I am not usually that keen on barbecues, but with the very hot weather we have been having, I thought it might be quite nice to go to this as it was our end of term social. And it was good. D had got the barbecue going before we got there, so we avoided all…
Category: Things to do
A special session with the Coffee Choir
This week we had a special session with the Coffee Choir, led by a young man from Brazil called Pedro Consorte. He has worked with ‘Stomp’ and is into percussion, including body percussion! Fiona knew of him because he shared a flat with her son. Having seen the YouTube clips but been reassured by Fiona…
Holiday in Lulworth Cove
When retired we can have as many holidays as we want/can afford! And they don’t have to be in school holidays, either – Yeah! If one is only a volunteer, we tell the people in charge when we are going and nothing has to be booked as it does if one has a job. My…
Receptionist for a Charity
At about the same time as I volunteered in the second charity shop I also volunteered to work for the Trussell Trust. This again involved filling in an application form and giving references. I thought that I would be offered a task with the food-bank but was actually offered several positions, most of which were…
Another Charity Shop
Having given up my job, got the work on the house under-way and recovered from the operation, I quickly got bored again. The obvious answer was to volunteer at a charity shop again. There are lots of charity shops in T so it was a question of which one to choose. Some of them seemed…
Join a (Community) Choir
I was talking to an ex-colleague and she said her husband was a member of a choir where one didn’t have to have an audition or be able to read music. That was a men’s choir, but she said there was a women’s equivalent. On looking it up on the website, I found there were…
Decorating
I only have enough energy to decorate small rooms – I did larger ones when I was younger! I am also very good at procrastinating over it…….. I have done 2 in the last couple of years and I start all keen and clear the room and take up the carpet and take it to…
Doing up the house
Having moved into the house it was fine to live in for a while, but the bright yellow hall and staircase and the hideous green or pink carpets everywhere needed removing. Also everywhere needed painting and a new kitchen and bathroom looked like a good idea. By the time I had finished my job, I had…
Get a Job!
This might seem mad when you have retired, but it can be part time and with less responsibility. It can also provide some extra cash, if you need it! I found a job 2 months after moving to T, almost by accident! I was looking at jobs for a well known store and seeing one…
Going to the Gym
My friend K thinks that “gym” is a swear word! But I (sort of) enjoy it. Joining the gym was one of the first things I did on moving to T. I had been going to gyms for about 15 years but had to give a month’s notice in M so hadn’t been since the…