I love being retired. Worked all my life, even when I had 3 kids under 5 - everything form home work, early morning cleaning to accountancy Ran my own business and looked after my parents.
Since retiring I often wonder how I found the time to work!! I have been making my own cards for years and now have time to make memory books of all those old family photos. I re-learned crochet as I can't knit for too long due to RSI in my wrists. I make jewellery and every now & then I try to paint. I love taking photos and belong to a photography group via my local U3A, and attend a local history group with them too.
I have a small circle of good friends - and we do 'ladies wot lunch' and walks on the downs or along the coast.
I am back-up for my grandchildren and help out when needed. Visits to and from my family are frequent - but with petrol costs, I don't go as often as I would like, though I sometimes think it's cheaper than having them visit me ;)
I use my bus pass to visit local towns and plan to do more free exploring.
As I worked from home I don't miss colleagues. We communicated by phone & fax - then by email and now by Facebook. I use Twitter a little to keep up with craft groups. I have a couple of circles (groups of like minded people) in Google+ - crochet, jewellery, art & photography so I spend quite a bit of time at the computer instead of in front of the TV. I use youtube & the libarary to learn how to do new things - crochet stitches, jewellery techniques
Then there's the garden and keeping the house in order.... WORK??? No, just don't have the time (but would like the money again).
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