Moving through life's seasons
A little while ago I was filmed by Tim Latham of Unretired LLP concerning some of my own reflections on retirement. My first six months of retirement have been amongst the happiest times in my life and it still isn’t wearing off! Continue reading “Reflections on retirement”
I do like a bit of frugal, thrifty living going on these days, it helps eek out our modest income and is a bit of fun turning unwanted things into cash. So here’s a few examples of current decluttering and turning unwanted trash into something worthwhile. I would never have believed there is a demand out there for old rusty screws and toothpaste…… Continue reading “Rusty screws + old toothpaste = frugal living!”
As we get used to our new grey Toyota Avensis, yesterday we said farewell to Rachel’s old red Avensis. As part of the process we advertised it on eBay and Autotrader and I now feel like I could be a car dealer! Not that I ever will, so please don’t get worried, excited, horrified or think I’ve totally lost my marbles. Quite an amusing dialogue with the buyer….. Continue reading “I could be a car dealer!”
We are in the process of changing cars and this, so far, has involved me buying a 12 year old car. Normally we have bought cars which are 3 years old, in other words when most of their depreciation has already taken place and yet there is still plenty of life left in the car. Continue reading “Buying a 12 year old car”
I went to London a few days ago and had the opportunity of visiting the National Portrait Gallery just before I legged it up the road to the Leicester Square tube station and heading home. Continue reading “Visiting the National Portrait Gallery”
Being debt free is a nice feeling. I found myself remembering when we paid off our mortgage and the huge weight which had been lifted from us. We only had a mortgage for about eight years and I hope I’ll never forget the immense joy and relief when we paid it off. Continue reading “Remembering when we paid off our mortgage”
We have been walking around Rhyd-Ddu this afternoon, that’s just Rachel and myself. One of the nice things was leaving the car at our little rented cottage and finding this stunning landscape right on our doorstep. Continue reading “Walking around Rhyd-Ddu”