It was fourth floor with two elevators!

This was our view at night over the lake and fountains, and lights from the houses.

It was a half-mile walk to Main Street and the beach.

Sunrise from the lanai, which went across the complete front of our condo.

There were swans and Geese on our walks beside the lake on our way to the beach!

Sherry was near the end of the half-mile walk to the beach!

The beach entrance and our first trip walking to this entrance.

What would become a ritual walk every morning.

Our time here lasted nine months, after which we moved into our new home that was built in –

Cameron Woods Community-

Some sixteen miles to the North in N.C.

This is our new home, as it was when we moved in!

Today, all the landscaping is complete.

We still travel back and forth to North Myrtle Beach.

Tons of shopping – good food and entertainment are within thirty minutes of where we live.

We are aging well into our SENIOR YEARS!

In July of 2024 –

On the OIB –

We celebrated our 75th. birthdays with family.

We have, for over twenty years, maintained our aging healthy-

With the following supplement.

For any information –

Go to Sherry’s website: www.https://sfitzsommons.juiceplus.com

Her email and phone number are there to answer questions

You can order on your own or with her help!

PAPA’S WORLD – AGING INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS!

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Papa’s World – Through the years-Good thoughts!

December 20, 2025August 18, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

As seniors, now is the time to do the things we want to do!

For me I would much rather drive someplace than fly!

It seems the last few times that I did fly-

I caught a sickness that laid me up for over a week!

And then my fear of heights and flying!

At this stage in our life-

Shorter trips – more time at the destination.

Taking breaks and relaxing.

I guess that is what being a SENIOR is! LOL

But – I have to say – over these many years – we did do the things we wanted to do!!!

LOL- But we still remain as active as we can!

Walking to places as much as we can.

Golfing when we can.

No more running – but then I never did much of that!

Playing sports was more my thing.

Now watching sports is my thing!!

Love my morning of a single cup of COFFEE!

It’s been a ritual of mine for years.

Other than that –

My choice of liquid is water!

I have cut back on beer- I never did like hard stuff or wine!

Unsweetened iced tea is my change-up.

Relaxing on the sand!

Has always been my dream.

I remember when we would go a vacation near a beach-

Counting down the days until we had to leave.

Wishing we could stay.

Now – being so close –

We are the ones who stay and watch those on vacation leave to go home!

Being in our senior years –

We are living our dreams!

Here – Sherry and I -sitting on a sand dune –

In July of 2024!

A celebration of our 75th. birthdays that year!

Our prime focus for the past twenty-plus years-

Is to AGE AS HEALTHY as we possibly can into our SENIOR YEARS!

After we turned FIFTY-

We started doing research into something that could help us maintain good health into our senior years.

Going to NBC FOR YOUR HEALTH –

At the Washington Convention Center –

WE FOUND IT!

Over forty published research results in journals-

Lead us to the following!

We purchased this twenty-plus years ago and have not missed a day in that time.

The nutrients are proven to go right into the bloodstream.

Everything it states to do –

It is proven by science and research published.

The USA WINTER AND SUMMER TEAMS TAKE THIS!

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES TAKE THIS BECAUSE IT IS NSA CERTIFIED!

It is sold in 27 different countries worldwide.

And has been in business for almost four decades!

Our health is our ability to still do the things we do in our senior years.

It now has a DRINK that does the same thing!

Instead of capsules, you drink it once a day.

Sort of reminds me of fruit punch.

There are also GIMMIES to chew and eat.

Our little Taylor is a JUICE PLUS baby!

As are her sister and brother.

There is a CHILDREN’S HEALTH STUDY!

As an adult, you can sponsor a child –

When you order, you select a child, and they will get it free for as long as you continue your own product.

They must be between the ages of 4 to 19 –

And it will continue in college until age 25!

Sherry became a CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH-

She also, in the beginning,

Became a partner for the Juice Plus Company.

Mainly to help pay the monthly cost –

for the product for both of us.

In doing so –

She has her own website –

For folks to see, ask questions, and order.

Her email and phone number are there!

On this site, you can read the published research.

Order from anyplace in the 27 countries where it is sold.

GOOGLE THE COUNTRIES TO SEE WHERE YOU CAN ORDER FROM!

That site is : www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

You too can do the same!

Family of Juice Plus Health.

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WE CHOOSE TO AGE AS HEALTHILY AS WE CAN INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS!

Papa’s World – Through the years!

December 20, 2025August 17, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Our time here is limited!

