A lot of truth in this.
MY VERY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!
SPMETIMES LAUGHTER IS SPONTANEOUS!
A sunset wth Andera and Troy-
Brings joy to our lives.
A thought for the day!
After a storm and strong winds-
Neighbors helping neighbors!
LOL – been there done THAT!
LAUGH -SMILE, AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Sherry – Certified Health Coach.
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Ella, Cassidy, Bode, Maddy, and Taylor.
This was Maddy’s senior year in high school, and Ella was a Sophomore!
For one year, they played together at James Wood High School.
They both went on to college and had successful soccer careers.
Both were named as captains for their teams.
The three younger cousins would go to their games and cheer them on.
Today, Cassidy is a cheerleader – a gymnast –
Taylor is a horse rider, plays the violin, and is trying out for basketball.
Bode plays soccer, flag football, and lacrosse!
FUN WITH A PICTURED MEMORY!
A little humor for today!
Papa and Sherry during the pandemic.
During this time and later-
We both caught COVID!
THREE TIMES!
But – we survived although very sick.
Being a SENIOR –
We try to protect ourselves as much as possible!
NOT A FUN TIME IN MEMORIES!
For TWENTY PLUS years –
We have been taking Juice Plus-
And running our home-based business.
Aging healthy and supporting our lifestyle monthly!
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Sherry’s father, Bill, is a WWII veteran.
I learned a lot from him before he passed away in 2001.
A MEMORY OF A FUN TIME IN OUR LIVES!
Sherry’s mother ( Barb ) and father ( Bill ) taken about the time they were married.
Barb’s mother was born in Sweden –
And they lived in Mount Jewett, Pa.
A 1800s town founded and built by the Swedes.
FUN WITH PICTURED MEMORIES!
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A little humor this morning –
I on the one hand –
wake up almost every morning at the same time.
Very seldom do I just roll over and continue to sleep –
Unless there is a Thunder and rain storm.
That seems to make me just lay there –
Listen to it and drop off to sleep once more!
LOL – some smiles for today!
For me – this is so true.
That is why I buy a higher beach chair.
I do not want people to see me rolling off to my knees-
and attempting to get up! LOL
Sharing a GOOD VIBE for the start of your day!
This most likely is me!
And it is true! LOL!
In a time not so far away –
In the VILLAGES playing golf.
MISS THIS!
If I could turn back time-
Our twin granddaughters-
who will turn 15 on their next birthday-
Playing hide and seek with PAPA!
This would be the squirrel asking Sherry –
Along with the Deer and Racoons –
She constantly replenishes the bird feeder! LOL
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Looking for humor in our senior years – laughing – good thoughts and smiles!
The family came to visit from NWPA – a very long drive – maybe again next summer?
This was the view from my front curb-sidewalk of where I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s –
A small town in the Allegheny foothills called Eldred.
Many a time I roller-skated this sidewalk down to the service station called Slavins – later a furniture store.
The sidewalks are uneven – later after I got my bike – I rode all over town.
Papa – somewhere in there is a smile – LOL!
Getting old – but still going strong – living the SALT LIFE!
SMILING – LAUGHING – HUMOR IS FREE!
Taking one day at a time – living life to the plus each and every day!
Sherry and our family – still grandma and MorMor – ( MOTHERSMOTHER – SWEDISH)
my two sons – living far away but near my heart!
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Ginger and Sherry –
We have started playing golf with her and Jason-
They are gone from mid-May until the end of October –
They have a cottage in Maine and spend that time there.
They were friends back in NVA-
Where we also played golf –
They now live forty minutes away close to our other close friends – Buck and Cindy!
A POSITIVE THOUGHT BACK INTO OUR LIFE AFTER WE MOVED!
Waking up early each day is something that I just do.
Getting ready for the day takes less than thirty minutes for me in the bathroom.
Then I make my single cup of coffee –
Getting on my computer and reading the online newspaper of the Washington Post-
which I have done since we moved to NVA!
Before that, it was the Olean Times Herald back in WNY.
After I have read what I wanted to read –
It is at that time I start writing my daily blog!
Each day – is a new day and a different blog.
I do not know what I shall write but whatever it is –
I TRY TO KEEP IT POSITIVE with SOME HUMOR!
This all transpires over two to three hours.
By now it is my YouTube time –
Where I follow camping – motor homes – log cabins and off the grid!
Toss in Ancient Discoveries and some different parts of the World I would like to someday see!
THIS ACTIVITY GIVES ME POSITIVE AND HUMOROUS THOUGHTS DAILY!
