Now a year into retirement Ina and I are ready to start our
second Winter of snowbirding. For the
information of friends and former co-workers; rest assured, retirement is
absolutely wonderful. We seem to always
have things to do and have not been bored since ceasing the daily grind of the
workplace. For friends who are still
working, my suggestion is to save the most money you can as early as you
can. Also make plans and discuss what retirement
lifestyle you expect. Knowing what sort
of lifestyle that will be satisfying to you will help you plan for how much
money you will need.
I hope to make this blog a chronicle of our travels, with
possibly some occasional philosophizing and a once-in-a-while rant thrown
in. I may be a geek, but unfortunately,
I’m not a webmaster or graphic artist by any means. Therefore, friends; please comment on my
postings and let me know what you like and don’t like to read. Last year we used Facebook to keep friends
informed of our travels. This was not
optimal because many would not log on to Facebook or preferred not to create a
Facebook account. Perhaps a public web
blog will be a better venue.
We’ve spent the recent Thanksgiving days visiting with my
mother, my sister and her husband near Elizabeth City North Carolina. We had a
wonderful turkey dinner with the usual stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc. Also there was the family traditional dish of
scalloped oysters. They did not last
thru the first leftover cycle.
We also had a very nice dinner on Thanksgiving eve at the
Pines golf club – shrimp and grits to die for and deep fried oysters.
We’ll celebrate my mother’s 90th
birthday on Saturday with cousins from Florida and Ohio expected to join the
crowd which already includes the Johnson and Bradshaw children and grandchildren. I’ll have some pictures of the birthday
gathering in a later posting.
