Things I have done since I've retired...

• Eaten more cheese
• Wine o'clock
• Showered less
• Weekly shave
• Grumbled just as much
• Read more
• Used garden hammock more
• Downloaded more
• Started using Twitter, Facebook
• Asked "What's for tea?" more
• Taken longer to do the housework
• Visited my father more often
• Bought a dog
• Exercised more, not just taking pup for walks
• Started this blog

Too many white wines .... or is it a senior's moment? Confessions of a 57 year old.

You know you're getting older when ....

• Ever looked around for your reading glasses when you are wearing them?
• Thinking the two birds from "Rosemary and Thyme" look rather attractive.
• When channel surfing, stopping at the home shopping channels.
• Indulging in the 3:00 p.m. nanny nap.
• Reading half a chapter before realising you've read this novel a few years ago.
• Entering a room, then wondering what you went in there for.
• Watching a repeat of "New Tricks".
• Getting out of bed with aching feet.
• Letting out the involuntary "Errr!" helps you with bending, putting on socks/underwear.
• You emit bum burps when doing your daily floor exercises.
• Watching "Midsomer Murders" on ABC in the afternoon.
• Victor Meldrew in "One Foot in the Grave" is your role model. 

Things that make me smile .....

• our family dog (Langly) lying on his back like a split chicken, waiting for a tummy scratch
• those Google home page animations/designs, they're informative, too
• getting an unexpected birthday greeting when you open up Google (see above)
• those Ikea commercials
• hearing a kookaburra some mornings
• Graham Norton's "Red Chair" segment
• watching Margaret and David disagree over films in The Movie Show
• hearing the local school bell sound at 9 o'clock when I am still reading in bed (I am a retired primary school teacher)
• using 'in-house' phrases and words that only my wife and daughter understand the context of
• turning left (pointy end) rather than right (cattle class), boarding a plane (unfortunately not often enough)
• hearing the pop of a sparkling wine/champagne bottle being opened
• being woken up by a sloppy lick/kiss from the dog in the morning
• reading advertising signs like: "Sweeney Todd Medical Waste Removal"; a retired doctor's B&B called "Bedside Manor" ....or (for HR Model Holden car parts) "HR Parts and Stuff"           
• going to the fridge and discovering a chilled bottle of wine hiding at the back

A-Z of little luxuries I can't live without

A   alcohol - there, I have said it!
B   bagels
C   cruise control
D   downloading
E   email
F   furniture from Ikea
G   good musicals
H   holidays (a break from routine)
I   Internet (have no idea why it needs uppercase)
J   jets (preferably up the pointy end)
K   kitsch
L   lollies (especially chocolate)
M   massage chairs
N   noise-reducing headphones
O   old movies/open fires (dead heat)
P   puzzles
Q   Qi -  with Stephen Fry  
R   reading a good book
S   sat nav in the car
T   tequila/talking crap
U   upscale hotels
V   vodka
W   wine
X   X Benedict (eggs - okay, I was desperate)
Y   yoghurt
Z   "zzzzzz" snoozing in the hammock