My Thoughts At Eighty Seven

Life is still very good even with a few health issues. Mostly I think that I still do pretty well for my age. And Hey! Just think, I did not get to know any of my Grand Parents but I have been blessed to know all of my Grand Children and now LaVonne and I have five Great Grand Children. How is that for Great and fun.

Ya I have a little “Age Related” Memory Loss, and Some “Age Related” Hearing Loss, and a little “Age Related” Night Vision Impairment and I still have that darned irritable bowel, a crappy back and a couple of new stents. “But Hey” I Can Still Do lots Of Things That I Like To Do and Have Done In Years Past.

I still like ideas and enjoy the challenge to learn new things and thinking about and observing the brilliance and magnificents of God’s earthly creations.

LaVonne and I are still lucky enough to be able to be Arizona Snow Birds for nice weather all year.

I am still interested in church and like to think about how our churches could do better at helping some of our young who have come to have some doubts about their faith in church and God.

I am still a good driver which is good because we really like eating out regularly.

I still enjoy good friends and we still have lots of great family in Minnesota and California.

I am fairly competent with the computer. I have a web site, Memory Recall Helper and a blog, Think About It Bybob and YouTube site and my wife Lavonne does very well too. We help each other out.

I can still play the keyboard. The fingers still work and the memory too. Over all life is still good at eighty seven.

I’m Gonna Be A Freshman Retiree

I am hopeful that I will be able to share a few thought provoking ideas with you but first and just for fun, I have written the lyrics for three verses of this new song for my Freshman and sophomore retirees I may write more or maybe you can suggest more.

For now they are sung to the tune of Back in the Saddle Again

First Verse
I’m Gonna Be A Freshman Retiree
Yup, I’m Gonna Be A Freshman Retiree
Gonna Travel Soon For Fun
When My Workin Days Are Done
Yup, I’m Gonna Be A freshman Retiree

Second Verse
A Freshman Retiree That’s Me
Yup, A Freshman Retiree That’s Me
Got All These Things To See
Just Waitin There For Me
I’m Gonna Be A Freshman Retiree

Third Verse
A Freshman Retiree Whoopee
Yup, A Freshman Retiree Whoopee
Gonna Leave This Cold Behind
Gonna Warm Up My Behind
I’M Gonna Be A Freshman Retiree

Seasons of Retirement

Welcome again to Think About It ByBob

Just a Reminder. My posts are just intended as observations and Conversation Starters. I hope you find something you like

I referred to myself in my welcome post and page as a Senior Retiree. I have been retired for 25 years. Amazing. I think it would be a good idea to think about retirement as seasons of retirement. Sixty year old retirees and eighty something’s have different needs, desires and interests.

I like to think of new retirees as Freshman Retirees. Freshman Retirees are most likely to be new or relatively new retirees generally in their late fifties or early sixties. They are still very active and maybe even working some. They are often still deciding what they want to do in retirement and where they want to live etc. More Later.

Sophomore Retirees on the other hand are most likely to be in there later sixty’s and early seventies. They are usually still very active but now they have identified their travel ideas and know where they would like to live and what kind of things they like to do etc. I hope you like the idea!

More then about Senior retirees on some later post, thanks again for visiting.