Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream

RadishRose said:
So did my son, but I forgot why.
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Well, in our case, there was no 'savings'
Our elect bill would need to triple for the installation to make sense
and that'd be over 20-30 years
We're too old for that realization

There were a couple things the salesman 'forgot to mention'

There's better places to put $35,000
(before fed credits....IF that'd even happen in these unstable times)
 
....maybe it was the siren song of being... "Off-Grid", that drew you in?
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mrstime said:
Just curious here, was this also your wife's childhood dream?
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This thread started out with us living in the off-grid cabins her and I built, up in the mountains.

And, yes, that was our mutual childhood dream.
Only, she considered an even more primitive situation.....like Nome, or somewhere in the arctic......in a hut.

And, actually, she pushed the envelope.
Threatened to move to our cabin whether I did or not.
Guess I was too anal as far as certain amenities.
Anyway, we moved there the day I retired.
Worked all day and into the nights the first year, getting a half decent living situation together.
Lived there for six years.

Snow is pretty
Pretty wearisome after 9-10 months outa the year

You might wanna scroll thru the first pages of this incredibly lengthy thread.
Somewhat entertaining
 
Sold the little spice cab

Everything I made this winter has sold

Last of the deliveries today
My son was going north
Gave him $300 for fuel
That cuts into profits a bit

And that's the thing about making this stuff.....deliveries
Pretty pricey if out of town

I think the next things I build will be sold locally
Come and get it
May run a few ads in Craig's List and maybe FB Market Place

My prob is inventory
My buddy up the path won't be sawing logs for beams for awhile
I have enough live edge planks for a couple end tables......maybe a hutch.....maybe

Heh, once he starts up, we'll be busy with the garden

It's a tough life, this retirement gig

Yeah, right

It's approaching 7A here

....and the bed calls for 'our second sleep'
The neigbor's cars warming up seem to lull me to sweet sweet slumber

It's my happy birthday month
Last month was my lady's happy birthday month
We treat each other with something every day of that month
My treats have been breakfast requests
My breakfasts have been gooooood

Gonna have another happy birthday breakfast when we get up
Gonna be waffles
and eggs
and bacon
 
The townie deer are back

They seem to come around about every two-three days
Always late afternoon

Thing is, they're all hunkered down
About 10 or 12 of 'em
Never seen that before

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There's a storm predicted.....maybe they know

Never been able to figger out black tails
Hunted 'em for years
 
Last of the winter wood butcherings have been delivered and placed

It's so good to have a happy customer

The live edge frame worked for her

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FRAME ON WALL.jpg

The hutch don't look too bad there

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She turned the spice cabinet into a medicine cabinet

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Now that I'm all done with winter work, I decided to do a last rites for my shop shirt
There's a hard shell of crusted on linseed oil that turned it into a welder's apron....sorta
(actually, it'd given up the ghost a few months (years?) back)

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I have a request from a good customer

Wants a bird feeder

I've been doggin' it on making feeders
Not really into 'em

Still......good customer

Sez she wants one like this......but in my style

bird feeder.jpg



Gotta search the bone pile

Gonna hack out my version
 

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