I wanted to put this out last week to make a short interval between posts, but when you’re dealing with the US Government (USG) in anything related to hiring, even indirectly, just sit back and be patient. So, for now, this is an interim post to be updated soon…hopefully. Almost four weeks ago I received Continue reading
Activities
Could be part time work, volunteer work, golf, running/walking, other hobbies
#70 – Update on Our Retired Living
Three weeks since the last post, my apologies! It’s been a while since I took a look back at the specifics of what retired life has been like for us, so here goes from the past couple of months:
#58 – Helpful Conversations
Hope everyone had an enjoyable 2022 Thanksgiving weekend. We had a wonderful week with Andrew being home (along with a visit by Tayler, one of his cousins), and the week before, I got to visit a couple of USNA classmates. More to follow on each of those events. As mentioned on the home page, and Continue reading
#57 – Catching Up on Retirement Year #1 (dated Nov 2022)
(OK, it’s been about 3 months since the last comment. Guess I should beg for at least one…) This is just a snap shot of the notable retirement trends in the last few months of Retirement Year #1- since Post #48 dated July 11- life events and considerations for where being retired changes how one Continue reading
#50 – A Full Week
Well here it is, post #50! If you were expecting a special subject or a major announcement, am afraid I’m going to disappoint you, my apologies. If I get to 100 posts, I’ll plan ahead better and perhaps come up with something worth celebrating. Maybe I’ll have five regular readers by then! Last weekend I Continue reading
#47 – The Cool Future of Drones
Bet you didn’t see this subject coming up. How do drones apply to retired life? If you plan on being around for another 10 years, you’re going to see/experience some amazing changes to what goes on in our airspace. Three years ago my son Andrew gave me a toy drone in acknowledgement of my then-new Continue reading
#44 – Road Trip!
I love a road trip. Just got back Sunday and will be taking off on another short one tomorrow AM. Will get back to retirement subjects on the next post, but then again, road trips are one of my fun retirement adventures. This was a five-day, multi-purpose solo trip up north. For some, these details Continue reading
#43 – Hobbies and Other Time Consumers
First, the promised home picture below. After waiting five months, we finally have our landscaping in place and the our home no longer looks like a construction site. Give us a couple more days for the new sod to green up…. After not having a yard to take care of over the past 4.5 years, Continue reading
#42 – Revisiting Volunteer Options (Followed by Hobbies on the Next Post)
First things first….acknowledging that our new home state of Tennessee is the “Volunteer State”- 1500 volunteers from the Tennessee militia set off to fight against the British during the War of 1812, followed by a similar effort supporting Texas during the Mexican War. And it’s “Go Vols” for the University of Tennessee during college football Continue reading
#32 – One Month Into Retirement
One month ago yesterday we were spending our first full day in our new retirement home. It was also the one year anniversary for starting this blog, which I now have more time to work on. The first month of retirement was a bit rough early on. We had everything planned out, but just didn’t Continue reading