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Time with Friends

I had a wonderful time on Pratt Pond in southern New Hampshire with my friend Diane.  We were able to get in activity -- kayaking, walking, hiking.  We went to the Children's Fair in town on Saturday, an event that has been held for 170 years.  We went to Porter Hill Sweets, a local chocolate artisan that has become a tradition far more worthy than the Children's Fair in my book!

It was rainy some of the time so we played games and had quiet reading time.  We saw The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Netflix and we both enjoyed it.  We went to see A Man of Destiny at the playhouse in Peterborough.  There was a HUGE storm that hit just as the play was starting.  Lightning struck and knocked out the stage lights at the end of the first act, but show business and the play must go on.  They rigged up lights with extension cords.  Act 2 was a night scene so it wasn't so bad that the actors had to carry on while carrying lanterns.  It added some excitement.

Tomorrow I will meet my friend Ginnie for breakfast.  She is starting school on Thursday.  We were special educators together.  Now she is working as a para-educator in retirement.  We used to joke about that is what we would do in retirement . . . but I'm just as glad I am not living out that particular plan.

Tomorrow night I will be meeting with my favorite writing group and Thursday is getting together with the card making group.

I am truly blessed with friendships.

Comments

  1. TaborAugust 22, 2018 at 2:14 PM

    Yes you are blessed, but it takes a good friend to have so many friends.

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  2. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)August 22, 2018 at 2:31 PM

    Yes you are.
    Sounds like a wonderful time.
    You can send me some of those artisan chocolates. :-)

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  3. Linda ReederAugust 22, 2018 at 6:44 PM

    As Tabor said, it takes a friend to have friends. Glad to hear you are having fun and NOT working as a paraeducator. I know I was happy to leave the classroom “cold turkey “ .

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  4. Sally WesselyAugust 22, 2018 at 10:22 PM

    Yes, you are blessed, and Linda is right too, as is Tabor. It takes being a friend to have friends. I too am glad I am not working as a paraeducator, nor am I subbing. I swore I would never do either after I retired, and I have not. I have taken long-term jobs for a semester or a year, but I was not going to sub. Now, I am so happy that I am fully retired!

    I have been missing from blogging lately, and I found that my blog was no longer showing up in the Blogger reading list. I am hoping to get reconnected to my blogging friends again.

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  5. Jenn JilksAugust 23, 2018 at 8:53 AM

    You are blessed. I've lost all my friends in our moves. sigh.

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  6. Arkansas PattiAugust 23, 2018 at 12:06 PM

    I guess it is true--the show must go on. I have never seen it quite like you did. Kind of exciting.
    So glad you had such a great time. You took advantage of each situation. Friends like that should be kept close.

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  7. gigihawaiiAugust 23, 2018 at 5:04 PM

    Great! I am glad you have such a good social life. Keep it up.

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  8. SextantAugust 24, 2018 at 6:28 PM

    Lovely painting, btw. There is a lot to said for retirement, especially completely retired. I kind of like the notion that I haven't given my place of previous employment a thought in the past month. You do have wonderful friends, and as others have noted above, that no doubt is because you are a wonderful friend.

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  9. WisewebwomanAugust 25, 2018 at 11:14 AM

    Good friends attract good friends. It sounds like yours are solid.

    I love your description of the play.

    XO
    WWW

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  10. JoaredAugust 27, 2018 at 3:56 AM

    I've reached an age when I envy those who still have good friends living with whom to share time. I could never in my wildest imagination have anticipated I would outlast so many. Make the most of these times as sounds like you're doing.

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