This updates an earlier post on part time (PT) work from last May, with four months of retired life added to my corporate knowledge. Of course the original plan was for me to continue working full time for the FAA our first year here in TN, but those plans changed about this time last year- Continue reading
Planning
#39 – Thoughts on Estate Planning
Before moving into estate planning, an update on our transition into retirement, now in its fourth month. We’re past the halfway point of April and are still dealing with persistently ugly weather- lots of rain with most temperatures in the 30s/40s/50s, really cutting in on golf opportunities, also preventing us from getting our home landscaping Continue reading
#35 – Looking Back on the Retirement Decision
The post from a little than a year ago solicited comments on what might have led folks into deciding when to retire, and I threw out a few possible thresholds. That list is revisited below. Since I changed my decision after the time of the post, thought it might be worth offering my answers to Continue reading
#28 – Post Thanksgiving or Pre Christmas
This post started out as just a Thanksgiving note, but my self-inflicted delays have taken me into mid-December with way too much having happened since post #27. So this first paragraph summarizes that Thanksgiving week- a great week with light work load, a visit from our son, a quick visit to see our granddaughter, a Continue reading
#27 – “My Cup Runneth Over….”
I’m not sure how this post is going to come across (Of course there’s a good chance it won’t be read for a couple of months or years). It’s intended to cover many of our thoughts and preparations while transitioning to the retired life. The “Cup Runneth Over” reference is of course Biblical, coming from Continue reading
#19 – RMD. What is That?
A blessed July 4th to you all! I let another three weeks go by without a new post, drat. I have excuses. Two weekends ago we were driving down to TN to check out progress on the retirement home (roof was about to go on, great progress). Last weekend I flew to Detroit and spent Continue reading
#13 – Just Lucky?
OK, I’m not bringing up a retirement subject in this post, just doing a little catch up on the family plans for the future. It’s been two weeks since I last posted, not purposely meaning to skip a week. And it’s been about four weeks since the last comment, although there’ve been several blog visits. Continue reading
#12 – Trusts?
Regrettably I skipped a weekend and didn’t post anything new. Last weekend I was planning to be in south Florida for three days to watch some MLB Spring Training. The good news is I got to watch a game with one of my brothers. The bad news is we couldn’t find a single hotel room Continue reading