We are now well into our SENIOR YEARS!

Yet, through the years we have lived our lives to the plus!

Family – friends and now new neighbors for the SIXTH TIME!

Today as SENIORS –

We volunteer!

We do not drink as much –

In fact, very little at all.

That part of our lives is past tense for the most part.

Neither of us smokes – does drugs –

We enjoy the company of friends!

Laughing – exploring and playing games.

Two of my closest friends for decades-

Buck and Jim.

The former – we were long-time neighbors back in WNY!

The latter – we grew up in the same little town in NWPA!

Jim and I played softball together and later golf.

Buck and I and our wives have traveled the World exploring!

Here is Shawn with his wife Trisha and my eldest son Troy!

They still live in the general area where they grew up in the NWPA!

While we live far away –

They have visited us numerous times!

Family is important to us!

Here is Sherry with Bode, Cassidy, and Taylor!

Crossing the sound to Fort Fisher.

The young ones were the hardest to leave, as the oldest were either in college or senior high school.

But all have been to see us and we to see them.

Now the last of the oldest is in college, and the other two graduated from college!

Our life now revolves around Sun, Sand, and Surf.

It has always been our dream.

But – it was the Pandemic that pushed us out of our dream retirement home in Brambleton, Va.

401K dropped, and the housing market went up!

TIME TO LIST AND SELL, AND MOVE ON!

Today, we are here in N.C.

We built this home- she wanted an office –

Me – I wanted a front porch-

WE GOT BOTH!

Now, here we are in July 2024, celebrating both of our 75th birthdays.

On the sands of the beach.

Well into our senior years –

Twenty-plus years ago –

We started on our journey to age as healthily-

As we could into our senior years.

We found a SUPPLEMENT, and it had research that was published that proved it did what it advertised.

Here it is in CAPSULE FORM-

But it also has GUMMIES and LIQUID!

I take the CAPSULES – Sheery drinks the LIQUID and we both use the GUMMIES-

As a substitute for candy!

It is sold WORLDWIDE in TWENTY different countries. (27 to be exact)!

Founded in 1970!

Headquartered in Tennessee in the USA and Loudon in Europe.

Australia- Austria – Belgium-Canada – Denmark- Finland- France-Germany-Ireland-Isreal-Italy-Luxembourg-Mexico-Netherlands-New Zealand- Norway- Poland -Portuagal-Spain-Sweden-Switzerland-United Arab Emirates and the USA!

Sherry decided after a few months to become a partner in THE JUICE PLUS BUSINESSES!

Primarily to cover the cost of our own orders.

She has had a website for twenty-plus years –

Everything can be ordered from this site

And you can read the research and the Children’s Health Study, where a CHILD gets it for free-

If you are the adult, order the product.

Children and grandchildren – nieces and nephews are eligible!

As long as the adult keeps ordering for themselves.

Between the ages of 4 and 19 and up to 25 if in college. You just pay the shipping!

On this site is her EMAIL and her PHONE NUMBER –

To answer questions.

You can order, read, or ask questions!

THE SITE: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

She is also a CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH!

Sherry at a training session for her TEAM GENERATIONS!

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LIVING OUR DREAM LIFE TO THE PLUS ONE DAY AT A TIME-aging healthy!

Papa’s World – Through the years – our HEALTHY lives!

December 19, 2025August 16, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

It is hard to envision that we became involved with the health and nutrition community-

Through our application to become a partner with Juice Plus.

Over twenty plus years –

And in that time –

We have traveled the country from coast to coast.

We have built a team –

And helped countless people age into their senior years – HEALTHY!

Through the child program offered by Juice Plus-

A child between the ages of 4 through 19 –

And up to 25 if they go to college-

They can be sponsored by an adult

And as long as the adult maintains their order –

Receive for FREE –

The Juice Plus product- only paying for shipping!

Thirty Fruits and vegetables –

Blended – put in capsules – gummies or liquid –

Those are researched and published –

That proves they go directly into the bloodstream –

After ingesting them!

Our lives have changed during these past twenty-plus years.

I have given up “MILK”!

I have also given up “SODAS”!

I have cut way down on “BEER” and no wine or hard drinks!

I drink mainly water and unsweetened “ICE TEA”!

Daily, I drink the above-

“JUICE PLUS COMPLETE- MY FAVORITE IS DUTCH CHOCOLATE!”

I mix this with crushed ice – about a quarter cup –

A quarter cup of filtered water-

And a cup of either SOY MILK or ALMOND MILK!

