Would it be considered rude of me to ask how old we are? I’m surprised for example to read if a poster is a great grandmother or is ‘going out to work now’.
64 here and doing my best to live on for my two younger sisters who died of c.f. all those year's ago. I often think that could have been me. I retired from teaching at 58 and love being in charge of my own day. I'm so grateful I was able to do this quite comfortably as my state pension cannot be claimed until I am 66. My life revolves mostly around my family. I'm on grandma duty, along with DH, two days a week. We help ferry our GC to various classes on occasions too and school holidays are generally very busy. Being able to organise holidays within school term time cheaply has been a welcome bonus in retirement. I love it.
Oh no please don't talk about losing height! I have only ever been 5 foot tall. How low will I go? Might explain why is it getting harder to reach things.
All I’m going to say King Rufus sire, is that I’m above my fighting weight Urmston; them's thar fight'n words, too! Don't say you've move up a weight division again!? But don't mind me ! I used to be a favourite punchbag for our misandrists (probably still am!); We Mancunians were born tough, so do your worst; bring it on!
Just been measured - height still 5ft 7. I am the one in supermarkets who gets asked to get things down from the top shelf ?. Weight not too bad either but have been lucky with my genes (jeans) where that’s concerned.
I’ve just found this thread. I’ve not been on for ages - I wasn’t getting the newsletter and it took me a while to realise that something was missing from my life. I dropped an email and hey presto, gransnet is back in my life. I’ve missed you. I’ve just read through all 15 pages and really enjoyed it! I was 67 two weeks ago, I retired at 62 and 8 months (when I got my state pension) because I really didn’t like things that were happening in my work even although I was only part time. I did miss the companionship but not the nastiness. I do enjoy being retired (more time to spend with the dog) and then DH retired a couple of years ago and joined me (gave me something to trip over) This year we traded in his car and the (towing) caravan and bought a motorhome. Now looking forward to getting about more. However in January DD2 presented us with a second DGS, her first DS being 13. I think she and her dh decided “it’s now or never”. This one was very planned - the first one was a surprise! So two days a week we have our nearly 10 month old DGS and boy does that make you realise your age! I’m loving it though - it’s so nice to have a baby in the house again. ? Ooh sorry - that was longer than I meant. Bet you’re glad I don’t post often! ?
Now that I'm back from my hols, I will try and get the spreadsheet done. However, no weight or height on it, as it is taking ages to trawl through the posts and record ages, let alone any additional info.