DH made an announcement.
#21
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Quilting, crocheting, sewing and crafting in my Sewing Room...Peaceful and wonderful !!
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DH has a jonboat, and I don't even think I am ever getting in it !LOL But he wants a bass boat before he retires one day, then he tells me with the price of gas-he thinks he will learn how to quilt when he retires !LOL well we shall see what happens when that day comes along !LOL
#26
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Grants Pass, OR
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Retirement of a spouse can be fun or NOT! For my DH and I it was a period of adjustment. All of a sudden there were so many things that I had been doing as long as we had been married that he could do so much better. I said go for it and he did and he was right! I still keep track of the finances but he pays all the bills online. I still cook but he periodically will cook too. He helps clean and "tinkers" with the cars. The best part of his retirement is that he looks so much better. For a long time, his stress levels were astronomical because his lab was undergoing renovation and upgrading and he was in charge. After that was finished, he announced that the lab would function on its own with all the updating and he was leaving. I did not believe it, but when 65 rolled around...he did! The blue pockets under his eyes are gone. His color is rosy and not pasty. His energy levels are high and he is much more agreeable to have around. The guy I married 31 years ago is back. Another joy is that he was offered his job (on a part time basis with full pay) and he said no that he was happy at home "tinkering." Enjoy your DH's retirement and try to remember that now you are retired too. Have fun!
#28
we have a Bayliner......... decent quality and great price comparatively...... There are lots more expensive boats. But I never drove a Mercedes either!! Enjoy... I read while hubby fishes.... just bobbin' along in the bow!
#29
we have a Bayliner......... decent quality and great price comparatively...... There are lots more expensive boats. But I never drove a Mercedes either!! Enjoy... I read while hubby fishes.... just bobbin' along in the bow!
#30
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 718
Oh you are so going to love it.. we bought our boat as a gift to each other for our 25th anniversary..rather then a party. We knew we would make more memories with the boat, rather then a party. We had a older boat when our kids were smaller..now our son has our old one.
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