This replaces for me –

Breakfast or lunch.

It fills me up!

One of my habits still exists.

Every morning I have one cup of coffee!

I sometimes replace it with a cup of tea!

The rest of the day is “WATER”!

LOL!

I had a widow-maker heart attack!

I had to have open heart surgery!

I had to have four bypasses.

Because for FORTY YEARS –

I survived on fast food – ate unhealthy –

AND I PAID THE PRICE.

My recent BLOOD TEST RESULTS!

CHOLESTROL – 99!

TRIGLYCERIDES – 57!

LDL- 54!

HDL- 32! ( need more exercise!)

VLDL- 13!

I AM DIABETIC – years of sweets and food I should not have eaten!

AIC- 6.7 ! I have to get it below 6.4!

GLUCOSE- 110 – I HAVE TO GET IT BELOW 100!

THYROID- 1.930 NORMAL!

TWENTY PLUS YEARS AGO –

We embarked on a journey to age as healthily as we possibly could into our SENIOR YEARS-

I firmly believe with the help of the above –

We have accomplished that.

We continue on a path that has not always been perfect-

But better than it would have been!

This product is sold in the USA and over TWENTY COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE!

It is part of the WINTER and SUMMER OLYMPIC TEAMS.

Professional athletes take it as it is, NSA certified.

For TWENTY PLUS years –

Sherry has been a partner in the health industry.

She has her own WEBSITE!

Her site to look at the product, research, and ask questions through her email and phone number.

THE SITE: http://www.https//sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

A new liquid product has been released.

Here we are after twenty-plus years on this supplement!

JULY- 2024- CELEBRATING OUR 75th. BIRTHDAY ON THE SANDS OF THE BEACH!

Sherry – A CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH –

And owner and operator of her own health and nutrition site-

FOR INFORMATION-

And how to order or answer questions by email and phone number-

GO TO: http://www.hhttps://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

SHERRY and PAPA – “LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS”!

Papa’s World – A look at early years to now!

December 18, 2025August 15, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Way before I was born –

The roaring twenties of my hometown –

ELDRED, PA.

Here is Main Street –

Some of these buildings were still there when I was young.

Some had new store Fronts while others looked as these do.

It has always, I think, had that small-town feel.

I believe this might be even earlier.

Perhaps sometime in the 1800s?

This looks to be late 30s?

Or even 40s?

I recognize many of these stores!

An early picture of Scotty’s Eldred softball team.

Many of these men I knew growing up.

My best friend Bob – his father is lower right side.

I would assume this to be late 40s to mid 50s?

This was in the 1880s –

Our little town experienced yearly spring floods –

Into the summertime.

The Alleghany River ran in the upper center right of this picture.

Heavy rains and snowmelt seemed to always cause flooding.

The Eldred grade and high school!

First grade through twelfth grade.

I went to my first four years here-

And we combined school districts –

With Eldred- Duke Center and Rixford.

A new elementary school was built right across the street from the ball field.

I went to fifth and sixth grade and then was bused 7 or 8 miles to –

The Otto-Eldred High School in the seventh grade.

The old school – built sometime in the 1800s-

Being torn down.

My brother Roger –

Second bottom row from the right-

On the Eldred H.S. basketball team.

I knew many of these guys growing up.

My father – Bob- second from left –

Part owner of the Western Auto-

A supervisor for the South Penn Oil Company.

On the school board, when uniting the three school districts along with the township.

Here is the picture of when in Buffalo –

The Eldred team won the championship!

The Eldred fire department, as I knew it growing up,

I lived just up the street on the opposite side.

There was and still is –

A ten o’clock curfew –

The siren would sound every night, and you had to be home and off the streets!

My Junior year of H.S.

I am second row –

Third from right –

Number 65.

My senior year – I was in a car accident-

And spent 51 days in the hospital.

Not knowing if I would ever walk again.

My older sister, Donna, and her husband, Bill.

She worked for the town.

Bill was the Police chief when I was growing up!

And later became Mayor.

Today, this little town of Eldred, Pa.

It is home to a huge WWII museum.

All in this picture is the building.

Many tour buses make a stop here.

They come from all over the country to see the exhibits!

It is a marvel and a bucket list to see!

I have a lot to smile about!

Growing up here –

I would not trade.

This was home to me for 30 years.

Sherry and I – July 2024 – celebrating our 75th birthday on the beach with our families.

Growing old and aging as healthily as we can.