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The occasional coffee with friends at the club is my favorite brew! But the daily brew at home is the pot of hot water, turned on by Alexa before I get out of bed, with a little shake of Folgers instant coffee into my cup. Mmm good, and instantly I’m off to working on wordle and daily crosswords.

Sell Spend your inheritance on something your sister would have liked you to have! You folks are 69yrs old. Enough with the accumulation! Sell the rentals, Give to Charities as hardily as you can. Spend on yourself, Give to your Children before you die, Read the book "Die with Zero". Such a...

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day Teach a man to fish, and he will sit on a boat and drink beer all day!

I understand how nice it is to be living comfortably on your SS income. I have been a saver since my first paper route at 9yrs old. But after reading the Book Die with Zero. I have the mentality of trying hard to spend the money that we have worked so hard for. I will be giving our children...

I Fired in 2015, went back to work part-time in 2017 driving a tram bus in my 55+ community. Taking people shopping and to Doctors! Because we are based out of the main clubhouse, I am connected with all the decision-makers for the community. I know what is happening or not happening. And who I...

what online course are you speaking of? I built up a collection of 350,000 travel points in 2020. Now in 2021 starting to use them. And don't want to waste any of them.

Retired December 2015, 5+ yrs of wonderful retirement!! Retired with my wife at 55 and I 56! After selling a big house and getting my pension rolling and the smoke cleared at that time! We have been amazed at how easy retirement is! Not super-rich, but plenty coming in. The investments are...

What about: ET Driving Miss Daisy Forest Gump Jaws Mrs. Doubtfire And all Steven Seagal movies!

1 Checking and Savings at local credit union (For cash emergency) 1 Checking and Savings at local Brick and Mortar (Just because)Not much! Ally Bank: 1 Checking Regular Savings (For emergency fund) Savings- Vacation Fund Savings- Taxes Fund Savings- Kids wedding Fund Savings- Home Improvement...

North Central Iowa for 19 yrs East suburb of Cleveland 35 yrs Sun City Center, Florida 3 yrs. Finally where it is warm! Love it!

We packed up and moved to Florida 2 weeks after retirement. So the realization came very quickly for us. But after arriving in Florida and settling in we started exploring Florida nearly everyday. Which actually did seem like a vacation. I explored and had great time for over a year, and then...

In your travels to Florida, check out Kings Point retirement community.Home - Welcome to Kings Point in Sun City Center, Florida Very nice, 55+ development with so many things to do. It is a part of Sun City Center that is a very similiar community to the Villages. Except smaller and more...

Rockford, Ia Nora Springs, Ia Colorado Springs, Co Willoughby, Oh Eastlake, Oh Kirtland, Oh Sun City Center, Fl. I think one more move possibly which should be our last home. Then one move to FINAL Resting Place. Heaven!

I'm Retired!! Do what I want, when I want, Where I want! Go to bed at different times 9pm, 10pm, 12am When I want! But I feel it's important to get 8 hrs sleep. And it feels good! So depending on what time I go to bed, I get up 8hrs later. Prefer to get up by 6am. So usually in bed around 10pm

My wife and I purchased LTCI when we were 54 yrs old. Have been paying for 5 years now. No increase in premiums! I'm sure it will sometime. But not afraid! Both my parents and my wife's mother all spent allot of time in nursing homes and assisted livings. None of them had insurance. They saved...