What do you do now that you're retired? Instead of being annoyed at being asked this question, I used it as a way of reflecting on the past 5 years, and looking at what has happened since I was made redundant.
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Shout Out Saturday #15 – Memories
Shout out Saturday is a place for you to share your favourite posts, best blogging buddies, good news stories or something you've read. This week it's all about memories - poppies included.
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A message from the Queen? No, just me guesting with THE GIFT OF AN EARLY AND UNWANTED REDUNDANCY – over at Cresting The Hill
A guest post featuring the Queen and I - yes really! Check it out.
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Finding Peace for Sunday Stills
What does peace mean to you? For Sunday Stills this week I've tried to capture some peaceful images from our travels to the other side of the world.
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What makes me laugh?
What makes you laugh? I was lucky to be in the audience of a live radio show last week and it was loads of fun!
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Retirement Voices | Add your story to this important new book
I have just completed an easy questionnaire on the subject of retirement. I found out about this project from another midlife blogger and decided to add my voice to the story. If you are a woman and you're retired I highly recommend you join up and share your story and thoughts, it's for a good …
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Reblog: Not a good week! – Deb’s World
I can't let today, 10 May 2017, go by without mentioning that one year ago today we were told our jobs as educators in the State's Correctional Centres were to be axed by the end of 2016. It started a dreadful time of worry, concern, upset, ill health and general malaise. We were all summonsed to …
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A new me or an upgraded version?
Since being made redundant at 56, how have I changed?
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The day I met a murderer on the bus
The time I met a murderer on the bus! Life is an adventure.
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Surprisingly there is a life after retirement – Musings on a Monday
Remind me again why am I doing this?
Remind me again why I'm doing this? Running I mean! I haven't written a post about just running since July last year but I have been running, on and off, in the meantime. The months after July were wet, miserable and cold. I was also suffering from looking down the barrel of redundancy but …
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A hammock and a tree – Weekly Photo Challenge
How does a hot summer's day, a hammock and a large tree sound? Relaxing, peaceful, delightful and comfy! This combination, to me, is a great match and fits the theme for this week's photo challenge perfectly 🙂 A good match - This week, share a photo of a satisfying pairing from your own life.... You can mix …
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Against the Odds – Weekly Photo Challenge
I'm away from home this week, taking in the city lights, enjoying a different pace of life, seeing new things, playing tourist and unexpectedly meeting up with some blogging friends. I decided for this week's photo challenge to focus on a great movie I saw this week. It was called Lion and is a classic …
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Girls just wanna have fun!
On the subject of FUN: This video shows my daughters and I racing at a trampoline park while on holidays over Christmas. We're not at all competitive! I'm the little one in black just in case you can't pick me! One daughter yells out 'I've won' as she throws herself into the airbags, one does …
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2016 – the year that was!
Tumba-bloody-Rumba was the winner as the most viewed post on my blog in 2016. Did you see it? In looking back at my blog stats for 2016 I have been very surprised about what featured in my top 10 based on views. Posts on local government issues, travels, photo challenges and ongoing issues with my forced redundancy collected the top …
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Anticipating anticipation – Weekly Photo Challenge
Is it possible to anticipate anticipation? I like to think so. With summer holidays upon us and family members from near and afar preparing to gather, I am anticipating the anticipation of us all being together again for the first time in over a year. I love spending time with my family 🙂 My three …
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Wordless Wednesday – goodbye and good luck!
That's a wrap on a 22+ year career - made redundant!
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Bring on 2017 – Weekly Photo Challenge
Vanish, invisible mending – a poem I found
While cycling in New Zealand recently I found this poem in a delightful little book about the local area. Reading through it, I found it really hit a chord with me. The book was one of many available for visitors to flick though in one of the guest houses (Tiger Hill Lodge) we stayed in, …
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