How to fill time in retirement

 I don't take walks on the beach enough. I should do it every day. I am lucky to live close enough that I can leave the house and be at the beach in about ten minutes. We have a long beachside where I live in Brevard County, and I have promised myself to get out more often. One of the reasons I need to walk is because I like to eat. About once a week I visit a local place called Frigates. It is located less than five minutes from my home and sits on the Eau Gallie River. The site use to be a Burger King and that turned into the Eau Gallie Crab House. The original is located in North Palm Beach, and this is their second location. It was in the local paper that a new one is planned in Palm Bay. The Frigate bird is legendary to sport fishermen and its presence is an indicator to a bountiful catch, good times and success. I saw lots of them in the Galapagos. This is a wooden one flying over the outside bar at Frigates... The food is great but a little expensive. No Burger King sales he...

When I got up this morning, I knew I either needed to go look for a new car or mow the front yard. The car has been acting up after 11 years of ownership with the AC not working. The lawn was growing due to three days of rain. How do you make this decisions during retirement? You play Solitaire for a great time (how fast you win), if you do good you do one thing else you mow the lawn. I mowed the lawn. Today was pickup day for lawn and plant garbage by Waste Management. I try to do a garbage barrel each week so I moved it to the street. A black snake was under the barrel and came rushing out. He headed under the garage door. I think he was the child of the big snake that was in my bathroom last December. The temperature was in the mid-70s with a breeze, a great day to be outside. The lawn is sparse due to a dry winter, but mowing last week made it start growing. Of course, the rain helped. When I went to get the lawnmower,, guess who was underneath. Yep, the little black snake and he w...