Tax time just sort of started.

I just got a message from Social Security with what benefits had been paid, sort of a 1099 but not quite.

I'm still fairly new to this but I ran the numbers alongside basic estimated numbers from my retirement account and I'm amazed to see what my real income is. I guess I did rather well for myself and am very pleasantly surprised at how well I lived just off of Social Security since retirement. I have not had a mortgage in over 20 years. 

I do live rather frugally and really don't want for much of anything because I bought all of my toys when I was working. In a way it's kind of sad.

I've had people say, "Hey! Now you can travel! Go on a cruise." 

Why? All of the cool places like Niger, Somalia, Nigeria and Uganda have stopped permitting people to go there. I had my heart set on going to spend a few months in Somalia learing the fine art of piracy and now that rotten  mean old Donald Trump fixed it so I can't.

I suppose maybe I can go to Disneyland and take a few lessons from Captiaon Hook.

I've traveled my entire life as a seaman. It's like asking a retired long haul truck driver if he wants to buy an RV and see America.

Fact is I don't really want to go anywhere other than to visit my sisters, niece and nephew. That's chump change. 

Here I am, all dressed up with nowhere to go and enjoying it.

To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAY