My Tireless Retirement - Week 215

 

How is everybody doing?  I am doing rather well myself and enjoyed another wonderful week in retirement.

 

On Friday I worked in the afternoon then went out with my gal pals afterward for drinks and appetizers at a local downtown establishment.  We have decided, in order to continue to go out and have fun, to seek out happy hours and partake of their drink and food specials.  We find that if we each order a different appetizer to share we can enjoy a nice variety without overspending and it is plenty of food to count as dinner.  Mostly we just laugh, act silly and enjoy each other’s company.  This last time we went to The Reef and enjoyed locally brewed beer.  After seeing the size of the appetizers on special we only ordered and shared a pu pu platter and a plate of nachos with guacamole, which was more than enough to feed us.  We left feeling pretty stuffed.  It was a good time and it reminded us how grateful we are to have each other in our lives.

 

Saturday I rode the bus to check out the dollar store, I hadn’t been there in ages, and poke around.  I found three packs of toothbrushes for $1.25 each so I decided to pick up a couple of those to add to my LTFS.  I also picked up three packets of seeds (beets, cabbage & yellow squash) for $1.50, a new crossword puzzle book, some stickers for my journal, and an activity book to take camping.  It was a fun little shopping trip and I spent less than $10.

 

Best gifts!  Plants, gel pens & mandarin oranges

Sunday was Mother’s Day and it was a lovely day spent out in the garden getting some bedding plants and two new perennials into the ground.  I also planted some of my new seeds.  This year I am just taking it low and slow as far as my gardening endeavors so I don’t get overwhelmed and I’m finding I’m enjoying the process much more this way.

 

I spent the day alone, but I did hear from my loved ones including my work “kids” so that was nice.  I just ran in and out of the house all day, played in the dirt and had an absolute ball.  For supper I grilled a steak on my cute little BBQ and ate that with some pesto pasta on the side and a salad.  Perfect!

 

I worked Monday and Tuesday, went out for ice cream with a couple of friends Tuesday evening, was off on Wednesday and didn’t do much, then back to work on Thursday for a very full day of activities with my beloved seniors.  And that was pretty much it for the week.  What kept you busy last week?