Recent content by DonnaZ28

So sorry to learn about your wife. You can find on-line help at www.alz.org. Many tips and information as well as forums dedicated to husbands and wives dealing with this disease. It provides a safe place to vent with people who understand.

To find inexpensive things to do, go to Meetup.com and search for groups in your area. You should be able to find a group doing something that interests you, and that doesn't cost a lot of money. You need to track your spending and compare it to your income in order to stay the course.

I'm definitely social at the gym, but I live in a small town and know everyone there. It's the place to get the updates as to what's going on in town, but I don't try to socialize w/ those that don't want to talk. Having friends at the gym keeps me motivated. DH prefers just to work out and...

Hobo, thanks, I'm going to share this thought w/ my DH. He does like to have fun! "over-saving for retirement is cheating yourself of the fun that is supposed to come when you retire."

Thanks for all advice. Jacob, you hit the nail on the head. I agree that accumulating money for it's own sake is pointless. Lemming, I have run Firecalc and those on TRPrice and Fidelity several times. They all say we're there. Hobo, we've never carried a balance on credit cards, we paid...

Welcome from a fellow Texan. I left Houston last year, but my husband is there for a few more months, until his job is shipped overseas.

What do I do all day? DH coworkers ask him that all the time. He just laughs. I volunteer at church and the library, go to the gym, kayak, hike, 4WD and take my dogs on long walks. I have time to cook proper meals, so we won't have the same health problems our parents had. I have time to...

Howdy ya'll. I've been reading the boards for a couple of years now & I've learned a lot. Thanks to everyone for the information on this board. I'm 53, my husband just turned 60. I stopped w*rking when my job was eliminated in 2009. My husband has been repeatedly trying to retire. I...