Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[Bicycleman]

Peter, you are in a good place {GTA Forum} for keeping busy.  There are enablers friends here who will look after your best interests.

[Insanity]

Work is done now for the trip back.

[avator]

We pick a day per week, depending on weather, and do everything we need to do that remotely resembles work such as yard work. We don't get snow so there is no plowing or shoveling. The rest of the time it's up to us to decide to do and the amount of effort we want to put into it. We rent this property including the mobile home we live in and all the included buildings so we are not responsible for repairs or upgrades. However, We CAN make improvements if we choose, such as the shooting deck I built on the bar/mancave and the modifications to the Red Shed. Minor repairs such as leaky faucets and a plugged drain I have and will take care of myself but, if the roof starts to leak or the hot water goes out, Nick (current property owner) will take care of it. I can also deduct any out of pocket spendings from the rent.
I made this deal with Killer when we first moved in here and when he sold the property to Nick (his nephew) it was a condition of the sale. The main reason the sale was even made was to insure the property stayed in the family as it has for 100 years or so and to keep the nursing home from taking it. (The payment of the property went to the nursing home). Nick has no interest in this property other than keep it in the family and appreciates what Betty Lou and I do to maintain and preserve the history here so he don't have to. He is a young man that recently had his second child and bought the 8 acres across the dirt road from us with a double wide on it that is less than 10 years old. His home is up on the other end of his property with woods between us. He has only been here once in the more than a year since we moved here.
Betty Lou and I are and have been very close friends with the entire family for more than 10 years. As far as everyone is concerned, we have a home for the rest of our lives.
We love this place and are appreciative and humbled with our situation.

[anti-squirrel]

Peter, you are in a good place {GTA Forum} for keeping busy.  There are enablers friends here who will look after your best interests.

So very true.  The members here have provided sound advice time and time again at helping me spend my money including making shrewd air gun purchasing decisions,

[Madd Hatter]

Good Monday morning... not that it really matters what day of the week it is anymore... 
Nice weekend.. Betty Lou, the dogs and I spent alot of time out in the yard.
Looks like the spring like weather will continue around here for the next few days.
No real plans today.. just take it as it comes.

Yep! Retirement, you don't get a dang day off.😡😡😁

No days off; but what you work at is of your own choosing!

I work harder now than I did before I retared er retired.

[buellm2]

Wife retires in 4 weeks.   I hope we don't get tired of being around each other.   Might do some traveling.  Probably find some more volunteer stuff to do.   Ballroom dancing lessons so we look good at weddings.  Don't think she'll take up shooting.  I can see her going back to the hospital per diem occasionally when they are short staffed.    My old job has stopped calling me when they have a problem and I miss being the go to guy.

[maraudinglizard]

I am doing more now retired than I was working but it is things that have been put off, neglected, unfinished, piled up, and the spur of the moment emergencies. I have been able to enjoy not being called in the middle of the night to deal with stupid, no more stupid emails and text messages, broken equipment that somebody else didn't bother to tell you they did it, I could write a novel on this mess. I can sleep in or stay up all night, if I have majors flares and don't feel like doing anything-I don't have to call in sick and then put up with the fallout from it. No schedule to follow, don't have to worry about getting to work on time, buying gas to get to work, no more disaster protocols to deal with. There are times I feel like I am dreaming but I am really retired. Life is good. 

[Madd Hatter]

Well Kris, you're not married to my wife. There's not a lot she can do with her back but sure sees anything and everything that needs done. When we moved in here most of the yard as in the 5 acres that are fenced needed a lot of work. After 3 years there's still a lot of work. I see members talking about picking up blown down branches where I've got trees that the former owner just left laying around that need to be cut up and moved to the burn pits down in the meadow and burned. I might be able to finish before I die but who knows.😂😂

[Blowpipe Sam]

I tried early retirement but it didn't stick. I keep thinking about retiring again but this job is just too much dang FUN!
Since I started with the park service at the age of 44 I have built two dugout canoes, become a wildland fire fighter and engine boss,  hunted hogs from an airboat at night,  rescued all manner of birds, turtles, snakes, and mammals, lead hundreds of nature hikes, bike, boat, and canoe tours,  shot muskets, matchlocks, and civil war cannon, and worked with the greatest team of people I have ever met.  This April they are sending me to airboat school!

