Sunday, August 9, 2015

2.5 Years Later…...

Wow, it has been 2.5 years since I last blogged and that was supposed to be a New Year's Resolution to do so frequently.  So here I am again.  We (Bob and I)just returned home from a little getaway for our 34th Wedding Anniversary.  We travelled to the Northwoods area of Wisconsin as a sort of nostalgic tour and took in the sights and sampled the great food available.  We had dinner at one of our favorites in the area, "Pub and Prime", and we shared our thoughts and feelings with each other.  They were all good and a bit on the romantic side.  Sometimes, it is wonderful to just "getaway and concentrate on each other" once in a while.  We had a glorious, fun, wonderful time together.

Getting back to this blogging thing and New Year's Resolutions, I obviously did not keep my promises to myself on this blog.  I have made some notes and jottings in one of my journals, but only sporadically.  I am proud to report that this year, 2015, I made only one resolution and that was to get healthy.  I have lost in excess of 30 pounds, many many inches, dropped a couple of sizes, have developed healthier food choices, and am still working on daily exercise.  I retired from my position as Executive Director, and after several months of freedom, decided that I might like doing some work on a part-time basis.  I was offered the maintenance job at Nicolet School in Kaukauna, working approximately 20 hours/week.  Initially, I cleaned the classrooms, kitchen, bathrooms, and gym on a daily basis, but for summer, I do the bathrooms, lobby, and landscaping outdoors.  Most recently, I pulled all of the thousands of weeds in the gigantic playground over the course of the last two months.