Bucket list

My bucket list upon retirement:

Tee shirt quilts for all grandkids in high school

Scrapbooks/photo albums brought up to date

Painting more barn quilts.... my new favorite hobby!

travel to see long lost aunts and uncles, cousins and friends

travel to all the states AND Canada

read ALL the books I have saved for retirement!

give books away as soon as I have read them


So far we went to New Orleans, and other places of interest, Natchitoches, LA and Pass Christian, MS.  Oh, and Arizona in the spring.

I have most of Kaiman's quilt done, just don't know how I want to finish the edges, and some of others cut out.

Have worked hard at the scrapbooks for kids in sports, especially Noah and Taj's since Noah is graduating.

Forgot that most of the summer was spent on painting the house,  hopefully the last time Walt and I will attempt doing that ourselves!

and that's about all folks!

the beginning of a new life....

Retired!  I am now officially retired as of Aug 31, 2016!   There are so many things we have planned to do on retirement, that I now realize was wishful thinking.  First things first, meaning getting house thoroughly cleaned and organized and out with the old/unneccessary 'stuff'.  

I can't believe I was such a hoarder with school stuff.   I hate hate hate throwing things away that someone else could use.  I've given to the Public Library, Little Scholar Preschool, the Genealogical Association, librarian friends across the state, my kids, co-teachers at school, etc. etc.  And still I have too much......