Truthful Tuesday: November 16th, 2021

No, my calendar is not going backwards!
Frank is busy and explains what’s going on here.
At the end of the day, he is a working man who likes to share his free time with his wife, who also works full time, and for that I cannot blame him.
So, today’s TT is this:
If you care to join in, feel free to write about how life is treating you and tag it as “Truthful Tuesday”.

I can do that.

Hubby and I are both retired, he now officially a pensioner as he was 66 earlier this month. My turn to reap the benefit of a state pension in May 2022.
We’ve been married over 30 years and when working, in demanding and stressful jobs one way or another, it was important to have ‘Us Time’.
Weekdays saw us both working flat out, Saturdays was family visiting day (no-one ever visited us by the way), but Sunday was ‘our day’ when we would load up the dog and go for a drive to the New Forest for a walk in the woods and maybe an ice cream in Burley.
Christmas would have us doing the Santa Run on Christmas Eve and then once home, we’d close the door and chill for a few days until work again beckoned. For years people thought we really did put a sign on the door saying we’d wished them a Merry Christmas now sod off, but we never did. However, it was an extended ‘our time’ and one we always enjoyed. Our Christmases are still just us as we have no-one to pander to, no-one to visit, and our time is our own.

These days we always seem to be busy and sometimes wonder how we found the time to actually hold down a full time job. Hubby and I do everything together, and it is rare you will see one of us without the other. Recent weeks have seen us expecting deliveries or running around for hospital or blood test appointments, and today (Wednesday) is the first day for ages that we’ve actually had a ‘clear day’.  We made the most of it and had a field trip, having lunch out aka a picnic in the car. This is really nice for us as it means I don’t have to cook today.
We did some shopping taking advantage of seeing spam equivalent for £1.25 a tin compared to £1.89 we usually pay (same weight too), and made similar savings on three packs of small tins of baked beans which are just right for Hubby, corned beef, tins of peas and carrots and also tinned rice pudding. We might not do a lot compared to other people, but it has been a satisfying morning and we have replenished our stock.

My free time is spent blogging or making cards, but we still enjoy a walk along the beach or in the park, and this afternoon Hubby took Love a Duck for a second spin and had some time on his own while I did the boring accounts and budget spreadsheets at home.
I think we have a good life, one which suits us, and although we may always be together, we do different things, like now Hubby is watching a Chinese film while I blog. It’s that pair of comfy old slippers moment.

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