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PurpleyPumpkin
My Next Phase: The Personality-Based Guide to Your Best Retirement | Eric Sundstrom, Randy Burnham, Michael Burnham
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It‘s official! After 33 years at my workplace, I took the leap into retirement. Officially, I‘m on vacation until the end of June, but as I no longer have to wake up at 5:30am, I‘m calling it. Looking forward to my “Renaissance Years” full of reading, gardening, Litsy, knitting, and so much more! #retired
(April 28, 2025)

BennettBookworm Brava!! 1mo
TheBookHippie Well done!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ congratulations!!!! 1mo
AmyG Congrats!🎉 1mo
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monalyisha How exciting! Congratulations!!! 🥳💜 1mo
TheKidUpstairs Congratulations! 1mo
lil1inblue Congratulations! Wishing you good books, beautiful flowers, and lots of yarn! 🎉 1mo
TheSpineView Congratulations! Happy retirement! 1mo
Ruthiella Congratulations! 👏👏👏 1mo
Trashcanman Congratulations Kimberly! Squeeze in a price is right episode every once in a while! 1mo
Jas16 Congratulations!!!🎉 1mo
dabbe W🤩HOO! You‘ll love every moment! 😍 1mo
Blueberry Congrats!! 1mo
LeahBergen Congratulations! 🎉 1mo
Librarybelle Congratulations! 1mo
Mimi28 Congratulations 🎉🎈🎊!!! 1mo
BookmarkTavern Congratulations! 🎉🍾🎈🎊🎊 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau Congratulations!! 🎊🎉 1mo
mrp27 Congratulations! 🎉 1mo
DogMomIrene Congratulations! The party‘s just getting started🙌🏼🌟🎉 1mo
PurpleyPumpkin @mrp27 @DogMomIrene Thank you! 😘 I‘m just settling in and I‘m very much looking forward to this next chapter. ☺️ 1mo
kspenmoll Congratulations!!!! 🎊🎈 1mo
PurpleyPumpkin Thanks so much @kspenmoll!💜 1mo
MemoirsForMe Just saw this…Woooo Hooooo! Congrats Kimmie! Now you get to sleep in and do all those things you‘ve been putting off. So happy for you! 🎉🍾🥂 1mo
PurpleyPumpkin @MemoirsForMe Thanks so much, Donna! I've been slow to get into this retirement thing because I've been sick, sigh. But I'll get there. It's all very exciting! 😊 1mo
MemoirsForMe Love this great photo of you and the sign your friends made for you. That‘s a LOT of days you. 😁 Hope you‘re feeling better so you can start reading all those books too. Congrats again! 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
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Balibee146
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Current read reflecting on the financial aspects of a life well lived. I'm glad it acknowledged very early on that globally a privileged few actually have disposable income with which they could take on board his viewpoint.

Already this is starting to feel like a lot of padding to get his central idea to book length though.....i think this will be a skim read.

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PatriciaU
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Retirement Goal: Reading in a comfy chair with a goat on my lap! 😂😂

Suet624 😂😂 love this. 4mo
JamieArc This reminds me of a photo I saw a while back (and posted on Litsy) of a woman reading in bed with a dear laying next to her 😂😁 4mo
kspenmoll 😂😂😂 2mo
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peaKnit
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#whatsnewwednesday @TieDyeDude @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life
I handed in my retirement application - so I see more time to respond to some #litsylove after Dec 6! 🎉

TheBookHippie Congratulations! 7mo
TheSpineView Wow! That's awesome! Congrats!🥳🎉🥳 7mo
Read4life Congratulations!!! 💙🎉💙 7mo
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dabbe #wahooyou! 🤎🍁🧡 7mo
MaureenMc 🎉🎉🎉 7mo
Deblovestoread Congrats 🎉 7mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Congratulations 🎈🎊 7mo
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Daisey
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Mehso-so

There has not been enough hammock time this summer, but today I finally got a bit with Gandalf for company. I found this book an interesting examination of character and commentary on aging alone, but it was a rather slow and melancholy read for me. I was glad that it ended with a bit of hopefulness.

#Reading1001 #TBRTakedown June 2024
#1001books #HammockReading

RaeLovesToRead Gandalf is a beauty 🥰🥰 11mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 11mo
Tamra Sweet! 😘 I‘m envious! I‘ve had little outside reading time as well. Been wet and too cool. 😢 11mo
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jewright Gandalf looks happy! 11mo
Melismatic Cutie! 😻 11mo
dabbe #gloriousgandalf 🖤🐾🖤 11mo
merelybookish That's one gorgeous face! 😻 11mo
Daisey @RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella @Tamra @jewright @Melismatic @dabbe @merelybookish Thanks all! Gandalf was pretty happy because he‘s also been getting very little attention lately. 11mo
JazzFeathers 😻😻😻😻 11mo
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Daisey
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I read a few more pages of Quartet in Autumn today while filling the overhead bin (upper right photo) and found this unfamiliar word. Apparently, Marcia is having a tin of sardines originally for the cat.

pilchard: a small, edible, commercially valuable marine fish of the herring family

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #BooksOnTheFarm

Ruthiella I feel like people ate weird food in the 1950s…particularly in Barbara Pym novels but also just generally. 😬 Lots of canned food and things in aspic. 11mo
rwmg Same species apparently, but if it's longer than 6 inches it's a pilchard, 6 inches or less then it's a sardine. 11mo
Tamra I have this one stacked and I‘ve only heard good things about it! 11mo
Daisey @Tamra This one is not as engaging to me as Excellent Women, but I‘m still appreciating Pym‘s description of character. 11mo
Tamra @Daisey I want to get to that one too! 11mo
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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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MaGoose
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I read about one-third of Out With the Tide (#18) and set it down. Meh. I may pick it up again in the near future. I'm about to start The Third Chapter (#4).

I've also read Nick of Time by Cathi Stoler. I'm also part way through Out of Time by the same author.

##litsylove #bookspin ##Doublespin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks @andrew65 #awesomeapril

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 13mo
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mabell
Cranberry Easter | Wende Devlin, Harry Devlin
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Our Easter book shelves! 🐇🌸🌷

Gissy 😍🐰 🐣 💖 1y
mabell @Gissy So fun to get out our books by season! I‘m not sure what to select after Easter though 😂 1y
Aimeesue You have ALL the cranberries! 1y
mabell @Aimeesue Almost! 😂 I think I‘m still missing Mystery and Birthday, but I‘m on the look out! 1y
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mandarchy
Return of the Library Dragon | Carmen Agra Deedy
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My school year is off to a good start. I'm already 3 books in on a 3 day rotation. The Library Dragon is still a favorite. I hope everyone is doing well. I've been too busy to enjoy much social media.