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Memory a day, home

Sanibel sunrise
Sanibel sunrise years ago. Often, we are not positioned to see the sun directly. No worries. The sky is the academy award winning supporting actor.

Are you making a memory a day at home?

A memory a day with your priorities?

A memory a day for your final exit?

Well done, good and faithful servant.

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Watching “The Madison”, home

Glacier National Park
Organized pretty well at Glacier Park Lodge in the town of East Glacier.
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GNP. Many Glacier Hotel and two Floridians struggling to stay warm in July, 2018.
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Glacier National Park traditional arrival photo at West Glacier entrance.
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Glacier National Park Highline Trail was nearly 14 miles because we did the Grinnell Glacier overlook (pictured here). Cheryl waited for us at the overlook spur trail intersection with Highland Trail.
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Glacier National Park. Apgar Village. Eddie’s Cafe and gift shop.
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Glacier National Park. Lake Josephine.
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Glacier National Park. Beargrass and my favorite hiking partner of all-time.
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Glacier National Park. Logan Pass parking lot near sunset.
Glacier Boat Company boats
GNP. The Joy II, on St Mary Lake in Glacier National Park seats about as many Guests as Disney’s World-Famous Jungle Cruise boats hold.
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GNP. Glacier Park Lodge gardens.
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Glacier National Park. Lake McDonald Lodge. Chapin playing piano. Cheryl sitting to his left.
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Glacier National Park. Lake McDonald Lodge lobby. Chapin on piano. Cheryl to his left.

Watching “The Madison” on Paramount…

Masterclass.

Leadership.

Priorities.

Trailer.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Spring break, home

Eiffle Tower
First look…Spring 2012. In France for Disney Institute client engagement at Disneyland Paris.

Spring break is a priority for many college students.

Why?

A tradition.

An adventure.

A rite of passage.

All of that and more.

It has become a priority for me (and Cheryl) for the same three reasons:

  1. A retirement tradition.
  2. A retirement adventure.
  3. A retirement rite of passage.

Noteworthy is that college students recognize the fleeting opportunity and go after the opportunity with gusto.

Same here.

Even in retirement.

Especially in retirement.

Ps. We travel to Paris in four weeks for a two-week “Spring Break” adventure.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Message from CEO of You, Inc

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You are CEO of You, Inc and are responsible for the paperwork of your life.

A message from CEO of You, Inc…

Dear past, present, and future self,

Have fun.

.think .differently

Lean into discomfort.

Prioritize your priorities so you can live, and die, being at peace with who you are and content with what you have.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

HQ was a tent

college road trips
Our home was a tent. For real. 1984. Drove from Washington State to Walt Disney World. Began our Disney careers soon after.

Our temporary home for a while in Washington State was a small two-person tent.

We then drove cross-country, moved to Orlando and rented a “furnished” one-bedroom, roach-infested apartment in a crime-prone area.

Then our first starter home 30 miles from my Disney job. We had one car. i bicycled 30 miles to work daily.

Now we are the same two people yet living remarkably different lives.

Our home is less than one mile from Walt Disney World. Magic Kingdom fireworks visible 365 nights a year.

We are unable to attend Glen’s annual golfing get-together next month.

Why?

A scheduling conflict.

Paris to Normandy seven-night riverboat cruise and a week at Disneyland Paris.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.