I ain't gonna retire again until the quacks tell me I have to turn in my burn boots! 

[Insanity]

I tried early retirement but it didn't stick. I keep thinking about retiring again but this job is just too much dang FUN!
Since I started with the park service at the age of 44 I have built two dugout canoes, become a wildland fire fighter and engine boss,  hunted hogs from an airboat at night,  rescued all manner of birds, turtles, snakes, and mammals, lead hundreds of nature hikes, bike, boat, and canoe tours,  shot muskets, matchlocks, and civil war cannon, and worked with the greatest team of people I have ever met.  This April they are sending me to airboat school!

I ain't gonna retire again until the quacks tell me I have to turn in my burn boots! 

Only thing about that I dont like is the people.

[Back_Roads]

I tried early retirement but it didn't stick. I keep thinking about retiring again but this job is just too much dang FUN!
Since I started with the park service at the age of 44 I have built two dugout canoes, become a wildland fire fighter and engine boss,  hunted hogs from an airboat at night,  rescued all manner of birds, turtles, snakes, and mammals, lead hundreds of nature hikes, bike, boat, and canoe tours,  shot muskets, matchlocks, and civil war cannon, and worked with the greatest team of people I have ever met.  This April they are sending me to airboat school!

I ain't gonna retire again until the quacks tell me I have to turn in my burn boots! 

Only thing about that I dont like is the people.

I find the people fun to watch, and sometimes make bets on their predicted behavior The human zoo can be amusing LOL . Just do not climb the fence into the exhibit

[maraudinglizard]

I tried early retirement but it didn't stick. I keep thinking about retiring again but this job is just too much dang FUN!
Since I started with the park service at the age of 44 I have built two dugout canoes, become a wildland fire fighter and engine boss,  hunted hogs from an airboat at night,  rescued all manner of birds, turtles, snakes, and mammals, lead hundreds of nature hikes, bike, boat, and canoe tours,  shot muskets, matchlocks, and civil war cannon, and worked with the greatest team of people I have ever met.  This April they are sending me to airboat school!

I ain't gonna retire again until the quacks tell me I have to turn in my burn boots! 

Only thing about that I dont like is the people.

I find the people fun to watch, and sometimes make bets on their predicted behavior The human zoo can be amusing LOL . Just do not climb the fence into the exhibit

Amen to that James.

I started working for the state in 1980, 5 different agencies and all dealt with people in some way or another, 42 years later, enough is enough. I climbed out of that zoo.

As for today's adventure since I didn't make it past the driveway gate yesterday, stop at the post office and pick up the mold, then to TSC to pick uo zoo food, wally world for odds and ends, Winn ding ding for tonic water, and buck & quarter tree for some other things.

[anti-squirrel]

Well Kris, you're not married to my wife. There's not a lot she can do with her back but sure sees anything and everything that needs done. When we moved in here most of the yard as in the 5 acres that are fenced needed a lot of work. After 3 years there's still a lot of work. I see members talking about picking up blown down branches where I've got trees that the former owner just left laying around that need to be cut up and moved to the burn pits down in the meadow and burned. I might be able to finish before I die but who knows.😂😂

Clearing blow-down is exhausting work. 

Sonja and I have spent hundreds of hours working our property 2 hours west- then compounded it by buying the adjacent lot- adding another 7+ acres- with my in-laws and sister-in-law.  But ya know what, working the property and clearing the brush, poison ivy, and brambles has been rewarding in itself.  We're not touching the 2nd lot until my sister-in-law and her husband are ready.  When you compare the lots, ours is now a park with minimal underbrush clear sightlines down to the river.  We'll need to rent a woodchipper again this fall as we extricate the rest of the piles- which is now possible thanks to the last months' efforts.  But now we have time, equipment, and knowledge to do the work.  One would never think a 1st-gen CR-V to be a great "logging truck", but clearing the nasty stumps and blowdown has made clear paths without running hundreds of feet of slings and chains. 

