Be careful Terry, that celebration menu might be too much for you. So sad for your doctor.  Makes you think you are doing a great thing by living to the max.  And not to have the weight of work to pull on your precious time.

It's about time and a long time coming.  Congrats on joining the free and the brave. So happy for you, and sorry to hear about your doctor,  your friend. 

Congrats on your retirement, time to move on to your new job... the other parts of life you didn't have time for before. .....to paraphrase Buzz Lightyear.... to Colorado and beyond!!!!

Bill and Linda wrote:

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Retirement is a full time job and one of the best jobs I’ve ever had.  ..

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Terry, CONGRATULATION!!!

As Bill and Linda shared, you will enjoy your new full time job! The adventures are yours to make, new friendships will spontaneously happen as well as "IT" factor locations will be found and enjoyed. The very best to you and Jo as you start your exciting journey!

NWescapee wrote:

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Terry and Jo - congrats, enjoy that long trip to CO and most of all, I hope you revel in the CO summer weather as you leave OK and the tornados, heat and humidity behind!!

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Ruth,

Haven't you been reading the news stories of the tornadoes in the Denver area?  They've had a few of those this year.  Plus, I have an app on my phone that lets me get current temps in various cities.  A couple of days ago, Canon City was actually 4 degrees hotter than Oklahoma City.

We are preparing for the move, but we'll be making it without our dogs.  We had to put Lady down a few months ago after she hurt her back really bad.  Yesterday, we had TJ put down because his life is not what he always liked.  He was blind because of cataracts, deaf, and the vet thought he was also suffering from arthritis, so we didn't feel it a good thing to also make him endure the traveling to come up and the drastic change in altitudes.  He never did like our trips to Colorado all that much.

We went to the Social Security office today, and Jo signed up to begin getting her SS benefits come October.  She will be 62 in September.  My, what a Spring chick she is.

We are really looking forward to time with her family up there, and in August, a nephew is coming back on vacation from Dubai and we are going camping with tents and cots.  Three of the five of us on that trip will all be over 60 years old.  The "youngsters" in our youngest son and nephew may never want to do this again.

Thanks to all for the good wishes.  I'm anxious to get up there are start getting more pictures.  Believe it or not, I have practically no pictures of Colorado with snow in them.  I am looking forward to changing that status and getting some good pictures of forests with snow.  We'll certainly be up there for a while, so I should be able to get some good shots.  My brother-in-law is counting down the days more so than we are because he likes to drive me around Colorado and let me get pictures.

Terry

Terry,

Congratulations on your retirement and we wish you and Jo great fun on your move to Colorado.

My retirement, which I had originally planned for the end of June, is now in limbo.  Three days after we saw you in February, I had knee surgery.  I think the doctor botched the surgery and now I'm going in for a second opinion.  My retirement now depends on the outcome of that visit and whether or not I will need a second surgery.

Other than that, things are fine.  Got a contract on the house in two weeks and closing is scheduled for 8/4.

Best to you and Jo.

Vance

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Terry, it is Mr. Pibb, not Dr. The dr is a patent (copyright) incursion, so they had to change the name. Both of 'em taste like medicine to me, so I choke down Coke.

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 True, Ken.  But I was never one to go for the Mr. Pibb, even when I was in an area where it was available.  And, since it tasted much the same as the "doctor elixir," I just leave the "Dr." there.  I worked with a guy back in the 80's at a country grain elevator who was a diabetic and had to drink a diet drink.  So, we stocked part of the soft drink dispenser with Diet Dr. Pepper.  I tried that one time and it was EXTREMELY nasty stuff.  Years later, Jo told me the "new" Diet Dr. Pepper wasn't so bad, so I tried it and liked it.  Then even later, I found myself losing my voice and the speech therapist told me to get rid of caffeine, so along came Caffeine-free Diet Dr. Pepper.

I guess it must be an acquired taste because I like the caffeine-free stuff better than diet or the regular Dr. Pepper.

 

 

galtgirl wrote:

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Congratulations on your retirement and condolences on the loss of your canine companions. I know how hard it is to let them go when they are no longer enjoying life, but it's a kindness we owe our pets.

I'm the same age as you Terry...at least I was born in 1946....so my word of advice is don't wait TOO long to travel. A change in health can happen and wreck all your plans, so while you are still healthy and energetic, take advantage of it. There will be lots of time for just sitting in one place...IMHO.

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I'm well aware of the soundness of your advice, but since almost all of my photos of Colorado over the years have been taken in summer to early autumn, I don't have many with the "winter" look.  Plus, with family nearby, including a brother-in-law that likes to drive around, I suspect I'll get lots of photos in Colorado in the not too far future.  Plus, there is a camping trip in August (yeppers....tents, cots and sleeping bags) and a trip to visit family in Idaho a bit later on.  So, we'll be getting to do enough traveling, even though our RV may be sitting idle for a while.

Terry