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I'm Cathy, a 67 year old retired Navy wife. Spent 24 years as a Navy wife until my husband retired after 27 years of service. We traveled all over from Washington D.C., to Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Maartin, Martinique, Japan and Korea. We re-located to this beautiful state of TN from Central FL. We live in the mountains on 5 acres with our 10 cats (5 indoor). I'm Chuck, the Other Half of the equation. I'm a 68 y/o sailor at heart. While in the Navy I was a Cryptologic Tech (Intel type). My most memorable tours of duty were in Submarines (Scorpion, Skipjack, Triton & Ray), as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Deputy Director National Security Agency (RADM C.F. Clark), and my last tour as Operations Chief at NSGA Homestead, Fl during Hurricane Andrew. It was a good time to retire. We have been looking for this home since 1965 and thank the good Lord that we're finally here.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

New Livingroom Set


Well Hooray for us - Finally after bunches of years of paying in - we finally filed our income tax and lo and behold we got a tax refund.  Stupendous.  We been paying in for so many years that we thought we'd never see the end of it.  Figured that once we started drawing SS that our paying in was over but nnnooooooooo!!!  They still tax 50% of my SS.  But not this year.  So - we splurged and bought ourselves a new living room couch and love seat.  The old set we bought in 1992 just after hurricane Andrew came through our living room in Homestead, Fl.  Ok - I know - no biggie.   But for us it is.  We been hauling that 20 y/o set around for years.  Happy Valentines Day!!!  
I was talking with Joe, my neighbor, the other day and he was telling me about this guy, our age, that worked for the VA that had recently had to have a leg removed because of diabetes.  Anyway, he apparently has a wheel chair but no handicap ramp to get out of his house. Actually he does have a ramp, it at his back door and is so steep it's hard to control the wheel chair and nearly impossible to get back up into the house.  So - Joe and I went down and surveyed the problem and are planning on building him a OSHA approved wheel chair ramp for access to his house.  He and his wife are pretty much on a fixed income like most of the rest of us so Joe and I are donating most of the lumber and labor for the job.  Really gives ya a good feeling when you can do something to help someone else out of a fix.  Like Joe says - we got more time than money so why not.  Til next time - Ta Ta

1 comment:

grannyshirley said...

I like the new sofa and love seat. Nice thing Chuck and Joe are doing for that couple. What goes around, comes around!

Back Porch View

Back Porch View
Eastern view off our back porch