Being a senior – I identify with this – but I smile also – keeping my humor intact and life Positive!
Dottie – Jim’s wife could not be here – but we have been friends for almost four decades!
A POSITIVE STABLE IN OUR LIVES!
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THOUGHTS – HUMOR – EVERYDAY POSITIVE!!!!!
Every morning – six to seven AM.
I sit at my keyboard and write a blog –
This is a way for me to express myself without going Political!
It is a way to JOG my memory for family – friends and neighborhood –
and where are our senior years we have decided this is the place we shall stay in!
When I started this blog –
my whole effort was going to revolve around a day-to-day account of how we live our lives.
It also would become a daily journal for our future great-grandchildren and beyond to read someday!
You see – I have very few words and pictures from my side of the family except what I have as a memory!
This writing is for my sons from a previous marriage as well as my two stepdaughters!
Almost all the family I grew up with is now gone.
I have one great-niece and two great-nieces left plus their children.
Sherry and I had no children together –
But we have been married for almost 43 years –
and together a year and one half before that wedding day 6-25-1982!
Our whole wedding vows were based on THE CHURCH ON THE ROCK!
Our wedding vows were “ROCK SOLID”!
Those little things in life –
We both do them well-
and in turn –
It mostly takes care of the bigger things in life!
It comes naturally for both of us!
EQUALITY – my belief and hers also.
We share duties –
EXCEPTION – I AM TO STAY AWAY FROM THE WASHER AND DRYER! LOL
Dinner – lunch and breakfast we share –
Clean up and cleaning in general we both do.
Making the bed – both of us.
I do not like to dust so she does while I dust mop the floors.
In retirement now in OIB –
The lawn we pay to have mowed-
We both trim bushes and plant flowers.
Both of us have a deep understanding of this –
And I have always championed EQUALITY –
MEN AND WOMEN – WOMEN AND MEN –
BOTH EQUAL IN OUR MINDS!
The statue of the great women of our country –
It is not complete but a vacant spot left for the FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT!
That day in OUR MINDS will eventually come to be true!
I hope this POSITIVE BLOG brings good thoughts to you-
My intent is to provide humor – good thoughts –
To give future generations an idea of just who we are!
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Belief in yourself is your “WHY” for a better life and feeling!
Confident – loving – happy – caring –
All can be free to yourself.
Feel the moment – engage your life – be you!!!!
Greet the day as the first day of your positive life!
I find that I read to keep my news fresh-
I can tell if it is going to be positive or not!
I CHOOSE POSITIVE in my life.
I also live my life one day at a time.
I keep a calendar –
I write things down to remember –
and I write POSITIVE FAMILY – FRIENDS BLOGS!
We enjoy getting together with long-time friends –
golfing is a way of relaxing for all of us!
Friendships are important in our life together –
as it also is with family!
FAMILY from Pa. –
Back where we were married 42 plus years ago.
Family from back in NVA-
Where in 2020 –
we made our move to OIB in N.C.
Family from NVA –
My good thoughts to all the family!
Something to make you smile and has a little bit of truth! LOL!
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A little humor to start your day off with a smile!
Remembering efforts to help the people-
from the Hurricane Helena disaster.
Purchasing supplies for those in need –
MY GOOD VIBE FOR TODAY!
When my son and daughter-in-law visited last fall –
Shawn and Trisha –
FAMILY brings GOOD VIBES!
Great longtime friends bring GOOD VIBES to our lives!
A picture of my father – second from the left –
Who passed away in 1969 when I was 19 years old-
It brings me a memory of GOOD VIBES!
Our volunteer work for the Protection of Sea Turtles –
here – our team on one of the nests –
that we sat on until they hatched –
and made it to the ocean-
On Ocean Isle Beach –
BRINGING GOOD VIBES!
Our granddog “MARLEY” –
BRINGS SMILES AND GOOD VIBES!
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LOL- going shopping –
I know there are bargains –
but I really shop with a purpose –
I have a list and I go into the aisles looking for that item!
My wife is the BARGIN HUNTER!
I mainly push the cart –
And at times –
I sneak an item in! LOL
If by myself –
I just get what is on the list –
I could “SHOP” but I am not wired that way!
I really wish I could like wine!
And now in my “SENIOR” years –
Watching my weight-
and sugar intake –
I occasionally have a beer –
one of those light beers-
with fewer carbs and calories!
My normal day is a cup of coffee-
before I read the paper online –
Then I write my next blog –
And the rest of the day-
is “WATER” usually with ice!
