Just got through reading the local paper, taking note of one article in particular: Ten worst places to retire. You are correct, Florida is among the list of fiscally unhealthy states, but the article does continue with: Retirees may have own criteria. This too being true.....Connecticut is in the top ten worst states to spend your golden years! All said and done my sister Patty, living in Arizona, also one of the top ten most troubled states. What all this boils down to is "What do you want from retirement." Since I have ten years to go before even thinking about the word...job security is tops...so far, so good. Good health insurance also another plus. As self employed business people for over twenty years, approximately two hundred fifty dollars a week went to health insurance, covering myself and the big guy. Yes, it was total coverage, but we were at the mercy of the insurance company, use it and the cost rises. Not so now, we may have a co pay but the premium doesn't rise according to sickness, praise Jesus!
We like warm weather, maybe a little warmer than Mr. Bill cares for during the summer months, but given the alternative, you can be out side having fun over three hundred days during the year. During the winter months our "bed and breakfast" opened to all who care to visit, there are always takers, we enjoy the friends we so dearly miss!
On the downside, Mr. Bill does not like thunder and lightening storms. Sorry sweetheart, we live in the lightening capital of the world! Todd sent him a radio headset to use while mowing the lawn, Mr. Bill preferring to wear the thing during a storm. If by chance I am traveling to or from work during a storm, I always call, checking in to see how he is doing. Since he keeps the radio plastered to his head and blaring, it's very unlikely he will hear the phone ring. I have fixed his cell phone to ring and vibrate, so with a little bit of luck,he will feel the thing vibrating, that's if he isn't shaking to death! Usually it takes him a while to answer. His reason for this: "It takes a little bit to maneuver the phone out of your pocket, when you hunkered down under the bed!" Right, Mr. Bill, you don't fit!
His fear of thunder storms began long before our move to Florida. Twice in his life he has been hit by lightening..that explains alot! When we lived in Baltic, I am not sure who created more of an issue during a storm, Mr. Bill or Fred the Dog...both shaking out of their skin. At least misery loves company, Fred always practically on top of Mr. Bill during the storm, Mr. Bill holding on to the shaking dog, assuring him they both were going to be okay. Me...I would go onto the porch and watch, I do the same down here and "NO! Mr. Bill we aren't getting a dog!
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