After the first month.........

Retirement isn't too bad, actually.
I've been keeping myself busy over the past 3.5 weeks since leaving my employer of six years; plenty of things to be done around the home as we ease into springtime.
The garden has been attacked, with roses pruned, shrubs and trees cut back, dead annuals removed from garden beds.
The first lawn mowing of the season has been carried out, winter grasses and weeds treated and edges done.

The house has had its gutters cleaned out and a broken roofing tile repaired (no spare tile, so had to apply a patch) and all the windows cleaned, inside and out.
Next is to have the bi-annual spider and termite treatment carried out.....in October.

Housework is a natural for me.....carpets vacuumed, dusting done, clothes ironed (usually with a good DVD movie on the wide-screen) and laundry washed and hung out to dry.

So the almost-a-month that has elapsed hasn't been boring at all....even with the above tasks on my agenda I've still found time to read, do the daily crossword, browse the internet, go to the local shops and relax with a cup of coffee and the paper. All the little things that I only ever managed to get to on weekends and then ran out of time.

Yep....there's something to be said about being my age and finally easing out of a full-time job after nearly 50 years in the workforce.
I can recommend it. :)