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Gender: Female
Status: Married
Religion: Spiritual
Location:
EAST HADDAM, Connecticut
United States
Hometown(s):
Kalamazoo MI
Middletown CT
Athens OH
Fairfax VA
Prague CZ
East Haddam CT
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Carpe Diem

About Me

I'm retired from the workplace (oh joy!) and enjoying exploring the many other dimensions of life along with my spouse and my golden retriever Sophie. I have a grown son who is a flight engineer for the U.S. Navy and lives in Oklahoma City. Hubbie & I might consider moving out there once he retires from teaching at Wesleyan Univ. in Middletown, CT. It's so much less expensive to live out there; the cost-of-living is high in CT and it's a tax nightmare. And though it's wonderful in the summertime (we live near the shoreline), winter is a long drawn-out affair. Still, I'd miss my home in the woods and the many interesting songbirds that live here or stop by during migration, including lots of hummingbirds.

Interests:
Reading (I have an Amazon Kindle e-reader and download tons of stuff to read on it); knitting shawls using interesting high-end yarns; spinning wool (I learned to spin in Albuquerque, NM during one summer we spent out there); birding; gardening; on-line courses; riding around in my Toyota convertible; grilling; restauranting; inhabiting a summer hammock.

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jo31793 says:

When you buy a hundred year old house... fix up is an ongoing thing, but... my hubby;s a putterer and there's nothing major looming. The house was relatively sound. It's true that they don't build 'em like they used to. Plumbers, carpenters, and handymen work for pretty cheap out here too... and yes, we often barter for services.

Full grown chickens are pretty nasty powers to be reckoned with. You would have to keep the chicks caged but no cat's a match for a full grown rooster.

You're gonna love it out here. ;)
Posted: September 3, 2008 3:28PM EDT
MRogers says:

Hi BirdieGirlie,

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to the AARP online Community.

Hope you have a wonderful week ahead,

Michael
Posted: July 10, 2008 12:06PM EDT
jo31793 says:

Hi! I recently retired in Oklahoma. I grew up in Lynn, MA. I'm actually a couple of hours from OKC but I thought you might like a little preview of the property we bought in 1997 for $27,000.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/8008/grandma.html

http://www.geocities.com/xlamortx/Indianola/town.html

http://www.geocities.com/xlamortx/Indianola/home.html

Our property is on a hill?
http://jubal51394.livejournal.com/1084960.html

Hummingbirds
http://jubal51394.livejournal.com/1060880.html

Why don?t I move?
http://jubal51394.livejournal.com/991600.html
Posted: July 6, 2008 1:17PM EDT
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