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Papa’s World – Grandkids – watching them grow up!

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There are six grandchildren: Maddy, Ella, Sarah, Taylor, Cassidy, and Bode.

The three oldest – two have graduated from college, and the third is a Sophomore in college.

The younger grandchildren

Two are sophomores in high school, while the youngest is in 6th grade.

We have watched sports for the past twenty years.

Seeing them excel and trial and error –

We are well into our senior years now.

Our life has been full of joy –

Enjoying living life through their youthful experiences.

Living life through pictures brings back so many memories.

Here – Sherry is to them – “MORMOR”!

Which in Swedish is “MOTHERSMOTHER”!

Sherry’s grandmother was born in Sweden.

Bode, Cassidy, and Taylor – the three youngest.

Sherry with the three oldest – Ella, Maddy and Sarah.

Sherry and her two daughters – Debby and Tammy – mothers of the six grandkids.

Our life for all these years since we were married.

Revolves around family!

Our senior years are filled with memories.

Closing in on 45 years of marriage.

Together a year and a half before that.

This has been and still is an important part of that life with memories1 “FAMILY”!

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Papa’s World – We are SENIORS!

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We most certainly do! LOL

While not that profound-

I do tell the days of the week by when I put the garbage out the night before!!!!

Now how do I always remember that?

Tuesday night it goes out, which means I empty all the little trash cans in the house-

One in each bathroom and two in the office!

Then make sure the main one in the kitchen is empty and a new one is put in!

Then about 5pm. –

Wheel it out from the garage and look to see if the neighbors have theirs out!

YES! It is the right day!!!! LOL!

So that day was Tuesday, and the next day they stop and dump it- WEDNESDAY!!! GOT IT!

That most likely is about right for everyone –

However, I have an internal clock!

I have never in my life set the alarm.

Just tell me what time I have to get up, and I am right there!

So – Tuesday and Wednesday are noted.

Saturdays – “ARE WE GOING TO CHURCH IN THE MORNING?” I will ask!

I know it is Saturday because I have a watch that tells me the time, day, and date! LOL!

And on my desk is my CALENDAR!

I compare my watch with that CALENDAR!

And I have my phone – SO GOES THE LIFE OF A SENIOR!

NO ALARMS, but in great need of PHONE, WATCH, and CALENDAR!

One thing I do remember and have for over twenty years –

Is my Chocolate Shake!

Crushed ice – some water – one scoop of Dutch Chocolate and then Almond milk.

Blend it, to me is like a Wendy’s Frosty!

I drink this in place of breakfast or lunch.

I find it filling enough to skip a meal and help control my weight!

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This was a common occurrence for me during the Pandemic! LOL

LIFE AS A SENIOR –

For us walking the beach.

Volunteering for Protection of Sea Turtles.

And having our granddaughter – Taylor- intern for a week in July to assist in the protection – inventorying the nests and helping get the baby turtles to the water.

Here is Taylor in her last performance in a play.

Today, she plays soccer, basketball, and flag football.

Now sixteen years old –

She has ridden horses since she was four years old!

Taylor – her first time ever on a horse, and it continues to this day.

She now rides and jumps obstacles!

LIFE AS A SENIOR has given us opportunities to be with all the grandkids as they mature.

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Papa’s World – Life as a senior.

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Well, we have been retired for years.

We both have celebrated our 77th birthdays!

LIFE AS A SENIOR takes on a whole new meaning.

Little trips are now adventures for us.

We still golf and still walk.

Appointments are common occurrences, as are CALENDERS –

Both of us keep one to mark down dates of where, what, and when we have something coming up.

We look around and see how we live.

Family – church (nearby) –

Community – (A lot of caring friends)-

Warmer climate – (Hardly any snow or ice)-

Downsized our house – (all on one level)-

Close to shopping, beach, and entertainment!

Life in our SENIOR YEARS –

Means chill and take care of one another.

And to age as healthily as we can.

Here is what we have taken for twenty years,

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For us, it is the simplest things in life-

Having the ability to walk in the sand and surf at the beach.

Warm climate – friends and family to share this with!

LIFE AS A SENIOR!

Watching the grandkids grow into adults!

Having them come for visits –

MORMOR – PAPA – GRANDMA and GRANDPA –

These are words of endearment to our ears.

Relaxing to the sound of the surf-

Birds and laughter –

Blue skies and soft white clouds!

LIFE AS A SENIOR!

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Papa’s World – OLD ? Maybe – but still thinking !

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Good morning World – ever think out loud ?

Ever nod off around 2:00 PM. ?

Ever get up and it takes a moment to take that first step ?

Good morning everyone !

Getting “OLDER” is a fact of life – feeling it is also !

But – you also have to have the right frame of mind !

When younger – couldn’t wait

Now – in my before retirement life –

for my lunch hour ( because I did not know what else to do )

I would eat my lunch –

kick the seat back ( Buicks are made for comfort)

And take what I called a POWER 20 minute nap !

In the shade – warm breeze

I would leave the windows down – park in the shade –

And fall right to sleep!

Now- since retirement- it seems like that years & years habit –

Followed me – each afternoon – I feel it coming on !

Me on most nights

Thing is – now every day I go and pick up my 8 year old grand daughters –

I actually get there in line early – like a hour –

and there is a method to my madness !

I take a small couch pillow with me – kick the seat back –

Tune the radio into my favorite SPORTS show –

And slowly drift off for my 20 minute power nap !

I do this all the time

A lot of times I will just sit and think – using silence to sort out thoughts !

Over the years – I have quietly trained my mind to recall –

I picture events – that way it is easier for me to remember .

So true

But there are times when I just stop – and think – what was I going to do ?

I am a creature of habit – I have a place for most things –

I find that it makes it easier for me to remember !

I also concentrate on what I am doing or am going to say.

Concentration for me is my way to remember things !

Have done this

Now – I am also not one who measures every thing I do –

I learned from my Mother to cook from scrap –

She often would bake every day – pies – cakes – bread and rolls.

She did a lot of it with memory – and I am the same way.

Music soothes the soul

I love music – most all kinds –

” ALEXIA – PLAY JIMMY BUFFET ” !

I try not to limit my listening – on long trips –

I will listen to Country – Classic’s – Rock – Easy listening – Bluegrass –

It is my way to reconnect to past events !

My wife says I have a hearing problem

Hearing – I have found as I get older – I hear things – but –

A lot of what I hear SOUNDS like something else !

I think that as you get older – at least for me – that happens !

Still the same

My little thoughts for today on getting older –

But some things never get old – they just get better !

This month – 6-25-82 – will be 37 years –

I can still walk – I can still think –

I can do just about anything I want – only slower!

I am getting OLDER –

Together

BUT – I also am living –

ONE DAY AT A TIME !

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Papa’s World – A look around!

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Andrea and my son are life partners.

Troy is my oldest son and still lives near where he was raised in Eldred, Pa.

He can build a house from the ground up!

He got that ability not from me –

But his grandfather – my dad!

He could do the same thing, and he did while also being a supervisor for the South Penn Oil Company!

TROY and ANDREA – A LOOK AROUND!

Sherry in Brambleton’s town square in front of the theater.

We loved it here and thought it would be our final home.

But – Pandemic hit –

401K tanked –

House prices went way up –

WE SOLD!

And today live in North Carolina in Cameron Woods Community!

Near Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach!

A look back –

And now in the present –

A LOOK AROUND!

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The only boy out of six grandchildren.

Bode – graduating from Elementary School to Middle School!

Plays Lacrosse, golf, and football –

And sings in the church choir.

Growing up to be a teenager soon.

ALOOK AROUND!

Sherry on our walking tour at the gardens just outside Wilmington, N.C.

A fun day with all our friends from back in WNY and NWPA!

ALOOK AROUND!

LOL – IT VERY WELL COULD BE TRUE IN MY CASE!

Bobby and I grew up together in a little town in NWPA –

Called Eldred!

Grade school – High School – Sports –

We were at each other’s homes all the time.

Now – in our later Senior Years-

Golfing together –

Spending time as we did all those years ago,

SENIOR YEARS – A LOOK AROUND!

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Papa’s World – Senior living!

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Sherry and Papa – our life in our senior years –

This is what we dreamed of doing all those years ago.

Trying to remain active – volunteering –

Walking – taking in events and staying in contact with family and friends.

We are well past retirement and in our final senior years.

We have close friends –

But we have always done things together.

I am not much into involving myself with others when not in the company of Sherry.

That is just who I am.

Sherry likes to be involved in lunches, crafts, and meet-ups with lady friends.

That is just fine with me.

I use my time to read –

Write my blogs and do chores around the house or outside.

Opposites attract!

We enjoy settling down in the late afternoon –

Eat dinner and then watch our favorite series together.

During the Turtle Season – we are volunteers for the Protection of Sea Turtles-

We are on the beach from mid-May to the beginning of October.

Here I am talking to tourists and explaining what we do and why we do it!

You can see the Turtle ramp that extends to the water.

This is for the baby sea turtles to make it into the water when they hatch.

Our jobs are to keep people back –

And from picking up the little turtles.

To educate folks on the survival of the little turtles.

Only one in a thousand survives to adulthood.

It is a magical moment to see them scurry to the water –

And keep the people back and the children so that they can see this moment in nature.

These times are now part of our senior lives together.

Sherry is on the back patio with Ella to the left and her mother, Debby!

Ella has graduated from college and is teaching elementary children in Va.

Here – we have a fire in our Solo Fire pit!

LOL – I like “PBR”!

And down here –

You can get a bottle for less than $3.00!!!!

Which is good for me!!! LOL

We decided over twenty years ago to find a supplement to help us as we aged into our “SENIOR” years.

We found it in Juice Plus –

I swear by it!

If this interests you –

Sherry is a distributor and has her own website.

There you can at no obligation –

See and read the research on what it proves to do.

I truly believe in this –

Having had 13 years ago –

Open heart surgery –

I will always take this as long as I live.

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Papa’s World – Life near the beaches!

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For nine months in the Pandemic year of 2020 to 2021-

We had this view from our living room and master bedroom –

At Ocean Keyes in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

A fourth-floor condo with two elevators right outside our door!

This was a large lake with 780 condos-

Six swimming pools and tennis courts.

A workout area and a half-mile walk to the BEACH!

It was three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

A kitchen, dining area, laundry, and living room.

The lanai was screened in and was across both the living room and the master bedroom.

A half-mile walk to NMB main street and all the entertainment and shopping!

BUT – although we loved it – we needed our own home with a garage and storage space.

The home we had built in Cameron Woods Community, some sixteen miles from the condo, but in N.C.

And the garage we wanted.

Here it is, full after we moved “STUFF” from our storage unit!

Later, we arranged everything –

It has overhead storage with a drop-down ladder and covered flooring!

However, after three years of moving Christmas storage tubs up and down the ladder –

We only store what we seldom use up there.

As seniors, it became more and more difficult to move stuff up and down the ladder!

