Retirement States Gain in Population

Some of the results of the 2010 Census was released today and one thing I noticed is the the best retirement states are the ones to gain in population.  So job transfers is not the driver these days, it’s gain/… Read full post »

Small Town Lyrics – John Mellencamp

Well I was born in a small town
And I live in a small town
Prob’ly die in a small town
Oh, those small communities

All my friends are so small town
My parents live in the same/… Read full post »

Time for a Retirement Job?

I read an article about how to handle being fired and it rightly pointed out to maintain a positive attitude.  Being mad and resentful does not improve your situation.  Move on and look ahead is your best bet.

In… Read full post »

Today I began my preparation for that thing I call, day time sleeping. My windows were covered in dark drapes to keep the beautiful sunlight out. On my bed is a nice comfort foam mattress pad. The sheets are clean, soft and smell like lavender. Now you know lavender… Read full post »

As a baby boomer, I have seen many Thanksgivings come and go. This is one of the more positive ones of them that I remember fondly.

Back in my 30′s I was engaged to a man who in his extended family, had a sister that I had met. This sister… Read full post »

Family Conversations with Older Drivers

Our nearby senior community, Somerby of Alpharetta, invited me to a seminar they were giving titled “We need to talk… Family Conversations with Older Drivers” one of several excellent seminars they were giving. This is a good service t… Read full post »

The US election system provides the incumbents an upper hand in keeping their jobs and staying in office.   The results is that incumbents by a wide margin get re-elected even though people are disappointed in the job they are doing.

The US election system is not likely to change because… Read full post »

Atlanta Zoo

MLK Tomb

Oval Office at Carter Presidential Center

Many times we travel and discover the attractions of other cities in the US and around the world, most often during our short vacations in our working years.  We just want to get away for a few days and… Read full post »

This quote from WSJ about sums up the situation at this point in time in this mid term election cycle:

A tide of national unhappiness and disenchantment with Washington has been building all year and proving a threat to incumbents of both parties, as illustrated by the primary defeats… Read full post »

Rotunda - The University of Virginia

When one makes a trip to spend a few days in an area you have never visited and discovers it’s an attractive area, sometimes it turns in to a “Let’s move here” idea. I could see how that could happen in Charlottesville Virgina after… Read full post »

Florida Retirement

Best Places to Live in Florida

Florida, known as the Sunshine State, has been attracting people almost every year since World War II due to its warm weather, world-class entertainment, beautiful beaches and recreation areas, and proximity to both North and South America as… Read full post »

The title says it all.  This is the result of people having a very dim view of congress, yet liking and voting their own congressman back in to office. After all is said and done, this is the very reason incumbents get to stay in office as long as they liked. … Read full post »

Best Small Towns to Live in North Carolina

With a temperate climate in the east due to the Atlantic Ocean and a mountainous climate in the western areas with temperatures rarely rising above 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, North Carolina has a lot of natural beauty that makes it… Read full post »

Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes in Small Towns

So if you are retiring to a small town what kind of retirement related housing will you find.  Retirement communities are not that plentiful in small towns, except small towns on the edge of large metro areas or in resort areas… Read full post »

Explaining to someone who inquires that you are retired and free for the day prompts an observer to later say “Quit saying that!  People are tired of hearing you say that.”

Say what?  That I am retired.  Did I put a little too much happiness into revealing my retirement status?

It… Read full post »

Waiting for Opportunity

After a month of being down, this blog is back up, after a lot of effort to find out what the problem was, then to get the latest blog program installed and the backup data including post restored.   The problem was Godaddy did not keep their servers where… Read full post »

The Georgia Governorship is between 20 year Republican Congressman Nathan Deal (left in photo)  and Former Democratic Governor Roy Barnes. There was never any outsider even on the playing field.

Does Georgia just love their incumbents that much?  Many other parts of the nation were voting o… Read full post »

OK, going with the travel photo Monday theme, here everyone is getting ready for theChampagne waterfall on the Princess Southern Carribean cruise we took in March 2010.   Read full post »

Senior  apartments is a term I have noticed trending  up while other senior housing options have been trending down, mostly likely  a result of  the economy.   For example active adult communities and 55 communities are trending slightly down.

So why is s… Read full post »

Yes, that is what you think it is.   A pig that has been roasting on a open Barbecue spit in GA.  

A relative of a relative invited us to their family and friends gathering for the fourth of July pig roast.   We arrived about 2 pm and… Read full post »

Amid anxiety over the nation’s course, support for Mr. Obama and other incumbents is eroding. For the first time, more people disapprove of Mr. Obama’s job performance than approve. And 57% of voters would prefer to elect a new person to Congress than re-elect their local representati… Read full post »

Slug: INCUMBENTS

Byline: Christopher Moraff, Philadelphia Tribune

Toward the end of 2006, as the looming financial crisis was gaining steam, Robert Fowler, a real estate broker from Duluth, Ga., decided he was fed up with politics as usual in Washington.  He didn&… Read full post »

After looking for over a year, we found the perfect 55 plus community for us.  It is on the edge of the metro area, about 40 miles from downtown but 18 minutes from a major regional mall and more retail-shopping.  Nearby there is a winery with hotel and six restaurants,… Read full post »

Budget Travel finished their poll of the 2011 coolest small towns and the results are:

Ely, MN
Cloverdale, CA
Brevard, NC
Saugatuck, MI
Kennett Square, PA
Bandon, OR
Cuero, TX:
Nyack, NY
Medicine Park, OK
Egg Harbor, WS

Rest of the best small towns are:
Sandoint, Idaho - Stow VT, Redge… Read full post »