RETIRE OR NOT RETIRE? THAT IS THE QUESTION

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
Lucy Maud Montgomery

It is really important to give things a go. Most of the regrets in my life are not so much things I have done, but things I haven't done. Last year I lost some money on an internet business scam. It took a while to recover from it financially but I learned a lot. I am pleased I gave it a go. Now as my life is changing with the prospect of my redundancy I feel this is going to be another time to give things a try - maybe think outside the square.

Vintage violet.

I have meant to write more blog entries but I seem to have been quite busy lately. I seem to be only managing a weekly post. I must get more organized.

The weekend was quiet again. On Saturday P:-) and I had coffee at one of the little coffee shops down at Balgownie shopping center.

View from the coffee shop.

I had a piece of sour cherry loaf and P:-) had a piece of choc-malt slice.

Yum!

I am very careful about my diet, but this was lunch so it wasn't too bad. I have to have some treats.

I just had to photograph the chocolate  freckle that came on the coffee spoon.

Chocolate freckle.

We came home to find a sulfur crested cockatoo in the blossom trees on the footpath, slicing off pieces of blossom with his sharp beak. 

Cockatoo in the ornamental plum

Cockatoo

I am a teacher. A couple of months ago I suddenly found I was being made redundant at the end of the year. Today I went to see a financial adviser. He was really helpful. What I need to do is decide whether I want to retire or try to find another job, which is going to be difficult at my age. He gave me a lot to think about. I am most likely going to have to sell my house which will be hard. I have lived here for 32 years and I love my yard, it is also a base for my daughters J and R. They no longer live at home but because they rent, and circumstances will make this the case for the foreseeable future, they have stored a lot of their stuff in my house. R especially has had some bad luck with rental properties being sold out from under her and seems to move around a bit. She sees my house - her old home- as her home base. 

Life isn't simple. But I am quite excited at the possibility of retiring. I would love to spend more time on craft - especially sewing, which I have done very little of since I began working full time 7 years ago.

Anyway, I will keep you posted.











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