For resale, it is a great selling point to have that additional storage!

But, hopefully, that is down the road.

Papa is at the entrance to our community.

From here, we have access to three beaches –

Plus two more –

Oak Island and North Myrtle Beach-

All within ten to forty-five minutes!

Our happy place is beach walking.

We can now do this every day if we want to.

Just driving over the two causeway bridges –

Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach –

We can be on the sand or walkways in ten to fifteen minutes.

Just sitting on the benches, smelling the salt air and listening to the sounds of the birds and surf.

THIS IS “LIFE NEAR THE BEACHES”!

It has been five years since we moved into our new home.

Today we have all the landscaping done –

We contract out the upkeep of the lawn –

Mowing – trimming – (I trim the bushes and trees)

Aerating and composting –

Weed and feed.

We sold all of our outdoor lawn maintenance when we sold our house in NVA!

We are happy living the dreams we have always had.

Maintaining our health as we age into Senior Living at the beach.

To help maintain the “EDGE” in retirement and senior aging and living-

We have taken these supplements for over twenty years.

Left to right-

Nutrients in powdered form – and Gummies if you have problems swallowing capsules!

Proven to go immediately into your bloodstream-

BERRIES – FRUITS – VEGETABLES –

And the Orange are OMEGAS –

Made from ALGAE and not Fish oil.

THIRTY fruits – berries and vegetables.

OMEGAS – 3,5,6,7 and 9!

I do not like the FISH taste of Omegas –

These taste like cream sicles if you bite into them.

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Sherry has been a distributor for over twenty years.

The following is her website-

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Sherry in the living room of our home in OIB.

We are both nearer to 80 than 70!

Still living our dream of being in the South and near the beaches.

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Papa’s World – Life in our senior world!

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Here we are – “FRIENDS” but all retired and all “SENIORS”!

In our world of being a “SENIOR”-

Sherry and I have many, many of what we consider “FRIENDS”!

Above – front to back –

Cindy and Buck!

Our neighbors in the late 80’s until they moved to N.C. in the mid 90’s.

But – we stayed in contact and visited back and forth –

Plus, we have traveled the world with them on vacations!

Today, we all live “THE LIFE IN SENIOR WORLD”!

Next is Ingrid and Les.

While we have not known Ingrid as long as Les-

He played softball with me back in Eldred in the mid – 70’s!

We have stayed in touch all these years and periodically see one another.

They are now full-time RV’ERS!

Every other year, they swing by to see us!

FRIENDS – BUT LIFE IN OUR SENIOR WORLD!

Next on the left side, Pam and Bob!

They have been married for 21 years.

Bob is my oldest friend.

We grew up together in Eldred, Pa.

Grade school and High School –

Sports and staying at each other’s homes.

Today they are resting in a rental near us after 6 1/2 years traveling the country in an RV!

They are trying to find out if they should sell their condo in N.H. –

And like this area, but also if 6 1/2 years of RVING is enough!

Time will tell –

But for now – FRIENDS IN SENIOR WORLD!

Debby – Jim and Dottie – Cindy – Sherry and Buck and Papa.

Close friends and now all retired seniors!

To have these friendships –

Jim and Dottie, I grew up in Eldred, Pa.

To have these friends is a blessing to us.

Debby is a friend of Jim and Dottie, and we have gotten to know her.

All of us are retired and are FRIENDS IN THE SENIOR WORLD!

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Our neighbors and friends in Cameron Woods Community!

We are a mostly retirement community!

Some folks still work, and some work from home.

Here are visitors and family.

We have new friends developed here –

And a lot have become – FRIENDS IN THE SENIOR WORLD!

We are now living in the beach life of Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach.

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Papa’s World – Our health – Supplement!

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To be healthy, we had to give up many unhealthy eating habits!

I no longer drink sodas (pop) or energy drinks.

Mostly, I drink ice water.

I will occasionally have a beer when out with friends.

I no longer drink milk, which I used to consume in large amounts!

I cut way back on sweets – if I have cake, I generally do not eat the frosting.

I am borderline diabetic and have been taking medication for the last nine years.

I love fruits and vegetables – boiled dinners.

I rarely have fast food anymore –

I was a fast food junkie!

That is mostly on long trips.

We have made a dramatic change over the past twenty years.

Living life like this is not easy, as temptations are forever present.

We do take a supplement and have taken this for over twenty years.

We went to a health vendor show in Washington, D.C. –

At the convention center –

And was called “NBC FOR YOUR HEALTH,” the TV network!

While there, Sherry came across a booth that asked-

“If you could get 30 fruits and vegetables in a capsule that goes directly into your bloodstream – would you”?

Sing me up Sherry said – I don’t like vegetables!

She bought a three-month supply but was told this is only the beginning!

It takes 90 days for every cell in your body to regenerate!

And if you put all these nutrients from these capsules into your bloodstream-

Then in the second 90 days, you have regenerated more healthy!

That made sense to both of us-

And we have continued for over twenty years.

We are now both closer to 80 than 70!

One of the changes in better health with JP is skin tone!

Finger and toe nails and hair grow faster.

We “FEEL” healthy.

Being a senior makes you slow down.

But – at a slower pace, we feel.

We are busy –

Volunteering – going to the beach –

I look at my watch to see what day it is! LOL

These are the basics for Juice Plus.

I have never missed a day in twenty years.

I guess what is most important for me –

Is how I feel!

I know it works for ME!

And in the days of Covid and the FLU –

Building your IMMUNE system –

I may get sick- but not as bad as I used to.

We are aging beyond into our SENIOR YEARS.

We remain active –

We watch what we eat.

And I CRAVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES NOW!

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We “FOUND” this over TWENTY YEARS AGO!

Our only regret is that it existed 13 years before we found it –

And wish we had known!!!!

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Papa’s World – Always together!

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The path that we chose to walk has always been together-

Now there are times when she goes with the ladies –

Shopping – a movie that I do not want to see –

Playing games at the community center with the other ladies –

Things like that –

Me – sometimes golfing with friends.

I am not much into men’s games –

Or meetups!

That is just not me.

We have always done things together –

We enjoy each other’s company-

And now into our senior years –

We depend on one another.

On the beach –

We walk together!

We have toured the world together.

We are best friends.

Over twenty years ago, we reset our lives together.

Together, we read the research and selected a supplement we found to be a fit for us.

We both knew we had to protect our IMMUNE systems –

So we selected Juice Plus – a blend of fruits, vegetables, and berries –

In powder form, in capsules, or in gummies.

We never miss a day.

It has worked well for us –

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Go to: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Five years ago –

We built our final house.

We moved to a warmer climate –

Into Cameron Woods Community, Ocean Isle Beach – on the mainland.

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

And actually spend part of our week in S.C.

We have now been married forty-four years –

Dating for one and a half years before that.

Our SENIOR YEARS are now upon us!

Our wedding vows- UNTIL DEATH DO US PART!

PAPA’S WORLD – ALWAYS TOGETHER!!

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Ppa’s World – Growing old together.

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June 25th. 1982 – our wedding day.

Now – 44 years have passed –

We truly are growing old together.

The years have passed, and today we live in N.C. at Cameron Woods Community, Ocean Isle Beach.

We decided to move South for a warmer climate –

Especially during the winter months.

The move was necessitated by the 2020 Pandemic-

The fall of the 401K’s and the increase in the housing market.

It worked out for us to sell our longtime retirement home –

Leave an expensive living area –

And settle near three beaches.

The selling of the home in NVA –

Allowed us to build in N.C. at a fraction of the price it would be in NVA!

We built this home for the family to visit –

Friends to gather –

And the climate that-

We would spend our senior years.

Our life here has changed us –

We now golf more –

Walk the beach –

And are involved in the Protection for Sea Turtles, now in our fourth season.

Here we are with the “TURTLE” group of volunteers –

We are the oldest here in this picture- 77 years old!

There are around 100 volunteers.

This day,

We volunteered to pick up trash in an assigned area of Ocean Isle Beach!

We have reseyt our lives down here.

Our granddaughter, Taylor, will be an intern in August for two weeks.

She reached out after remembering a presentation two years ago.

Those two weeks will be spent on all phases of the program, and we must accompany her at all times!

Taylor had her first date for homecoming as a Freshman.

She is as tall as Sherry –

And Tammy is about 5’6″.

She is an A+ student –

And has arranged most of this on her own.

Our life has been for the past twenty-plus years –

To age healthily into our senior years.

We have done this by taking a health supplement for all that time.

We are active for seniors.

We build our IMMUNE SYSTEMS and get nutrients from 30 fruits, vegetables, and berries –

Directly into the bloodstream, backed by over 40 research programs.

If this interests you, as Sherry is a distributor –

At NO OBLIGATION –

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PAPA’S WORLD – GROWING OLD TOGETHER.

Papa’s World – Life together.

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We both believe this –

Volunteering and helping others.

We volunteer for the Protection of Sea Turtles – (yes, they are on the endangered species list).

We volunteer at our church,

Saint Lukes Lutherean Chrch –

For the Lord’s Food Pantry, the second Saturday of every month.

Numerous churches in our area run this food pantry.

THIS IS PART OF OUR LIFE TOGETHER.

We are now way past midlife and way into our senior years!

But – we have each other.

We are settled in our home –

We know the funeral plans.

We will stay here as long as we are capable.

THIS IS PART OF OUR LIFE TOGETHER!

We have explored the World –

We have moved so many times-

We have built three houses-

We are in a climate that we like for all seasons.

Travel abroad is most likely done for us.

Driving long distances is becoming harder.

We are happy with our lives now.

We still watch and communicate with family from afar.

THIS IS NOW OUR SENIOR LIFE TOGETHER!

Together for the last twenty-plus years –

We have taken this supplement.

Our health is a priority for us.

For information at no obligation –

Go to: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Today, we still spend time with our long-time core of friends!

Friendships that have lasted decades.

This is our life in the senior years!

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OUR SENIOR LIFE TOGETHER!

Papa’s World – SENIOR LIVING!

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SENIOR LIVING – It seems that later in life,

The “COUCH” gets more inviting as the day goes by! LOL

We have calendars –

To keep track of appointments-

Volunteer work –

Errands and shopping.

Meet-ups with friends –

“How did we ever find time to work”?

The children you raised have moved on!

The grandkids are also ready to take flight-

Be it sports, activities, jobs, or everyday life.

You become a source of –

“How are you? When can we see you?

Then the vacations come and go –

That “COUCH” becomes more comfortable.

I drink my coffee early in the morning –

One cup –

Before dawn.

I read the online newspaper –

I do not watch or listen to cable news.

Facebook – I unfollow those who try to change your minds –

With endless postings.

Being a senior, life becomes too short to listen to all the nonsense.

I am registered as INDEPENDENT!

I cast my vote and then move on.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO DWELL ON WHAT YOU CAN NOT CHANGE, OTHER THAN VOTING!

Being a SENIOR –

We try to give back as much as we can.

Helping others –

Less fortunate.

