http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-planning-blog.html All about retirement planning and retirement in general.. come share retirement with me! en-us retirement advice Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:36:27 GMT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:36:27 GMT retirement-online.com http://www.retirement-online.com/aging-is-inevitable-but.html Growing old is something that each of us think about on a regularly basis. We all know that we cannot stop the passing of time and I often think about Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:36:24 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-advice.html Retirement Advice: Have you considered your retirement options? Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:49:46 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/aging-gracefully.html Aging Gracefully: We will age, that's inevitable.. why not have FUN? Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:25:08 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/in-debt-who-not-me.html I guess I must have been living in la la land not to think about this before. Why would anyone ever think that I was in debt? Well, c’mon, everyone has Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:39:31 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-is-a-transitioning-not-an-ending.html I'm a Canadian currently living in Oaxaca, Mexico. On July 31, 2008, I left behind the company, where I was employed for twenty-two years, and I haven't Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:31:19 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/can-a-stay-at-home-mom-retire.html I cratered eight months after my youngest son left home. I was so happy to have done a great job and thought I would love my empty nest. I decided to Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:27:13 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/keeping-memories-alive.html Keeping Memories Alive with Journalling Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:28:04 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-income-planner.html Retirement Income Planner - Keep mentally active and DO something productive in retirement! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:11:15 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/baby-boomer-generation.html Baby Boomer Generation: the largest generation ever! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:49:19 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/before-you-divorce.html Before you Divorce: taking divorce options into consideration... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:13:22 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/emotional-retirement.html Emotional Retirement - To retire or not to retire, that IS the question.... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:21:21 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-hobby-my-computer-and-facebook.html My guilty pleasure retirement hobby is Facebook on the computer. It is like being a peeping Tom into others lives; depending on what they write about themselves. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:42:17 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retired-in-tennessee.html I retired at home. I live in middle Tennessee which I still think is beautiful and engaging in all four glorious seasons. I live just outside Nashville, Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:39:32 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retiree-submissions.html Write Here! Submit your own story and get responses from real retirees.. here to help you! Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:31:33 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/cruising-another-neat-thing-to-do-during-retirement.html Cruising – something everyone should do at least once during retirement! Well, I am back with yet another tidbit of information about life during retirement. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:52:07 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/seniors-of-the-bible1.html The most memorable stories of the Old Testament are surely of those we would call heroes today. Think of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt with Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:50:01 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/seniors-of-the-bible.html The most memorable stories of the Old Testament are surely of those we would call heroes today. Think of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt with Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:50:00 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/wynns-chinese-new-year.html Yesterday, we visited Wynn's casino for the first time. I loved the Red, Red, Red decor -- so bright and beautiful! The photos were taken in the entrance Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:02:33 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirees-and-butterflies-encore-casino.html I often think of myself as a Retirement Butterfly... after years of government employment, years of doing what someone else needed me to do, years of Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:02:01 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/betty-whites-new-show-off-their-rockers.html Did anyone watch Betty White's new show -- Off Their Rockers? I just saw the tail end of her 90th Birthday Party show, then this new show followed... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:29:38 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/precious-pearls-of-time-back-to-the-future.html SWEET & SOUR MEMORIES. I feel all that is stored in our brain, be it sweet or acrid, after a considerable period, all seems a kind of pleasant one, because Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:01:04 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-hobby-collecting-ball-point-pens.html I have perhaps the largest and most unusual ball pen collection around. I would love to share thoughts and ideas of others who do that. I would love Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:57:26 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-hobby-greeting-card-creating.html I have trained a few retired women with interest in artistic work to create greeting cards. Greeting cards are prepared on recycled hand made paper. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:50:56 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/social-security-and-early-retirement-now-what.html I received 3 months ss payments at age 62 and then returned to work. I plan to continue working till full retirement age of 66. Do I need to repay the Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:32:24 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/florida-snow-birds-buy-or-rent-winter-place.html Anyone have any thoughts/suggestions on whether to buy or rent a place in Florida when we retire. I have toured some mobile home parks in the Ft. Myers Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:22:17 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/medicare-what-age-does-it-start.html I'll be 62 this month and I'm going to start collecting Social Security. When can I collect Medicare, at 65 or 66? I've heard both. Wendy: Medicare starts Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:18:57 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/ira-from-company.html I am 63 and in April will be eligible to invest in my company's IRA plan. I intend to continue working until I am 70. Should I join? Wendy Absolutely! Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:11:39 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retired-live-in-a-small-iowa-town-and-love-it.html My husband and I sold our business and home in Texas and ended up trying to owner finance which did not work out for us. After coming away with only $100,000 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:05:57 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retired-no-hobby-honey.html I really enjoy being retired. I have found plenty to do and started volunteering. My only problem is with my husband. He has retired and all he wants Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:22:44 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/vegas-relaxation.html A well known Philosopher once said, if you need a complete refreshing down time for mind and body, visit Vegas. Kitchie as it is, it is the total change Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:53:22 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/visit-to-las-vegas.html Hi Wendy, It had always been my dream to visit Las Vegas, never thought I would especially after moving to Australia from the UK. My husband having been Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:27:41 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/postworksavvy.html I've never been to Vegas but I know many Canadians who spend winters there enjoying the Palm Trees. I look forward to your observations about senior living. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:23:13 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/tailing-harry-belafonte.html Many years ago, around 1953, I went to Las Vegas as one of three young women who shared a house and worked at the same place in San Jose, CA. We went Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:22:33 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/lady-luck.html Unfortunately Lady Luck left Las Vegas real estate in a state of disaster when the housing market crashed in 2008. Hopefully 2012 will begin a stage of Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:18:22 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-disability-in-lyndhurst-nj-help.html I am telling this story for my sister. She is 61 years old, will be 62 in August. She is on disability, she receives $720. a month. She has COPD. She Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:15:12 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-stay-focused-and-be-confident.html How do we stay both focused and confident, now that we are retired, so that we enjoy our lives as much now as we did when we were working? First of all, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:54:07 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/las-vegas-seniors-breakfast-at-rampart-casino.html Today we went to breakfast at the Rampart casino with some Las Vegas friends. Bill and Cynthia lived Indiana until they moved to Las Vegas. First, they Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:32:55 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-volunteer-at-food-bank.html I did not intend to 'retire' until I was 70 years old, however, I was laid-off from my last job during the current economic slump. Jobs were scarce, and, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:18:52 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/florida-retirement-community-the-villages.html Just ran across this video and had to share it! The Villages Retirement Community has miles and miles of retirees travelling in golf carts -- many of Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:14:20 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/viva-las-vegas.html Wendy...My story is much like yours, except my parents didn't move there. Vegas was like a fairytale...I especially remember the Silver Slipper which Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:09:50 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/las-vegas-senior-living.html Las Vegas Senior Living...Exploring Vegas as a retirement location! Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:34:59 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/grandfather-died-family-fight-over-the-will-started.html My grandfather died and all his sons and daughters started fighting about the will he wrote and who should get the money he left behind. This family started Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:35:11 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/recognising-the-need-to-soldieron.html I suspected for a couple of years that ‘things’ within me were not too good, a once-enjoyable job had transformed itself in a chore of almost Herculean Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:32:56 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/how-do-i-eat-an-elephant.html Irwin, Kudos to you... great article! I *always* use the how do you eat an elephant? question... reminds me that even seemingly large jobs can get done, Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:33:54 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retired-and-i-am-keeping-busy.html The first day after I retired felt strange. I knew I should have been working, and I knew what everybody at the office was working on. I knew I should Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:58:15 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/disability-retirement-multiple-sclerosis-ms.html I am a physician forced into retirement at the age of 51 by Multiple Sclerosis (ms) associated disability. MS is most often thought of as a disease that Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:55:51 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/retirement-location-so-california-to-central-california.html I retired to the beautiful Central Coast of California. It's absolutely gorgeous. You have beaches, and rolling hills and the wine industry is surpassing Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:42:07 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/why-i-retired1.html That's easy. No one wanted me anymore. In my fifty some years in the work force I had over 200 jobs. (I tended to have a difficult personality at times.) Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:39:35 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/seniors-how-heartless-one-can-be.html Talking of the plight of aged people in poor and developing countries, let me narrate two true stories - one recent, and the other about 40 years old. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:35:51 GMT http://www.retirement-online.com/centenarians-learn-to-live-longer-and-better.html In the Lansing, Michigan, State News, Physician Tom Perls tells how to live 100 years or more. Perls is an expert on reserach , and the medical director Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:20:14 GMT