I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.

I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week..
One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.

envious of you guys.

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
...
I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be
retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time
puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess
with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.

I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.

envious of you guys.

=====

We have been retired for going on 4 years now, so we do have time. These
days I really don't care to spend a whole lot of time with it either, so I
do look for things that are fairly simple but tasty, but if I wanted to try
a really time consuming recipe, I would, most recently was the zwiebelkuchen
around Christmastime which turned out great. I do remember when I was
working outside the home that I did a lot of weekend cooking too, and some
of the weekday meals were pretty thrown together simply because I was
cooking all day at work and I was tired. :-)


Cheri

In article >,
ImStillMags > wrote:
>I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be r=
>etired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time pu=
>ts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with=
> a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
>I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week=
>.
>One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
>envious of you guys.

No, I'm not retired. Weekday meals are like this (last night's menu):

Make salad
Defrost and heat frozen chili from the big batch we made last month
Boil spaghetti for Mr. Cincinnati (usually a tortilla or tortilla chips for me)
Eat

In the summer we rely a lot on grilled meat. Sometimes I'll marinate it
at lunchtime (I work close enough to come home for lunch).

Cindy Hamilton
--

ImStillMags wrote:
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you
> must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis.
> Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm
> usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes
> when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through
> the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
> envious of you guys.

I'm not one of those who posts complicated recipes. I think the last
recipe I posted here was two-ingredient biscuits, which are right up my
alley.

Last night, my wife and I were in a benefit performance (see
http://rhsjamboree.org) in the evening and I was teaching in the late
afternoon, so during a 30 minute break from 4:15 to 4:45, I made, then
and ate half of, a 6-egg ham and cheese omlette. Eggs (from TJ), a bit
of half and half (organic), adobo seasoning from a bottle (WF), and into
a pan with some coconut (WF) and olive (TJ) oils, added grated sharp
cheddar (TJ, grass-fed), deli black forest ham (from WF), fold in half,
done - sprinkled a little grated cheese and black pepper on the top -
used the stainless 12" skillet pan I mentioned in the cast iron pan
thread.

I found leftover, homemade tomatoe sauce in the 'fridge so I heated
some of that in a small bowl in the microwave and put it over my omlette
on my plate.

I ate standing up at the kitchen counter.

When I got home at about 10:30 PM, the kids (ages 21 and 17) had ordered
a pizza. I took one slice of that (black olive was the topping), put
grated cheddar cheese on it, plus some garlic power, black peper, and
oregano, warmed it in the microwave, and had the second half of my
dinner, on the family room sofa, sharing a glass of prosecco (Italian
sparkling white wine, like champagne) with my wife.

-S-

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
...
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be
> retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time
> puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess
> with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.

I am now, but I was here while I was working too so I do understand what you
are saying

>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the
> week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.

I did do most cooking at weekends too

> envious of you guys.

All in good time <g>

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On 2/7/2014 9:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
> envious of you guys.
>

Not retired, but we work from a home office. Most of my job is done
through emails or on the phone. I keep my email window open all the
time and read newsgroups or Facebook, etc if I have a few minutes to
spare. Most days it is just a few minutes here and there.

Cooking is easy when you work from home, but we do most of our cooking
in large batches and portion and freeze so that many dinners are the
"heat and eat" kind of thing. Tonight's supper is Thai Chicken Soup
that Becca made a few weeks ago. Defrost, heat and eat. Last night I
had Huevos Rancheros with beans made earlier this week and Mexican rice
made last week. Our freezer always has some beans, rice, spaghetti
sauce, soup, smoked meats, etc so coming up with a fast meal is pretty
easy f we don't feel like cooking.

The nice part about working at home is the flexibility. We are usually
at our computers by 7 AM every morning and we try to "close" the office
for business at 6 PM but we take phone calls after that. Occasionally,
we will have a really dead day and will go to an early movie and lunch
which is a nice break.

We are lucky in that we really love what we do so it doesn't seem like
work. We will probably never "retire".

George L

On Friday, February 7, 2014 9:15:43 AM UTC-6, ImStillMags wrote:
>
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be >retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time puts >a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with a lot >of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
> envious of you guys.
>
>
Not retired yet but getting close! I do a lot of cooking on my days off and munch on what's been tossed together.

ImStillMags > wrote in
:

> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must
> be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working
> full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too
> pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get
> home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the
> week. One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not
> yet.
>
> envious of you guys.

Yes. 17 years so far.


--
"Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon

On 2014-02-07 15:15:43 +0000, ImStillMags said:

> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must
> be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full
> time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped
> to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
> envious of you guys.

