2025 Planning

Are you a planner?  I absolutely love dreaming up future plans and putting them on the calendar for the coming year – seeing all I have to look forward to. I break down my ambitions quarterly and try to be realistic about what can actually be achieved in that timeframe. In looking ahead, I don’t …

International Living – Retirement Planning, World Travel Style

When you dream of retiring, does world travel come to mind?  Maybe you don’t think it’s affordable on a fixed income. But if you live in the U.S., the cost of living abroad might just come as a pleasant surprise. International Living, an organization “helping people retire, live and invest overseas since 1979”, provides insight …

AARP – Still Relevant for 50+?

I’m not sure I was even 50 years old when I received my first invitation to join AARP – the American Association of Retired Persons. Or at least that’s what they used to be called.  I honestly couldn’t find the title on their website now. In the About Us section of the web, we do …

Over The Rainbow

My mother was a singer, both professionally and personally.  She sang to me as a child always before bed, and one of my favorite songs – and hers – was “Far Away Places” by Bing Crosby.  I credited my mother for instilling in me a wanderlust that never waned. When I was in high school …

Does Anyone Still Own a Timeshare?

Yes, in fact I own a timeshare and have since 2000.  I bought it after several years of attending timeshare presentations and fending off the salespeople however necessary. I bought an alternating year, points-based week with Club Wyndham, at what came down to secondary market pricing. I accrue a set number of points every other …