Are you retired?
06-18-2010, 01:27 AM
#52
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Merrimac, MA
Posts: 9,019
Not retired and the way things are now I may never retire. But I sure wihs I was now. My DD got tortire in his 40s ( Navy ). Me, I have 16 more years if they don't increase the years again and if there is any SS left.
06-18-2010, 03:09 AM
#53
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Maine-ly Florida
Posts: 3,917
So...those school dreams don't go away? How about the back-to-school excitement in Aug/Sept?
I had a friend who retired from teaching. She was out in her garden when the school bus went by on the first day of school and she said she just bawled.
Five more years to teach at the least, more, perhaps.
I had a friend who retired from teaching. She was out in her garden when the school bus went by on the first day of school and she said she just bawled.
Five more years to teach at the least, more, perhaps.
06-18-2010, 03:34 AM
#55
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: originally Pittsburgh,Pa now in Omaha Ne
Posts: 1,297
I was in semi-retirement for almost 5 years. Worked as a dietary supervisor in nursing home kitchens and loved it but the hours were really long and my hubby finally said that i should find something part time. So I made donuts for a while, that was fun. And now that he is quite ill and having to take disability, I am back in the work force full time again. This time doing retail. Like the job alot, but miss my free time. Never quite enough time in a day to get everything done now. And sigh it will be ten years before i can officially retire.
06-18-2010, 03:58 AM
#56
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Posts: 236
I have 10 months and 2 weeks to go....but who's counting.After 30 years on my feet walking 5-8 miles a day and lifting , pushing and pulling things my body feels it and it is now a struggle to do the job and repair my self for the next day. Nursing can be extremely hard on a body. I have a stack of projects ready to go for next year. My friends can't believe I am leaving but I keep telling them that to work another 2 or three years won't make that much difference to my pension but it will to my health and I didn't work all this time not to be able to enjoy a Christmas or other holiday without having to worry about rushing off to work while the rest of the family enjoys their time off.
06-18-2010, 04:05 AM
#57
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Spring Lake, NJ
Posts: 2,458
Originally Posted by Bevsie
Hi,
I retired two years ago from operating an in home daycare for 34 years......was hard to adjust at first. My dh does lots around the house and cooks dinner too. He's just the best!
NOW, I am working a few days a week at my LQS and it's like wonderful....talk about fun! I do samples for the shop and make up kits and help customers and talk quilting 8 hours a day! I am thoroughly enjoying myself.
Life just keeps getting better!
Now that's the kind of work we all long for !!!!!!!!!!
Bev
I retired two years ago from operating an in home daycare for 34 years......was hard to adjust at first. My dh does lots around the house and cooks dinner too. He's just the best!
NOW, I am working a few days a week at my LQS and it's like wonderful....talk about fun! I do samples for the shop and make up kits and help customers and talk quilting 8 hours a day! I am thoroughly enjoying myself.
Life just keeps getting better!
Now that's the kind of work we all long for !!!!!!!!!!
Bev
06-18-2010, 04:53 AM
#58
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Connecticut shoreline
Posts: 2,024
Originally Posted by Pat and pups
I'm a retired 6th grade teacher which is why I twitch.
I never worked out of home and still never get to do all the crafting and things I want to yet I get more done than anyone I know...
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