This is one of those subjects for which you have a passion….or not. I am not a landscape expert, but after 40 plus years of yard care experience, I’ve made more than my share of mistakes and have learned at least a small handful of lessons. Besides, one of the purposes of this blog is Continue reading
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#78 – Major(ish) Monetary Miscue
OK, we learn from our mistakes. Hopefully as we get older the frequency of mistakes significantly decreases while our wisdom from positive experiences increases. Generally, most of us incorporate some degree of comparison shopping when buying things. If it’s a big ticket item, we’re likely to do a more thorough cost comparison. We want 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
#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
#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
#10 – Travel
OK, need to move away from financial subjects briefly and onto travel during retirement. Clearly one of my priorities throughout life, and I’m hoping to make it a higher priority upon retirement. It holds a prominent position in the retirement budget. At the same time, I’m keeping in mind that I only have XX years Continue reading