Some of you are probably saying, "So What". Well without getting on my soap box, which I have a tendency to do, I will give a small reason for my title. I have been retired for almost 4 years, and have called myself a senior citizen, and was told I could not. Well it seems now that I am 65 I can. Now who made up that rule anyways. It is also the year I join Medicare, and well my opinions on that have already been voiced in previous journals. According to my doctors I am lucky to reach this age, as I have come close to leaving this world, but since I am a ornary character, I am still here. In Canada where I am from 65 means I get the Canadian Pension check, which is like the Social Security check in the states, it also means I get the Old Age check, I don't know of anything in the States that matches it. I would be getting these, but I have to prove I actually have been living in the States since 1979, since that is when I left Canada. My late husband had all that paper work, and I have never found it, so I can't prove that I left Canada and move here. Now some of you may read that last statement and become confuse, so I will try to explain the Canadian government to you. In order for me to get these checks, I have to have lived in Canada for 10 years, starting with the age of 18. I also have to have prove I worked in Canada, now I can prove that part, but the Canadian government can't seem to clasp that I left Canada when I was 34 year old, which makes me living in Canada from age 18 legal to receive these checks. Oh well, I am sure all this will get straighten out, when I get a chance to go back and talk face to face. I also have to have prove of residency which means showing ownership of any houses, which I can do. It all too confusing right now, and I am going to let it lay for awhile. I hope everyone will have a good 2010, and can look back in 2011, and have fond memories.