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Hello, I am the Grumpy Retiree! This blog is for people that are in or near retirement or just bored!
It is too easy to become complacent in retirement so I will share ideas about staying busy in retirement. You may spend 30 years or more in retirement and there is no time to waste!
I will cover whatever pops into my head, which is a very scary place. Information on travel, hiking, wine, exercise, food, finance, and more. Mostly I want to inspire people to keep moving and try new things! Retirement is a great gift you give to yourself. Don’t waste it!
“Retirement is a great gift you give to yourself. Don’t waste it!”
The Grumpy Retiree
Be forewarned, if you are dumb enough to follow me, you do so at your own risk. I’m grumpy and I like being grumpy! I have the patience of a gnat and sarcasm to me is a virtue. I swear at red lights and I swear at people that don’t move when red lights turn green. I am Yosemite Sam to my wife’s Bugs Bunny. She keeps me in check … usually.
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God dammit! People keep saying Hi to me and it makes me even less apt to be my usual pleasant self. I am aggravated to wits end with Hi. Two frigging letters stuck together at Read more…
Can that possibly be true? Is Gen Z The New Boomer? Wait a dang minute. What in Tarnation are you talking about! (Said said no boomer born since 1873.) I thought Gen Z was the Read more…
The Grumpy Retiree is working on an Epic Travel Itinerary to Vietnam. This post describes the planning process for those interested in following along how I book overseas adventures without a travel agent. While this Read more…
Are you Retired? Want to Retire? Bored in Retirement? It’s incredible to think how quickly my first 2 years of retirement flew by! This is a story about my first 2 Years of Retirement, and Read more…
Danger Will Robinson! Careful of The Coyote and The Snake! Holy crap A Coyote? A Snake? Here? … Where? Poor Will Robinson. Bitten by the snake, he would have survived if not for the paralysis Read more…
Do you want to communicate better with your dog? This article offers absolutely no help on that subject. The internet is all about soundbites and this title is just that. Apps & programs used for Read more…
Is it possible to go through one day avoiding bullshit articles spelling out the “Latest Life Hack”? Please understand, I don’t read these articles out of actual interest. I read them only for research purposes Read more…
Let The Grumpy Retiree take you on a photographic Journey into the Enchanting European Christmas Markets of 2023! Get ready to experience the holiday season like never before! Tag along with the Grumpy Retiree on Read more…
The housing crisis is apparently upon us. As The Grumpy Retiree, I thought I had reached the pinnacle of pessimism, but it seems that Gen Z and Millennials have taken it to a whole new level. These young home buyers are now just as grumpy as us old boomers. They love to blame high mortgage rates for all their woes, but are they the cause or just a convenient scapegoat?
