Happy 2024! Today I’m sharing home project ideas and plans for 2024 and hope to inspire other retirees to take on a few home projects of their own. When approaching retired life, one thing Bill and I strongly agree upon is our desire to keep a well-maintained and updated home. It seems like something around […]
My First Year of Early Retirement and Four Lessons Learned
Early retirement, it’s official! The first school year passed without me being in the classroom. As a recap, I retired last September and for the first time in 20 years I didn’t start the school year as a member of the teaching faculty at Oklahoma State University. Instead, in 2021, I took early retirement at […]
Living in the Country Tour Revisited: A Gardener’s Dream
Living in the Country Tour Revisited: A Gardener’s Dream is a look back at my first blog post. There are a lot of new followers here on the blog and just in case you haven’t made it all the way back to the archives, I thought I might reintroduce myself, our home and our garden. […]
10 of My Best Tips for Vintage Estate Sale Shopping
I love an estate sale and today I’m sharing 10 of my best tips for vintage estate sale shopping. For years, I spent lots of weekends shopping estate sales. In a previous life, I had an antique booth at a local vintage boutique and ran large vintage sales out of my barn twice a year […]
