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time flys

151949 — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 19:27:10 GMT

The months go by so fast ! We got home from snowbirding on Oct 1 - which feels like it was yesterday - and already it is Nov1. Being that our lives are now cut into these 2 large segments - winter in Fl and summer in Pa - I think it feels like the time goes even faster. We only stay in Fl. 8 months and one is gone already, but, of course , there is a ton of things to do as soon as we get back home so it's a much busier than normal time. My mother always said as we get older time seems to go by much faster, like your skidding downhill and can't stop yourself from going faster and faster.

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itsmagic — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 19:36:28 GMT

I can't believe it is Nov. 1 already. We have beautiful unseasonably warm weather here today and it is supposed to reach the 70s next week (Midwest). So I don't feel like it is November at all!

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RedTop — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 20:01:45 GMT

I totally agree with the days, weeks, and months passing so quickly. It will soon be 4 years since my knee surgery, then came retirement, and I feel like I have blinked a few times, then opened my eyes to find myself near the end of 2015! When I worked, those 8 hour shifts seemed so long, but now the days are gone before I know it.

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GingerPeach — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 20:31:27 GMT

I heard someone say recently that as you get older, the days go by slowly, but the years go by fast. What do you all think about that?

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SoX — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 21:50:25 GMT

@GingerPeach wrote:
I heard someone say recently that as you get older, the days go by slowly, but the years go by fast. What do you all think about that?

Not so in my case ... it seems I just started my day and already it's nearing dark ... I can't believe how the time is flying by ... both days and years!

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ROMARY — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 21:59:19 GMT

Yes, I can't believe fifteen years has flown by so quickly (well, 'quick', although 'quickly' sounds better).

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spix — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 22:57:37 GMT

I agree, seems like just yesterday I got the deck all set up for summer, now it's back to putting everything back & protected for the Winter, but we (here in Chi-Town) will be having Indian Summer, 70's predicted, so I'll take it

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shoesnbags — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 23:03:29 GMT

@GingerPeach wrote:
I heard someone say recently that as you get older, the days go by slowly, but the years go by fast. What do you all think about that?

Can't say I agree with that. It all seems to fly by to me, lol. I suppose the idea of the days going by slowly might be true for someone who retires and then just spends the days at home. That's not the case for me - I'd go crazy! I stay very involved with life outside of the house and my days go by just as fast as the years do. I distinctly remember my grandfather saying the same thing about time passing quicker the older you get, and how he didn't feel any older inside!

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151949 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 04:11:59 GMT

I told my DH that I feel like I'm going to go to bed some night when I'm 66 and when i wake up I'll be 90. It's sorta scary how fast it all goes now. I always have in my mind a friend when we used to camp on Lake Erie,she was in her early 80's and she told me to enjoy and remember these years in my 60's after retirement because they will be one of the best times in my life, while I can still have a good time but don't have to be stressed out with a job.

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tansy — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 04:25:55 GMT

I can't believe it's November and the holiday season. Whoosh and another year's almost over.

Do you have any idea how long you think you'll be able to snowbird, @151949?

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151949 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 04:32:42 GMT

@tansy wrote:
I can't believe it's November and the holiday season. Whoosh and another year's almost over.

Do you have any idea how long you think you'll be able to snowbird, @151949?

We bought a new trailer a few years ago and it is much more comfortable so i think we will be doing this as long as DH continues to be able to make the drive. It is 1100 miles for us and that is a lot for DH plus it is hard for my back so we break the trip up into 3 short days.When we get to our hotel we usually have time to swim or nap before we get cleaned up to go get dinner. We have done this trip so many times we stay at the same hotels and eat at the same restaurants all the time.

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tansy — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 04:35:08 GMT

It's almost 1400 miles for us and we take 3 to 3 1/2 days to travel. We alternate routes but usually stay at the same hotels, too. It's a long haul:/

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151949 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:55:53 GMT

We have friends in Charlottesville, Va and Hilton Head , SC so we usually try to stop for a short visit in Va and often stay overnight in SC on our trip north in the spring.Funny how our friends are getting all spread out across the country as we retire. Not many have stayed where we grew up.

We have a lot of neighbors who drive from Michigan and Indiana and Ohio to SW Fl. and drive it straight through one couple because they have a dog and the other a cat and don't want to stay in those "pet friendly" hotels. Another couple just doesn't want to pay for a hotel.Except for an extreme emergency I would never consider driving it straight through.

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jlkz — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:47:49 GMT

@151949 wrote:
We have friends in Charlottesville, Va and Hilton Head , SC so we usually try to stop for a short visit in Va and often stay overnight in SC on our trip north in the spring.Funny how our friends are getting all spread out across the country as we retire. Not many have stayed where we grew up.
We have a lot of neighbors who drive from Michigan and Indiana and Ohio to SW Fl. and drive it straight through one couple because they have a dog and the other a cat and don't want to stay in those "pet friendly" hotels. Another couple just doesn't want to pay for a hotel.Except for an extreme emergency I would never consider driving it straight through.

We had friends who drove straight through to North Ft.Myers from north of Philly in their early 70's with short stops only for gas. They ate their own food in the car while driving. Took several days for them to recover at each end of the drive down and back.

