Retire In Style Blog Too

I do  know that there are words we can use that will get us a lot more traffic. Cuss words work as do anything about being a snowbird. Yes that is me in the left lense! Knowing that, I just want you to know that I will not be cussing or talking about retirement today. Keywords be damned! (Opps) Here is the deal. My husband usually move a lot. We do not paint a house the second time for ourselves. We paint the second time so that someone else that enjoy our really clean and fresh house. Then we move and repeat the process because no one else does what we do! I just need to let you know...we are not moving. The question is, "Will I actually clean and paint just for myself" There are other options and I seem to like them a lot more than cleaning and painting. I could change the header on my blog. I have some very cool new pictures. I could go outside. I could to Ace and choose paint samples and never buy new paint. I could invite friends in and ask their opinion. I could invite ...

Live from Hillsboro, Oregon: This week was full. I don’t know exactly what happened but we are loving it. We have decided to be a little more organized when it comes to the wineries we visit. No repeats probably ever...there are so many that we will never get to each and every one. Here in the Willamette Valley, wineries are all the rage and Pinot Noir is the big wine of choice. In fact at many wineries, that is about all the they have. The week we visited two very good tasting room located about 10 minutes apart.  The first was the Ruby Winery . They grow all their own grapes so the wine has a uniques flavor only their own. I for one loved it. Ruby Vineyard Then we visited the Ponzi Winery on the other side of a small valley. Of course Ponzi is a household name for those here in the valley that like wine...it is so glitzy. They serve some very good snacks including cheese trays with wine to accompany them. We took advantage of the whole thing and took some time to enjoy the view....

I have always had an Mac computer...since the beginning of Steve Job's computer life we have owned a Mac or Apple or iMac or an iPad or an iPhone, an iWatch, etc. (Is there more?) I don't think it is a religion but it might be. I do feel compelled to scoff at PC users as they do me. But that is not a religion is it? Anyway, times they are a-changing for me. I am not that fired up about change most of the time and it is not necessarily welcome. So that "changing" did not happen overnight. There was a big bang that started it all. The chain of events went like this: My computer (the big iMac) was smashed on the way home of Arizona and now has a big ouchy on it's upper right hand corner. In this particular case, the Gorilla glass just couldn't take the punch it received. In hide-site, I think that the security people at the airport opened my bag, unpacked my bag and then repacked my bag and did not secure the computer the way it was secured when we packed it. The...

These children are part of why I am useful...and boy are they fun! Being retired does not mean that you even want to call your life your own. Really, a totally self centered existence is meaningless. I suppose that is the reason for volunteers and hiking clubs. In my case six months of the year are all about our family and the other six are all about friends and staying healthy. We are flexible and can change that routine at anytime. WE ARE RETIRED AND WE CAN DO THAT! But it has taken me many years to figure it out. Actually inventing the way to fill the days with something worth doing is a very new job when a person retires. I suppose even the thought of "being the boss of me" is frightening. After all the retirement dream is one of being your own boss I suppose. Happy retirement depends on whether a retiree can be a "good self-boss" or not. I thought it might be a good exercise to see how those people who know about such things describe a perfect work boss. Google...