VOLUNTEERING –

Church – family and friends.

SENIOR LIVING –

Near the beach – playing some golf –

And that couch when watching TV together-

Until early bedtime.

It all starts over for me before the dawn of the day.

That first cup of coffee to start the day –

IN THE LIFE OF A SENIOR!

AGING AS HEALTHY AND BUILDING OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS EACH DAY!

For the past twenty-plus years-

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Papa’s World – Life together – senior living!

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Our life officially started together on 6-25-1982!

We were young – early 30’s and both single but divorced!

Those early years were times that we shall always cherish.

Nothing “WILD” but living life and enjoying it!

The early years –

Hardly any money –

Working to survive –

But – wonderful in the sense we had each other.

Raising two sets of children –

Her two daughters and my two boys.

Taking long weekend trips and packing lunches – dinners to save on money.

Doing things that had no cost and were free!

Then the sports began, and with that –

Trips back and forth.

All four had sports and whatever came with it!

It seemed an endless life of travel!

But- the memories of all that are priceless –

I would not change a thing and wish we could do it again!

Along our path of marriage –

We have made lifelong friends –

DECADES!

Dottie – from the same town as me.

Decades of friendships!

Cindy – our neighbor back in WNY!

Decades later – still friends!

Bob and Pam –

My grade school friend and his wife.

We are still in contact and get together.

Diane and Sherry.

Our new neighbor in Cameron Woods Community is now a friend.

She has a cottage back in WNY where we lived nearby!

Here are Jimmy and Buck.

Outside of grade school –

My two oldest friends.

We still get together.

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Papa’s World – A day in the life of a SENIOR!

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As we neared our early beginnings of “SENIOR” life –

We did the research and selected a supplement to check off all the requirements –

Of a Healthy Lifestyle.

That was over twenty years ago!

We needed to get more fruits, vegetables, and berries into our diets!

That to us was a hard thing to do –

Being a SENIOR, you just do not consume food as much as you used to!

Our lives changed in those early years.

We became more health-conscious.

Walking for me and running for Sherry!

Our research led us to a Supplement that crossed the “T’S” –

And “DOTTED” the “I’S”.

Juice Plus had all the research published in Journals on health.

Proving to do what was claimed.

It was easy to add to our busy lifestyles as SENIORS!

There were CAPSULES – 30 nutrients in a capsule that went immediately into the bloodstream.

There were GUMMIES – Fruit – Vegetable and Berries –

That you ate and did the same as the CAPSULES!

And then there were several drinks –

FRENCH VANILLA – DUTCH CHOCOLATE and the above SUPER POWER!

All tasted good and became for me –

A way to curb my appetite while getting the NUTRIENTS into my bloodstream.

We have continued this supplement for over twenty years.

Taking it with us wherever we travel in the world.

It has become a staple in our SENIOR YEARS of living.

Volunteering – The Protection of Sea Turtles –

From mid-May to early October each year.

We are now in our fourth season.

Our seniors’ lives are active –

And to have a source of Nutrients to take every day –

Has become a staple in our lives!

Today – I am 77 years old – Sherry will be 77 years old.

We choose the senior lifestyle of health and nutrition –

On the beach for our 75th birthdays in 2024.

Living life to the plus –

One day at a time.

SENIOR LIVING – STAYING HEALTHY.

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The most important decision we made going into our SENIOR YEARS!

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Our health is the most important asset in our SENIOR YEARS!

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Papa’s World – Life in NC at Cameron woods!

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At the entrance to Cameron Woods Community at Thanksgiving!

For the fourth year in a row-

The community gathered and walked to the entrance to do a “TURKEY TROT”!

They meet at the community center and walk together to the front, and then those who want-

Continue to walk the different side streets!

CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY –

The “WHY” we chose to build our home and live here.

A previous year of meeting to walk.

The group has gotten larger each year.

Our front porch in Cameron Woods Community!

This is the one thing I wanted –

A FRONT PORCH!

Covered from rain and shaded from the hot Carolina sun!

I sit here and say hello to those who walk by or wave to those riding by.

You can say it is my little place of heaven as a senior!

Our journey brought us here as seniors.

Today, we have no plans to sell and move on!

This is our final home.

WE ARE BLESSED to have been able to do this!

FRIENDS – FAMILY have all shared our home here.

That is why we designed it to do just that!

Health – well-being – senior living!

All factors into this.

Every year, we reset our healthy living!

We maintain a healthy lifestyle so we can stay in our home.

Life is short-

A healthy life prolongs that life.

For over TWENTY years, we have been building our IMMUNE systems to stay active and healthy!

We believe in this supplement –

It has been a factor in our health for all these years.

If you wish to read and fact-check –

It has been around for forty years!

It is sold in over TWENTY COUNTRIES and has over 40 published research studies!

Sherry is a distributor –

And here is her website at no obligation!

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Email and Phone number are here, or you can place items in a cart and purchase!

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Papa’s World – “The Lords Food Pantry”!

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Sherry and I volunteer through our church-

Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church – Shalotte, N.C.-

For the ministry of the South Brunswick Interchurch Council.

Our congregation is responsible for the second Saturday of every month-

To provide volunteers to dispense food to those in need.

For over FORTY years –

What is known as “THE LORDS FOOD PANTRY” –

Has been a community partner –

In addressing the issue of food insecurity in Brunswick County, NC.

To give you a scope in size-

Brunswick County, NC. –

Is roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island.

A population of 166,866!

Brunswick County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the USA.

Brunswick County has a poverty rate of 14%!

That is over 23,600 individuals.

The number of clients The Lords Food Pantry served in 2024 –

Was 32% higher than 2023 –

And in 2024, served over 23,000 individuals.

2025 most likely was even higher.

During the first six months of 2025 –

The Lord’s Food Pantry –

Provided life-sustaining food for three days –

To an average of 642 children, 987 adults, and 573 seniors per month!

NO ONE WAS TURNED AWAY!

The food given will feed them for three days of the week.

I usually check in the cars and get them parked.

What strikes me most are the Seniors.

Many can not get out and walk.

Yet are grateful for the assistance we give them.

In talking to them –

They have many aliments and some have breathing problems.

It breaks my heart to see them in such shape.

The Lord’s Food Pantry has outgrown the space they now have,

And the lease is up in a little over a year.

They have moved to several locations in the 40-plus years.

Outgrowing each other as the population of the poverty level increases.

Today, the need for support is more than ever.

A plan has been put forth –

Seeking donations and grants –

THE LORD’S FOOD PANTRY is seeking a long-term location –

One that will not require a year-long lease and provide the space needed to serve-

The Brunswick County poverty level.

If you choose, you can support with the following information.

The Lord’s Food Pantry

3610 Express Drive

Shallotte, NC 28470

Phone number- 910-477-3430

email: thelordsfoodpantry@gmail.com thelordsfoodpantry.org

Mailing address – P.O. Box- 1461

Shalotte, N.C. 28459

The new fundraising drive to find a permanent place to call the Brunswick Food Pantry –

Is – ” FEED MY SHEEP”!

A ministry of the South Brunswick Interchurch Council!

If you would like to learn more and or donate –

The address and email above are for you to consider.

The area churches are all involved, and more are added as time goes by.

Sherry and I welcome all the support for this endeavor.

Volunteering in our own senior years –

Reaching out to those in need through our own church –

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Papa’s World – Positive blogging!

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Human rights – Positive thinking – equality – women’s rights-

All part of our life growing together!

In our church and our faith –

Teachings that reflect the above –

And we try to live by this every day!

LOL – as true today as it was when Mr. Hogan said this!

We volunteer in the church – community –

And causes we can afford to support.

Life is being grateful for what we have and what we can do to help others!

We are now well into our senior years.

But holding a door open –

Helping someone who needs a little help.

These are things we still can do.

Being grateful – praying for those less fortunate,

It’s the little things in life that make a difference.

Our five grandchildren – top to bottom –

Ella – Maddy – Sarah – Taylor – Cassidy and Bode-

This last Christmas.

Fun times – cousins –

Grateful we had the time –

To spend time with them.

Our supplement of choice for twenty years!

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Hoping future generations will read this-

To know who we are!

All my blogs are journals of family, friends, and life as we know it!

Sherry and Papa –

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Papa’s World – Humor – Life – Good Thoughts!

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A trip back to Lake Holiday just past Winchester, Va. –

A Christmas tradition of CHRISTMAS IN A BARN –

Bethel Lutheran Church-

Above – Debbby – Maddy – Ella Sherry and Sarah.

Grandmother, mother, and three granddaughters!

This is a special time of year –

And as Seniors –

We still can make the trip back North at Christmas time.

THIS IS LIFE for us!

This is how we now live our lives as Seniors.

Every day is a new page in the book of life for us.

We cherish our life together.

Now going on 44 years, and before that, for a year and a half.

We have become each other’s caregiver.

Taking turns driving –

Running errands together.

Still able to plan adventures with family and friends!

LIFE is what we make it to be!

LAUGH – it makes you feel good –

Even if the above does ring some truth! LOL

Home now in the South –

Near the borders of NC and SC!

Our senior years will be spent here-

Now going on five years!

It is warm most of the year here.

In our senior years –

It is hard for both of us to brave the harsh cold-

Snow and Ice and even just the chill of a moderate winter!

Being comfortable in our home-

But – knowing that everyone is welcome.

Our home is set up for guests.

Sand – Beach-

And Surf –

But minutes away.

LIFE AND GOOD THOUGHTS!

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LOL- This could be true!

LIFE – GOOD THOUGHTS – HUMOR –

Lead to GOOD VIBES!

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Papa’s World – Everyday life!

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2025 – Our picture for the church directory!

We joined Saint Luke’s church – A Lutheran church –

Just ten minutes from our home on RTE 17!

Slowly, we are becoming more involved.

We volunteer on the second Saturday of the month –

For the South Brunswick – Food Pantry!

That is the Saturday assigned for our church-

In the area, churches to help out!

Also, Sherry signed up to help out with serving communion.

We take our health seriously!

A lot of food and drink –

We cut out of our lives twenty years ago!

Especially me!

I was a fast food junkie – (McDonald’s) –

And also ice cream and milk, and soda!

I do not eat many sweets –

But chocolate- (MILK) –

Is my downfall-

I am diabetic –

And must watch what I eat, (I TAKE MEDS)

I drink mostly water all day!

I do not drink wine-

Or hard stuff!

I will have a beer every once in a while!

In 2013, I had a major heart attack!

An open heart surgery with four bypasses!

So I am on medications –

But I follow a pretty strict guideline!

My choices for a supplement to help me-

JUICE PLUS!

I will take this every day for the rest of my life.

I credit this with my test results ever since my operation and bypasses-

Of keeping me in line with what my life is today!

Over FORTY PUBLISHED studies –

Prove it to do what is stated.

And yes-

I treat myself almost every day to a “SHAKE” made from –

JUICE PLUS COMPLETE!

DUTCH CHOCOLATE or FRENCH VANILLA!

