CoCo's Corner

I just took a little jaunt, a little trip.  I have an extra day off this week, because someone I worked for last week is paying me back this week.  I decided to take advantage and use my flight benefits - mostly so I could just say that I did it.  No real other reason. As far as the trip goes, I did nothing.  Absolutely NOTHING.  I didn't even leave the hotel.  I ordered pizza in from a local pizzeria that delivered.  I went to the pool for about an hour.  That was the extent of it.  Otherwise, I just relaxed.  I read, I played on my iPad, I watched HGTV (I don't have cable television).  I arrived around noon yesterday and left there at 10:00 this morning. When I fly, I usually take a book and read.  Or a magazine.  Something to occupy my time.  Even when I'm flying with someone I know, I don't usually chat with them.  So, when a stranger is sitting next to me, I generally keep to myself and read.  I'm...

My backyard has always been BLAH.  No life, no nothing.  The grass that is back there is incredibly uncomfortable to walk on.  I have a deck, which we have put a porch swing.  We really haven't been able to enjoy backyard barbecues or anything like that. I have talked for the last couple of years, I have talked about wanting to replace the horrible grass and put in a patio.  Just some cement that we can enjoy having family barbecues and the like.  Problem was, there was a cost factor.  Well, when I bid my old life adieu, I had 350 hours in vacation time to be paid out.  Figuring I needed to save those dollars to support myself in the fashion I had become accustomed to, I socked it away to use at a later date.  Well, the lucky thing was that my retirement came into play before I even put a dent in the other.  So, I decided to treat myself and the old hubby to a fixer upper moment.  Here is the chronological transformation: G...