A Good Retired Morning - Page 2

Eagle43 · 08-07-2007, 12:00 PM

For the most part of 43 years I got up at 5:30 each morning and went to work. Three years into retirement, I'm managing to stay in bed until 6:30. I remember as a kid waking up at 5 a.m., so I suppose I will never be able to sleep late. Now I just get up, drink coffee, read the paper, check the email and best of all, do NOT go to work. Oh, sometimes I nap after lunch, because I can. ER is good.

My Dream · 08-07-2007, 12:19 PM

Glad you had a great morning, but I was waiting to here you say that you woke up, turned over to see the women in your avatar looking at you with a huge smile.

Ha Ha..

Sandy · 08-07-2007, 02:56 PM

I wake up easier, but at the same time on weekends. DH doesn't get it ("Why are you up so early? It's only 6 am?!). But it is apparent to me that I am more eager to wake up to do fun stuff than for w*rk. Duh...

haha · 08-07-2007, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by My Dream

Glad you had a great morning, but I was waiting to here you say that you woke up, turned over to see the women in your avatar looking at you with a huge smile.
Ha Ha..

Isn't she Da Bomb? She was my teenage son's wallpaper; I took over on her upkeep when he left.

Ha

Oldbabe · 08-07-2007, 06:59 PM

Up at 7 am with the dog, short walk down the block in the lovely early morning light. Breathe in the fresh air, notice the hot air balloons hanging in the eastern sky. 'Tis a priviledge to live in Colorado. Especially in semi-ER!

JonnyM · 08-09-2007, 10:57 PM

What's Morning?

megacorp-firee · 08-10-2007, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JonnyM

What's Morning?

It's whenever I get my ~~lazy~~ retired ~~butt~~ self out of bed. Usually around 10ish (defined as between 10 and 11:30am. I am a notorious night owl and go to bed ~~whenever I want to~~ usually around 2 or 3 am. So for a 56 yo male, I am getting my 8 hours of sleep and feeling wonderful.
A little breakfast, coffee, check out what's going on in the world, then off for some exercise.

youbet · 08-12-2007, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JonnyM

What's Morning?

It's when I get up early to chase walleyes around the lake before it gets hot outside.......... then I compensate by taking a nap!

youbet · 08-12-2007, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldbabe

Especially in semi-ER!

I was going to try that, then figured out that semi-ER = part time work!

08-07-2007, 12:00 PM	#21
Eagle43 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,660	For the most part of 43 years I got up at 5:30 each morning and went to work. Three years into retirement, I'm managing to stay in bed until 6:30. I remember as a kid waking up at 5 a.m., so I suppose I will never be able to sleep late. Now I just get up, drink coffee, read the paper, check the email and best of all, do NOT go to work. Oh, sometimes I nap after lunch, because I can. ER is good. __________________ Resist much. Obey Little. . . . Ed Abbey Disclaimer: My Posts are for my amusement only.

08-07-2007, 02:56 PM	#23
Sandy Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 856	I wake up easier, but at the same time on weekends. DH doesn't get it ("Why are you up so early? It's only 6 am?!). But it is apparent to me that I am more eager to wake up to do fun stuff than for w*rk. Duh... __________________ I would not have anyone adopt my mode of living...but I would have each one be very careful to find out and pursue his own way, and not his father's or his mother's or his neighbor's instead. Thoreau, Walden

08-09-2007, 10:57 PM	#26
JonnyM Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 254	What's Morning? __________________ It's about the music

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08-07-2007, 12:19 PM	#22
My Dream Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 372	Glad you had a great morning, but I was waiting to here you say that you woke up, turned over to see the women in your avatar looking at you with a huge smile. Ha Ha..

08-07-2007, 06:59 PM	#25
Oldbabe Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,188	Up at 7 am with the dog, short walk down the block in the lovely early morning light. Breathe in the fresh air, notice the hot air balloons hanging in the eastern sky. 'Tis a priviledge to live in Colorado. Especially in semi-ER!

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