Recent content by TNBound

Got my first pension check directed deposited on the 1st! [emoji16]

Vacations while working were usually a week at a time. Somewhere along the way I heard that you need at least 10 days to truly relax because it takes about 3 days on the front end to de-stress and then about 2 days on the back end you start the realization it's coming to an end. So out of a 7...

My story for what it's worth... Tore my meniscus after playing a very slow paced game of tennis. Yep I was out of shape! Ortho surgeon at a respected sports medicine clinic after MRI confirmed and said based on tear, it would not heal and needed to schedule surgery. I asked to wait on surgery...

You mentioned the WEP calculator. I plugged in earnings for each year off his SS statement and the amount of benefit was about the same as on his actual statement. That really confused me. Either way, it's not life changing or anything, but it would be nice to know and it could at least pay a...

Just got home from my retirement party [emoji322]. It was a lot of fun and made things seem more real. I've honestly been having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that I'm actually retiring and everyone coming out to wish me well and getting to say good bye was a great send off. I feel...

West Virginia, Mississippi and now splitting the difference and moving to East Tennessee.

This sums it up almost to the letter for me. Friday was my last day at work! Woohoo!! I had a great paying job, but guess you could say I'd gotten uncomfortably numb doing it. So for me, I no longer could justify spending any more precious days sitting at a desk doing administrative work I no...

Could this be moved to the FIRE and Money forum? TY

My DH retired from the post office and receives a Civil Service pension. However, he's also been a substitute teacher for several years now and has enough credits for SS. Believe me, there's no windfall here, because his non government wages have been very small, but he does pay in to SS...

New stainless bathroom faucets to replace our outdated brass ones. Putting our house on the market next month and have bought new door knobs, hinges, and drawer pulls on Amazon for less than the big box stores with no sales tax and it's all delivered right to my front door. I love online/Amazon...

Congrats!! Love your attitude and hope you have a blast!

I'm down to just 1 more week! Just turned 57 and I get the same reaction from folks. I understand what you say, because at times it has made me question my decision as well. I've teared up numerous times over the last month, primarily with my 2 co-workers I've been with for the past 16 years. My...

I was just going through the motions at work. Had a very short attention span on everything other than researching our new retirement locale and planning new activities. I have enough of a work ethic to continue doing my job, but I honestly could have cared less. I sold my soul years ago for...

Congrats!! I'm right behind you!! I hope retirement is everything you want it to be and then some!!

Thanks for all your input. We'll see how it goes and I guess if it gets to be too much, we could fill it and make a large courtyard with a fire pit and such.