Sunday, May 13, 2012

We Play Checkers!

A  L  O  H  A !
My (Blog Invisible) husband
 said today,
 regarding moving off of, 
and selling our boat:

" We will retire from
 life-as-chess game,
 and play checkers! 

 We are simplifying 
and down-sizing 
in order to be as happy
 and carefree as possible
 for as long as possible 
on what we have.  "











 Happily,
 even as inevitability
 rushes headlong 
in our direction,
 it brings with it 
promises
 too.








" To be happy 
you must be your own
 sunshine. "

Charles Edward Jerningham












   " The best is yet to be.

 I feel that  to be true.


And such is my wish
for You
& for Me.


Thanks for visiting!

'Take away Peace - Leave a Comment


The Best Is Yet to Come by Frank Sinatra on Grooveshark

                          Warmly, cloudia

22 comments:

wenn said...

Great! Happy Mother's Day!

Hilary said...

He's your check-mate. :)

the walking man said...

Downsized already now I want to live outsides.

Elephant's Child said...

Thank you. Have a wonderful day.

Anonymous said...

Mahalo for mothering all of your blog buddies! Cool art about the Vancouver rain. Is that a young turkey ready to eat Pirate Kitty? DrumMajor

Indrani said...

Chess to checkers should be a good move.
Happy stay!

Charles Gramlich said...

I like the chess versus checkers analogy. I need to do that as well. Go to checkers.

Friko said...

Hi Cloudia,

Have you changed back? What happened? Your new posts still appear on my dashboard. I simply clicked and there you are again!

Happy Mother's Day.

Rosaria Williams said...

Sunshine, yes, we must find our own, in little things, small moments.

Myrna R. said...

So often I think the best simply is...here, now. Have a great day!

Teresa said...

Enjoy the simple life, may it be long and happy!

Cloudia said...

Jolly! Thank YOU so much my dear pals!!!!

Anonymous said...

what hope, what joy can be felt.

please have you all a good new week ahead.

daily athens photo

Linda said...

Fantastic! Happy Mother's Day!

黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...

Me and my wife have already down-sized some time ago ...

Bob Bushell said...

Good idea that.

Castles Crowns and Cottages said...

Well ALOHA and BONJOUR!!!

I believe in downsizing too. Now in our 50s, we are doing just that and loving it.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY POST! Will you participate in the Paris Link Party? I was not sure !!!

Let me know, please. It would be great to have you! Anita

Dave King said...

Comes to us all - if we're lucky. The best of luck to you.

Marguerite said...

Lovely thoughts and post! I was downsizing too, until suddenly, one of my grown children and my 90 year old father moved in. Now I find myself looking for a bigger house! :)

RONW said...

I suppose if it had been a houseboat as in Sausalito, the amenities would be better.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I think it was a brilliant move Cloudia, you love your new digs high in the sky don't you. The simple life is the best life, not so much to worry about losing!!

Kate I said...

Ha, ha, I love the saying about Vancouver...I live in Victoria where the weather is very similar! (although I'm in Mexico at the moment soaking up the sunshine).

We downsized hugely 3 years ago and love it, but it's much easier to do where the weather cooperates and most of "living" can be done outside.