Jennie, I've read about people who retire to live full time on cruise ships. They are figuring that the cost of the long-term cruises is cheaper than rent or mortgage and all of the expenses with a house or apartment. Maybe you could find a cruise coming this way and back, with a visit here in the middle part of the long expedition.

This household is proving to be expensive this summer, what with one new heat pump completely on my tab soon, and if the other one goes out, the warranty covers part of a new one. A big part, but not all of it.

The forest floor is in full swing here and the Labrador is losing hair in huge chunks. I'm trying to catch up and brush him every couple of days. They're spending most of their time sprawled on the tile floors indoors.

Without even trying I seem to have lost a couple of more pounds. It's so damned hot here (107^o or 41.7 C yesterday) that who feels like cooking, let alone eating? I'm intending to stay at 1200 calories each day while the knee is healing, and trying to get more protein.

Several eBay things have been photographed and today I'll sit down and list them. I'm having to pace myself because sitting for too long lets the knee stiffen up. I've already had the setback of the mis-step yesterday, I don't want to make it worse by working on the computer too long. ("Sitting is the new smoking.") I've started watching some of the stuff stored in my Sling TV virtual DVR, seated in the living room with my feet up. I can also do some of the PT exercises while I'm watching TV.