Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

At my age, sometimes I stop to think, ... then I forget and have to start all over again

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

The Autumn of Life

A Blast from the past.

Beautiful young people are acts of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art to be treasured.

By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.

Can't smile without you!! (someone without their teeth in or many missing)

Cherish yesterday, dream of tomorrow, live for today

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.

Everything old is new again.

The future ain't what it used to be. - Yogi Berra (b.1925 Baseball Hall of Fame player NY Yankees and coach Yankees, Mets, Astros)

GONE Campin'/Fishin'/Golfin'/Nappin'/Sailin'/Singin'

Goodbye Tension, Hello Pension

Growing Older

When I was in my younger days, I weighed a few pounds less,
I needn't hold my tummy in to wear a belted dress.
But now that I am older, I've set my body free;
There's the comfort of elastic... Where once my waist would be.
Inventor of those high-heeled shoes... My feet have not forgiven;
I have to wear a nine now, But used to wear a seven.
And how about those pantyhose
They're sized by weight, you see, So how come when I put them on
The crotch is at my knee?
I need to wear these glasses... As the print's been getting smaller;
And it wasn't very long ago I know that I was taller.
Though my hair has turned to gray and my skin no longer fits,
On the inside, I'm the same old me, It's the outside's changed a bit.
But, on a positive note...
I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today,
life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life".
I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.
I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou (b.1928 poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director)

Grumpy Old Men / Grumpier Old Men

Heirloom

I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-July 4, 1826 writer of the Declaration of Independence, Third President-USA)

I guess I better get busy on that HONEY DO LIST I never had time for!

I wish I knew then, What I know now, That I just forgot!

I'm not old I'm a vintage year.

I'm RETIRED I'm not dead!

I'm so busy now, how did I ever find the time to work 8 hours a day.

If I could turn back /the hands of/ time (clock)

If my dreams could all come true paradise/retirement would be
- in a little bungalow - somewhere by the sea.

If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.

It was a vintage time.

It's like deja vu all over again. - Yogi Berra (b.1925 Baseball Hall of Fame player NY Yankees and coach Yankees, Mets, Astros)

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. - Yogi Berra (b.1925 Baseball Hall of Fame player NY Yankees and coach Yankees, Mets, Astros)

It's never too soon or too late to build for your future. Remember your future is only a day away. - Raulph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

It's not the age it's the attitude!

It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffeemaker.

Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.

Laughter is an instant vacation. You should go often.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. True progress is when you make newer, bigger, better mistakes and the next guy learns from them.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally warn out, and proclaiming, “WOW, what a ride!!!”

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. - D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930, British Author)

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. - Muhammad Ali (b.1942-Olympic and 3 Heavy Weight Champion Boxer Civil Rights Activist, contracted Parkinson disease)

Maturity begins when we're content to be right about something without finding it necessary to prove that someone else is wrong. - Barbara Johnson

May your retirement be filled with relaxing sunsets, cool drinks and sand between your toes.

Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

My doctor says I'm in the first stages of Fossilization.

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

My mind is like a steel um um whatchamacallit!

My random recall is a little too random.

"OLD" IS WHEN...Your sweetie winks and says, "Let's go upstairs" and you answer, "Yep I could use a nap about now."
"OLD" IS WHEN...Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot.
"OLD" IS WHEN...A gorgeous girl catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door
"OLD" IS WHEN...You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.
"OLD" IS WHEN...You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police.
"OLD" IS WHEN..."Getting some action" means you don't need to take any fiber today
"OLD" IS WHEN..."Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot.

Old time rock and roll - Bob Seager (Rock star from Michigan)

Once over the hill, you pick up speed.

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is better than half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.
- B. C. Forbes

The past should be a springboard, not a hammock. - Irven Ball

Pretty, Witty, and Wise

Proud Of Being Older
First ~ Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.
Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.
Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
Tenth ~ Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf
And finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste, experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and nicer experience. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Relax, refresh, recharge, renew, revive, and rediscover yourself!

Retired, Earned it, Living it, Loving it

Retired (def.) - I was tired yesterday and I'm tired again today.

Rush hour
What rush hour - I'm in no rush - I'm retired.

Senility Prayer:
Dear God,
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,
The good fortune to run into the people I do like,
And the eyesight to tell the difference.

Snow Birds (People who go to the warmer climate in the winter)

Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.

These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, "For fast relief."

Time Marches On

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Come into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. - John Wayne (1907-1979 American actor)

The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. - Benjamin Mays

There is nothing like a dream to create the future. - Victor Hugo

Warning!!! Retired Person - Moves slowly - Naps Often

Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired
and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
and run my stick along the public railings
and make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick the flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
and eat three pounds of sausages at a go
or only bread and pickles for a week
and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
and pay our rent and not swear in the street
and set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
- Jenny Joseph

We do not stop playing because we are old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We may be seniors but...
Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary. We know we take responsibility for all we have done and do not blame others.
HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took:
The melody out of music,
The pride out of appearance,
The courtesy out of driving,
The romance out of love,
The commitment out of marriage,
The responsibility out of parenthood,
The togetherness out of the family,
The learning out of education,
The service out of patriotism,
The Golden Rule from rulers,
The nativity scene out of cities,
The civility out of behavior,
The refinement out of language,
The dedication out of employment,
The prudence out of spending,
The ambition out of achievement, or, God out of everyones life,
And we certainly are NOT the ones who eliminated patience and tolerance from personal relationships and interactions with others!!
And, we do understand the meaning of patriotism, and remember those who have fought and died for our country with pomp and ceremony.

We're off like a herd of turtle.

Wise Words : Live, Imagine, Giggle, Forgive, Love, Behave, Create,
Simplify, Produce, Dream, Hope, Joy, Love, Faith, Blessings, Encourage, Praise, Love

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. -- C.S. Lewis

You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. - Billy Wilder (1906-2002), American Film Director)