I'm retired, and when the wife retires (2.5 weeks), I'm hoping I'll be
kept more busy with less desk-bound activities. Having a number of
desk-bound activities has me checking usenet, though not always this
group, pretty frequently because of periodic idleness.

On 2014-02-07 15:47:00 +0000, Cheri said:

> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
> ...
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must
> be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full
> time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped
> to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
> envious of you guys.
>
> =====
>
> We have been retired for going on 4 years now, so we do have time.
> These days I really don't care to spend a whole lot of time with it
> either, so I do look for things that are fairly simple but tasty, but
> if I wanted to try a really time consuming recipe, I would, most
> recently was the zwiebelkuchen around Christmastime which turned out
> great.

Same here--it's not a holiday staple. This alone would prove the value
of rfc for me, but there are a number of others.

> I do remember when I was working outside the home that I did a lot of
> weekend cooking too, and some of the weekday meals were pretty thrown
> together simply because I was cooking all day at work and I was tired.
> :-)

I feel quite certain that with the wife's impending retirement we'll do
a lot more cooking, and likely a lot more eating-out. There are so many
great restaurants/bars in our area but the density in OC is such that
any really nice place gets too popular in a matter of a couple of
months. Then Fridays and Saturdays are a mad house and we prefer to
stop by places on a whim, rather than making reservations in advance.
As such our Tuesdays and Thursdays will become our old Fridays and
Saturdays and we figure we can get into any hip new popular place in OC
or LA with impunity!

On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 07:15:43 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
> wrote:

> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
> envious of you guys.

I often worked 14 hour days and worked weekends too, so we ate out a
lot. Hubby learned how to follow recipes after he got bored with
eating breakfast (the only thing he knew how to make) around the
clock. I love being retired and enjoy cooking. It's my favorite form
of relaxation. Not everything I cook is fancy or needs a lot of prep
work. I made pasta fazool this week - it was just a matter of
browning some sausage, chopping half an onion + a couple cloves of
garlic, opening a few cans + a bag of baby spinach and boiling some
noodles.

I read somewhere about cooking pasta in whatever it is that you want
it in, but I don't like to have pasta in leftover soup because they
get flabby overnight, so I keep them separate and combine everything
in the bowl.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 10:52:56 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> I feel quite certain that with the wife's impending retirement we'll do
> a lot more cooking, and likely a lot more eating-out. There are so many
> great restaurants/bars in our area but the density in OC is such that
> any really nice place gets too popular in a matter of a couple of
> months. Then Fridays and Saturdays are a mad house and we prefer to
> stop by places on a whim, rather than making reservations in advance.
> As such our Tuesdays and Thursdays will become our old Fridays and
> Saturdays and we figure we can get into any hip new popular place in OC
> or LA with impunity!

That's the beauty of retirement. When we want to try a place, we can
avoid the lunch and dinner crowds by going mid-afternoon. If it's
only open for dinner, we're SOL - but so are they, because there are
lots of other places to try that DO fit our time frame.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

"gtr" > wrote in message news:2014020710525638728-xxx@yyyzzz...

> I feel quite certain that with the wife's impending retirement we'll do a
> lot more cooking, and likely a lot more eating-out. There are so many
> great restaurants/bars in our area but the density in OC is such that any
> really nice place gets too popular in a matter of a couple of months.
> Then Fridays and Saturdays are a mad house and we prefer to stop by places
> on a whim, rather than making reservations in advance. As such our
> Tuesdays and Thursdays will become our old Fridays and Saturdays and we
> figure we can get into any hip new popular place in OC or LA with
> impunity!

Good for you both. I hope you truly enjoy your retirements, and sounds like
you will.

Cheri

On 2/7/2014 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
> envious of you guys.
>

Not retired yet, but come and go as I please so I leave early a few days
a week and take the occasional day off as I see fit.

My wife is home and does much of the Mon-Fri cooking and I may help out.
Most elaborate meals are weekend ventures when we take the time do do
all the fussing required. Nice to do on days when the weather is crappy
and no good reason to go out.

We eat out at least once a week during the week and maybe a late
lunch/early dinner some Saturdays.

On 2/7/14, 11:29 AM, Ophelia wrote:

> I am now, but I was here while I was working too so I do understand what
> you are saying

Same here -- for two years now. But my wife hasn't quit yet.

But my cooking was exactly the same when I was working -- we just ate
later, since my prep got a later start.

Nowadays, since we play so much tennis (three weeknights at 6:30 pm,
plus Saturday and Sunday from 11am-3pm), my cooking is limited to
weekends and the non-tennis nights (Tuesdays and Fridays).

