Occasionally I like to let you know what I have learned from blogging since my last post. It’s a nice change from thinking about pandemics and so on isn’t it? It also seems that even though I don’t blog about … Continue reading Blogging Lessons Learned
It seems like every decade since my 30s, I have gained 10 pounds, but this last ten pounds has come at the start of the 60s – all in one year. That’s the ugly, boring truth of it, plain and … Continue reading My 60ish Weight Gain
A study of 957 Chinese individuals over the age of 55 by the National University of Singapore found that drinking a cup of tea every day reduced mental decline significantly – by 50% apparently. (By the way, I have heard … Continue reading My Cup of Tea
My husband and I are parents of young adult university students. They are each very different, and some more independent or seemingly removed than others. We are proud of all of our children, although sometimes perplexed! We call ourselves empty … Continue reading Empty Nesters at Thanksgiving
My husband and I retired, became (sort-of) empty nesters, and downsized our home last year. |I can’t say that we downsized too too much, but we certainly took the opportunity to purge prior to our move. That’s not to say … Continue reading Retirement Renovation
When my husband first announced his retirement to my 91 year old mother, she giggled and then asked if he was going to be – underfoot. Now my mom is of a certain age, where she doesn’t remember everything, and … Continue reading Not Underfoot
In the days before my hustband’s retirement, he would stop in to an overpriced outdoors store, look at expensive tackle boxes, and decide he had no time for fishing, and the boxes were overpriced. Now retired for a year, he … Continue reading The Fishing Tackle Box – Retired vs. Not Retired
The other day, my husband received 3 happy birthday texts from his 3 brothers. Nothing says I don’t want to talk to you like a text. The important thing to remember with glass half full, is who was fully present … Continue reading Happy 60th Birthday
We are blessed this week with the presence of 3 of our young adult children who have joined us for a short fishing vacation in near Northern Ontario. My husband has recently purchased a fishing boat – his dream for … Continue reading Northern Vacation
It’s been just over a year since since my husband joined me in retirement and we relocated. We sold our large country ranch-home, and moved to a smaller town slightly further from the city to a lovely century home which … Continue reading Early Retirement – One Year In