Oftentimes in place of a meal!

Here we are in 2025 at 76 years old!

Our lives are to age as healthily as we can during our senior years –

Which we now are far into!

We still can live –

By ourselves –

Taking senior living one day at a time, healthy!

EVERYDAY LIFE-

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Papa’s World – Being a senior – aging healthy!

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LOL- but there is some truth in this!

Now- well into our senior years – we eat less – I drink mostly water –

Sherry drinks iced tea!

We try to have a vegetable with our meals.

We grow our own lettuce year-round in our Tower Garden-

Outside on the patio.

In cold weather, an aquarium heater –

And a cover like a blanket that lets sunlight through!

So a fresh salad is almost nightly!

Tomato and cukes-

Peppers and radishes!

But – that is not enough.

We both like to eat dinner early –

By four pm. If we can!

That gives time for digesting before we go to bed-

Me- 8 to 8:30 pm.!

A lot of things I try not to eat due to digestive problems exist.

Being healthy as a senior can be trying!

You tend to take care of physical things more often.

Doctor appointments – blood tests – dentist appointments!

Skin doctors and sunscreen are common.

A lot of errands are to the above-

Driving each other to appointments.

Preventive treatment of illness is a priority when you are a senior!

Eating as healthily as we can.

Requires a lot of knowledge and selections.

I have given up Sodas – Milk- Candy ( as much as I can)

I only drink a beer every now and then –

Nothing hard,

And I do not like wine.

I try to stay away from fried foods – fast foods-

I love soups and boiled dinners. ( Must be the Irish in me!)

I have cut way back on salt -and sugars!

Making choices –

It’s a big part of our senior lives together!

We both take this to supplement for-

Our intake of fruits, berries, and vegetables.

There are nutrients of 30 of all three-

In a capsule form and gummies!

This has helped us make a difference in our lives for the past twenty-plus years!

There are also drinks to help out!

Our senior years require a healthy supplement!

This is ours,

And we have not missed a day in over twenty years.

2024 – July – as we celebrated our 75th. birthdays with family on the beach.

Aging healthily into the later part of our senior years.

If you would like some information on this-

Sherry has a website where you can email –

Phone number –

To ask questions.

You can also read the published research and order it for yourself-

NOTE: If you order a four-month order,

You pay once a month –

But you get supplies-

For all four months!

You can also sponsor one child-

Your own or grandchild –

They have to be between 4 and 19 years old-

And until 25 if they go on to college-

FOR FREE!

As long as you take the product!

You just pay the shipping cost!

For this information,

Jjust go to:

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THE GOOD WITCH – SHERRY and JUST PAPA!

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Papa’s World – The world of senior living!

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Yes – we are from this era!

Those were special times-

I look back and think ‘I LIVED THAT”!

Today is much different –

Being a senior –

Well, a trip to the pharmacy-

Is a way to get out and about! LOL

Shopping for groceries –

Post office and returns!

I think we keep Amazon in business!

LETS EXPLORE!

A side road to find out where it ends!

Down here near OIB-

We have viewing platforms over the marshes!

Ideal place to go and watch birds –

Fish jumping and the occasional GATOR!

We have always made do with what we have,

We also volunteer our services and give what we can to charities.

The church is very prominent in our lives.

Just thankful for the blessings we have!

Also, when playing golf –

I need a sense of humor!

Frustration – anger – just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Just enjoy the wide open spaces and nature at its finest!

It is more suitable that way for me!

It is hard to fathom for me –

The three oldest granddaughters-

Ella – graduated from college and is teaching!

Sarah is in her Freshman year in college!

Maddy is working in the Environmental Science field after graduating from college.

Those three were a big part of our lives as they were growing up!

Now the three youngest are growing up-

The twins are in H.S., and next year, Bode will be in Middle School!

Our senior years are about staying connected to grandkids!

We have also stayed connected for over Twenty Years to our Health and Nutrition Supplement.

We are aging as healthily as we can during our senior years!

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Papa’s World – Senior living – Dr. Appointments!

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Back in the day –

I would have loved this!

But – those days are past!

Today, I have to watch what I eat –

I am diabetic!

Comes from those first 50 years of my life!

Back then, I ate everything-

With never a thought!

Young and foolish!

But that lifestyle ended with me twenty years ago.

However, all those early years-

The damage had been done!

Twenty years ago – I made a switch –

Finding a supplement and then correcting my diet.

By then, I was borderline diabetic!

And unknown at that time-

Headed for a major heart attack!

Sherry became a certified health coordinator.

And she started guiding me in my life in my pre-senior years.

We changed –

No more sodas!

No more greasy foods and cut way back on fast foods,

And processed foods.

Eventually, almost no fast food.

But by this time, I was placed on meds.

While I was eating healthy-

The damage had been done!

My life had become one of maintenance.

Striving to keep my “NUMBERS” in line!

I have participated in sports my entire life-

None of that is harder than resisting the temptation to cheat!

Seeing and smelling the “STUFF” you should avoid.

I have managed to not drink sodas or milk.

Seldom fast food, except sometimes while traveling!

I have to try very hard not to do this!

Our lives today in retirement revolve around DOCTORS’ or DENTISTS’ appointments.

Our numbers remain on the good side!

But the calendar – well – Dermatologist – Dentist – General Doctor –

Chriopactor – Heart Doctor-

Tests and fasting for blood tests.

All to maintain these senior bodies.

I credit our change twenty years ago –

FINDING A SUPPLEMENT WITH PUBLISHED RESEARCH!

SOMETHING THAT PROVES THROUGH TESTING IT DOES WHAT IT SAYS IT DOES!

We try to eat more fruits and vegetables –

But it is hard to do.

Snacks have turned into celery – peppers-

Grapes and berries.

Drinks made out of nutrition.

I have almost cut out alcohol entirely.

I drink mostly filtered water.

I believe this is what stabilized all those early years.

Losing weight – I weigh less than I did when I graduated in 1967!

But I am still diabetic-
Although those numbers are almost borderline.

My life is preventive.

I have to take meds because of my heart attack and damage to my heart.

I am a survivor –
My calendar throughout the year –

Is to have tests to maintain my health.

I AM BEYOND THE BEGINNING OF MY SENIOR YEARS!

I am me!

This is who I am.

I live life one day at a time.

If any of this is of interest to you –

Then here is the site to read.

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My only REGRET?

If only I had known about this THIRTEEN YEARS BEFORE I FOUND IT!

PAPA – weighing less than I did in 1967 at graduation.

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Papa’s World – Being a senior!

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My dream since I was in my twenties!

I would kid to my wife –

“I WANT TO SELL HOT DOGS ON THE BEACH”!

We would take yearly vacations –

To a beach.

I found myself counting down the days as soon as we got there.

I formed an idea in my head-

“Someday” – I will be able to spend every day at the beach if I choose to.

I would be the one sitting on the sand and watching those folks –

Packing up after a week and leaving to go back home!

Our SENIOR years are now just like that.

We live maybe four or five miles from the beach.

No traffic and in ten minutes we are standing on the sand.

My dream has come true in my senior years!

We still travel back to NVA for the holidays.

And they all travel down to spend time with us.

Our plan for moving South-

Was to be within a six to eight-hour drive –

For us to go home-

Or family to come down to us.

As we advance in our senior years –

We might have to curtail the traveling!

But for now,

We are still able to do the trips back and forth.

Home is where our hearts are.

Blue skies- white clouds –

Sunshine- warm weather-

Hardly any snow or ice.

Yes- it can and is cold during periods of time.

But with a jacket, gloves, and scarf-

I can manage-

Taking them off as the day warms up!

Being a senior-

It seems that the cold affects me more and more each year!

My two sons –

Troy on the left and Shawn on the right-

Still live back in NWPA where they grew up!

Both have been down once or twice.

And both will come for more visits.

Love them always.

That is why our beach chairs sit high rather than low to the sand! LOL

Being a SENIOR –

And for the past TWENTY YEARS-

We have taken this supplement –

To obtain healthy nutrition in our senior years.

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The sand – surf – call us.

What was a dream for all those years-

Is today a reality!

Closer to 80 than 70!

Dreams do come true –

Living life to the plus in our senior years.

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Papa’s World – Being a senior – love of life!

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In our senior years –

I believe family-

Becomes more and more important.

Now the grandkids are either out of college or in college.

Those are the older ones!

The younger ones are in H.S., and one is in middle school-

Or soon to be!

We also moved to a warmer climate.

At our age,

We no longer want to deal with ice, snow, and extreme cold!

So we plan trips back to see them –

And also for them to visit.

They are all in the busy portion of their own lives.

We give – we volunteer-

And help when we can.

Senior years –

Life goes by quickly.

Before you know –

You are on the edge of caregiver –

To be a receiver of care.

Climbing that step ladder –

Becomes dangerous –

Bending over to weed becomes a chore!

Driving becomes-

Becoming more aware of where you are and who is around.

Happiness is when you can give-

And not expect a return!

Celebrations are when you stay awake at an outing –

Beyond eight PM!

But you also appreciate the little things of life –

LOVE OF LIFE follows you into the senior years!

We seem to look –

And see what we can do to help!

One day it will be reversed.

But until that happens-

LOVE OF LIFE will be our focus.

Living life to the plus one day at a time!

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Our supplement for twenty years,

And what we believe in!

We can make our world better –

By making the world a better place.

SENIOR YEARS – we are long into them.

BUT WE HAVE A LOVE OF LIFE!

SENIORS – THE GOOD WITCH AND JUST TOM!

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Papa’s World – Living – IN THE SOUTH!

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The beach – the ocean – warmer climate- hardly any snow or ice-

Golfing in the winter months –

Walking in sunshine with a coat and scarf-

Getting too warm and taking them off!

Blue skies – white fluffy clouds-

Watching thunderstorms rolling in!

Shows – music – entertainment-

Friends nearby.

These are just a few of the many things I associate with living in the South!

We wanted to be within a day’s drive from family in NVA!

The deep south was too far.

Being close to beaches was a plus.

Shopping – doctors and medical facilities.

Cities we could travel to if we wanted.

We chose the border of N.C. and S.C.

It can be hot in mid-summer –

But that is offset by being comfortable in mid-winter.

Our decades-old friends are 35 minutes to 3.5 hours away.

We still manage to get together several times a year.

The closer ones are about once a month.

We have made many new friends –

And other close friends from NVA have moved nearby!

We have downsized to one level –

With enough room for family!

In a community that is both quiet and has protected wetlands.

You see here behind the house,

Trees that are protected!

We feel we made the right choice!

We are happy here.

Friends and family visit.

The weather is to our liking-

Neither one of us likes the cold.

Andrea and Troy – my oldest son!

They will visit once again in the future!

Sunsets – this is our life in the South!

Our senior years are now here.

As the days begin and end

We are truly living in the South.

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Papa’s World – When dreams come true!

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After the Pandemic and the 401K collapse –

We decided to sell our “Forever Home” in Brambleton, VA. –

And go to a warmer climate!

