Sunday, January 25, 2015

Retirement is an Adenture

Right now being Swertfeger is pretty fun.  As the wife of Jerry Swertfeger, I enjoy every day, every moment, and I never know what to expect.  We have been busy since we moved to Brush Prairie, WA.  We have helped our daughter Joy move to San Tan Valley, AZ and visited Grant and Mindy in Spring Hill, TN, plus spending a month or more with Alice in Marionville, MO. There are more adventures to come. 

The other day a nice islander fellow, Patrick,  stopped by and asked if we'd like some trees removed, or bark dust put down and Jerry walked around the property with him, talking about what might be done.  It turns out they were at our neighbor's taking down a tree.  Jerry came in and said Patrick was a nice fellow, and his sister was working with him.  She was up in the tree, cutting off the limbs and working with the chain saw.   Today they came back to finish up taking down another tree.  They came into our yard to prune a smaller tree and I saw the "sister":   a very buff,  long-haired fellow.    When I asked Jerry about it he admitted that he had asked Patrick, "Is that your sister that works with you?"  He replied, "No, it's my brother, and he needs a haircut!"  (They work on Sunday because they are Seventh Day Adventist, and yesterday was their sabbath.)



 

1 comment:

james_lopez said...

Your retirement seriously isn't likely to churn out exactly as you anticipate. There will be surprises along the way, some good plus some not so. You or your partner may develop an ailment or disability. Often new friends and also fulfilling work in which you didn't assume. You may actually find new really like, completely "out from the blue. " You may find that you don't regret a single day of retirement. Whichever happens, there will likely be new adventures and surprises across the road.

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