It’s really nice knowing we can just decide one day to hop in the car and take off for a destination, although this wasn’t the case last week. Beth had not seen our granddaughter in almost four months, so we headed up to the DC area for a couple of days to see she and Continue reading
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#48 – First Six Months of Retirement, Thoughts
Hey, almost to milestone post #50…….haven’t had a comment in at least a month, but the posts will keep on coming. The six month mark seemed to be a good time to make an initial assessment of this retired life. Overall, I approve! Certainly not missing being part of the full time workforce, and very Continue reading
#37 – Cash Flow
First, it’s been a good six weeks since anyone’s posted a comment on the blog. There’s been a steady stream of visitors, but no comments, FWIW. Second, I am very much enjoying having control of the daily/weekly schedule. Not trying to rush into any particular routine yet. Doing a lot of reading, working out, going Continue reading
#36 – Anybody Up for a Trip?
So I’m looking out my home office window at five inches of snow we got last night, even though yesterday afternoon temperatures were in the 60s and it was nice enough to play golf. The snow, with a cloudless blue sky background, is beautiful, but it’s time we move onto some good Spring weather. I 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
#26 – More of the Same
OK, this first subject is not “More of the Same”- quite the opposite in fact. As a lifelong Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves fan, my emotions have been jerked in all directions for the past six months, finally with a happy ending. They are in the World Series this year. We really haven’t reached the end just yet, Continue reading
#24 – A Lot of Moving Parts to This Retiring
So we’re three weeks closer to retirement, three weeks closer to the new home being completed (fingers crossed), three weeks closer to moving, etc. Right now they’re all three on schedule to happen at the same time…what could go wrong? I held a meeting last week exploring some part time work options, and met earlier Continue reading
#23 – It’s Time to Retire
First time to get to the blog in a couple of weeks, lots of news to share. First things first: put my retirement package two weeks ago. Retirement date is going to be Dec 31 this year, so now it’s barely 3.5 months to retirement. The plan was to work remotely for a year after Continue reading
#22 – A Little About Medicare
Today’s first comment is a metric: I think the last comment posted from someone besides me for this blog was about two months ago, if I don’t count the couple of vendors wanting to show me just how much money I can make blogging if I sign up for their service (they’re talking to the Continue reading
#21 – The Rest of the Year
Well how about that! Finally learned how to post a picture. Posts might start getting more interesting. This is the retirement home under construction back in early July. We’re now about 50% done. Was a busy week for the blog, not so much on volume of visits, but rather in quality. First, one of my Continue reading