“I’m sending you a house.” And with a few touches on the screen of my iPad I send another real estate listing to Gerry’s email. It’s Saturday morning and we’re lazing in bed later than usual with a second cup of coffee and our iPads reading the news and catching up on favorite blogs. In recent…
Category: Retirement Countdown
Six Months Left On The Retirement Countdown Chain
Six months left and the news story I’m seeing everywhere these days says that retiring later may prevent dementia. A couple of years ago I read an actuarial study done by Boeing that showed a correlation between retiring early and life expectancy that went so far as to say that every year you work past age…
Seven Months Left On The Retirement Countdown Chain
Maybe I’m slower on the uptake than I should be, but it just recently occurred to me must how much change there is ahead for Gerry and me. Perhaps the biggest change comes from the fact that not only are we retiring, we are repatriating to Canada which, by definition, means we will be moving…
Eight Months Left On The Retirement Countdown Chain
I have a rock paperweight in my office with the words “Success is a journey not a destination” printed on it. It’s a good reminder for someone who has always been a “keep your eye on the prize” kind of girl. That characteristic served me well at various times of change throughout my life, but…
Nine Months Left On the Retirement Countdown Chain
For the past few years Gerry and I have been talking about taking up photography together as a retirement hobby. He has a background in the craft that goes back to his original 35mm camera, actual film, and developing his own photos. Me, I cut my early photography teeth on my mom’s Kodak Instamatic. Recently,…