We stayed for nine months in Ocean Keyes, NMB- S.C.

During those nine months, we visited many homes for sale.

Anything in our price range involved updating and months of work.

By chance, seeing a billboard –

We visited a new Community site under construction.

We found where we wanted to live and decided to BUILD our next home.

The total cost was equivalent to what we would spend on purchasing one to update.

The plus side was that we would have everything new and be where we wanted to be.

This picture shows our new home under construction –

1900 plus square Feet –

Plus an enclosed screened-in lanai!

Our wish list was met by upgrading almost everything we could!

The beaches –

10 to 13 minutes away for both of them.

Gas station – Post Office-

Two miles away.

Shopping – 12 minutes in either direction-

And big box stores – 8 to 16 miles away.

Entertainment – thirty minutes away, sometimes closer.

Numerous friends live nearby.

We play golf on over thirty golf courses nearby!

We volunteer for three organizations.

And we live in a climate that suits us year-round!

This is our dream come true!

We left behind family, but they visit often.

And we also often go back!

We are retired and in our senior years!

July 2024 – on the beach celebrating both of our 75th. birthdays!

Over twenty plus years ago –

We did the research and read the published research( 40 now published)

and decided to age as healthily as we could into our Senior years!

After much thought and reading, we selected JUICE PLUS –

THIRTY FRUITS – VEGETABLES – BERRIES AND OMEGAS –

Once taken go immediately into the bloodstream.

USA OLYMPIC TEAMS, BOTH WINTER AND SUMMER – TAKE THIS.

IT IS NSA APPROVED FOR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES!

We are aging in our senior years –

Getting the required fruits and vegetables with nutrients that go directly into your bloodstream.

Sherry decided over twenty years ago to become a partner in the health establishment.

She has her own website: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

This is sold worldwide in over twenty COUNTRIES.

Her email and phone number are on this site to answer questions.

It can be ordered from the USA or other countries through this website.

The company is over 35 years old.

CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH AND OWNER OF THE WEBSITE!

AGING INTO AND DURING OUR SENIOR YEARS AS HEALTHY AS WE CAN!

PAPA’S WORLD – WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE!

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Papa’s World – Good and Positive Thoughts!

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A GOOD AND POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE START OF THE DAY!

Well – I did hit it there! LOL!

In my mind, this is TRUE!

POSITIVE THOUGHT!

Marley, when she was little –

And Taylor, who has trained her since she was a pup!

MY GOOD POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

In our family room in Brambleton –

Cassidy always had this rocker as her place to be.

All this is hers –

stuff animals – blankets.

A little girl –

Who holds a big place in my heart!

A GOOD AND POSITIVE THOUGHT TO MAKE YOU FEEL GREAT!

Date: 2024 –

Place: OIB on a sand dune!

Event: Family celebrating our 75th. birthdays!

Hers – 7-5-1949

Mine – 5-7-1949

WE WERE MEANT TO BE!

FOR OVER TWENTY PLUS YEARS-

THE SUPPLEMENT OF OUR CHOICE!

WE READ THE RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS-

AND SELECTED TO AGE INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS AS HEALTHY AS WE COULD!

WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS SOLD IN OVER 20 COUNTRIES – WORLDWIDE.

YOU CAN SEE AND READ THIS AT SHERRY’S WEBSITE:

http://www.sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR NEED TO TALK-

SHERRY’S EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER ARE THERE!

FROM DOCTOR SEARS – SHERRY IS A CERIFIED HEALTH CORDINATOR,

Papa’s World – Living healthy – family running for Cancer

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We just returned from picking up the packets for Saturdays run for Cancer!

Since I do not run ( I WALK ) – I am in charge of the little ones until my wife – son in law and daughter finish their run – FIVE K !

But as soon as they are done – then it is the little ones turn to flash their own styles ! They will run the kids mile.

The two oldest are twin girls – both eight years old – and the little one is four years old ! ( you would swear he and one of the twins are twins )

He is a runner jogging with his mother and MORMOR ( my wife) – which is Swedish for MOTHERS MOTHER !!!!

They have gone on 2 1/2 mile jogs and he is there step by step with them ! The parents bring them up in the healthy life style promoted by MORMOR !

She is a certified health coach and is the main reason 13 years ago – we as a family – other daughter – husband and three kids – turned away from the process food – the fast food – soda’s – and as much as possible – gluten – dairy and sweets !

LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS as I call it ! Anyway – tomorrow – at 8 am. I am ON DUTY so to speak – and cheering everyone on . I have done this numerous times when they ( adults) ran the Cherry Blossom 10 miler in D.C.

I wish I could run but the last couple times I ended up with injury – my wife says I am a very HARD RUNNER as in THUD THUD PLOP PLOP !

Which causes a lot of stress on joints and leg issues !

So I walk for one hour each day -usually 3.10 miles at a steady but doable pace – WORKS FOR ME and my wife chooses to walk with me !

Which is awesome ! Our lifestyle changed along with members of our family – and this all is because of my wife which we both will reach a major milestone in a few months – 70 YEARS OLD !

I hope you enjoy my blog – I have written for years and years on face book daily – about myself- family and friends.

I wrote for two other blogs but my computer crashed and I lost everything only to a few days ago – by accident – finding this my second blog site from 2014 !

I enjoy reading about my followers and am trying to figure out all the in’s and out’s – trying to become followers of anyone who follows me.

With all this being said – enjoy – read – follow – comment – If I can find it I will answer !

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Papa’s World – 6-25-1982 – marriage!

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Papa and Sherry the day we were married.

Front row – second from left standing behind Natalia – Tammy.

The tall girl next to Tammy – Sherry’s oldest Debby.

Next to me – Debbie – her sister and her two daughters – Kristy and Bethany next to Tammy and Debby.

Nathan is being held by Debby –

Next to Sherry is her mother Barb and her father Bill.

Next to Bill is Rusty – Barb’s brother and in front of him is Ceil – his wife.

This day was the second marriage for both of us.

We had dated the previous year and a half.

We had worked together at The American Olean Tile Company –

and by chance found out we were both in divorce proceedings.

Luck in a passing comment by other co-workers –

Brought us together in a conversation we had later.

All this seems like yesterday

her mother and father are now gone as is her Aunt and Uncle.

The kids – all of them – are grown and have children of their own.

For some unknown reason – my two boys are not in this picture although –

they were in other pictures.

The years passed – marriages and grandkids came.

Here to the left is Debby and Mike and their three daughters –

Maddy – Sarah and Ella.

To the right are Tammy and Marcus with the twins Cassidy and Taylor and the only boy – Bode.

We moved during the 2020 Pandemic – having sold our Brambleon, Va. home.

Mike and Debby still live at Lake Holiday –

on 522 between Berkly Springs and Winchester, Va.

Tammy and Marcus live in Selma Plantation –

just North of Leesburg, Va.

Many trips are now made back and forth between our home and their homes.

And they also make many trips back and forth.

The three oldest grandchildren – two are out of college –

the youngest is out of H.S.

The three youngest are still in school and into all kinds of activities –

The twins will soon be 15 and Bode to be 11.

Debby and Tammy are close to their mother.

Sherry on our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic in 1982.

Papa – just after my heart attack and before my open heart surgery.

My oldest son Troy and his partner Andrea – still live in WPA where he grew up.

My youngest son Shawn and Trisha – married – still live in WPA – where he grew up.

Papa and Sherry – far left – seven years after we were married – and I had a few years before –

given up playing softball –

And we both played in a competitive volleyball league and weekend tournaments.

Today we are seniors both 75-plus years old –

living our dream life in warm climates near beaches-

and golf – close to longtime friends.

PAPA’S WORLD – 6-25-1982 – Marriage –

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ONE I LOVE –

6-25-2025!

Papa’s World – Senior life – one day at a time.

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In our senior life together – I try to capture moments in time – to look back upon.

These moments all have a special place in my heart.

Here is Bode – maybe one year old – and Cassidy together on the couch.

Taylor and Cassidy are the twins – not identical but fraternal.

I can tell you right now – these two should have been the twins!

They are two peas in a pod!

They look alike – act alike and sound alike.

And – they are like oil and water!

You would not know that from this picture –

but it forms a picture that in my senior years –

I can reflect back on the early years!

Bode is much closer to Taylor and I asked him who he would ride with

when they both start to drive. TAYLOR!!!! LOL!

Taylor and Marley – the family dog who she has trained to do so many things!

While you can not tell from this picture – she is very tall – almost as tall as Sherry.

And Marley is a big golden doodle!

Taylor loves animals and has been riding horses since she was four years old.

She spends all her free time at “THE BARN” where she rides.

And hours there cleaning stalls – rubbing down horses –

Her dream is to one day own a horse!

Watching her clean their hooves –

Does not matter if it rains – or snows – she is there.

This picture is a special memory for me as she grows up!

A senior picture in time.

A memory from back in time when we vacationed on OAHU – THE NORTH SHORE!

It was a special time and I would love to go back and also see the other islands.

The time there spent with our close friends the McBrides.

We explored almost every inch –

and had such a good time.

This is a Senior moment in time!

Our friends the McBrides who we have known since they were our neighbors back in the late 80s.

We have traveled the world with them –

and the country.

We now live 38 miles away and get together often.

Always a good time and friends for life.

A senior moment in time.

A SENIOR MOMENT WHICH I AM SURE WE ALL HAVE!!! LOL

At this moment in time is the McBrides – Sherry and perhaps our oldest friends – the Browns.

Dottie and Jimmy.

I was at their wedding and Jim and I played softball together.

The three of us grew up in a little town in NWPA called Eldred.

We took our families on vacations together to the beach.

We watched as the kids all grew up and now we all have grandchildren.

Truly a senior moment in time – Priceless.

Our oldest daughter Debby and her husband Mike –

And the three oldest granddaughters –

Next to Debby and in order oldest to youngest –

Maddy – graduated from college – Ella – soon to graduate from college – and Sarah – soon to graduate H.S.

Here at the open-air music concert on OIB Park.

During the season – May through September – every Friday night – is free music by very good bands.

We tried to go each week and when they visited on vacation – we took them.

A senior moment in time.

This is true each way! LOL

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Papa’s World – Many moments in time!

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We were neighbors back in the late 80s in Pleasant Acres Drive – Portville, N.Y.

William ( Buck ) McBride –

today we live about 38 miles from them in N.C.

Often times we get together – be it golf – dinner –

shows or just talking.

Here – we are on the ICW riding a boat for a memory in time.

Sherry and Cindy –

she and Buck were our neighbors in the mid to late 80’s –

back in Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, N.Y.

Today they live some 38 miles from us in N.C.

We have stayed in touch all these years

and have traveled the world with them.

Today – dinners – golf – shows or

just visiting still brings our friendships –

to more memories in time.

Our three oldest granddaughters

way back then waiting for their parents to get up –

On Christmas morning.

