What I Wish I Knew Before I Retired
We have recently returned from our three-week driving trip. During our time away, others often referred to our excursion as ‘vacation.' This small, innocuous-seeming word began to grate away at me. Once people retire, can their travel justly be called ‘vacation’? This word no longer seemed appropriate to describe our trips away (especially this one,… Continue reading Taking ‘Vacation’ from ‘Vacation’: Can you Actually do that?
I LOVE packing checklists – the planning, the organizing, the reassurance – and especially the checklist part. (Geek! Yes, I’m aware.) For our current road trip, we wanted to pack enough to be comfortable, but not so much that we felt weighed down. We would likely be driving for eight days in total and would… Continue reading Packing Checklists, Kettle Grills…and Our Big Road Trip!
So, you know the carefree, happy-go-lucky, come-and-go-as-you-please image that the word 'retirement' often conjures up? Enter Fido (or Spot, or Fluffy…or in this case, Cody) and that rose-coloured vision is instantly smashed to bits! Living in the land of retirees, we are completely surrounded by snowbirds, and other vacationers, heading off to California, Arizona,… Continue reading On Leaving Fido
Retirement Reflections 