Welcome

Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while. Contact me by email: joyfullyretired (at) gmail (dot) com.

What I’m Reading

Gods In Alabama

Sizzle

Poems by Emily Dickinson

Read-A-Longs

Clarissa

My Book Rating System

A = Excellent in every way
B = Very good story
C  = Good/Average
D = Poor
F = So Bad I couldn't finish it

Archives

Why Retire?

Christmas shopping is so much nicer during the week when everyone else is working! Unless you –    like to shop with everyone elbowing you to get at what you are looking at     you like to wait in long lines for the privilege of handing them your money     competitive shopping is your hobby     [...]

Why Retire – Look at This

      My husband, Jay, just came in with these three roses. Can you believe it? It’s November! This would not happen if I were still employed and living in the mid-west. But here we are: retired, visiting our son in California and able to walk his property and pick roses that grow in [...]

Don’t Call Me Old!

One day my nine year old granddaughter  said something like, “When I’m old like you . . .”. Oh dear. She called me the “O” word. Its not as if I think I’m still 15, although inside I still feel like that.  I only have to look in the mirror to see my age.  I [...]

Welcome To My Blog

 I’m a wife (44 years), mother (three grown-ups – a son, two daughters) and “nana” to two beautiful girls (9 and 3). I’m also a daughter, sister, aunt and friend. I’m a former Human Resource Manager – former meaning I’m RETIRED! As in most seasons of my life, I’m having a really good time in [...]