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Black Friday


I don’t know how it is where you are. In Santa Fe it will be in the low 40s today and tomorrow they are saying it might get to 50. There were good reports on CNN this morning about good shopping sales volume prospects for the day. I hope so. We need a change of attitude in the news so everyone can focus on something other than how bad everything is.

I didn’t get a chance to write anything yesterday, wishing you a “Happy Thanksgiving” and all that. We took off on Tuesday and spent time with the kids. It’s about a three hour drive to my son’s house and he had Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday off this week. So we decided to hit the road on Tuesday, and try to beat the mad rush on Wednesday, which we did. It was actually relaxing and the time flew by pretty quickly. We had a nice visit and got up this morning with him and left at the same time he did. He went to work and we came home. Continue reading Black Friday


November 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Talking Retirement | Leave a comment

French Early Retirement – Why Are They Pissed?


You have to laugh at what happened last month in France. Riots everywhere. The entire country was shut down. No garbage pickups, no oil tank ships could dock and pump fuel, no busses, airline porters were all gone, airline travellers were schlepping their own bags to the airport, the whole country was shut [...]

November 9th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Talking Retirement | Leave a comment

Our Early Retirement Trip


We knew five or six teachers when we first got married. They lived either in our apartment house or near it. We were all a friendly bunch and belonged to a ski club together and did fondue parties and wine tastings.

We were both blue collar workers – me an electronics technician, and my bride was a secretary. Together we made more than they did by themselves and probably made more than two of them. But they had something we did not have.

Time off. They started back to school in late August and in less than two months had a couple of days off in October for Parent Teacher conferences. There was also a three day weekend for Columbus Day. Then a month later they got a week off at Thanksgiving. Then another month later they got two weeks off for Christmas.

They get every major holiday – Labor Day, Columbus Day, Pearl Harbor Day – O.K. maybe not December 7th; Pearl Harbor Day. But you know what I mean. They get days off that I didn’t even know they were days off. Continue reading Our Early Retirement Trip


September 16th, 2010 | Category: Talking Retirement | Leave a comment

Independence Day!


I sent out a Twitter post this evening. It went like this, “Real Independence Day is when you live on your own, with your own, and by your own. Until then you are not free. I wish you all the best!”.

Last year at this time, I was not living on my own and by my own. I was still tethered to a 9 to 5 job, waiting for the day to arrive when I would be able to declare my independence. Little did I know that the day was just around the corner.

You might be close to that day or very far away. I can only guaranteee one thing. The time will go by very quickly. We make little milestones to make the week pass more slowly, and it seems to be working.

For example, we start the week with the Farmer’s Market. We get fresh vegetables, fruit, and dairy products. One treat is getting fresh locally made cheese. On Wednesday, we have Starbucks in the morning – a couple of lattes and some pound cake – as a treat. Wednesday night is salmon night. We get some fresh salmon and cook it on the grill. Yum Yum!! Continue reading Independence Day!


July 2nd, 2010 | Category: Talking Retirement | Leave a comment
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