At my age –
I just do not have the desire to drink like I used to!
I can relate to this –
I am not the “TECHIE”-
that my wife is!
I will ask her –
“WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO MY PHONE OR COMPUTER”?
“I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING – IT JUST HAPPENED” –
as her eyes roll! LOL
But – I do drive her –
to wherever she needs to be –
“DRIVING MISS SHERRY” has become my senior moment in time!
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I will continue my next blog –
with some more “TYPES OF HUMOR”!
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In our lives today – we have calendars to look at in the morning to see what lies ahead!
I am often asked by friends “What have you been up to”?
That question always leaves me blanked-
as every day seems to hold one thing or another –
that we do!
Running errands to the stores –
getting gas for the car – inspections, and maintenance.
Oil changes – tire rotations –
walking the yard looking for anything that doesn’t belong there.
It is the little things that take up our time –
And of course, a walk thrown in for good measure!
BEING BUSY without knowing the answer to that question –
Well – that is what I believe living as a Senior-
in our Golden Years is all about!
In our Community Center –
sits a plastic tub!
This is a collection tub for food to be taken to the local food pantry!
Sherry and I volunteer to gather this up when full –
and deliver it to the local food bank.
It takes about fifteen minutes total to collect –
drive and unload.
Sometimes it is open –
and we take it inside –
where it is weighed –
and recorded as being from Cameron Woods Community.
Other times – no one is there –
so we offload into a storage locker that has a journal –
where we record the number of bags-
and Cameron Woods Community!
We volunteer to do this as we also volunteer at the assisted living nearby-
To keep the library organized
-and Sherry does other things to assist in the residents day to day activities!
I do most of the driving –
and before we retired she did the driving!
So goes a day in retirement for Seniors!
Sherry has a shirt that says “BE KIND TODAY”!
Those who know her –
know that this is who she is.
Always helping out –
always sending a card
( which she makes herself)
We watch houses in our neighborhood for those who are part-time.
We dog sit – we water plants – we help others!
Cameron Woods is that type of neighborhood!
LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS – ONE DAY AT A TIME!
My hope for today’s blog is to bring a little bit of laughter –
Good thoughts –
And Happiness to each and every one of you!
Volunteering for walking to look for Turtle nests while also picking up trash on OIB!
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LOL – Good day –
start your day with some laughs –
humor and good thoughts!
Every morning I have a routine –
I start by getting ready to take a shower –
Brush my teeth – take my Meds and Supplements.
Shave – Shower – and make my only cup of coffee for the day!
Then – check outside –
I have been moving plants in at night on the front porch –
and out again in the morning –
first rays of the sunlight!
WHY?
Because the Deer are eating all the flowers and buds!
No matter what I buy to stop them –
they munch them down to the stalks!
Then – I go into the office with my coffee-
and read the paper online.
Now – it is time to write my next blog after posting the days blog!
By the time I start writing –
Sherry is up and about.
My morning routine takes about two hours in total!
Then – off to make the bed –
and get dressed!
So – starting the day with laughter is the way I set the rest of the day feeling “GOOD”!
We have calendars to keep track of daily excursions.
Appointments – doctor – dentist – inspections – oil changes –
and tire rotations.
Haircuts – nails(SHERRY) – grocery stores (THREE OF THEM)
Gas – and trips into NMB or Shalotte.
We like to golf in the afternoons when we golf.
And we walk and exercise.
RETIREMENT is rewarding in different ways –
But the most I like about it –
I DO NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT RISING AND GOING TO WORK!
LIVE LIFE TO EXPRESS!
Our thoughts when we moved down to the borders of N.C. and S.C. –
was to go back three or four times a year.
And of course –
they come down a couple times a year.
We stay in contact with zooms –
calls and messages.
Our senior golden years are full of things we like to do.
Living as healthy as we can –
taking our supplements (19) years.
We are aging but we try to age healthy.
Living life to the plus and living life one day at a time.
Whatever you choose – make the best of it!
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PAPA’S WORLD – LAUGHTER – HUMOR – THOUGHTS!
Welcome to Papa’s World – a daily exercise in blogging my thoughts – words – dreams and life.
Papa’s World is designed on positive vibes – positive happenings – laughter – family and friends – a blog that details my family.
Papa and Sherry – my wife of over forty years – and two years before we married – my partner in family – life and beliefs.
I have learned it is the small things in life each day that mounts up to the joy that I love!
Family – friends – neighbors, and people from all walks of life – we live life one day at a time.
