My Tireless Retirement - Week 200!

 

Hello Friends!  How is everybody doing?  I hope all of you that have had storms and ice are okay and thriving.  My prayers went out to so many people over this past week as things have been a bit topsy turvy.  I pray a lot for peace and quiet too.

 

I worked a ten hour shift at the senior center on Friday starting at noon late into the evening as I escorted a full busload of wonderful people to a restaurant for dinner and then to the theater for a live performance of Four Old Broads.  It was fantastic!  I think I’m becoming quite the theater buff.

 

With the weekend off my intent was to relax and recharge on Saturday.  I was so sad to hear of another shooting in Minneapolis and it literally made me cry.  I am absolutely heartbroken and fearful, especially for my children’s safety as they could be at risk some day if this does not stop.  I refocused and did some writing, got my income tax returns done and filed and then had a friend over for drinks, appetizers and a nice visit.

 

I made a delicious cottage pie

Sunday morning I hit the ground running with laundry, some housekeeping and a meal prep to keep me going throughout the week.  Monday I worked a full day and then had the next two days off which I spent getting some more things done.

 

Bingo prizes for the senior center and some food donations

Tuesday I ran a couple errands and picked up some sales items using up coupons (about to expire) to purchase things I can share and donate.  Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday I was doing more paper crafting because this girl loves it so much!  I even managed to get a gift made and put together for a co-worker that is going in for knee replacement surgery next week.

 

These were so much fun to make!

Thursday I was back to work in the afternoon and with that my 200^th week of retirement came to a close.  200 weeks!  Hard to believe it has been that many weeks already!  It just gets better and better too!