Do Your Days drag?

  But the Years Go by Like the Snap of Your Fingers? I’m usually comfortable with my age. I joke with others saying, from the neck down I’m retirement age but, “from here up”, pointing to my head, “I’m 23”. It’s an…

Who Are Those People?

Who Are Those People?   The daily newspaper I read (yes, like me, many us look forward to reading the paper) has a column listing celebrity birthdays. A recent column had 28 people sharing that day. All of them were in the entertainment industry.…

Is Dining Out Still a Treat?

Or Has It Lost It's Allure?  “The toughest part of dining out isn't watching what you eat.It's watching what other people eat.” – AnonymousDined out recently. There was a time when it was an event I…

Stuck In a Rut?

Is every day beginning to be the same as the day before? Is today Wednesday or Thursday? By the way, what's the date today? Plan to do the same today as you did yesterday...whatever that was?Getting older brings a lot of changes to your routine.…

Life After Retirement Recreation or Re-creation?

Looking ahead to your retirement date? Will it simply be a journey through.....do you have a destination?The average life expectancy for men who have just turned 65 is over 19 years and for women almost 22 years (statistics…

Income Without a Job?

“I Always Thought I'd Have Enough Money to Retire. Oh Well, Back to Work”Are you getting tired of reading article headlines like these? “How $1,000,000 May Not Be Enough For Retirement” While struggling to budget yourself so that you…

We Sold Our House…Congratulations! Now What?

“People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage”. Doug LarsonSo, we're stuck. What choices do we have? Overpay in today’s market? Temporarily move in with…

Why Do Grandparents and Grandchildren Get Along So Well?

Remember those days when your children left home to start their own lives?For two or maybe three decades your children had always come first. Schools, sports, birthday parties, sleepovers, etc. Their schedule was your schedule.…

What Are The Odds?

As my years continue to accumulate, I sometimes wonder...is this how I was supposed to turn out? Am I just here to take up space or am I here for a reason?Science claims we can trace our ancestry back to marine organisms. Did…

Noticing Memory Issues?

An Inexpensive, Non-Medical Solution That Can Work Wonders “As you get older, three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.”—Sir Norman WisdomYou remember every word of that song from 50…

A Possible Solution to a Perplexing Problem

"The best time to buy a home is always five years ago" Ray Brown, Jazz MusicianAre you at that point in life where the idea of downsizing your living quarters is becoming more attractive? For many of you who are now empty nesters, a large home…

Buy, Rent, Or?

Housing options you may not have thought about ‘My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and that’s the law.’   Jerry SeinfeldRemember Rosemary Clooney?“This ole house once knew his childrenThis ole…

Is Your Nest Lacking a Nest Egg?

"The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income."--George Foreman For some people, the thought of a typical retirement is out of reach. Unfortunately for them, life dealt them a bad hand. Maybe it was a business failure,…