May I Live in Interesting Times?
Fri Aug 16 2024

Bizzy-bizzy days ahead!  We had an abundance of hamburger left over from the beef we bought last year, so we canned chili this week.  Yesterday we harvested strawberries and rhubarb and I will be canning strawberry-rhubarb pie filling later today.

Top this off with planning for our next cruise that we leave on in a couple weeks, volunteer activities, and upcoming time with grandson, and we have a full calendar through October. 

I may need to retire from being retired to have time for it all!

We are discussing embracing insanity, and adding a winter version of the week with my favorite 150 screaming teenagers at the end of the year, life is truly getting interesting this year!

For today at least, "May you live in interesting times" is not a curse.

5 Comments
  • From:
    D'vorahDavida
    On:
    Fri Aug 16 2024
    Well, better too busy than the alternative. Sounds like all very enjoyable things!!!
    • From:
      Ksmiley/LittleKrissi/Smiley/Kissykins1
      On:
      Sat Aug 17 2024
      I agree
  • From:
    Ksmiley/LittleKrissi/Smiley/Kissykins1
    On:
    Sat Aug 17 2024
    Retirement is the time to be busier then when you did work. I’ve noticed that with my grandpa Clarence back in a day. He had the time for everything he enjoyed in time with family and friends. My 80 year old mother is noticing it now, too. I may not be in the working realm of life and not busy like you or my mom, but there are days I am doing more than the day before.
  • From:
    MissTick
    On:
    Mon Aug 19 2024
    My friend have retired not so long ago and mentioned to me how she was able to do all the things AND work before and how now there is not enough hours in her day for all the things minus work...makes me wonder if making plans for things I'll do when retire might be a useless exercise :-/
    • From:
      Ksmiley/LittleKrissi/Smiley/Kissykins1
      On:
      Thu Aug 29 2024
      We never know sometimes UNTIL those kind of days are ahead. While I was going to school online, I could study and do my homework at any hour of the day and night. Most of the time I was online at school at 12 midnight through 6 AM in the morning because it would be a quiet time and less traffic online. I was at school everyday even though we only needed to be there 4x a week.