Getting in the retirement mindset

autumnal landscapeEven though I have 10 or 11 weeks to go before retirement, I’m already getting in the right mindset and I LIKE THIS!  Here’s a few things going on:

Budgetting

This is something Rachel and I have always done quite well and we are finding that it crops up in our conversations quite regularly.  In particular: Continue reading “Getting in the retirement mindset”

Three months to go!

chocolate to celebrate
chocolate to celebrate

We really know how to celebrate in style!  Today is the day I have handed in my resignation and we decided to celebrate with a bar of chocolate.  Just three months to go!

I wrote the letter last night.  Today at work I scanned it so I could send it by email to my manager.  I left it a couple of hours before I wrote the covering email and hesitated a little more, just wanting to do the right thing.   Continue reading “Three months to go!”