The Grandparents’ Blog

A lighthearted look at grandparenting and retirement

The Wife’s View

When the man in your life retires, you both talk about it and plan it. How you both look forward to retirement, hoping you will have time to travel, read, cross-stitch, walk, spend more time with the grand-children and enjoying the garden. He can start on that list of jobs he said he would [...]

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Protecting Wildlife

My grandson Mitch is currently concerned about our local wildlife and wanted to add an article on protecting the barn owls in our area.
 
His drawing reflects his enthusiasm, although the "special effects" may be a bit OTT!
 
He may add more to this next visit!

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Grandpa’s Seafaring History!

My grandfather was a soldier in WWI and my father and uncles were all in the British army in WWII.  So why did my brother and I join the Navy? There are family ties with the sea.  Grandfather was a fisherman sailing from the Durham fishing ports for a while. There were other ancestors from [...]

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Budgeting Your Retirement

How to make budgeting easier using spreadsheets.

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The Alzheimer’s Safe

How to avoid those PIN number blues!

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