What a day!

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1022 days ago

It looks like any other day. Typical August Sunday morning. Cicadas singing, sunny , hot and humid. Just how I like it. So, what’s the deal? Today is the first day of retirement for me. Also, birthday # 58.

I kicked off the celebration by sleeping late. The main event will be family cookout, with a Turtle Cheesecake.

I don’t make a big deal about birthdays, but I haven’t got a grip on retirement yet. I did all the paperwork 3 months ago, and it still hasn’t sunk in.

I hope your day is a s good as mine.

-- It must be jelly baby, cause jam don't shake like that...

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rkevins home \| projects \| blog 65 posts in 1097 days #1 posted 1022 days ago	Happy birthday and Happy retirement ! I hope it’s not as hot there as it is here in Arkansas.
Scott Bryan home \| projects \| blog 27262 posts in 1989 days #2 posted 1022 days ago	A birthday and retirement all in one day!! You do have reason to celebrate. Have fun and enjoy today. It sounds like you have a pretty good time planned. -- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine
huff home \| projects \| blog 2550 posts in 1452 days #3 posted 1022 days ago	Sounds like a perfect day. Hope you enjoy both to their fullest. -- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com
lew home \| projects \| blog 8975 posts in 1922 days #4 posted 1022 days ago	Happy Retirement and Birthday!! Been retired for 7 years now and it still hasn’t sunk in. Still have dreams of teaching, wake up thinking about lesson plans and correcting homework papers. -- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
patron home \| projects \| blog 12051 posts in 1508 days #5 posted 1022 days ago	well happy , happy , hairy ! now you can work in the shop all day too . enjoy ! -- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
charlie48 home \| projects \| blog 248 posts in 1336 days #6 posted 1022 days ago	Happy bithday, and happy Retirement. It will sink in, and it will get better every day. Finally work is no longer just a four letter word. -- Charlie............Only time will tell if it was time well spent.
CharlieM1958 home \| projects \| blog 14847 posts in 2385 days #7 posted 1022 days ago	People who retire in their 50’s really p* me off!!! (Congratulations, happy birthday, and enjoy the extra shop time.) -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
jusfine home \| projects \| blog 2152 posts in 1093 days #8 posted 1022 days ago	Congratulations on your beautiful day and your retirement! All the Best! -- Randy "You are judged as much by the questions you ask as the answers you give..."
SnowyRiver home \| projects \| blog 45638 posts in 1647 days #9 posted 1022 days ago	Happy Birthday and happy retirement Harry…let the fun times roll !! -- Wayne - Plymouth MN
Mark Shymanski home \| projects \| blog 3963 posts in 1879 days #10 posted 1022 days ago	Happy birthday! -- "Checking for square? what madness is this! The cabinet is square because I will it to be so!" Jeremy Greiner LJ Topic#20953 2011 Feb 2
Rick Dennington home \| projects \| blog 2887 posts in 1361 days #11 posted 1022 days ago	Greetings hairy, AAAhhh…..retirement….there’s nothing quite like it…I’ve been retired from the military for 35 years….. Heck..I’m only 38, and boy is it nice…Sleep late, go to the shop when you want to, no time clocks, no clocks, no scheudle, no one yelling at you, ‘cept maybe your wife to do honey-dos…..sit back and drink coffee all morning, put a little time in on a project, and if you get tired, go in and take a nap…aaahhh retirement…....enjoy, and oh yea….happy birthday, too…... -- " Don't ever wrestle a pig in a mudhole....he'll be having more fun than you..!!
TopamaxSurvivor home \| projects \| blog 13192 posts in 1843 days #12 posted 1022 days ago	Happy both and congrats!! Lenny retired today too. Everyone I know is retiring or retired. Not sure I want to?? Why change what I am doing? Of course, my wife says I semi-retired when I gave up full time employees ;-)) -- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

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