My plans include work (of course), working on yet another axe handle- this time for my camp axe- and building a cabinet base for my mother-in-law.  After work, another run to the county dump.  I have oil and antifreeze to recycle and some construction debris to drop off.  I wouldn't be surprised if we end up at a hardware store this evening.

[buellm2]

Well Kris, you're not married to my wife. There's not a lot she can do with her back but sure sees anything and everything that needs done. When we moved in here most of the yard as in the 5 acres that are fenced needed a lot of work. After 3 years there's still a lot of work. I see members talking about picking up blown down branches where I've got trees that the former owner just left laying around that need to be cut up and moved to the burn pits down in the meadow and burned. I might be able to finish before I die but who knows.😂😂

Clearing blow-down is exhausting work. 

Sonja and I have spent hundreds of hours working our property 2 hours west- then compounded it by buying the adjacent lot- adding another 7+ acres- with my in-laws and sister-in-law.  But ya know what, working the property and clearing the brush, poison ivy, and brambles has been rewarding in itself.  We're not touching the 2nd lot until my sister-in-law and her husband are ready.  When you compare the lots, ours is now a park with minimal underbrush clear sightlines down to the river.  We'll need to rent a woodchipper again this fall as we extricate the rest of the piles- which is now possible thanks to the last months' efforts.  But now we have time, equipment, and knowledge to do the work.  One would never think a 1st-gen CR-V to be a great "logging truck", but clearing the nasty stumps and blowdown has made clear paths without running hundreds of feet of slings and chains. 

My plans include work (of course), working on yet another axe handle- this time for my camp axe- and building a cabinet base for my mother-in-law.  After work, another run to the county dump.  I have oil and antifreeze to recycle and some construction debris to drop off.  I wouldn't be surprised if we end up at a hardware store this evening.

When wonder wife and I were first married and young, we decided we would build our own house.    Before we built we had to log out the big trees, burn up the brush and believe it or not, pulled all but the biggest stumps with hand tools.   My wife was a city girl and the whole project was an eye opener for her.    She loved that hard outdoors work (she could eat as much of anything as she wanted and not put on weight).   Clearing the land and building the house is the best thing we have ever done together.

[Madd Hatter]

Before my wife's back collapsed we would do a lot of that stuff together except building a house. Cut down trees and pull the stumps. Remove creosote bushes and cut them up and put in the dumpster. Trim back the branches on the pine trees and trim the branches back to the trunk on the mulberry trees.

[buellm2]

A history of hard work together is a strong marriage builder.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Wednesday! I got up at 0500, walked Chillie and had coffee. I’m getting ready to head out to work. Preventative maintenance is the only job on me for now. We might get some rain, we must’ve got some last night- it’s already wet outside and I vaguely remember some thunder while I was asleep.

[avator]

Morning...
It's a nice cool morning here in lower Alabama. Me and Rambo got up at 5am. He ate and I made coffee. He went back to bed and I watched weather/news until 6:15. Then Boss got up and ate. When she was done eating her and I came out to the Red Shed.
I busted out the Crosman C362 .177 short barreled gun and after taking in the entire outside and inside of the Red Shed, she took up her usual position on the floor right behind my shooting chair.
Pretty sure Betty Lou has a grocery run planned for this morning.

Update... Boss just located an empty pellet tin from the floor and she's daring me to take it from her.

[bReTt]

Up at 5am.  Taking Mrs. P and the three youngest to the airport in a few.   They are on their way to Flarda to visit a granny and do some tourist activities.  I was going to stay back and make a small fortune in OT at work but I decided to take a mini vacation and hopefully get some things done (at least started) around the house. 

[Jshooter71]

Morning...
It's a nice cool morning here in lower Alabama. Me and Rambo got up at 5am. He ate and I made coffee. He went back to bed and I watched weather/news until 6:15. Then Boss got up and ate. When she was done eating her and I came out to the Red Shed.
I busted out the Crosman C362 .177 short barreled gun and after taking in the entire outside and inside of the Red Shed, she took up her usual position on the floor right behind my shooting chair.
Pretty sure Betty Lou has a grocery run planned for this morning.

Update... Boss just located an empty pellet tin from the floor and she's daring me to take it from her.

That is a hilarious picture, Bill! Haha!