I always swore I would work for ever - AND I would of if in my final resting place work had been available but I drew the line on certain occupations - pride you know!!
but the statements that one hears "since I've been retired I've never been so busy haven't gotten time to be retired" and paradoxically " being retired must be so boring - there must be nothing much to do all day"can both be true and untrue at different times and places.
Each day of mine has active busy moments ; times of quiet and solitude ; times of mixing with the community [selectively] and times of siesta!
Thurday 28/06/18 - my day usually starts at 4 am and although I have an alarm set I always beat it. I was trained as a young lad to get up early and it's worked like clockwork [pun intended] every since. my first task in order of priority is ablutions ; let the dogs out for theirs and then a quick buzz on the laptop to check mail and websites - it's my first bit of enjoyment before the jobs start!
first job is 5.45 taxi run - take the step daughter to work - she 'shouts' me fuel monies and a bit extra which supplements my funds!
back to early feeding of some animals and then some more computer work - well I do have hundreds of files to organize copy and store on safe spaces which does not involve the 'cloud' or other peoples collection sites!
breakfast has to fit in soon and I have always had a v.good appetite. I have a range of breakies to choose from:
egg and bacon butty
bowl of noodles with spices/floreats of cauli and broccoli/ prawns
pouched eggs on toast sprinkled with herbs
HK style fried rice
one good cup of perculated coffee
what I chose is decided on a whim of fate!
then their is my housework [man cave style] and general duties. The sink is usually full of dishes from yesterday which are soaked for an hr before hand washing ;rinsing and stacking - done! Oh don't forget to clean the stove top it irritates 'her in doors' if stained too much [ fair enough - I wouldn't want to walk around in stained undies all day long!]
ps: the man cave does not get cleaned each day - as a famous novelist of yesteryear once said " once the dust has risen to 6 inches it never goes any higher" when asked why he replied "because the little creatures are continuously eating it all up"!
special tasks today - replenish homemade beer supplies - or "put on another keg fred"
this involves cleaning the 25 litre tub - tap water is fine - then inserting 1 kilo of brown sugar - 1 tin [kilo] of real ale malt mix with very hot tap water until dissolved - top up with cold water - sprinkle on beer yeast and 'bobs ya uncle' there it will bubble for 5 days - approx. I can consume a tub in a week so by the law of averages I have to make a tub a week.
I actually prefer the taste of this to branded beers and do believe it is much healthier everyone says it is
nb: in between all of these activities the TV is on often muted but auto cued just to keep up with the latest 'trump antics' or activities in the south pacific or as we say 'the antipodes"
all of this will believe it or not take me to lunch time - I do try to sit out in our divine winter weather for 30 mins or so with gentle breezes warming as the sun rises - birds chattering in the background but mostly peace and quiet - we live a long way off of the tarmac down a gravel drive way.
pps: did some machine washing also which just involves throwing them in then fishing them out and hanging them out - in this climate they will all be dry in an hr easy!
OMG it's 1pm already - what did I say at the beginning? "since I've been retired I've never been so busy haven't gotten time to be retired"
Ok can just chew the cud for a while - catch up with some more news as my TV sits to my left and is also connected to my pc - so I can interact with both and watch youtubes from here to there!
OK having said all that - please let me invite you to join in anyway you want - posting your own day diaries would be great - we could get a community going here and have a bit of fun and a laugh or two!
cheers
gumbud
but the statements that one hears "since I've been retired I've never been so busy haven't gotten time to be retired" and paradoxically " being retired must be so boring - there must be nothing much to do all day"can both be true and untrue at different times and places.
Each day of mine has active busy moments ; times of quiet and solitude ; times of mixing with the community [selectively] and times of siesta!
Thurday 28/06/18 - my day usually starts at 4 am and although I have an alarm set I always beat it. I was trained as a young lad to get up early and it's worked like clockwork [pun intended] every since. my first task in order of priority is ablutions ; let the dogs out for theirs and then a quick buzz on the laptop to check mail and websites - it's my first bit of enjoyment before the jobs start!
first job is 5.45 taxi run - take the step daughter to work - she 'shouts' me fuel monies and a bit extra which supplements my funds!
back to early feeding of some animals and then some more computer work - well I do have hundreds of files to organize copy and store on safe spaces which does not involve the 'cloud' or other peoples collection sites!
breakfast has to fit in soon and I have always had a v.good appetite. I have a range of breakies to choose from:
egg and bacon butty
bowl of noodles with spices/floreats of cauli and broccoli/ prawns
pouched eggs on toast sprinkled with herbs
HK style fried rice
one good cup of perculated coffee
what I chose is decided on a whim of fate!
then their is my housework [man cave style] and general duties. The sink is usually full of dishes from yesterday which are soaked for an hr before hand washing ;rinsing and stacking - done! Oh don't forget to clean the stove top it irritates 'her in doors' if stained too much [ fair enough - I wouldn't want to walk around in stained undies all day long!]
ps: the man cave does not get cleaned each day - as a famous novelist of yesteryear once said " once the dust has risen to 6 inches it never goes any higher" when asked why he replied "because the little creatures are continuously eating it all up"!
special tasks today - replenish homemade beer supplies - or "put on another keg fred"
this involves cleaning the 25 litre tub - tap water is fine - then inserting 1 kilo of brown sugar - 1 tin [kilo] of real ale malt mix with very hot tap water until dissolved - top up with cold water - sprinkle on beer yeast and 'bobs ya uncle' there it will bubble for 5 days - approx. I can consume a tub in a week so by the law of averages I have to make a tub a week.
I actually prefer the taste of this to branded beers and do believe it is much healthier everyone says it is
nb: in between all of these activities the TV is on often muted but auto cued just to keep up with the latest 'trump antics' or activities in the south pacific or as we say 'the antipodes"
all of this will believe it or not take me to lunch time - I do try to sit out in our divine winter weather for 30 mins or so with gentle breezes warming as the sun rises - birds chattering in the background but mostly peace and quiet - we live a long way off of the tarmac down a gravel drive way.
pps: did some machine washing also which just involves throwing them in then fishing them out and hanging them out - in this climate they will all be dry in an hr easy!
OMG it's 1pm already - what did I say at the beginning? "since I've been retired I've never been so busy haven't gotten time to be retired"
Ok can just chew the cud for a while - catch up with some more news as my TV sits to my left and is also connected to my pc - so I can interact with both and watch youtubes from here to there!
OK having said all that - please let me invite you to join in anyway you want - posting your own day diaries would be great - we could get a community going here and have a bit of fun and a laugh or two!
cheers
gumbud