-- Larry

"pltrgyst" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/7/14, 11:29 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> I am now, but I was here while I was working too so I do understand what
>> you are saying
>
> Same here -- for two years now. But my wife hasn't quit yet.
>
> But my cooking was exactly the same when I was working -- we just ate
> later, since my prep got a later start.
>
> Nowadays, since we play so much tennis (three weeknights at 6:30 pm, plus
> Saturday and Sunday from 11am-3pm), my cooking is limited to weekends and
> the non-tennis nights (Tuesdays and Fridays).

Sounds like you are having a great time Enjoy))

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On 2/7/2014 4:21 PM, pltrgyst wrote:

> Nowadays, since we play so much tennis (three weeknights at 6:30 pm,
> plus Saturday and Sunday from 11am-3pm), my cooking is limited to
> weekends and the non-tennis nights (Tuesdays and Fridays).

Wow, are you on the senior tour or what? That's a lot of tennis.
Impressive.

nancy

On 2014-02-07 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you
> must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis.
> Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm
> usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes
> when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through
> the week. One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but
> not yet.


I have been retired for almost 1o years, but I was posting here long
before I retired, and probably did a lot more cooking then. Sorry, but
I have trouble sympathizing with people not having time to cook when
working. We always managed to have a proper sit down dinner from
scratch. It was very rare to have a prepared food dinner.... very rare.




> envious of you guys.

You should be. It beats the hell out of working.

On 2014-02-07 11:36 AM, wrote:

>
> Your turn will come remember, there are no days off once retired!
>


Yep. It always disturbs me a little when people tell me to have a nice
weekend. Every day is a weekend. I don't look forward as much to
holidays because there isn't anything special about having a day off.

On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 17:47:34 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-02-07 11:36 AM, wrote:
>
> >
> > Your turn will come remember, there are no days off once retired!
> >
>
>
> Yep. It always disturbs me a little when people tell me to have a nice
> weekend. Every day is a weekend.

My husband says "I'm retired, every day is a holiday for me".

> I don't look forward as much to
> holidays because there isn't anything special about having a day off.

You have a point, but we can always host a family gathering or let a
grandchild spend the night.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
...
I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be
retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time
puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess
with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.

I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.

envious of you guys.

---

I am disabled so don't work. Did retire from one company and had intended
to go back to work after that. Did work at a golf course but then after I
had a baby, things went downhill in the health department and now, this is
it.

When I did work, I would often stay up all night one day of the week and do
nothing but cooking and baking. I like to make time consuming things like
hominy croquettes so I would make a huge batch and portion them out for the
freezer.

But... I also dined out a lot when I was working because of course I had
more money than I do now. And I worked a schedule that usually differed
daily. I would often meet up with friends around 9:30 when I was working
nights and I'd have my dinner then.

Fridays were often my shopping days so I'd get salad bar to take home.
Unless it was during my clubbing years. Then I'd go to a club that night
and depending on where we went, I might eat my dinner there.

My meals sure have changed from when I was single. Although I loved to
cook, much of what I ate wasn't overly complicated. I was a vegetarian for
the most part then. I would eat meat occasionally but usually not. So...
Beans and rice, beans and pasta, popcorn, big salads, cottage cheese, boiled
eggs.

Now with three people to cook for, differing tastes and differing needs due
to food intolerances and other medical stuff, things can get complicated!
Now I find that most weeks I have to sit down and plan my meals so we always
have something to eat.

Retired. Oh, how I remember those rush-into-store-on-way-home and then cook something fast and easy. Def. no casseroles or soups on THOSE work nights.

I still have some evening commitments tho which sound the horn for fend-for-yourself, quick and easy.

My old fave from my working days was swiss cheese and peanut butter, top browned, on bread, when I had to rush out to an evening function. I was big into yoga and the gym and needed some small amt of gas in my tank to get thru the evening.

How many of you retirees find yourself wondering, "How did I ever work!!"?

On 2/7/2014 5:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-02-07 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:

>> envious of you guys.
>
> You should be. It beats the hell out of working.

People were concerned when Ron decided to retire early.
They said But what will you do??!

You're kidding, right? I know what I won't be doing,
driving out here every day, holding status meetings etc etc.

nancy

On 2014-02-07 19:07, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 2/7/2014 5:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-02-07 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
>>> envious of you guys.
>>
>> You should be. It beats the hell out of working.
>
> People were concerned when Ron decided to retire early.
> They said But what will you do??!
>
> You're kidding, right? I know what I won't be doing,
> driving out here every day, holding status meetings etc etc.
>


It has been almost 10 years and I have never been bored. I made a deal
with myself that if I ever found myself watching Jerry Springer in the
afternoon I would go out and get a job. I don't even watch daytime TV,
except for the news. There have been the occasional snow days when we
watched movies. Between bicycling, hiking, dog walking, kayaking, going
to the gym, my days are pretty full.

