This is How I Feel about NOT Working!

Thank you. I love being free. My husband was always the bread winner, and my earnings, the gravy.

@DianneN And thats perfect

@cacay1

Good! It can be felt around the world, too!

@DianneN oh I'm sure lol

No worries. Free as a bird and loving life 24/7! Thank you!

Wow! You certainly did a lot! I'm sure Solitaire is your pride and joy! We have always traveled abroad three times a year, and did a lot after I retired. We haven't done any for the last two years, since Turkey and all the bombings.

That's the way I am now. I wonder what it will be like when I hit "retirement age."

"Did my time" is sometimes how I feel about working with poor families for so many years. Right now I just work with upper middle-class Jewish kids at the preschool (they're absolutely precious and their parents are fun to talk to) and my college students.

@TheHorse I would like to think I will retire one day, travel and have fun but I dont see it in the near future. Unless I suddenly get rich.

That's what I'd worry about. @DianneM has an active family life and enjoys travel, though.

Oh, I just love it, even if it takes me away from myLot. lol

@TheHorse Thanks, Horse. I do love my life. I'm sure you will always keep busy. You do have your wonderful music, too.

@DianneN It is funny how things works out. I love the picture you put here.

Thanks! The timing was perfect. I planned on leaving anyway. lol

I've never been bored in my entire life. Not even once!

Me too, though I had to back off a bit. Too many hours means too little time to play music and softball, and even to socialize.

I hate paperwork too. Leaving one of my jobs means less paperwork. What I'm left with is perfect.

All I did was paperwork. Mine was legally binding. I was answerable to it.

Thank you! No crumbling for me! lol We've always lived a full and active life. No big difference here.

@FayeHazel I agree.

@DianneN Awesome, the best way to live, I think!

To be honest, I don't miss a thing. . School always interfered with my social life, errands, and doctor appointments. I had to wait for weekends, vacations, or summer vacations.

Thanks!

@TheHorse I have told you before, and I am telling you once more. There is something called "adverse possession". So you do need to have a look at it almost on regular basis - once in a quarter or at least half year. Rent collections are different from mining and even agricultural or grazing leases. These are done each month. These also put us in contact with tenants on monthly basis, so the tenants can tell us we are facing this issue, and that issue. We need to attend to those. I worked, I earned decent sums almost 250 dollars per month., (which was almost my monthly home expense at the time..lol, even now I earn about a 100 dollars, but the case that I am now being dragged into is that of a society in which we have participated for the last 30 odd years. The aunt who is handling it so far, is now aging, and she wants to share the mantle if not hand it over. I have been chosen because of my experience in real estate field, and not having a full time employment or responsibilities of kids, for now. It suits me too, because I can be around to look after other aunts, and dad, like a freelancer, and sort of catch the bull by its horn when I have spare time. Overall, only 60 to 75 documents to be discussed in the court Pony. But the blessed thing has been through so many advocates and each one of them preparing half the papers, forgetting some and so on and so forth since the narrative is long. This time, a complete list has been prepared. I have reached the 54th document. I am not done as yet because I do have questions that need answers. Thereafter, each of those documents would need authentic certified copy to form the evidence. After that, at the next hearing, which I expect will be around August, 2018, we should be able to move the blessed thing. This thing needs to be done on war footing because it has dragged on for way too long. Many of the members are no more. I want it to be cleared before dad goes. If it comes, it may be worth about $300,000 plus for us, though aunt is saying it may be double that. I don't know. All I know is, this is an attempt at land grabbing, by none other than the government and it is proving a tough hurdle. The evidences are now stacked up against the government because in another case the government has furnished the document partly proving our title for disproving others title, and taken those lands. So it stands to lose one of the two cases. That would become very serious for the government because that land is truly very expensive. Two years ago, we came across those papers, and from then, the government is not allowing any hearing in the court.

I have properties and mining claims in Montana to think about. I actually don't know how much they're worth. But I'd have a hard time not working, even though I suppose I could retire tomorrow and be "OK."

Wow! Glad to hear you are bonding more with your dad. All that is over my head talk. We bought and owned land when we were first married, but now we own our house and our condo. That's enough for me. Good luck with your case!

So do you owe any taxes on these checks @DianneN ?

Awww, just as long as you have enough to live on. Mine is from the teachers' retirement pension.

@rebelann Yes, of course! It's taken out before they are direct deposited.

@DianneN I'm thinking I might be able to hang in there and make it five more years, because time definitely speeds up as we age, so it should fly by pretty fast!

@moffittjc It does go quickly in retrospect. You can do it!

Lol! Sleeping is good! No harsh, shrill alarms waking me up at 5 or 5:30 anymore. I didn't go for full pension, but what I have is good enough. Just take it one day at a time!

You sure you are not one right now? Blink..lol

@vandana7 Nutso?

I don't know how I found the time to have a career. I've been busy since the day I retired.