Life’s Journey

Refrigerator Planner I truly miss writing. This is my outlet, it’s what helped me heal after the loss of my son, but I can’t remember the last time I planned out a blog post. My site came up for renewal last month and I honestly was about to pull the plug but something held me …

Therapy Dog

Scruffy has never met a stranger. He has become an important part of our family. He has a gift, he adopts people wherever he goes. He has never met a stranger. He has become the official mascot of the Roanoke chapter of the Southern Cruisers Riding Club. Scruffy logged about 400 miles at the national …

New/Old Hobby

I am suffering from CGAS!!! Can't Go Anywhere Syndrome!!!! Although we have taken the RV out a few times this year, we have had to be extra careful in order to maintain our shelter in place and social distancing. We took the RV up to West Jefferson, NC. In order to ride 'The Snake' on …

Living My Best Life

First trip out post COVID-19 after no real trips since last fall. Life sometimes gets in the way, we knew we were putting things on hold while we prepped our house to sell. That project took longer than expected, but we did meet our goal and list in the first quarter of 2020. We really …

We Are Listed!

Today is the day! Our MLS listing went live this morning. January 20, 2020! Our for sale sign was personally delivered by our realtor last night. When he placed the realtor lock on the front door, it seemed like a bit of a dream, but this is really happening! We have officially completed step one …

Ringing In A New Year

This is the time of year when I start reflecting, sort of a year in review. 2019 marks year two, time lived ‘after’ the death of our son. I am healing, the bad days are becoming farther apart, and happier memories are beginning to creep into my thoughts more and more. ‘Finding Beauty Wherever I …

New Favorite Campground

Back to work after an absolutely fabulous week spent in the western part of our great state of North Carolina. The worst part of vacation is the last day, packing up our campsite had me feeling like I wanted to stay there forever. I was very sad to have this trip come to an end. …

Ready To Go

We are ready to head out on our next adventure, it seems like forever since we pulled our RV out of the driveway and are so excited. Check out all the exciting things we have on our itinerary! Hopefully we can take in all these wonderful sites, but our ultimate goal is rest and relaxation. …

My Pretired Life Volume 1 Issue 1 – Our First Year

Our top posts from our first year.
Best viewed as two page booklet.

Adventures of a Little White Dog

Let's make ScruffyAKAVerne go viral. Please share this post and be sure to follow his story! My name is Scruffy AKA Verne. I am a mischief maker, a therapist and a traveling dog. I am no fru-fruey dog. I play rough and tumble, don’t care if I get dirty, chomp and tear up all my …