My dream retirement would be a house near the beach with my sweetheart... totally paid for, with my kids & their families living nearby. While I'm dreaming, I'd also like a HUGE porch/patio with a small gorgeous pool!
I would like to be healthy enough to travel for half the year and volunteer with environmental groups for the other half. That's my motivation to not only live frugally and save money for retirement but also to eat healthy and exercise every day so I'm spry enough to do what I want when I'm older!
I'd love to travel. If I couldn't physically do that, I'd like to sit around someplace warm and read all day. And whack people who get out of line with my cane, of course! ;)
I'd like to get busy doing all the stuff I've always put off like reading, hobbies, etc. I'd like an extra room for visitors but not some huge mansion that only those raising kids need.
My dream retirement hopefully isn't too far off when I'm too weak to enjoy it. I hope to have a little house near friends and family with lots of trees surrounding it and a garden with happy hens. And some dogs, of course, along with stray cats picked up along the way. And every once in a while I hope I'll take off and see another part of the world and meet new people and new ways of life.
I want to travel and be able to afford health insurance. I would like to greatly enlarge our garden when we retire so we can supply the food banks in our area with fresh produce.
My dream retirement is to work part-time for as long as I can but with summers off so I can go stay in different foreign cities for a month at a time with my husband, making many friends worldwide, then coming home to be close to family and have lots of time to walk, think, read and write!
Alot of these DIY Dog toys require socks and sadly my dog tears right through them like a hot knife through butter. I have made several of these DIY toys and all the ones requiring socks she just rips open. Tried the tennis ball in the sock ... rips open the sock, puts the tennis ball aside, and continues to shred the sock into bits that look as if you stuck it into a paper shredder.
Milk bottles now are usually made outta very flimsy and cheap plastic that they crush easily. I found using gatorade bottles more durable and if you don't have treats on hand a small handful of kibble works.
As for the paper towel cardboard ... she lights up soon as she sees one in my hand. It's by far her favorite toy but it don't last long. And can take awhile to stock up a bag of them.
A tip for the crackly water bottle ... if you got a dog like mine who'll rip open the sock take toy #5 and place the crackly bottle inside then super sew the sucker with a sewing machine several times to hope she can't rip open. (-_-) Sadly she ripped open a spot that wasn't the sewn seam.
Still trying to find a DIY dog toy that Leila cannot rip open or destroy. Even store bought toys don't last with her. (n_n) She needs to apply for a job at a Dog toy factory as Quality tester. If she can destroy it ... go back the drawing board. L0L
To write just for fun vs. to keep the lights on, and to have enough money/security to travel and to continue helping my family and community -- especially as regards assistance with college funding. Would hate to see my nephews burdened by student loans, and I'd like to keep contributing to the two scholarship funds that helped me when I was a midlife student.
I'm on a lentil kick myself, because they're so darned EASY. Two favorites:
--Add diced onion, celery and carrots to cold cooked lentils. Dress with sweet pickle vinegar and olive oil, kosher salt and pepper. Optional add-ins: diced hard-cooked egg, diced roasted beets that you've marinated in sweet pickle vinegar. (Note: Don't ever throw away the brine when you've finished a jar of pickles!)
--Saute onion and garlic in olive oil. Add diced cooked ham and cook until it's getting a little brown and crispy. Add cold cooked lentils that you've seasoned any way you like. Stir well, adding a little more oil if needed. Lower heat, crack an egg on top and cover the pan until the egg poaches. You can also do this without the ham if you don't have any -- still good!
My grandmother has been a model for how to live in retirement - she's active, she volunteers, she keeps her mind active with puzzles and crossword puzzles. She's 89 now, and up until a few years ago, she mowed her own lawn! When I retire, I hope to be able to slow down, to travel, and to stay active by volunteering like my grandmother.
I'm not sure about the financing option or not. A car is an investment that immediately begins to depreciate the minute you drive it off the lot. Paying cash would seem like the better solution because if you can do that it means you can actually afford it while other options mean you don't have the means or financial stability to be buying a new car and should choose a different option.
My dream is to retire and live in the same area but I would love to travel more and be able to help my kids out in the future with any children that they may have and with the benefits he will now be getting hopefully our future is now a little more secure
My dream retirement would be a house near the beach with my sweetheart... totally paid for, with my kids & their families living nearby. While I'm dreaming, I'd also like a HUGE porch/patio with a small gorgeous pool!
Volunteer in a museum
I would like to be healthy enough to travel for half the year and volunteer with environmental groups for the other half. That's my motivation to not only live frugally and save money for retirement but also to eat healthy and exercise every day so I'm spry enough to do what I want when I'm older!