> On 2014-02-07 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you
> must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis.
> Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm
> usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes
> when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through
> the week. One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but
> not yet.

I'm retired, reaping the benefits of having put away for it.


--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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On 2014-02-07 18:35, sf wrote:

>
>> I don't look forward as much to
>> holidays because there isn't anything special about having a day off.
>
> You have a point, but we can always host a family gathering or let a
> grandchild spend the night.

We can do that any night of the week. Our son has recently moved back
this way for an exciting new career. He will be working shifts and
having days off midweek, so we do not have to limit our family dinners
to Sundays.

I retired a couple of years ago from a 20 year volunteer job as the director of a food pantry, but hubby is still working. He has another year before he can retire, but I doubt he will, he likes his job. We currently eat supper at 3:30 pm Mon/Fri. When we are both home full time, I'm planning to have our big meal much earlier in the day. Even when I was working I always managed to put a good meal on the table every day. We eat out maybe once a week.

On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 15:50:09 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

>Retired. Oh, how I remember those rush-into-store-on-way-home and then cook something fast and easy. Def. no casseroles or soups on THOSE work nights.
>
>I still have some evening commitments tho which sound the horn for fend-for-yourself, quick and easy.
>
> My old fave from my working days was swiss cheese and peanut butter, top browned, on bread, when I had to rush out to an evening function. I was big into yoga and the gym and needed some small amt of gas in my tank to get thru the evening.
>
>How many of you retirees find yourself wondering, "How did I ever work!!"?

So interesting to read.

We're not retired although we are of the age. Have been self employed
for decades and it just keeps going. Also as President of a
non-profit- an active one, it seems we are always busy- or it feels
that way:>) I never seem to have enough time- but then again, my
husband recently told me that "I like to be busy" I guess that's
true. We're happy with our life.

aloha,
Cea

On 2/7/2014 9:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
> envious of you guys.
>
My DH and I have been retired a few years, both because of disability. I
am only a few years too young for regular social security.

I'm here to try to learn to be a more conscientious cook, but it's hard.
My DH is a very picky eater, and won't try anything new. He's happy
to build his own bologna sandwich if I want something he won't eat. Not
a very inspiring way to try to cook...

--
DreadfulBitch

There is no love more sincere than the love of food.
....George Bernard Shaw

On Friday, February 7, 2014 5:08:38 PM UTC-8, pure kona wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 15:50:09 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
> >Retired. Oh, how I remember those rush-into-store-on-way-home and then cook something fast and easy. Def. no casseroles or soups on THOSE work nights.
>
> >
>
> >I still have some evening commitments tho which sound the horn for fend-for-yourself, quick and easy.
>
> >
>
> > My old fave from my working days was swiss cheese and peanut butter, top browned, on bread, when I had to rush out to an evening function. I was big into yoga and the gym and needed some small amt of gas in my tank to get thru the evening.
>
> >
>
> >How many of you retirees find yourself wondering, "How did I ever work!!"?
>
>
>
> So interesting to read.
>
>
>
> We're not retired although we are of the age. Have been self employed
>
> for decades and it just keeps going. Also as President of a
>
> non-profit- an active one, it seems we are always busy- or it feels
>
> that way:>) I never seem to have enough time- but then again, my
>
> husband recently told me that "I like to be busy" I guess that's
>
> true. We're happy with our life.
>
>
>
> aloha,
>
> Cea



This is lovely to hear, Cea. I think you are a quilter as well, right?

We have been retired for a few years now too. We have always had a lot of hobbies and interests, but not the time available because of work and kids. No we are able to do whatever we want and do so.

We are always doing something, are very active physically. A couple of years ago, I did a half marathon and we do Bay to Breakers every year, a 12k footrace here in SF. We are very thankful to have the resources and more than anything, the good health to do these things.

When working, I did quite a bit of bulk cooking, now not so much, but I do cook for more than one night often. As others here have said, it just makes sense.

We frequently come home and put something together quickly, sometimes something that I have frozen previously. Fish cooks fast and we both like it, steaks and burgers are quick, my spaghetti sauce from the freezer is fast. Well, you get the picture. When we are out and about we take our cooler and pack a lunch and then go out to dinner if we are far from home.

Julie P

On 2/7/2014 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:

> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis. Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes when I get home.
>
> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through the week.
> One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but not yet.
>
> envious of you guys.
>
I'm 51 so not retired. I have been working remotely from home since my
back surgery though. It just didn't seem to help and some symptoms of
back problems are actually getting worse.

