7 Reasons Retirement Rocks! April 2, 2016
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Retirement rocks!
At last, I have everything I wanted as a teenager . . .
#1 ~ I don’t have to go to school or work.
#2 ~ I get to set my own allowance every month.
#3 ~ I have my own pad.
#4 ~ I don’t have a curfew.
#5 ~ I have a driver’s license and my own car.
#6 ~ I have ID that gets me into bars and liquor stores.
#7 ~ And I don’t have to worry about getting pregnant.
Aah . . . that’s better!
Source: E-mail from unknown author (sent by Joe M.)
Bonus Benefit: No Rushing Around (except to wait on the cats)! Thanks, Kate.
Sounds great to me, Nancy!
I got a kick out of this list when Joe sent it ~ it made me think back to what I “prized” in my teen years.
LOL, Nancy! Good Morning! Can’t tell you how much I would like to be walking the beach with you two today and having a slice of Rise Pies pizza… 😀
Morning, Pix! That sounds like a plan! We may head to the beach today (if the weather holds) for the inaugural Beach ‘n Food Truck Festival ~> one of the food trucks does wood-fired pizzas.
Harbour Isles is also holding a Grand Opening Celebration with music, food, entertainment, and tours of the new “high rises.”
FOOD and checking out Harbour Isles… sounds perfect!
The weather is the biggest “IF” . . . both events would benefit from sunny skies which may not be in the cards.
But, after watching “ROOM” last night, I’ll maintain an attitude of gratitude no matter what. Can’t imagine being stuck living in a shed for 7 years, dependent on my abductor for everything.
There are certainly lots of benefits to aging, Nancy. 🙂
All things considered, I’d rather be 37 . . . but it is nice not having to go to work.
Hahaha You can’t have your cake and eat it. Well I suppose some people can, but maybe they don’t appreciate like we do.
Yes! I’m happy to be Here . . . Now!
Ah, now that’s the life! I hope to take an early retirement in three more years…but I don’t know; maybe I’ll get a fun creative part time job.
Glad you are rocking retirement!
We never intended to “retire” when we did . . . we just never got around to going back to work!
Ha ha! Great list, Nancy!
I thought so ~ Joe sends me some funny stuff. Perfect for my Silly Saturday Series.
Haaaaa! I love number 7, Nancy, that’s one of my favourites as well 😀
Ya, mon . . . no worries!
I still don’t like my allowance!
Make friends with Paris Hilton & get her to share hers with you!
Amen to that 🙂
It’s great to flow from activity to activity, setting my own schedule. Congrats on the new addition to your family.
LOL!! I think this covers all the important stuff, Nancy!
It’s good to be the boss of me!
There’s an Italian villa on the Amalfi coast overlooking the Mediterranean sea just waiting for me to retire. I haven’t quite figured out how to pay for it yet, but those are just details.
Once you get the details sorted, have your people call my people and we’ll set up a meet at your villa. *mwah*
A good laugh!
On the other hand, when I was a teenager, I liked school; I didn’t need much money since boys always payed for the dates; I had my own room, and Mom cooked dinner; I had a driver’s license and drove the family car; and I seem to remember than back in those days, they served us fancy mixed drinks without asking for ID. (I’m not sure about that one.) #7 is a definite benefit.
Being too literal really spoils a joke. I shouldn’t read it twice.
Haha! On first reading, it’s “just a joke” . . . but the best jokes may also offer fodder for thought.
There are aspects of being a teen that I remember fondly ~ sleeping like a log, less responsibility, fewer aches and pains, no bills to pay, etc. ~ I’m not sure I’d willingly go back and re-live those years. A short visit might be fun . . . especially if mom cooked all my favorites!
That’s a pretty great list! It doesn’t take any more than that to make me quite content! 🙂
These days, contentment requires: a comfy bed, a convenient bathroom, a well-stocked pantry/fridge, something to laugh about, someone to share the laughter, warm and sunny skies, and a good book! Everything else is “gravy.”
Such a good list/ Thank for the smile Nancy!
My pleasure, Val. To gratitude for all the good!
LOL!!! That was great – I love when you share those that you like, I enjoy them all!!
Yay! I toss chain letters, political diatribes, and evangelizing e-mails into the cyber wastebasket.
I’d rather post jokes.
Cute. But it does gloss over all those annoying, depressing AARP missives and magazines that they insist on sending! I swear those things alone are enough to make a body want to go back to work.
AARP sends that stuff as soon as we turn a “certain age” (i.e., 37) . . . even if we are still working our ass off.
I know! Shocked me to the core when I first saw my name on one of their publications. Very off-putting, I tell you!
Those do sound like things to celebrate when I reach retirement age. To be fair, though, I never worried much about number 7.
I bet you’ve already reached a few of these “milestones” . . . with a few more looming on the horizon.
The flip side of #7 ~> worrying about getting “her” pregnant.
I’m certainly working my way through them. Excellent point about number 7, by the way!
Frees up time to worry about keeping your cacti alive and well.