Monthly Archives: March 2013

Future Challenge – Who Do You Trust with Your Health?

Posted on March 14, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

Challenge #14 We all tend to put off tasks we don’t want to think about – like making wills or assigning medical or financial proxies. If we wait too long, we may not be able to designate the people we … Continue reading →

Posted in Future Challenges, Health Issues | Tagged Advance Medical Directive, choices, Health Care Proxy, lifestyle, Senior Health | Leave a comment

Murphy’s Law and Why Everybody Needs a Plan – Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

If anything can go wrong, it will – Murphy’s Law My Scottish grandparents had lots of favorite sayings. Two that often come to mind are, “Hope for the best, but plan for the worst,” and “Murphy may have been an Irishman, … Continue reading →

Posted in Caregiving, Health Issues, Health-Diet, Information | Tagged Advance Medical Directive, choices, family, Health Care Proxy, lifestyle, Living Will, Power of attorney, Senior Health | 8 Comments

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Posted on March 8, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

My neighborhood today is snowed in, with the snow still falling. Gotta love March in New England… The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge today was to do a post completely from a phone, including a photo of your neighborhood. As nice as … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Photo Challenges | Tagged Home, phone post, photography, postaday, snow | 46 Comments

Celebrating the Women in Our Lives

Posted on March 8, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

Apparently, I’m only the third woman to ever receive this award, and I’m so honored to…be numbered with Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg. But I do hope that women are achieving at a rate these days that we can stop … Continue reading →

Posted in Retirement itself, Ruminations | Tagged International Womens Day, lifestyle, Mother, Mother's Day, Parents, photos, Weekly Travel Theme, Women's Rights | 25 Comments

Future Challenge – How Will You Give Back?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

Challenge #13 Some of my friends have made the comment that they aren’t sure what they’ll do with themselves when they retire. I’ve always maintained that time is like closets – we fill what we have – and not always … Continue reading →

Posted in Future Challenges, Giving Back, Retirement itself | Tagged Giving back, lifestyle, Volunteering | 2 Comments

Faith of Our Fathers – or Mothers – Why Lent?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

It’s Lent – in fact we’re almost halfway through it. Both my parents and all four of my grandparents were Protestants, most of them actively practicing their faith and attending church services as long as they were physically able. But when … Continue reading →