2015

Sorry I have been slacking off on new posts. Just been busier than usual. I tried to keep up with your comments. I read every comment before I post it. Nothing posts automatically. I don't want the blog full of advertising, scammers or inappropriate language or ideas. So it may take some time before you see your comment.

I am in the process of making an important change. I am leaving the office I shared with Lane for 10 years and am going to work out of my home office from now on. It was a tough decision because that office represented so much to us personally and financially. But it was time for me to bite the bullet and make the change.

We only have 3 weeks left in 2014 and I am beginning to wonder what 2015 will be all about. If Lane was here it would be a lot easier to make a plan. We definitely would retire in 2015 and then start doing some of the things we had been talking about. It's funny how your future blows up when your husband dies. At first you wonder how to get through the next day and as time goes on you come to grips that your life now and in the future has been permanently changed.

I think this retirement time in a widow's life is really difficult. We had expectations of spending these "golden years" with our husbands. Now we have the time to do things but no partner to do them with. I don't know about you but it ticks me off. Kids are grown. I worked hard all of my life and now when I ready to start checking things off our bucket list I'm alone.

So what will 2015 be like? I have no idea but like it or not we will deal with whatever comes our way. We learned the hard way, what choice do we have?

Sue