A sense of humor – laughing and exploring is what we love about each other and our life together.
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PAPA’S WORLD – a product of the above – thanks for reading and have a great day!
In today’s world – in my blogs – you will find good thoughts – smiles and places – and times for the family.
I hope this has brought a smile to your face today – start your day with happy thoughts.
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Good day everyone – a senior moment – don’t worry – it happens to all of us!
Laugh a little – smile a lot – start your day – with smiles and good thoughts!
Putting your thoughts into the right frame of mind – sip your coffee – relax and move forward.
Life can be about seeing humor – and not negative vibes. Smiles are free!
Acts of kindness – volunteer for seniors – memory care – helping others!
I hope this starts your day positively – begin your day one moment at a time.
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Be happy – I try to think positively each day – I look for positive news articles or historical events.
Bring humor into your day – laugh and smile and greet people whom you don’t know with a smile.
After all “SMILES ARE FREE”!
I take out all the negativity I can from my life – news – papers – TV – it can calm my life and I just do not need all the noise from others!
Sunrises – sounds of the beach – birds – waves and the start of a new day!
Golfing for us is just getting out in nature – fresh air and green grass and if possible – sights along the ICW!
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SMILE – happy thoughts – start your day with a good thought!
Good thoughts prevail here in my world – giving – sharing and smiling!
The end of a cloudy day brings sunsets and a peaceful end to my day!
LOL – can you imagine? Laugh a little or laugh a lot! JUST LAUGH!
Walk a beach – calm – sunrise – the sound of the surf – sand, and shells!
True – but I write them down for all to see when I am gone!
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Our life in thoughts and pictures – life is full of surprises!
Our daughter and her two youngest daughters came for a surprise visit!
Saint Patrick’s parade in North Myrtle Beach – fun day with parade – vendors – three stages and six bands!
One of our favorite pastimes – golfing with lifelong friends!
A wise saying but also very truthful!
Papa watched our granddaughter Ella trying to solve the maze on the beach. Did not solve it!
Our go-to system for growing our own veggies with no dirt or pesticides! Year around where we live!
We BOTH KNOW a friend like this! LOL
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I always thought this – now in retirement – I still think any day of golf is better than – well you choose it! LOL
The Tower Garden – the smaller unit can be used indoors with grow lights – the outdoor unit is larger – producing with just water – light and nutrients and air!
Our Tower Garden is covered up for freezing temps – looks like something from Star Wars! LOL
Sherry and Dottie – best friends for over 40 years – living life to the plus one day at a time!
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PAPA’S WORLD – WONDERFUL THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES!
Christmas decorations for 2022 in our home in Cameron Woods Community – OIB, N.C. Our second Christmas here in our new home!
I do not run because I thud – thud – jarring my whole body – so I walk – almost every day 2 to 3 miles – and strive for 10,000 steps.
The closest beach to our home is four miles and is Ocean Isle Beach – with a pier and this entrance is the Community Center!
At Crooked Hammock in Barefoot Landing, S.C with family when they visited after Christmas but before New Year’s Eve!
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Long ago Pier picture of OIB – RANDOM PICTURES – THOUGHTS – and PICTURES – MY BLOG!
Loving life here in the south measuring sunshine and clear skies – golfing in the winter!
The marshes of Sunset beach – in my mind never get old – the ability to see this every day – living life to the plus.
No cares – no worries – just nights at home with my soulmate! Dreams come true.
Cotton candy sky – the ever-changing days and nights – yet no snow or ice – our lifestyle – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog
Life with humor and smiles in my thought is priceless.
Just a short random picture and thoughts and smiles in today’s blog in PAPA’S WORLD!
PAPA’S WORLD – JUST SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS AND PICTURES!
I guess the older you get – your thoughts just become words with no filters! LOL
When I was little – being bad – for Christmas I got a lump of coal and a pig’s tail! LOL
HHHHHMMMMMM! This may not be far from the truth – ELON MUSK!!!
TRUE TRUE TRUE LOL!
I hope this starts your day with smiles – laughs and giggles!
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PAPA’S WORLD – Bring some humor to start your day!!!!!
To start your day with a smile – a positive look ahead to the day – enjoy some funny cartoons and sayings!
For our friends back home in NPA and WNY – I know you like the white stuff – me I like the sand and surf!
A little play on words – LOL have a great day!
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Every day when I post on my Facebook page – I find humor and share it –
hoping to bring a smile to those who I consider family and friends.
I also bring GOOD THOUGHTS each day – no negative vibes – feelings of kindness and giving.
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