I will write ten posts on this 5th Retirement Anniversary addressing each category or "Label." I can also see the stats and which posts have had the most public views. At this time, my blog had 22,400 views. That's about 100 views per week in 18 different countries around the world! It is very rewarding to know that there is interest in what I have to say. By helping myself I must be helping others with similar interests. It is an incentive to continue.
Here are my brief summaries of the first five years of retirement and goal adjustments I want to make at this time. If you want more information on a subject, please scroll down on the right side of the main page and click on the first months in 2011 where you will see where I'm coming from.
My journey continues....
Entertainment
It looks like I broke this down into two areas: Home Entertainment and Away Entertainment.
Home Entertainment - Since I retired there have been many significant updates in entertainment products at home including a Kindle Reader, LG Smart TV and MacBook Pro laptop. It was the first order of business to update the 60" Smart TV and that included a good sound bar. It replaced an old RCA console. In the past few years, our antenna TV has increased free channel access especially in programs we like most. So now we enjoy 18 different channels for free! Along with Video CD's and Netflix, our Smart TV has more entertainment available than we can imagine! It is also 3D! Eventually two other, smaller TV's were replaced.
When all that was paid for, I got my first laptop and printer. I had always had computers since 1994 but had to share with family and those that were provided from my employer. It was a good time to go Mac instead of Microsoft as I was ready to make the more creative change. It also felt more like being retired as I spent so much of my time using Microsoft for work. My genealogy research was now complete with a new Family Tree Maker Program and subscription to Ancestry. Busy times!
I made the decision to stay with a flip cell phone and not get into all the changes I would need to make for a smart phone. I am definitely technically capable but I am still in favor of keeping my life simple. A smart phone does not compliment my lifestyle now or the foreseeable future unless I fall into being a trend-follower which is not likely! I am regularly evaluating how a smart phone would improve my life and so far, it weighs more in favor of complicating it. Right now it's a "maybe."
Updating music from online sources such as Amazon to a new MP3 player regularly keeps me happy. Music is a big part of my exercises when I walk, do yoga, and use the machines at the gym. I also include it when I work on projects at my desk. My husband set up a whole new stereo system downstairs that is awesome!
Away Entertainment - Most of what we do away from home for entertainment includes a meal and a movie. There are 3-4 theaters in three cities that we frequent 2-3 times a month. We like to go to our favorite restaurants mostly but also like to try some place new occasionally. One of the theaters is closed now and will reopen in a few months as a dinner/movie/drink place. That will be something to look forward too; a new trend, I suppose. Love the comfort of recliners in roomy theaters which we have seen as remodeling changes in recent years. I especially like to go to movies alone in the middle of the day more but always welcome company when available. Whenever possible, we like to include some shopping or practice our handgun skills at an indoor range on these outings to make it an all-day event.
There have been many fun trips away and local events we attend together or I go alone. This blog is a good place to share experiences and photos. I hope to be healthy and open to new experiences for fun and entertainment especially when my husband retires in a couple years.
When all that was paid for, I got my first laptop and printer. I had always had computers since 1994 but had to share with family and those that were provided from my employer. It was a good time to go Mac instead of Microsoft as I was ready to make the more creative change. It also felt more like being retired as I spent so much of my time using Microsoft for work. My genealogy research was now complete with a new Family Tree Maker Program and subscription to Ancestry. Busy times!
I made the decision to stay with a flip cell phone and not get into all the changes I would need to make for a smart phone. I am definitely technically capable but I am still in favor of keeping my life simple. A smart phone does not compliment my lifestyle now or the foreseeable future unless I fall into being a trend-follower which is not likely! I am regularly evaluating how a smart phone would improve my life and so far, it weighs more in favor of complicating it. Right now it's a "maybe."
Updating music from online sources such as Amazon to a new MP3 player regularly keeps me happy. Music is a big part of my exercises when I walk, do yoga, and use the machines at the gym. I also include it when I work on projects at my desk. My husband set up a whole new stereo system downstairs that is awesome!
Away Entertainment - Most of what we do away from home for entertainment includes a meal and a movie. There are 3-4 theaters in three cities that we frequent 2-3 times a month. We like to go to our favorite restaurants mostly but also like to try some place new occasionally. One of the theaters is closed now and will reopen in a few months as a dinner/movie/drink place. That will be something to look forward too; a new trend, I suppose. Love the comfort of recliners in roomy theaters which we have seen as remodeling changes in recent years. I especially like to go to movies alone in the middle of the day more but always welcome company when available. Whenever possible, we like to include some shopping or practice our handgun skills at an indoor range on these outings to make it an all-day event.
There have been many fun trips away and local events we attend together or I go alone. This blog is a good place to share experiences and photos. I hope to be healthy and open to new experiences for fun and entertainment especially when my husband retires in a couple years.
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