We've done it in 2 days with one overnight stay and stops every 2 or 3 hours to walk through a mall and relieve back and hip pains: I did leg and ankle stretches in the car the entire time. Still it took several days for swelling and pains to fade. The last part of the drive on day one was the worst: hustling to get there by 9 PM. We ate fast food during the days but the overnight was the shrimp scampi over rice that we put together from the homemade marinara sauce and micro heated rice pre-cooked from home. (Trips were to MarcoIsland and Naples, FL

Last year was the first time I was able to get DH to fly to Regional SouthWest Airport in Ft.Myers: he loved it!!!!!

Considering wear and tear on the car and us and the meals and hotel, the $250/ person round trip was worth it.

@We now have a condo @ Lely and are looking forward to snowbirding every winter. Of course, these birds are flying. ( really great rates for a mid-size car can be had, but reserve at the time you book your flight or you can end up paying almost $200 more at the last minute!!!!! )

Hope we all have many more enjoyable stays winter and summer !!!!!!!!!!!

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Mmsfoxxie — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:00:06 GMT

Fortunately or unfortunately, lol, I will never be able to afford to live in two places depending on the weather. But how do you people that can afford it, handle your personal information (such as mail, doctors) being at the right place at the right time. Don't you have to have one place to call your actual residence? Seems like a lot of trouble, albeit worth it.

About time flying ... since retirement, time is going much faster. I think due to age and the fact that I'm not dealing with so much stress.

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Lucky Charm — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:32:28 GMT

@Mmsfoxxie wrote:
Fortunately or unfortunately, lol, I will never be able to afford to live in two places depending on the weather. But how do you people that can afford it, handle your personal information (such as mail, doctors) being at the right place at the right time. Don't you have to have one place to call your actual residence? Seems like a lot of trouble, albeit worth it.

About time flying ... since retirement, time is going much faster. I think due to age and the fact that I'm not dealing with so much stress.

We keep our primary residence mail going all the time. We have family that lives close, our daughter lives two blocks away.

We don't 'snow-bird' per se. Our places are liveable year round, we don't have to pack up and close up. Although I do have a (rental) bungalow that does need to be winterized.

We go back and forth all winter and summer. Usually driving (it's doable in one day) flying is a pain.

We're *up north* now and enjoying a beautiful mild day and weather will be in the 70's most of the week, same as home, but we're missing all the rain.

Not as *luxurious* as it sounds, we're tearing up an old beach house. Having the insulation replaced in the attic. House is partitioned off with plastic. I'll head out when they start the re-wiring as the electric will be off.

I'm able to stay on this beautiful front porch which is the only room besides our bedroom which isn't turned upside down.

Oh and no furniture at all except on the porch. But come on over!

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151949 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:57:19 GMT

@Mmsfoxxie wrote:
Fortunately or unfortunately, lol, I will never be able to afford to live in two places depending on the weather. But how do you people that can afford it, handle your personal information (such as mail, doctors) being at the right place at the right time. Don't you have to have one place to call your actual residence? Seems like a lot of trouble, albeit worth it.

About time flying ... since retirement, time is going much faster. I think due to age and the fact that I'm not dealing with so much stress.

Since we are in a camper when we are up north we keep a post office box up there and when we leave our home in Fl we have the mail forwarded. We can go to doctors while we are in Pa because our medicare advantage plan has a "passport" option and as it turns out , our former PCP is in network up there. So, if we needed him we could go to him.We use Walgreens both in Fl and Pa for our Rx - their computer is national so you can refill at any Walgreens anywhere. of course you have to have an actual residence somewhere - that is where we pay taxes , our vehicles are registered, and we vote.For us - since we have a house in Fl and a camper in Pa - our residence is in Florida.We get most of our bills online , not in the mail and we pay everything online. Our cable, internet and phone at our house is paid for in our HOA dues so they all stay on even when we aren't there. The outside care of our property is also the responsibility of our HOA so we can just leave and it is taken care fo for us.We have family here all year and they watch the house and will put up the storm shutters for us if there is a hurricane. We also have friends who stay here all year and have a key and come inside and make sure everything is running ok.They come in a couple times a month.I don't thin k ypou could really do this if you didn't have some dependable people you could count on. Up north our nephew comes by and checks in the camper for us as he works nearby, and , of course, if anything bad like a tree through the roof or something happened, the campground would call us.

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151949 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:03:34 GMT

jlkz - I'm sure at some point in time we will buy a small car to leave in Pa and will start to fly back & forth instead of drive. However, for now we enjoy the trip and visiting friends along the way.Besides - I always get a respiratory infection every time I fly and I'm sick for weeks it seems. hate that.

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151949 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:06:49 GMT

BTW - it is 86 and hot & humid here in SW Florida today - very tropical. I worked at the food bank this AM & DH was out fishing, he said it was nice and breezy in the gulf.He caught a shark is all, they just cut the lines when they get one of them since no one would be dumb enough to put their hand in a shark's mouth to get a hook out.

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Mmsfoxxie — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:39:05 GMT

@Lucky Charm, @151949, thanks for the reponses. I'm sure you count your blessings everyday. 151949, I remember you talking about needing a particular insurance plan because of traveling.

Pre 2008, my husband had plans of living part time someplace else but the money disappeared...he waited too long to change his stocks. I wouldn't mind living someplace warm but not going back and forth.