Sitting at the top of the stairs –

smiling – giggling –

A memory from the past

is a memory in time that shall be with me until I am no longer here!

The three youngest grandkids –

the twins and the first boy –

today they have grown so much

since this picture was taken years ago.

Cassidy still dresses

to her own tune today!

Taylor is a horse lover

and works at a stable and rides.

Bode will be eleven years old

and plays soccer – flag football and golf!

Today this is another moment in time’s memory!

Our oldest friends as a couple

and then we married.

Jim and Dottie –

who also grew up in Eldred, Pa. as I did.

They are my oldest friends as a couple.

Many adventures –

family vacations

and raising children.

A moment in time as a memory!

Debby – Papa and Sherry

at an awards event for the Eltons at a Juice Plus Conference.

We now are going on TWENTY YEARS

of our home-based business on the Internet –

for the Juice Plus Company

on eating healthy – aging as healthy as we can –

Getting over thirty Fruits – Veggies and Berries

into our bloodstream every day!

Our goal is and has been from the start

to have a residual monthly income

and stay healthy-

now in our mid-70s –

We have retained both objectives

for almost TWENTY YEARS!

A MEMORY CAPTURED IN A MOMENT IN TIME!

A sketch of our home

was given to us

by Diane and Steve – our neighbors.

They also are from WNY –

close to where we raised our family

before we transferred to NVA.

It is a small world

and are thankful we met them.

They still have a cottage on Rushford Lake back in WNY!

A MEMORY IN TIME WE SHALL ALWAYS CHERISH FROM CLOSE FRIENDS!

On a recent walk in Vareen Gardens –

Sherry and I

aging as healthy as we can

while maintaining

a SENIOR LIFESTYLE INTO OUR MID-SEVENTIES!

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Papa’s World – One door closes and a window opens!

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Many times in our being together – a door has closed –

We found another, opened it, and proceeded to the next step.

We always accepted the facts and moved on –

To a better life with friends – family –

Now – in our Senior years –

It seems like it has become a Window instead of a door!

Here is Sherry with her two daughters.

Debby – Tammy and Sherry.

While it was sad to leave them behind in NVA-

They had established their own families.

Their roots were now there –

Kids in schools – college and a life that they flourished in.

We in turn – in our senior years – wanted to be near the beaches – sun – sand,

and warmth.

We want to enjoy life as long as we are able.

Living the Southern lifestyle –

Going golfing with friends-

So – this was not a door opening – but a WINDOW we chose to open!

The WINDOW is the SENIOR TIME FRAME OF OUR LIVES!

Our friends of over four decades are now all retired.

But – Sherry and I are the oldest.

We volunteer – at the Food Pantry – Assisted living – and Sea Turtle Protection.

We often go back to NVA to see the families and the grandchildren.

That too someday shall become less and less as we age.

Our thoughts are to age as healthy as we can.

We find interesting venues to attend – most are free!

Here is the Fort Fisher Kite Festival –

Which for us involves a Ferry ride from Southport to Fort Fisher.

Also, the Aquarium is there –

And sometimes TV film crews for several series!

All things considered – the WINDOW we opened and went through –

has been an adventure that we both wanted and have been blessed to have.

Growing into our Senior Years – as healthy as we can be.

For 19 going on 20 years –

Have never missed a day –

Skin – nails grow fast as does my hair.

I feel good – I test every 4 to 6 months on my vital stats!

This window opened for us –

The only regret I have is –

I did not know about this-

for the first 13 years, it has been around!

Today we are living in the SENIOR LIFE of an open WINDOW.

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Papa’s World – ALL THINGS in our senior life.

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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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Papa’s World – Making life easier as a Senior!

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It took me a long time to get here –

But there is some truth in this caption! LOL

Now – in my senior years –

I have a knack for looking at things and seeing if I can make them easier!

This past Christmas Season –

I decided to clear some shelf space in the garage!

Then – I started bringing all those crates down from the ATTIC over the garage!

Those drop-down stairs in the garage –

They are narrow and when you get 2/3’s of the way up – your space for your feet narrows considerably!

The opening is very narrow toward the top.

Plus – I am lying on my stomach handing those large crates down to Sherry-

on the second rung from the bottom.

The crate then slides down the ladder to the tips of her fingers to lower down to the floor!

This is our fourth Christmas here in our new home –

And now is becoming more difficult to use –

that attic space for storage for boxes and crates –

Of Christmas decorations!

This was an option when we built the new house.

There is a lot of space up there –

and now after the season –

I can store all or most of it on the shelves of the garage.

EXCEPT – we have three artificial trees –

Two small ones – one a Charlie Brown tree – no needles.

And our main tree – a large Charlie Brown tree with no needles.

These two Charlie Brown trees – the naked limbs fold up and have embedded lights!

They are easier to put away altogether –

as is the one outside on the porch which has fake green limbs.

By the time you read this blog –

We will have decided what to do with the trees!

The small ones-

I can still take up and down the ladder by myself.

The taller one must be handed down –

But that hard floor up there on my knees causes me pain!

This too shall be worked out by the both of us!

Just a small part of our daily life –

My next project is coloring all the grout in our shower –

The walls are 12 x 12 –

wide grout lines!

The floor is 2″ x 4″ tiles –

This small tile-in shower –

keeps you from slipping on the wet floor!

But each one has to be colored –

( at this time of writing – all is done)

Now I have some spray grout protectant –

that I shall put on and wipe excess off!

I hope this will be the last time I have to do this as working on my knees is getting harder!

The other day we went to NMB to run some errands in Big Lot stores –

we had not eaten breakfast and it was a little past 10 AM.

We decided to stop at Chick-fil-A – I had a muffin sandwich –

Sherry had an omelet type of breakfast.

She sat there and looked at me and said –

” I LOVE OUR LIFE HERE”!

Being a Senior has its challenges –

But at this point in our life together –

I agree –

“I LOVE OUR LIFE HERE”

and we will solve each problem –

one at a time and live –

OUR LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

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Papa’s World – Senior living – live your dream!

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In our senior years – we dreamed of living near a beach – I used to say “I wanted to retire and sell hot dogs on the beach”!!!!

Well – I no longer wish to do that – “I RETIRED AND NOW I WANT TO BUY A HOT DOG ON THE BEACH”!!!

When retirement came – we were living in NVA and that was to be our retirement home –

We could either drive or take the Metro into D.C. – which we often did as guides for our visitors.

But – The 401k went way down – however, the house’s value went way up!

Time to cash out – and head South to warmer weather – and the beach!

I’m going to be able to buy that HOTDOG on the BEACH!

And another dream – to play golf – we live near 30 golf courses – all within one-half hour!

We love to golf – we had played competitive Volley Ball in our 30’s to early 40’s –

and decided to take up golf!

Playing in NVA was expensive – here we purchased the FIRST TEE CARD!

It gives us a substantial discount on 52 courses!

So golf has become a way of our dream senior living!

Warm weather – beautiful fall days – skies to die for – living in the South – no more ice and snow.

Moving South – all the family has visited numerous times.

Walking in the sunshine on the beach – senior living and senior dreams.

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Papa’s World – miniature golf – Tiger Woods!

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Sherry and Papa at Broadway on the beach and the Pop Source miniature golf!

This is a 36-hole course all made out of artificial grass –

even the white sand traps!

It is unlike any miniature golf you have ever played!

It was fun – and challenging –

and they provided cold towels throughout the 36 holes!

Fans with a misting system.

You pick the course you want to play –

The BLACK course is not as challenging as the BLUE course.

We started there –

there are several bar areas and you can take the drinks onto the course.

You pay one price ( seniors discount) and you can play all day!

On Mondays, there is a reduced rate.

Buck and Cindy –

our close friends.

The holes are marked with the pars for each hole.

Hint –

you can putt through the white sand areas!

I found it easy to just putt and follow the curvature of the slight mounds!

Hint – try not to putt through to the edge – it will stay there –

and then you have just enough space –

to get your putter between the ball and the wall!

You can play 18 – leave –

come back –

keep your receipt –

you can eat there –

prices are good as is the food-

I HAD A TURKEY BURGER AND FRIES!

The BLUE course is more challenging!

Here is Sherry –

who had the only hole-in-one

and was on a par three!

Which is one of the harder holes!

You can see the edging of the longer ruff –

before the wall –

the ball will most likely hit the wall –

and then stay at the bottom in the long rough!

We did not buy any drinks for the course although we could have.

Being in S.C. in Myrtle Beach –

it was hot in the sun and a somewhat cooler day!

At each hole is a stand to hold drinks

and use as a table to record your score!

We will be going back –

taking family – friends –

neighbors and guests.

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POP – SOURCE – A TIGER WOODS TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER FRANCHISE!

Papa’s World – Remembering the past!

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My two sons have made the long trip down here from NWPA –

This was two summers ago and one came down this fall.

The other is looking for next summer.

Always excited to see them.

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

Ella – whom we called “TINY” since she was born.

Here in her youth, she was a runner.

Today, she has grown to 5’10” and is in her senior year of college.

She will graduate with two degrees and play her senior year of college soccer,.

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

Debby – on rocks at Raquet Lake in the Adirondacks.

They vacation yearly in the wilderness of lakes – forests and small towns.

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

All six grandchildren – now Bode is ten years old!

Maddy is 24 years old – Ella is 21 and Sarah is 18.

The twins are 14 years old.

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

A storm is brewing on a morning Sea Turtle walk –

here we walk in the early morning on the East end of OIB-

To see if any Sea Turtle came on shore to lay her eggs during the night!

REMEMBERING THE PAST!

LOL – this is so true – posting the past – seeing the growth of all the grandkids.

This is our “SENIOR MOMENT IN TIME”!

Realizing we are in our GOLDEN YEARS yet we are living the dream we have had all these years!

Today – our life near the beaches of N.C. and S.C.

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REMEMBERING THE PAST!

Papa’s World – Living our lives together – to the plus.

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Giving – sharing – laughs – smiles – humor – kindness – feelings – life is full – be what you show.

Our life together is forty-plus years – always striving – always exploring and seeking adventures.

Celebrating our shared experiences with one another.

Laugh – sense of humor – smiles and funny moments – together – as one.

DREAM – SUN – SAND – SURF – OCEAN – LIFE – HAPPINESS – LIVING – all we have accomplished!

Life shared being together – walking – riding –

LIVING OUR LIVES ONE DAY AT A TIME TO THE PLUS!

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Papa’s World – “I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING-

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“I wake up in the morning –

with NOTHING to do –

AND IT TAKES ME ALL DAY TO DO IT!!”

How many times since I have been retired have I been asked –

“What have you been up to”?

When I worked I took a vacation day –

mostly to mow my lawn!

It was relaxing for me –

just my ride mower – trimer – and me.

We had a three-quarter acre lot –

It would take 2 to 3 hours to mow –

weed whack and trim.

And I loved it!

Later – after we moved –

my yard work could be all done in forty-five minutes!

But – it was then –

I had to spend the majority of my time working!

