I use crayons to color pigmy goats after chasing them for exercise! As
Jon, says, "I'm retired!" Who has free time?!
Went to the church yesterday to put the flags back up (forecast winds caused me to take them down—winds are the worst weather on flags...). One of the soloists saw me and asked if I would convert a cassette tape to a CD and lower the key while I was at it. Then, another staff member saw me and asked if I had my battery-powered drill with me. We needed a couple of cork board strips added above some whiteboards... I actually enjoy doing these little tasks but sometimes I just stay away for a few days!
One day, we'll have a custodian or janitor and I won't
get to do these little fix-it things.
We have a home owners association for our single-street, quarter mile long "cove!" No one wants to bother with it until something controversial happens, of course. Being retired helps me make face-to-face contacts with the City. Fortunately, we have a great group of Councilmen/women. They have even refused to accept the City Attorney's recommendation to "pay off" a disgruntled developer rather than take the matter to the courts! The City won the case, BTW.
Being the "executor" for my late aunt's "estate" takes a lot more time (and paperwork!) than I expected. But it is also interesting and educational. I'm still waiting to be advised exactly who I can "execute," however I have an ever growing list...
Then, there are the two teenage girls and their mother, who are now "occupying" our upstairs! Now I remember why we had two boys! I already knew girls are more expensive (a couple of rehearsal dinners is orders of magnitudes cheaper than a wedding!
). And boys are so much simpler! Both of these seem to have actual emotions! Never had that kind of problem with our boys!!!
But, I had no idea how much joy these ladies would bring to our home. They are a real pleasure and a whole new learning experience for me.
Of course, there is the Mac... Took a couple of tutorials last Fall on CSS3 and HTML5. Reinstalled PHP but haven't restarted learning it (yeah, I dabbled in it a few years ago and ran into a low brick wall...). Still all kinds of interesting things to do with the software I have, and new stuff keeps coming out. Probably the most enjoyable thing I do on the computer, however, is visiting/chatting/arguing here at TS! Have met only a very few of you in person, but feel many are as close as some friends on our street!
My TV viewing is pretty well limited to PBS, but that includes Masterpiece, Frontline, Nature, Nova, etc. But I also watch bits and pieces of commercial stations, especially those that we get only on the digital TV. Usually Judy and I will retire to our bedroom in the evening to watch a few hours of something she wants to watch, leaving the rest of the house for our other family!
I also enjoy helping get Judy packed for her trips to DAR meetings in Washington and a DAR school where she is on the board of directors/supervisors. As a matter of fact, I gotta run and take her to the airport!
