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Old 04-05-2012, 09:16 AM
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karenpatrick
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Never get bored. Been retired for almost 4 years now. I retired early at 62. My husband is 6 years younger than I so still works. So I have the house to myself all day. We live in the boonies so it is not tempting for me to run to town often. Only when absolutely necessary. There are weeks I never leave the property. Love to garden, have a huge yard that i take care of, for years I had a huge veggie garden but that has gotten a lot smaller over the last few years. I love to quilt and do that when I'm not doing the little housework that I do. I have a cleaning company come in once a month to do the heavy cleaning. I am so grateful to be able to retire while I'm still in good enough health to really enjoy it. I have degenerative disk disease in my back which limits physical activities somewhat. I have one 4 year old (almost) granddaughter that I get to see about once a month and I LOVE life. I don't know how I did all that I did and held down a full time, demanding job that I did for so many years (48) before I retired. I worked from the time I was 14 (carhop at the local Dog N Suds for 4 years while in high school) then was a bookkeeper for over 30 years and did other clerical type jobs. Also raised a child, sewed all my own clothes, cooked, active in Church, etc, etc. You know the drill. Now I feel like a lady of leisure as I don't do anything unless I want to. Bored? Never.
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