Retirement | Marsha Lee

Piggles was my favorite guinea pig of all times.

A Truly Retired Day

February 15, 2013 by tchistorygal

V is home, so my alone-time retired day is over, but I thought I’d share what it was like to be truly retired today. While I waited for the guy to fix the cabana, I spent several hours writing my first fiction book (short story – whatever it turns out to be), a romantic mystery about a therapist named Amanda Church. V named her. She’s beautiful and 41, widowed, smart, independent, and funny. (Hold on there Ralph, she’s not real!!!) […]

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Categories: art, Blogging, Fiction, pets, Photography, Photoshop, Retirement, Writing • Tags: drawing, Guinea pig, Marsha Lee, Photoshop, Retirement, writing

Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

December 30, 2012 by tchistorygal

January – Thirty years ago student teachers HAD to be a member of a professional organization as part of their graduation requirements. Although it is no longer mandatory, social studies teachers who join California Council for the Social Studies become the leaders in their field as they meet colleagues from across the state, and make friendships that last a lifetime. In January the CCSS Executive Board asked to serve as the First Vice-President, replacing a member who had moved to Colorado. […]

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Categories: beach, Blogging, California, California Desert, CCSS, Education, Experience, history-social science, Photography, Retirement, SJVCSS, TCHS, WP Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: Marsha Lee, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

Jury Duty

October 13, 2012 by tchistorygal

I’m retired two months, and the court has my number. ”No worries,” I think to myself. I was the coordinator of Mock Trial for our county. I know TOO many attorneys and judges. They’ll throw me off in a second, and I’ll be back to Retirement Bliss. OK that didn’t happen. What did happen was that I ran into our friend and my husband’s former boss, Carlos Aleman, in the Jury Waiting Room – Room 202. I got caught up […]

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Categories: Experience, Retirement • Tags: Grand Jury, Jury, Law, Mock Trial, United States

Blog and Retirement Management

October 5, 2012 by tchistorygal

Books are in place. I’m open for business.“What business?” you wonder, then you advise. ”Well, Marsha, now that you are retired and blogging you ought to blog about things that are everyday here, and other people have probably never seen.” Great idea – I wrote the first article like that about picking table grapes - as I came up on it. It’s soon to be a best-selling book, I’m sure. So far there are no comments. I drove by a field […]

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Categories: Blogging, knitting, Photography, Quilting, Retirement, Writing • Tags: blogging, book reviews, iPhoto, Marsha, photography, Photoshop, Retirement, writing

Dawn of Retirement

September 1, 2012 by tchistorygal

Usually new jobs start on Monday, but in my case, my new job – Retirement – dawned on the last day of the month of August, 2012.My husband was up before it cracked – dawn that is, and called me to see the sunrise. He took pictures, then I did.I was invited to go back to work for the monthly honoring of birthdays and other important events, like retirement. Would you expect that getting up that early, I would be […]

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Categories: About, Experience, Retirement • Tags: Retirement

Retirement Day

August 31, 2012 by tchistorygal

I went to work in jeans – against the rules. I’m sorry Mr. Vidak, it was my last day, and I figured, “Why not be comfortable? I wasn’t going anywhere. Nobody but my friends would see me, and they wouldn’t care.” It turned out that I was wrong. Sonia cared. ”Don’t you think you should go home and change clothes?” “No, why I’m comfortable?” I answered a little irritated that she would even suggest it!!! Keep in mind that I […]

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Categories: About, Experience, Retirement • Tags: Cafe 225, Retirement, retirement party, Tulare County Office of Education

Retirement Actually Happening

August 27, 2012 by tchistorygal

In just four days I will be officially retired from the career I chose when I was in 8th grade. I feel like I am writing my professional last will and testament. I loved my job, and I want to bequeath my love for my work to you, my readers. Yet for all that love, I AM excited to move on. It took me many years, many obstacles, and much encouragement from a variety of unlikely supporters to reach my […]

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Categories: About, Experience, Family, Retirement • Tags: Retirement

Retirement and the “Office Family”

June 13, 2012 by tchistorygal

Work is the work and work is the relationships as well. I love both. As an example, Paula is one of the women in our office that is like my daughter and that means I have three grandchildren through her. They come to my house for holidays and birthday celebrations. Paula travels with me from time to time as I do my work. Will I lose that relationship after I retire? I don’t plan to, but it will take more […]

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Categories: Retirement • Tags: office family, relationships, Retirement

Hal, his granddaughter, Amy, and me sitting in Robert Morris' pew in Philadelphia.

More About Retirement

June 12, 2012 by tchistorygal

Retirement is a popular topic especially for those who are not retired. When we are working, we think that if we just had more time, we would spend time doing this or that. There are many considerations to keep in mind when retirement planning. Most people know they have to have enough income to sustain a comfortable lifestyle. Only a few people want to be out on the street with a grocery cart, sleeping in a cardboard tent when they […]

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Categories: Retirement • Tags: business, busy, church, eating, exercise, Financial Post, Health, Investing, involved, maintenance, Retirement, Retirement Planning, saving, skills, spending, traveling, United States

Thinking About Retirement

June 10, 2012 by tchistorygal

This morning over a cup of coffee my husband said, “I know what you should write about for your blog. retirement. The entire process – what you are thinking before you retire. The angst you feel, what you had to do to plan for retirement. Then you could interview people who have retired, and see what they are doing. Then, after we retire, you could write about what we are doing.” I was immediately inspired, and came inside and opened […]

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A Truly Retired Day

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Jury Duty

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Dawn of Retirement

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Retirement Day

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Retirement Actually Happening

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Retirement and the “Office Family”

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More About Retirement

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