tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post3416482461886736225..comments2024-03-29T02:42:04.757-07:00Comments on Hard Up Hester.: What day is it?Hard up Hesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561421853249973134noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-48006377136078042952022-05-18T19:20:44.253-07:002022-05-18T19:20:44.253-07:00Hope everything is well with you all. Its been a ...Hope everything is well with you all. Its been a week since your last post. I so enjoy following you on you journey.PatsyAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10355972856032157569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-49333446210641773102022-05-18T06:48:23.426-07:002022-05-18T06:48:23.426-07:00Sometimes on Alexa can keep me on track as to what...Sometimes on Alexa can keep me on track as to what day it is!!Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-39437032148486668202022-05-16T02:26:25.429-07:002022-05-16T02:26:25.429-07:00The lock thing sounds scary. I suppose that you ar...The lock thing sounds scary. I suppose that you are getting the holiday makers who are on the canal for a week a year starting and stuff gets missed, forgotten or messed up. I hope that you and Steve have recovered. Lyssa Medanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350926829113722058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-33242285947675954582022-05-12T01:20:28.221-07:002022-05-12T01:20:28.221-07:00In my father's last year of work, the pension ...In my father's last year of work, the pension fund (together with the union he was a member of) did a week-long course on 'how to retire'. Participants could bring the person they thought they would spend most of their time with after retirement (usually a spouse, occasionally a best friend or adult child). They spent the week trying out different hobbies, talking with psychologists, planners, financial planners, etc., and had a proper plan of what to expect (emotionally, financially, socially, etc) after retirement, and how to deal with it, both individually and as a couple.<br />My father retired about 20 years ago, and every day he is still grateful he doesn't have to go back to work, and has time for his interests.Siebrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-83042361535849357292022-05-11T15:42:34.253-07:002022-05-11T15:42:34.253-07:00Wednesday is my day to have a bowl of porridge, we...Wednesday is my day to have a bowl of porridge, well sprinkled with brown sugar and whole fat milk. The other days I just have yogurt and fruit. It's so good of you to help other, not so accomplished, boaters. Hope your efforts are reciprocated!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224823051315463861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-77668135316633471952022-05-11T12:14:07.823-07:002022-05-11T12:14:07.823-07:00If I'd known then what I'd learn about ret...If I'd known then what I'd learn about retirement now, we would've stayed employed. We would never have left our jobs because the days have become boring, annoying, predictable, uninteresting and grumpy. Of course, we quit because of the pandemic and, in our neck of the woods, hospitalizations and death numbers are now going back up AGAIN in a seventh wave ..... because literally EVERYONE has decided that the pandemic is over and refuse to take mediating measures. Yes, that includes mask wearing, distancing, home testing and all the other malarkey to avoid making ourselves and others sick. Life certainly has been upended for pretty much all of us and not in a good way. I hate retirement!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-43314806785034033132022-05-11T10:28:16.246-07:002022-05-11T10:28:16.246-07:00I know what you mean about all days blurring into ...I know what you mean about all days blurring into one. Every retired person that I know suffers from the same thing. It sounds as though it was all go for you on moving day. Are you now settled for a little while?lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135747077774428079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-54118543937306159252022-05-11T10:18:01.534-07:002022-05-11T10:18:01.534-07:00I am having to try to keep a certain someone calm ...I am having to try to keep a certain someone calm here too-I really am amazed that a seemingly normal person could go out to work for years and do complicated drawings-and he must have been normal once-but since his retirement he seems to have regressed to a tantrum attention seeking mardy arse x flisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690929350463100222.post-38729906258250646752022-05-11T07:53:49.100-07:002022-05-11T07:53:49.100-07:00My husband has a tendancy to do what we call his h...My husband has a tendancy to do what we call his headless chicken act , doing the tax form last week was fun , he rushed about and I filled in the form .Diary of a Nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225944597126208988noreply@blogger.com