Steve Jobs…..I hope you are up there in heaven, inventing amazing cool things and inspiring the angels to do what they love.  Down here, my iPhone 5s broke.   Planned obsolesced much???   The speaker in my phone just gave way.  So I went to the Verizon store and got a new phone.  I WANTED the iPhone 6SE — the smaller size — but apparently they are still on the slow boat to America.  Couldn’t be phone-less until June, so now I have a small TV in my purse.  I’m sure I will LOVE it a month from now.

You are still amazing dude.  #IHaveAccessToTheWorldInMyHand #ChooseHappiness365 (173/365)

Ciao for now…..Diane

The walls of my mother’s house expanded again today.  Caitlin moved out of her dorm at Rollins, her sophomore year is over!  She too is home again!   Our little old chocolate lab Jewel is (perhaps) having the hardest time adjusting.  This is her first time at my mom’s house in Florida.  She fared really well on the drive down – with frequent stops to eat, drink, stretch and take care of biz!

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Erin and I swam in the pool today.  Talked about so many things.  Laughed,  raced – she almost drowned me.  You know, the good stuff.   I felt weightless — or perhaps weight-free.  Both in and out of the pool.

#ChooseHappiness365 (171/365)

Ciao for now…..Diane

Arrived In Florida.  Safe.  Tired.  Happy.  Uprooted.

Ready to start tomorrow…..um, tomorrow 🙂

Night.   #ChooseHappiness (170/365)

Ciao for now….Diane

Seeing Erin again today was wonderful.  Scooping her up out of her dorm with her stuff and taking her with us — even better!   We are driving to Florida in two vehicles, packed with everything we own that didn’t go to storage.  Peter is driving the Forerunner with Erin and Jewel (in her kennel) as passengers.  I’m driving the Camry with my iPod loaded with every tune I have ever loved from 1980 to present.

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Farewell 30 Jernee Drive, East Brunswick, New Jersey

We take with us 15 years of wonderful memories, upon which to build our new lives, our new home.

#ChooseHappiness365 (168/365)   #HomeIsWhereYouMakeIt

Ciao for now….Diane

Our last party in our home was a rather intimate one!

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I’m writing to you tonight from the comfort of our blow-up mattress, on the floor of our luxurious empty master bedroom.   I kinda got a grumble-growl from my 6’1″ husband when he laid down and his feet stuck out of the bottom.  Come onnnnn baby — curl up and cuddle tonight Peter…..Moving is like camping…(not glamping)…it’s an adventure!

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Alright movers….we are R.E.A.D.Y. for you tomorrow morning, bright-and-early.  #LastBoxPacked #AGoodNightSleepAwaits #ExhaustedButExcited #ChooseHappiness365 (165/365)

Ciao for now….Diane

As we continue to pack, wrap, stuff and tape — preparing for our house sale closing on Friday — I am reminded that there are alot of things I will miss about this house, but perhaps none more than the laundry room closet door. Read the rest of this entry →