My Tireless Retirement - Week 84

 

Howdy!  My latest week of retired life began with more rain and lunch out with another friend.  It always energizes me to spend time with a friend, get caught up with our lives, do some brainstorming and bounce ideas off of each other, and just visit and crack jokes.  It was definitely a good time, especially as she and I are very similar creatures in a lot of ways, especially as moms and the way we parented our children.  After I got done with lunch I stopped in at JC Penney to pick up a pair of jeans that were on sale for $21.99, regular price was $44.  When I got to the register to pay for them I got an additional early black Friday discount and they ended up only being $14.99, which shocked me.  I’ll take it!

 

Next stack of photos for the new album I am working on

On the way home from work on Monday I stopped in at Walgreens and picked up my latest order of photos to put away into my new album I’ve been working on.  I’m only printing off one year of digital photos at a time and trying to be really selective about which ones I choose, the best of the best, so I’m not overwhelmed or end up with too many photos.  As it stands it is a lot of photos.  I’m also searching for promo coupon codes each time I place an order so I can save as much money as I can since this is not necessarily a low cost little project, but definitely worth it.

 

I gave my vacuum cleaner a much needed cleaning

I washed the all of the components & filter with hot soapy water

The filter was super gross

My work schedule last week was Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, four hour shifts each, which was just perfect.  Tuesday I voted, Wednesday I went to the bank to take care of some financial stuff, Thursday I picked up some daffodil bulbs and acid free glue sticks for my photo projects.  I am making the most of my time and gasoline by running my errands on the way home from work rather than making separate trips.  The grocery ads held nothing to tempt me into any food shopping last week, but I did pick up a FREE offer of a bottle of salad dressing while I was at Fred Meyer picking up the bulbs.

 

I prepped all of these veggies

All ready to use in meals and meal prepping

Instead of grocery shopping I spent some time in the kitchen processing the produce I had purchased in my big grocery shop the week prior.  Quite a bit ended up in the freezer to use in future meals.  I also did some meal prepping using what I already had.  I made a delicious meatloaf supper using half of the 3# package of ground beef I had bought as well as the last of my potatoes and carrots in the crisper drawer.  That meal ended up making five meals to enjoy throughout the week.

 

Sunday dinner

This was so good 😋

With loads of encouragement from my nearest and dearest I’ve really been focusing a lot of attention on myself lately.  The phrase “it’s about time” has been tossed about quite a bit.  I’ve been taking a lot of time to write, journal, do some short term planning, relax, pamper myself and go hiking.  One of my favorite things of late is to put on my trail runners and hit the trails and talk to God.  I don’t even care if someone happens by and hears me rambling on because I feel so happy and content these days.  My new job really seems to add another fulfilling dimension to my life and I am extremely grateful to have been led in this direction.

 

Homemade pizza night with a friend

All the meals and leftovers I prepped last week

How did your week go?  I truly hope it was wonderful.