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Kate Henry's avatar

Time to feed the kitties and me, then put the tax numbers in the little boxes on the yellow sheet.

REnted the last apartment yesterday.... signed and paid ))) So I am free to do what I wish. ))))

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Freedom! I will drink to that. Thank you, Kate.

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

It’s time to shake off convention, to slide the watch off my wrist and not do time. Stop measuring the minutes ticking by. Count blessings, not the tocks and ticks. It is high time I got off my high horse and let you decide what you do with your time.

(50 words)

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

This is so clever, Barrie. Thank you. As for myself, I mostly decide in favor of the "nap on the sun porch" option...

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Excellent option!

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Loved this!

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Aw, thank you 💛

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Switter’s World's avatar

I vote for option 2, but without the wine, lifetime teetotaler that I am. However, since every man must believe in something, I believe I’ll have a slice of apple pie.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Always a good time time for pie, Switter. Happy hiking, sir!

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Janice Walton's avatar

Hi Sharron, I suspect you know what my answer would be. But, truth be told some days that glass of win and a good book sound awfully enticing.

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Karen Kenworthy's avatar

Janice, I love your typo. A glass of win!

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Janice Walton's avatar

And I think I will just leave it that way - along with the glass of wine.

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Karen Kenworthy's avatar

I’m so glad! I love both, but lately a glass of win is rarer around here than a glass of wine, so it’s the ‘glass of win’ for the win! 🏆

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

"Bartender! One glass of wine and two glasses of win, please. It's been a tough day."

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Janice Walton's avatar

I'm with you - I'll take two glasses of win any day.

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Linda Brown's avatar

Ah yes, the question evey retiree has to answer - get something done, or relax and enjoy the sun!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

And the older I get, the more I choose the latter.

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Richard Blaisdell's avatar

The day begins cup of coffee and time to lie on the grass , count clouds forming draw shapes in a notebook enjoy sound of birds and chat with squirrel. Got a big day ahead.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Mornings should allow time for all that.. And maybe mid-day as well?

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Wade Terry's avatar

Love the twist, and recognizing we all have choices to make.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

What time is it for YOU, Wade?

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Wade Terry's avatar

Mostly I do the relaxing without the wine…..

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Smart man.

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Karen Kenworthy's avatar

For me, of course (as I’ve annoyingly said too often here), it’s time to drive to Cincinnati to visit my BFF of 40 years. I have two suitcases packed, so it’s time to load the trunk of my old Olds and get on the road. What is holding me back… why am I procrastinating…

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

My guess is that you want to remember her as she was when you first met her, not as she is now, possibly much diminished. And vice versa. It is a natural feeling, I think. However, I have an old high school friend that I see once ever 5 or 10 years or so, and no matter how time has ravaged us, we are always giggling 17-year-olds when we meet. Our younger, healthier selves are still in there.

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Karen Kenworthy's avatar

Oh that is such wisdom. The last time I was out there, I did find myself longing for my old friend inside of the person as she is now. 😘

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

It's time to indulge myself in an hour of diving into my Substack inbox while savouring a cup of pre-going-to-bed tea. So glad that this post was here waiting for me!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ah, yes! Time for a little self-indulgence. And why not, I say!?

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Jim Cummings's avatar

Time to....do my taxes. Uggh.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Hah! Sorry! Arrange a reward for yourself when the chore is done. At the very least, a day of lounging about in your bathrobe.

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Jim Cummings's avatar

That reminds me, Time to...buy a bathrobe.

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Karen Kenworthy's avatar

Ha! 😂

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Your neighbors will be thankful.

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Heather Brebaugh's avatar

I'm sipping on a glass of cabernet while reading this, so I guess there's the answer. :-)

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Cabernet was on my list today as well. Cabernet and two games of scrabble with neighbors. I never win, but after two glasses, who cares?

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Heather Brebaugh's avatar

🍷🍷 cheers!

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Yael Gelardin's avatar

Time to start reading more 😉

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Hear! Hear!

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T. D. Wolf's avatar

Why does it always seem to be the first option?

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Resist! I have every confidence in you!

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Sharon Hudson's avatar

Time to spend….spend on visits with my kids (ha! kids….they’re 45 and 50 years old!) and grandkids, because the time for visits is growing shorter, and my time without them has been too long. What I have is time. Time that is free, and wasting it, too costly!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Oh, I get this, Sharon. Free time is not free if it is wasted, that is for sure. Time to connect more often with our kids. I know!

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Justin Deming's avatar

It’s almost time to give my son a bath! 🤣

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