Samhain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Thanksgiving Moon<\/p>\n
Kate spent 3+ hours at a sewing workshop, creating place mats.\u00a0 They’re beautiful.\u00a0 She’s done a lot recently to kick her sewing up another notch, learning how to use the embroidery module on her Bernina, assembling her machine quilter, making more difficult quilts, turning out purses of her own design, going to classes, joining a quilting guild and signing up for road trips to various quilt shops.\u00a0 She sews a lot, disappearing into her sewing room and working for hours at a stretch, often oblivious to time.\u00a0 She gets in flow.<\/p>\n
She’s a bare month and half + a few days from retirement and she’s ready.\u00a0 Her casual time will be only 4 work units or so a month with plenty of flexibility.<\/p>\n
Our day-to-day lives will probably change little, except Kate won’t be leaving for work at any point during the day.\u00a0 Once she’s retired, I plan to drive the truck in the winter and let the red car ride out the icy season in the garage.\u00a0 It’s not the best on snow and ice.\u00a0 That sort of thing, otherwise we’ll cook, tend the garden, do our creative work, travel some, volunteer here and there.<\/p>\n
Living, not retiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Samhain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Thanksgiving Moon Kate spent 3+ hours at a sewing workshop, creating place mats.\u00a0 They’re beautiful.\u00a0 She’s done a lot recently to kick her sewing up another notch, learning how to use the embroidery module on her Bernina, assembling her machine quilter, making more difficult quilts, turning out purses of her own design, going … Continue reading Getting Closer<\/span>