Recent content by ugeauxgirl

I recently went to two funerals. One was a neighbor who took very poor care of herself. She smoked and didn't exercise and her diet was terrible. She was 72. The other was a very active 82 year old. He died suddenly after spending the day with friends sailing. The neighbor had a...

I walked the French route from St Jean Pied-de-Port. Next time I think I'll walk the Portuguese route, but I'm not sure yet.

Thanks all. Good to be back. I forgot how much fun this group is!

I'm itching to travel more, but we still have a 17 year old at home.

The Camino was THE MOST amazing experience. In fact I think I might have to do it again. Maybe a different route.

I used to have wine after work. It was part of "relaxing " in the evening- like kicking off uncomfortable high heels. Lately alcohol interferes with my sleep. If I have to choose between a glass of wine and sleeping well, I choose sleeping well every time. I have an occasional drink, but...

Hey, y'all, I'm back! I retired 4 years ago- RIGHT into the pandemic, and I faded away from the site as I was out doing fun stuff. I have been volunteering, traveling, learning new crafts, and hobbies and enjoying life. My husband says I'm busier than when I was working. That's true...

Yes. Last semester he had a calculus prof who requested an older edition of a textbook and we were so grateful. We were able to buy it for $10. Current editions were over $200. College is expensive. Thank you for not making it more burdensome for your students!

It was a text conversation with my son. I said "$600?? Did you mean $60?" He said "Nope. $600 to buy, and $300 to rent. No used copies because it was published in 2021" I told him that econ theory hasn't changed much in the last 5 years (I'm a retired CFP) and that the previous edition...

My college student needed an econ textbook. Bookstore price was $600. Found it on Ebay for $32!

My husband was against the idea of me retiring. He pulled out all the stops and argued with me about it for years. I believe the issue is that he grew up poor and had a hard time believing that we had enough. I am a CFP and explained, with charts, that we did have enough, over and over...

My husband bought a little bitty battery powered one and I loooove it. It is my new favorite tool. I'm running out of space to put camellias, so I have been clearing out our woods all by myself with this thing. Who needs to go to the gym? Brand-name zikopomi. Pretty sure he got it on Amazon

I took my youngest son to get his driver's permit today. He was supposed to take it this summer and told me to quit reminding him. So i did- and he forgot. I refused to check him out of school to take the test since he had all summer to take care of this. Then last week I forgot the...

Winter has arrived in Alabama. I had to cut my green tomatoes before the freeze last week. Since it was too cold to do much outside and my painting supplies were still out from painting my oldest son's room last week, i tackled another project. I painted my bedroom a gorgeous peacock...

We took my parents out to eat at a nice restaurant we had eaten at before. When we opened the menu we all but gasped. We told each other we wouldn't worry about the price and enjoy the evening. We can well afford to eat out, but we won't be doing it very often after that experience. To top...