The combination of retirement (sorta) and "stay home" has led to lots of free-time.  How is it I used to fit so much into one day?  Just last year I would be away from home at least 8 hours a day for work.  10 if I had "after-school" activities or exercise classes.  And yet I kept the apartment clean and did the shopping and cooking at least as much as I am doing now.  The hubby and I pretty much divide our duties.  I do my best NOT to iron and he avoids cleaning the bathrooms like the plague.  Now I am trying to fill my days and somehow, doing nuthin', they pass.  Thankfully the weather has been lovely so there has been a whole lotta weeding, a blade of grass at a time.  We now have 15 days of rain coming up, according to the weather gurus.  If I survive this I'll be fine.  Mid-June I'll hopefully book my flights home.  I hope the US has calmed the F*#@ down by then!  xxoo me