I enjoy walking around and finding little things to do –

or turn on the TV-

and watch golf or some ball game.

Taking little trips with my wife for shopping –

She goes to the outlet-

and I buy a cup of coffee,

and people watch while she shops!

We make runs to volunteer –

tend to the flowers –

I no longer mow or trim the grass –

I just watch it grow!!!!!!! LOL

Sometimes we find a spot for a light lunch –

and watch the boats –

Other times we golf with friends-

or go and visit friends.

We are close to big box stores –

The beach is ten minutes –

To me –

it fulfills my retirement life.

“I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING-

I have a calendar –

where I write down –

what we have scheduled to do.

We take trips back to NVA to see family.

RETIREMENT –

may mean many different things to all people –

BUT TO ME IT MEANS

“With NOTHING to do –

That I get to choose each day –

what I want to do –

not a job to perform for a living!

“AND IT TAKES ME ALL DAY TO DO IT”!!!!!

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Papa’s World – Today is a new day!

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At this point in our lives –

we look forward to understanding others-

as much as we can.

The world of today is filled with so many ups and downs –

But – we try to stay neutral –

Helping out as best we can –

Staying calm in a sea of humanity.

“WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS”!

Family – friends – neighbors – community –

All have an effect on our outlooks of life.

Social media –

I try not to let that bother me –

even though I do not understand some people’s craziness!

Hatred has a way of burning the pages.

But – we tend to stay the course –

Giving – Kindness – Smiles – Helping –

I would much rather do that –

Then, I want to remit –

to all the awful stuff people are posting.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT – BEING SENIOR IS EVEN SHORTER!

Every day we awake –

is a new day to make a small difference.

I hope this blog helps others to think of better times –

and try to make each day a better life-

for those less fortunate,

A kind gesture – a helpful hand –

A smile or comment of Have a great day!

Open a door or hold a door.

It doesn’t have to be much –

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Papa’s World – Thoughts – Kindness – Laughs!

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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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Papa’s World – LIVING LIFE

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GOOD MORNING

Gratitude to being alive –

which if you know me-

I really should not be here !

I can count four times in my 70 plus years

that it could of gone the other way.

North Main Street
Eldred Pa.The cluster of houses
on the left side
at the top.

I was perhaps 4 or 5 years old –

I was going to cross the street – between two parked cars.

I stepped out and I heard the brakes –

I looked up and a matter of feet to my left

was a car stopped

we locked eyes – the driver and me

I was shaking – he just gripped the wheel

I came within several feet of being run over.

That has stayed with me to this day & I still see him in my mind.

My car accident

I was 17 years old – senior in H.S. playing football.

I went to visit my girl friend

My father had one big car and one small car.

The small one was a SIMCA – 5 speed – it was not fast at all !

It was like a square VW !

I was going toward the state line –

I put my turn signal on to turn left – I was in second gear

Just as I turned – a car came up from my rear going really fast

and decided to pass me instead of slowing down

The right front bumper and fender plowed into the door right behind me

I was thrown to the right passenger seat – my legs still on the gas pedal side

The back of my seat was pushed into the steering wheel

I spent 51 days in the hospital – not knowing if I would ever walk again.

The mid to late ’70’s – I rode motorcycle for 6 1/2 years

I was on my way to Amherst N.Y.

I was at a red light – up the one block was another red light.

There was a young girl in a VW – just got her drivers permit.

She started out – I followed and had only gotten into second gear

when I realized she had stopped and no brake lights

Somehow she had stalled the car

and had not hit the brake – just sat there.

The only thing I could do was lay the bike down

and slid right up under the bumper

I had no serious injury but I decided that was enough near miss’s

After so many of watching out for other drivers – I sold the bike

and never rode again .

Five and one half years ago – I had a WIDOW MAKERS HEART ATTACK

I had FOUR BLOCKAGES –

they told me I should not be alive

but they also told me

I was the most healthy heart attack victim they had ever seen.

Less than 48 hours after open heart surgery

I was home standing in my living room

with FOUR by passes.

I OWE MY WIFE MY LIFE !

She changed my health 13 years ago – with out those changes –

I am convinced I never would of made it !

She still manages me day to day

and my tests this Summer show ZERO hardening of the arteries!

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Papa’s World – Old – Older and now Senior!

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Growing OLD – seems only yesterday I was sitting on my grandma’s lap on the front porch –

in a little town in NWPA!

I was watching a neighborhood boy – he was in first grade –

and he was walking to school!

“Grandma – when will I be OLD enough to go to school”?

Now – looking back to that memory – I still can see him walking –

and me sitting in her lap –

I would recommend this to be some 71 years ago!

I was four years old.

That is my first memory of my grandma.

She was my mother’s mother

and she came to live with us.
Mike was either not born yet or was a newborn.

Her bedroom was at the top of the stairs –

straight ahead to the side of the house.

Later – this would become my younger brother and my room –

we slept in the same bed until my brother went away to college.

She had this picture of Jesus on the wall –

I still see it in my mind – she was Catholic –

Her mother was Pa. Dutch – but her husband was Irish Catholic.

He passed before I was born –

but I have his name for my middle name – DAVID!

He was a big man – 6’3″ – they had 11 kids.

My mom was second from the youngest.

During the Depression –

he would walk to neighbor’s houses

with produce from the farm to help

them out –

sacks of flour – whatever he could spare.

A KIND AND GENEROUS MAN WAS HE!

One day he was hoisting a hog up to the rafters in the barn –

he had a heart attack and passed away.

Leaving my grandma with all these kids – the older ones were gone –

the oldest – ROY –

had served in WWI.

I wish I had more early memories of my grandma.

She passed away at 85 years old.

I was around 10 years old and she had moved to my aunt Alice’s house.

My younger brother and I became too much for her!

It was like oil and water or a cat and dog with us.

If I could go back in time to make changes –

I would change this – he died way too young.

Now – I am older – a SENIOR in the twilight of life.

I have seen many storms –

I never had to serve in the military –

for various medical and child reasons.

But – I did start working at 16 years old

and continued straight for 48 1/2 years –

47 1/2 of those years for American Olean Tile Co. / Dal Tile Co.

When I retired – we had become part of MOHAWK.

I went through FIVE mergers – National Gypsum – Private – Dal-Tile – Armstrong and Mohawk.

Today we live on the border of N.C. and S.C. – living in the dream life we always wanted.

I think back to that day on North Main Street in little Eldred, Pa.

Sitting with my grandma –

wishing I could once again talk to her.

If only I could remember more –

but I have these memories as I pass into the night of being OLD – OLDER – SENIOR!

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Papa’s World – Caring for one another in our “SENIOR” years!

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The morning she woke up and could not stand – something happened to her back!

We had no idea how this happened – the day before she was fine – then – trying to get out of bed

became a challenge.

So goes the life of “SENIORS” age 75 or better!

We both practice “HEALTHY EATING” – walking – Geri-fit ( Senior workouts) at the senior center.

So – it came as a surprise after a trip to the Emergency Room and a C-SCAN –

to find out she has a COMPRESSED FRACTURE OF THE L1 VERTBRAE!

And – there also was an older one of the L3!

Now Sherry is very active – always on the move –

doing different things and projects.

My role changed – instead of “DRIVING MISS DAISY” –

It was “HELPING MISS SHERRY”!

Overnight – the pain was there –

movement was stiff – walking was labor intensive.

But – we started making appointments to see if we could improve the situation.

Slowly – ever so slowly – improvement came – pain meds –

well, they made her ill.

And finally Physical therapy – a consultation and more improvement.

Slowly we were getting back into some normal walking.

I learned how to wash and dry clothes –

something she never would let me do –

I always would fold them but now I separated and washed them and dried them – an art in itself! LOL

I had always cleaned the floors – picked up and straightened up.

Now – each morning I make the bed!

Change the sheets washing and drying them.

We still are trying to find out what caused this?

Maybe it was the Monday we went to Home Depot –

I had wrenched my lower left back

playing on a par three –

and I was being careful the next day –

we bought a plant and she bent over and picked it up –

And carried it until I convinced her to put it in the shopping cart.

But – nothing had happened – she was fine!

Or maybe we suspect it was the Saturday 18 holes of golf –

followed up on Sunday with another nine holes!

She was trying to adjust her swing –

I think this might of been the start –

but that Monday was her picking up the plant and no effects that day from that.

It was the next day she could not get out of bed by herself!

Whatever it was – we are here for one another –

“CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER IN OUR SENIOR YEARS”!

This is what marriage to me is all about – for life –

we both are very careful not to fall –

and to maintain our JP supplement going for 19 years!

We move every day – and stay active –

walking the community the park or the beach.

Playing golf – she will have to not strain her back when she comes back

and bend her legs for her back!

Commitment to one another – “DRIVING MISS SHERRY” would not have it any other way!

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Papa’s World – Through my eyes – Living life – Senior living!

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Spending the day watching Ella play college soccer – Senior living at our best!

Next Fall will be her Senior year – how the time has gone by –

She will graduate with two majors –

Her plan is to be an elementary Phys Ed. teacher-

Which is right up her alley as she is so good with children!

We try to live these words – caring – helping when we can – Senior living – one day at a time!

Time has passed since this retirement party for Sherry –

but we still maintain a healthy lifestyle –

walking – now doing physical exercises at the SENIOR CENTER – 45-minute sessions of non-stop exercise for seniors!

Living life to the plus one day at a time.

Being helpful to family – friends and neighbors – caring –

Visiting – reaching out –

volunteering at the Memory Care facility near our home –

Organizing the Library –

Living our lives and still helping others.

Staying in contact with our dear friends who now live 32 miles from us.

From back in WNY to now N.C. – playing golf maybe every two weeks.

This is what friendship is like in our senior years!

Part of living and part now of being a senior – but still maintaining a healthy lifestyle!

Papa – senior class picture – 1967 – a long time ago – now living another senior life!

Debby – Papa and Sherry – going to a JP event – living life to the plus!

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Papa’s World – Our lifestyle in our senior years!

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Over 41 years married and now living our senior dreams one day at a time – Sherry at the JP CONFERENCE!

For nearly 18 years she has had an internet business – working from wherever our home is.

Her partners are called TEAM GENERATIONS – helping families develop healthy eating –

coaching a diet of fruits – vegetables and berries – taking Omegas –

and children ages 4 to 26 are free as long as their sponsor takes the supplement of whole food nutrition.

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Playing golf with best friends for over 35 years!

We now live 40 minutes from them and we get together for golf and dinner.

Our life includes festivals – outdoor concerts – vendors and walking the beaches.

Spending time exploring towns – trails and parks – with friends and family and by ourselves.

Our Motto for life and how we live!

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Papa’s World – Fall at Ocean Isle Beach – Cameron Woods Community!

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One of the main reasons we moved further South – Cold – Ice and Snow –

now we have Warmth – Sand and Sun!

We walk daily except when the wind is blowing and the wind chill goes down – but still

no ice and snow. The Sun is warm – it is just at my age – I do not like the cold!

