Well I am now retired 3 and a bit years. It is still a novelty to me and I am (naturally) loving and trying to make the most of my free time. Some habits still remain from my working days. I just can't lie in bed late in the morning. OK I may get up an hour later than I use to-but for many people that is still very early (7:25 ish).
I had planned to do a few things to celebrate my new lifestyle-but I am yet to do them. Things like -sitting up late listening to radio, surfing the internet, watching movies, reading, playing on my PS4.
Walking about the house in my jimjams all day,unshaven,unwashed
But I still go to bed at my normal time, get dressed almost immediately . And wash every morning (whether i need to or not).
One thing I did say I would do, that I have started to do is to use my free time as an excuse to travel. This year I have booked 3 holidays-and I am going to do my very best to do this every year. Holiday 1 was my somewhat traditional cycling holiday in Ireland it was a new venue for me-Wicklow. Pretty hilly it was, but weather was superb and the craic was great. And met another great character for my "the best cycling group" list. Oddly enough there are 2 people in my WORST cycling group are also in my best group-warped that I am this makes sense.
My next trip is a cruise-Norway. To experience a cruise is on my bucket list. There is an opportunity to do a little cycling on this. Somebody told me that, even at my age, I could be amongst the younger ones on the trip.
And later in the year it is a coach trip to Scotland. This is a Northern Ireland bus company, so it looks like everybody on the trip will be from Northern Ireland (so I should be able to understand most of them).
So that's going to be my goal now, 3 holidays a year-one in Ireland, one abroad (who knows the cruise bug could bite, although i would love to visit route 66,new orleans, nashville-places like that) and a coach trip in UK.
Now that I have the free bus pass, i aim to use that a lot more than i do-must be more second hand book shops out there.
And maybe re-read and re-write by bucket list
And I'm still to lazy to spellcheck and read this over
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Here we go 2,3,4
I have no idea idea why I am doing this. I have nothing planned, but then again having plans takes the fun out of most things. The whole make it up as I go along is something I do most of the time
There be a great quote that has been linked to Joey the Lips from the movie "The Commitments." Now as far as I know he does not actually say it (in the movie at least, don't know about the book)-at least I have an excuse to watch the movie again (if only to see and hear the lovely Maria Doyle-Kennedy again). Like Captain Kirk never said "Beam us up Scottie, we're in a spot of bother down here." and Macbeth never said "You dirty rat."
ANY WAYS the quote is "Glorious failure is better than doing nothing. At least you tried." From experience I know this is true. Thirty years ago I took a career break and headed off to London to seek a new career and life. Hated it -too loud,fast and dirty. OK there was a good pub round the corner from the flat i was was sharing. Made a bad choice in temporary work and was told other ones I should of tried when I got back home. Could not get on with the somewhat schizophrenic person I was sharing with. And the French doll I opened up my feelings to on that holiday. Both disastrous -but if if didn't do them I would still be asking myself "what if..."
Still too lazy to spell check this-have new laptop and can't find it yet. Think I have now-but still too lazy to re-read.
The new house is slowly falling in to shape just minor things to do now-like decorating-a painting job, or something. A couple of savings accounts to get sorted. I want one to get ready for annual bills like house and car insurance,tv license, and money aside for repairs. I want to have my usual holiday saving fund too,
This year, as well as my usual holiday cycling in Ireland I want to do at least one big holiday. A coach trip. Two come to mind so far. One that takes in Route 66 and another that does Nashville,Memphis, New Orleans and the like-the whole music thing.
And now a dilema-some of my very favourite films are directed/star Woody Allen-and I have some on DVD. The man is apparently a monster and molester. I deplore this sort of crime.Once a singer that I liked was found guilty (with no doubt) of this crime and I binned the records and cds i had of his. Not many to be honest-and I still think one song he did is still a very good song (thankfully i have a cover version of same song done by a group i still like.)
Sooo should I dump my Woody Allen collection? I mean what if YOUR favourite singer was found guilty of some hideous paeodfile crime? What if the same happened to a fav movie star/director-What would YOU do?
There be a great quote that has been linked to Joey the Lips from the movie "The Commitments." Now as far as I know he does not actually say it (in the movie at least, don't know about the book)-at least I have an excuse to watch the movie again (if only to see and hear the lovely Maria Doyle-Kennedy again). Like Captain Kirk never said "Beam us up Scottie, we're in a spot of bother down here." and Macbeth never said "You dirty rat."
ANY WAYS the quote is "Glorious failure is better than doing nothing. At least you tried." From experience I know this is true. Thirty years ago I took a career break and headed off to London to seek a new career and life. Hated it -too loud,fast and dirty. OK there was a good pub round the corner from the flat i was was sharing. Made a bad choice in temporary work and was told other ones I should of tried when I got back home. Could not get on with the somewhat schizophrenic person I was sharing with. And the French doll I opened up my feelings to on that holiday. Both disastrous -but if if didn't do them I would still be asking myself "what if..."
Still too lazy to spell check this-have new laptop and can't find it yet. Think I have now-but still too lazy to re-read.
The new house is slowly falling in to shape just minor things to do now-like decorating-a painting job, or something. A couple of savings accounts to get sorted. I want one to get ready for annual bills like house and car insurance,tv license, and money aside for repairs. I want to have my usual holiday saving fund too,
This year, as well as my usual holiday cycling in Ireland I want to do at least one big holiday. A coach trip. Two come to mind so far. One that takes in Route 66 and another that does Nashville,Memphis, New Orleans and the like-the whole music thing.
And now a dilema-some of my very favourite films are directed/star Woody Allen-and I have some on DVD. The man is apparently a monster and molester. I deplore this sort of crime.Once a singer that I liked was found guilty (with no doubt) of this crime and I binned the records and cds i had of his. Not many to be honest-and I still think one song he did is still a very good song (thankfully i have a cover version of same song done by a group i still like.)
Sooo should I dump my Woody Allen collection? I mean what if YOUR favourite singer was found guilty of some hideous paeodfile crime? What if the same happened to a fav movie star/director-What would YOU do?
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