Tuesday, September 8, 2009

AIN’T RETIREMENT GRAND!

Twice now, I have sailed my bike past my old school and done a  little happy dance on the seat, in celebration of it being the first day back at school.  Today will be my third such dance.  I wish I could do tricks on my bike or at the very least I wish I could sail past with one foot on the seat and the other in the air, yelling “ Ain’t retirement grand!” at the top of my lungs….wouldn’t you just love to see that?  (Well actually you can….watch the video of me practicing such a feat… OUCH- not a pretty sight!  Not for the faint of heart!  DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!) So this morning after I post this, I will don the helmet,  get on the bike and do the usual standard (safe) happy dance on the seat of my bike as I ride by.  Don’t get me wrong…. I LOVED my job and I LOVED teaching but I sure LOVE retirement more….who knew!!!

It’s a good thing- I discovered a great new blog (new to me!) called Miss Mary Mack and she is having an awesome give-away-  Fabric, a charm pack and a hand-made book/journal. She is celebrating 100 postings…which means I have a lot of reading to do….Hope you enjoy her blog as much as I do!

Have a Terrific Tuesday and First Day of School (WHOOPEEE) AND Happy Quilting!!

Posted by paulette at 8:16 AM

6 comments:

  1. Karen from Sew Many Ways...September 8, 2009 at 11:06 AM

    Hi Paulette,
    This post made me laugh out loud. Just the visual of you on the bike like in one of the Extreme Bike Games!!! My husband is a teacher...he loves his job too and has a few years to go (at least til we have the college bills paid off), but I can only imagine how nice retirement is. Enjoy it!! Thanks for the link to the give away too.
    ~Karen~

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  2. Scrappy quilterSeptember 8, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    I love retirement too...it's wonderful.

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  3. KathySeptember 8, 2009 at 7:40 PM

    Sounds sweet! Enjoy and have fun with all your escapades and projects. I love teaching art, but I'm sure I'd get used to retirement in a flash. I know I'd sew more. Careful on that bike, though.

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  4. ErinSeptember 8, 2009 at 8:01 PM

    Nice, Mom! I only have 25 or 30 first-day-of-schools to go... ;)

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  5. Peg - Happy In QuiltingSeptember 8, 2009 at 9:43 PM

    You sound like one little happy trooper....enjoy..

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  6. QuiltSueSeptember 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM

    I loved the video of you practicing your biking skills!

    And yes, retirement is great - so great in fact that I've done it twice!

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