Curbside trash is the best. I can't believe how many perfectly good basketball hoops are thrown out by the curbs in my neighborhood.
I would be debt free and traveling the world!
I'd love to travel. If I couldn't physically do that, I'd like to sit around someplace warm and read all day. And whack people who get out of line with my cane, of course! ;)
To travel to Australia and England!
Own a home with no mortgage, travel, chill. I'm a teacher, so hopefully it will happen around 60.
I'd like to get busy doing all the stuff I've always put off like reading, hobbies, etc. I'd like an extra room for visitors but not some huge mansion that only those raising kids need.
To live on a boat exploring the world!
My dream retirement hopefully isn't too far off when I'm too weak to enjoy it. I hope to have a little house near friends and family with lots of trees surrounding it and a garden with happy hens. And some dogs, of course, along with stray cats picked up along the way. And every once in a while I hope I'll take off and see another part of the world and meet new people and new ways of life.
Or spend $200 on a Kinetic Water Ram. The simplest way to kiss your plumber goodbye. Pays for itself the first time you use it.
I would love to travel and see the world!
live in other parts of the world, learn their languages and cultures
I want to travel and be able to afford health insurance. I would like to greatly enlarge our garden when we retire so we can supply the food banks in our area with fresh produce.
My dream retirement is to work part-time for as long as I can but with summers off so I can go stay in different foreign cities for a month at a time with my husband, making many friends worldwide, then coming home to be close to family and have lots of time to walk, think, read and write!
Alot of these DIY Dog toys require socks and sadly my dog tears right through them like a hot knife through butter. I have made several of these DIY toys and all the ones requiring socks she just rips open. Tried the tennis ball in the sock ... rips open the sock, puts the tennis ball aside, and continues to shred the sock into bits that look as if you stuck it into a paper shredder.
Milk bottles now are usually made outta very flimsy and cheap plastic that they crush easily. I found using gatorade bottles more durable and if you don't have treats on hand a small handful of kibble works.
As for the paper towel cardboard ... she lights up soon as she sees one in my hand. It's by far her favorite toy but it don't last long. And can take awhile to stock up a bag of them.
A tip for the crackly water bottle ... if you got a dog like mine who'll rip open the sock take toy #5 and place the crackly bottle inside then super sew the sucker with a sewing machine several times to hope she can't rip open. (-_-) Sadly she ripped open a spot that wasn't the sewn seam.
Still trying to find a DIY dog toy that Leila cannot rip open or destroy. Even store bought toys don't last with her. (n_n) She needs to apply for a job at a Dog toy factory as Quality tester. If she can destroy it ... go back the drawing board. L0L
I'd like to do some volunteering and traveling to see family and the world. I'd also like to do more writing.
My dream retirement is just to stay well so I can enjoy my grandchildren.
To write just for fun vs. to keep the lights on, and to have enough money/security to travel and to continue helping my family and community -- especially as regards assistance with college funding. Would hate to see my nephews burdened by student loans, and I'd like to keep contributing to the two scholarship funds that helped me when I was a midlife student.
I'm on a lentil kick myself, because they're so darned EASY. Two favorites:
--Add diced onion, celery and carrots to cold cooked lentils. Dress with sweet pickle vinegar and olive oil, kosher salt and pepper. Optional add-ins: diced hard-cooked egg, diced roasted beets that you've marinated in sweet pickle vinegar. (Note: Don't ever throw away the brine when you've finished a jar of pickles!)
--Saute onion and garlic in olive oil. Add diced cooked ham and cook until it's getting a little brown and crispy. Add cold cooked lentils that you've seasoned any way you like. Stir well, adding a little more oil if needed. Lower heat, crack an egg on top and cover the pan until the egg poaches. You can also do this without the ham if you don't have any -- still good!
My dream retirement would be having more free time to volunteer in my community and traveling a bit
My grandmother has been a model for how to live in retirement - she's active, she volunteers, she keeps her mind active with puzzles and crossword puzzles. She's 89 now, and up until a few years ago, she mowed her own lawn! When I retire, I hope to be able to slow down, to travel, and to stay active by volunteering like my grandmother.
I'm not sure about the financing option or not. A car is an investment that immediately begins to depreciate the minute you drive it off the lot. Paying cash would seem like the better solution because if you can do that it means you can actually afford it while other options mean you don't have the means or financial stability to be buying a new car and should choose a different option.
My dream is to retire and live in the same area but I would love to travel more and be able to help my kids out in the future with any children that they may have and with the benefits he will now be getting hopefully our future is now a little more secure