A Fall day in October – back in WNY – it was not uncommon to have snow for Halloween!

We hope to keep these alive for as long as we can – covering them if it drops below freezing!

We have flowers everywhere – most come back year to year!

We chose to replace mulch with stone – fewer bugs and pine straw was not my idea of mulch!

Everything here will come back next Spring or if mild will stay.

We are starting year number three on this plant of flowers – saving them each year from frost.

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Papa’s World – Good vibes – life as a senior!

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Life is full of humor – you just have to see it and then smile!

Often times I see things while driving – and point it out to my wife and we both smile!

Be kind – smile – both are “FREE”!

Ella – now 20 – Maddy – soon to be 23 – Sarah – soon to be 17 – SMILES – bring sunshine into our lives!

Living our life into our senior years – always seeing them as they were and now as they are –

Living life tp the plus one day at a time!

Funny – but as our life goes into more senior years – we can appreciate what we have accomplished

and still enjoy our fruits of labor – that is life as a senior!

Today – Ella – Maddy and Sarah – our three oldest granddaughters – still the smiles!

Today I blog on our life in our senior years – living our dream and enjoying our life in retirement.

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Papa’s World – Living life in our senior years!

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Our SENIOR years are here – we are close to the middle 70s. Yet we are still active – always exploring!

Here we are on the marshes of the ICW – near OIB N.C.

We moved here for the weather ( we both hate snow-ice and cold) close to beaches and golf

and our dear friends are only 40 minutes away!

Have a sense of humor – be kind and share a smile!

When family visits – the sunsets but rises to begin a new day with them!

One of our walks on the beach brings us a Turtle Nest – so we became involved – walking early mornings on Turtle Beach Patrol – looking for signs of turtles – protected by the state of N.C.

Disclaimer: The work for protected SEA TURTLES is authorized by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission – PERMIT ST020232

We now walk and nest sits – all volunteers – dedicated people – to help Sea Turtles survive.

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Papa’s World – Our early years! 6-25-82

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Our wedding day – June 25th. 1982 – starting out together after dating for 1 1/2 years!

It seems like only yesterday yet it is over 41 years ago and longer since we first started dating.

Both divorced – both had two children – her two daughters – my two sons –

We planned vacations on a budget – packing food to stop and have lunch on our way to a destination.

We had an old 12-passenger van – but fun trip.

We lived in the country – our driveway was 1/10 of a mile long – ice in winter –

It took me days to push and mow the lawn.

The early years – Sherry and her sisters. We were close to her family – often spending weekends with her parents!

Camping – tents and fifth-wheel and tag-along camper.

Our dream back then was warm weather – beach – surf and sand – vacations – wanting to stay!

We explored our states and country – sometimes by ourselves – mostly with kids –

providing what we could – money was tight.

But – we were happy – and we both worked for AOTC and DAL-TILE.

Along the way was National Gypsum, Private, Armstrong, and Mohawk.

The early years – Sherry and her sisters. In the mountains of the Kinzua Valley – Mount Jewett – Pa.

Our family was aging – the kids were gone to college and work.

We were thinking of transferring to within the company.

Several openings came up – but not what we wanted.

Then in 1999 – we applied for transfers and moved to NVA – still with Dal-Tile –

along the way we remained close to our friends for many years – one couple left for Wilmington, N.C. a few years before we went to NVA, and later the other couple transferred to Va.Beach.

We stayed in touch and in June of this year they all came to our new home to play golf –

FRIENDS FOREVER!

Our early years have now transformed into our senior years – now retired – and our dream came true!

We found our beach – sand – surf and warm weather – now our families come to visit.

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Papa’s World – Some HUMOR and fun FACTS in our life!

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How many times driving down the highway have you seen just one shoe? LOL

“ET”? No!

Our TOWER GARDEN is covered during freezing weather – below 32 degrees –

rare but does happen here in N.C.

We have been growing since August after we moved in July 2021!

And the cover works!

When the youngest grandkids visit – we head to the beach – now – our community pool is open – much less stress for us! LOL

In our SENIOR YEARS – this is very true – LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS ONE DAY AT A TIME!!!! LOL

Our family in Leesburg, Va. this is Marley and she is so gentle – love her! GOLDENDOODLE!

Senior moment –

but I also take Juice Plus “OMEGA”

Not from fish oil – but from the ALGAE farms from Juice Plus –

cutting out the fish and the chance of MERCURY!

WORKS FOR ME!

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Papa’s World – Life with us – in our senior years!

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We have a walking group that meets every Monday and Friday at the park across the street. You walk at your own pace and usually do two complete loops – just over a mile each and then once around the track.

This in total would be 2.30 miles!

Then during the day, we will get in the rest of our 10,000 steps – my heart doctor has told me just to “MOVE”!

Growing up in the 50s-60s and 70s – the generations that wanted love and peace – still has a place in my heart today!

We have adopted a healthy choice lifestyle – I do not drink soda or milk anymore – or fast food!

We live just a few miles from the beach – often going there for our walks – sun – sand, and surf!

We try to golf once a week or every other week – usually with dear friends of 35 years.

Just being out in nature – and yes – we get STEPS in that way!

Our dear friends – golfing – having dinner together and making plans for fun trips!

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Papa’s World – Into the Present!

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So I wonder if this is MIDDLE AGE – SUNSET years mean you forget where all those plastic bags and Tupperware lids are? LOL

Living our unset years in OIB in N.C. – warm temps – cool ocean breezes – sand and surf – golf and walk – pickleball –

senior years can be watching and working to age healthy!

Hard to do but working on it! LOL

Eating healthy – drinking water ( and throwing in a beer once in while) maintaining and looking ahead – enjoying our dream life.

My habit for each morning – is one cup of coffee!

That is my limit and the smell in the morning of brewing coffee – to start my day!

Living near the sand and surf and sunrises over the water – LIVING THE SALT LIFE – not for everyone but for us our dream life.

When family visits – joy – laughter – smiles – great feelings – family time is our asset in life!

Family of youth helps to keep us feeling young – MORMOR and PAPA – living our life to the plus!

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Papa’s World – Old year ending – New year beginning!

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Another year to get the golf game on track!

We love playing golf – and we are right in the middle of some 20-plus courses! Hoping this new year brings me better scores!

A new year to give – a new year to share – a new year of gratitude.

Living THE SALT LIFE – warmer weather – no snow or ice – living life to the plus!

Another year of aging – but another year of exploring – living healthy – one day at a time.

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Papa’s World – 2-25-21 – warm – sunshine – beach walk – people in the water!

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Near the end of Feb. warm sunny day – people actually in the water!

I am loving this weather down here in S.C at North Myrtle Beach!

This day – it was between 70 and 75 degrees!

Sherry walking toward the surf – tide is going out – beach is getting wide!

Our life has changed – beach life has now become our norm!

The surf – sand and water – everyday – count our blessings!

We have always loved the ocean – sand – and warmth!

When our new house is finished – we are only 30 minutes away from this!

And – where our home is situated – 4 and 6 miles to two different beaches!

The sound of the surf when it is calm – the sun – and smell – draw us each day!

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Papa’s World – walking the beach – no buildings here – just wide endless beach – Cherry Point!

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We decided for their last beach walk on a cold windy day –

to take them to the far end of Cherry Grove to a place the local’s call Cherry Point!

To get to the beach – you must park along the road and then walk through this covered path!

The path to the beach is overhanging tree limbs with lots of shrubs and bushes.

Once you walk through there – you are greeted to a wide expanse of beach to the left.

The right goes back toward the houses and pier.

The view to the left and almost low tide!

It was cold and windy – and we wanted to walk way out as it seemed at low tide you might be able to walk to the other shore.

Here you can see a few brave souls – walking – and the wind was really blowing!

Ella and Sarah – laughing and trying to stay warm in the blowing wind!

We walked maybe a half mile – and decided enough – it was just too cold and so windy!

One last picture with Ella – Debby Sherry and Sarah before heading back to the car.

I told Sherry – when it gets warmer and is low tide – we must come back and just see if we can walk across the bay!

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Papa’s World – finally – we have all our things in storage in Ocean Isle Beach!

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We made a trip back North to NVA!

To make arrangements to move what is left of our belongings to Ocean Isle Beach

to a storage unit we rented some 3 miles from the new house being built!

That way – if the build goes beyond our lease date –

we have a place to store items and a place to stay with friends if needed!

Papa – waiting for the unloading to begin – a lot of stressful thinking off my mind!

My son in law handled the storage unit up North

and two days later we met the crew at the storage unit here.

MY GUYS MOVING – a shout out to them – they were very professional!

All of this – the move South – saying goodbyes – finding a place to build

It is a adventure – but nothing new – we have been this way all our married lives together.

We sold most of our furniture and made dozens of trips to Salvation Army- here is what is left!

Four thousand pounds!

That is what we moved to here.

We have now purchased almost all of our furniture to go with the new house.

This here is mostly personal stuff – things that are family!

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Papa’s World – Where did the time go?

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Our new home we are building in Cameron Woods – Ocean Isle Beach – N.C.

We are building a new home – and where did the past almost 40 years go?

In fact – it seems like only yesterday – 1999 – we transferred to NVA from WNY!

Today – we are on another chapter of our life together.

And in a few months time – our house will be done and we will move in!

The back of the house – patio – and bump out window of the master bedroom – and behind sherry – will be all windows of the sun room.

This will be our third house we have built together.

Time has a way of just moving ahead and so fast!

The front porch and entrance to the front door.

We decided to build here – instead of buying – mainly because

We will have everything we want – for basically the same price!

The front door looking into the main hall way.

Everything in our price range we looked at – had to have updates –

or did not have a garage, or too small.

After coming in the front door – office to the left – bedroom to the right – and living room and sun room straight ahead.

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Papa’s World- journey to University of Lynchburg – grand daughter- soccer!

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The start of the game – cold – 35 degrees – steady rain – SOCCER!

We traveled five hours NW to Va. to Lynchburg –

our grand daughters first home contest of the delayed season!

Maddy Myers – number 13 – waiting for the start of the game!

As a Freshmen – she played in 13 games – now a Sophomore –

the first game she had a assist and two near misses in a 2-0 victory!

Out family – father Mike – Mother Debby – sister Ella and grandma – Sherry – Ella will be attending Randolph College in the Fall to play soccer – right across town and will compete against her sister for two years!
Hard to see but she is in the middle far side above the Y about to pass the ball!

She carries a HIGH GPA – and as a Sophomore – because of that GPA –

was able to have a room in the buildings right behind her!

She is a determined young lady – her last two years of travel –

she drove herself 65 miles each way so she could compete with the best in the

Metro D.C area in Loudoun County – a hot bed of recruiting for college soccer.

Steady rain – but we stayed watching her and the game.

The entire team waiting for the start of the game in the cold and rain!

Near the end of the game – a 4 to 1 victory and 2 – 0 on the young season!

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