your new year call

[ACE]

WAKEY WAAAAKEY.

Come on you lazy lot, back to work.


I don't see why I should go back on my own ;D

[ACE]

[TEL]

no I'm going some where a lot better Shopping with the wife & boys for a new carpet oooooooo what fun ;D

[Curryandchips]

Gosh, it doesn't take long to get back into the 'old' routine ...

I have two days to get my workshop straight and tidied, then two 'training days' ... arghh !

Derek  :D

[kt.]

Off work this week. Kids wont got to lottie - they say its too cold. Get there for maybe  4hours between now and friday. Thats when my son will be at nursery from wednesday. ;)

[Mrs Ava]

My darling went back today, although he was in between Christmas and New Year.  Kids go back to school on Thursday.  Off to the shops today, a few things to change.  ooo the excitement. :-\

[Amazin]

Martyr that I am, I covered the Christmas week, so I've got the rest of this week off.

The Plan -
1 day garden (today)
1 day allotment
1 day mixture of the above
1 day going round all my favourite garden suppliers

There, that just leaves the weekend to sort out!

;D

[saddad]

Our school was open for a training Day and they are in proper tomorrow!
:-\

[mc55]

gawd I was tired this morning.  Worried about waking up so slept very badly, last check of the clock was 5am !   I stumbled around the bedroom once the alarm clock went off (of course fast asleep by then) and nearly fell over in the bathroom.  Goodness knows how I managed to keep my eyes open during the drive to work - I was sure I was going to have an accident.  

Fortunately not much going on at work today (boss on holiday for another day  :D ) so able to ease myself in gently (although seem to have cultivated stoopid gene whilst off, couldn't remember dratted passwords)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I've got another day off, and just as well since I'm still not well. Back at college Thursday.

[Wicker]

Oh, you poor souls - now are you sitting comfortably? OK, then let me tell you about retirement............. It all starts with just that - sitting comfortably, with a cuppa, with a biccie and with a pile of seed catalogues listening to all that nasty wind and rain ::)

Truly it is wonderful and just remember the harder you work now the more you will appreciate retirement when you are lucky enough toget there ;D ;D

[triffid]

 >:(

The way thinkgs are going, they'll have abolished retirement altogether by the time some of us get there!

[ACE]

I retired 10 years ago, never again, bored silly. So I gave it up.

I had to take early retirement due to my knees, shoulder and hands not being up to the job. 9 months later  I was seized up so I started doing a bit of gardening again for exercise. Started working again and gradually got better, although I do ache all the time. I think it is a classic case of 'use it or lose it'. I am registered as disabled  but I do not claim any money or special treatment.

The old girl is always shouting at me to take it easy else I will kill myself. My reply is that will be a better option than being stuck in my armchair.

[Emagggie]

Given up my regular job to help Bearded Wonder when required.
Renewal notice for my public liability insurance came today- I had the greatest pleasure throwing it  in the bin. ;D

[kt.]

Got 33 years before retirement. So I'll be sticking to the grindstone till then and burning the candle at both ends. Might ease a llittle when the kids are fully grown.

[Wicker]

Oops.  Retirement doesn't have to mean slowing down and boredom. Especially for those of us who had sedentary jobs which were pretty boring retirement is a release and a time to be more active! 
Ace, can appreciate your situation - similar to that of Mr W - and like you he completely ignores my gentle words of remonstration and just gets on with things - thank goodness!

Sorry to have hijacked thread :-[