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Cheryl

On 2014-02-07 22:01, Cheryl wrote:

>>
> I'm 51 so not retired. I have been working remotely from home since my
> back surgery though. It just didn't seem to help and some symptoms of
> back problems are actually getting worse.
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Not too far out of the question. I had freedom 53.

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I am following up my own post to say 'whatever we want' within reason. There are things that are out of reach, of course and that is fine.

Julie P

On 2/7/14, 4:31 PM, Ophelia wrote:

>> Same here -- for two years now. But my wife hasn't quit yet.
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>> But my cooking was exactly the same when I was working -- we just ate
>> later, since my prep got a later start.
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>> Nowadays, since we play so much tennis (three weeknights at 6:30 pm, plus
>> Saturday and Sunday from 11am-3pm), my cooking is limited to weekends and
>> the non-tennis nights (Tuesdays and Fridays).
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> Sounds like you are having a great time Enjoy))

Thanks -- we're working on it!

-- Larry

On 2/7/14, 4:52 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 2/7/2014 4:21 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
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>> Nowadays, since we play so much tennis (three weeknights at 6:30 pm,
>> plus Saturday and Sunday from 11am-3pm), my cooking is limited to
>> weekends and the non-tennis nights (Tuesdays and Fridays).
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> Wow, are you on the senior tour or what? That's a lot of tennis.
> Impressive.

Not really -- I'm just the competitive type, and tennis beats working
out in a gym. I know people down here who play a lot more than I do --
and then add golf into the mix.

-- Larry

Keep up the hard work. That is how all us old retired folks got our start. lol Beanie Weenies are pretty healthy.

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>This is lovely to hear, Cea. I think you are a quilter as well, right?
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>We have been retired for a few years now too. We have always had a lot of hobbies and interests, but not the time available because of work and kids. No we are able to do whatever we want and do so.
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>We are always doing something, are very active physically. A couple of years ago, I did a half marathon and we do Bay to Breakers every year, a 12k footrace here in SF. We are very thankful to have the resources and more than anything, the good health to do these things.
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>When working, I did quite a bit of bulk cooking, now not so much, but I do cook for more than one night often. As others here have said, it just makes sense.
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>We frequently come home and put something together quickly, sometimes something that I have frozen previously. Fish cooks fast and we both like it, steaks and burgers are quick, my spaghetti sauce from the freezer is fast. Well, you get the picture. When we are out and about we take our cooler and pack a lunch and then go out to dinner if we are far from home.
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>Julie P

Thanks Julie. Yes, I am a quilter but not this year. When I am not
the Pres of my group- that is one of the things I really look forward
to.

I do manage a walk of 4 miles every morning so I guess- that is the
hobby. Yes celebrate our good health!!!

Quick dinners as a last minute idea- are our ideas- unless I am
totally into something.

This NG gives me lots of great thoughts and I am eternally grateful to
rec.food.cooking!

aloha,
Cea

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 2/7/2014 5:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-02-07 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
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>>> envious of you guys.
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>> You should be. It beats the hell out of working.
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> People were concerned when Ron decided to retire early.
> They said But what will you do??!
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> You're kidding, right? I know what I won't be doing,
> driving out here every day, holding status meetings etc etc.

Amen to that)

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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-02-07 19:07, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 2/7/2014 5:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-02-07 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
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>>>> envious of you guys.
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>>> You should be. It beats the hell out of working.
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>> People were concerned when Ron decided to retire early.
>> They said But what will you do??!
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>> You're kidding, right? I know what I won't be doing,
>> driving out here every day, holding status meetings etc etc.
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> It has been almost 10 years and I have never been bored. I made a deal
> with myself that if I ever found myself watching Jerry Springer in the
> afternoon I would go out and get a job. I don't even watch daytime TV,
> except for the news. There have been the occasional snow days when we
> watched movies. Between bicycling, hiking, dog walking, kayaking, going
> to the gym, my days are pretty full.

.... and cooking!
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"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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>> On 2014-02-07 10:15 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> I love seeing what everyone cooks and posts here, but most of you
>> must be retired with the meals I see posted on a daily basis.
>> Working full time puts a crimp in my creative cooking cause I'm
>> usually too pooped to mess with a lot of prep or complicated dishes
>> when I get home.
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>> I do most of my cooking on the weekends and then have that through
>> the week. One of these days......maybe I'll be able to retire, but
>> not yet.
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> I'm retired, reaping the benefits of having put away for it.

Oh yes! It would be a miserable existence if we hadn't done that!

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