Punched out for the last time yesterday and have now joined the ranks of th e retired. The new shop is just about done, just need to find a home for t he dust collector. Buffet project is moving along and will begin final san ding today. Once the buffet is out of the shop, I can start on the new benc h. SWMBO has a list that includes painting the kitchen, living room and MBR and a major redo of the master bath. I guess I don't have to worry about keeping busy.
Larry
the retired. The new shop is just about done, just need to find a home for the dust collector. Buffet project is moving along and will begin final san ding today. Once the buffet is out of the shop, I can start on the new benc h. SWMBO has a list that includes painting the kitchen, living room and MBR and a major redo of the master bath. I guess I don't have to worry about k eeping busy. Larry
Congrats, Larry. Retirement is fun.
*Just don't let the projects dictate your time and efforts, : ), but do get that shop done!Sonny
Punched out for the last time yesterday and have now joined the ranks of the retired.
Welcome and enjoy.
Lew
retired. The new shop is just about done, just need to find a home for the dust collector. Buffet project is moving along and will begin final sanding today. Once the buffet is out of the shop, I can start on the new bench. SWMBO has a list that includes painting the kitchen, living room and MBR and a major redo of the master bath. I guess I don't have to worry about keeping busy.
Good for you! Now you will soon wonder how you had the time to do get anything done.
retired. The new shop is just about done, just need to find a home for the dust collector. Buffet project is moving along and will begin final sanding today. Once the buffet is out of the shop, I can start on the new bench. SWMBO has a list that includes painting the kitchen, living room and MBR and a major redo of the master bath. I guess I don't have to worry about keeping busy.
Remember Parkinson's Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Congratulations, Larry.
On Sat, 4 May 2013 08:18:32 -0700 (PDT), "Gramp's shop"
Congrats. Now we will expect to see pictures of your projects as you tick them off your to do list.
Definitely congrats, Larry.
Seems you've already figured out that the part about not keeping busy. Recall running into a friend about six months after he'd retired.
I asked him how life was treating him and how he was enjoying retirement. His comment?
"It's great! I don't have a thing that I have to do and already, I'm six weeks behind!"
That's about what I've heard from everyone I know who's retired.
and the SWMBO back him up that he did not have a thing that MUST be done?
retired. The new shop is just about done, just need to find a home for the dust collector. Buffet project is moving along and will begin final sanding today. Once the buffet is out of the shop, I can start on the new bench. SWMBO has a list that includes painting the kitchen, living room and MBR and a major redo of the master bath. I guess I don't have to worry about keeping busy.
Idle workshops are the devil's hands... mahalo, jo4hn ...or something like that
Oh and congrats on your ascension to the ranks of the voluntarily unemployed. My big brother once told me that no matter how hard I worked, I would be busier in retirement. :-)
I "retired" six years ago and spend nine months having fun (well, other than three months sick) and getting the honeydo list done. Then I got bored when SWMBO wouldn't let me make sawdust anymore (house on the market) so I went back to work. ;-) ...and we've bought two houses and have made three interstate moves since. I still don't have a shop set up. :-(
Seems like you are doing something wrong. You went back to work and bought more homes... are you supposed to downsize and enjoy...
Obviously. The newer houses are 1.5x and now >2x the size of the original. The property taxes are 1/4 and 1/3, though, and the weather is *much* better. ;-)
I decided that 54 was to way early to really retire and I've had great jobs, since. Having the pension, already, allows me to be a lot pickier about the jobs I take. It buys more toys, too. ;-)
since. Having the pension, already, allows me to be a lot pickier about the jobs I take. It buys more toys, too. ;-)
Multiple houses? Just need His and Hers houses, with yours - one room for cooking, sleeping, & visiting and the rest shop space.
Sonny
since. Having the pension, already, allows me to be a lot pickier about the jobs I take. It buys more toys, too. ;-)
Sure, doesn't everyone have spares?
visiting and the rest shop space.
Two houses and three moves is only .67 houses per state. I almost bought one in Ohio, too, but cooler heads prevailed. ;-) I hate apartment living, almost that much.
I still own the two houses, for another year, at least one hopes it's only a year.
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