Retirement_Is this the beginning or the end?

Just a few more weeks until my husband retires! I am not sure if this is a good thing or not; I have heard so much about how difficult it is to have "your space" invaded by someone else, even if you love that person. Since I have been retired only a few years, with the last two years being taken up by keeping my only grandchild while her parents work, I haven't really had a great deal of time to myself. I am looking forward to both of us being home so that the long-neglected projects around the house may finally get completed. I might even get around to starting my quilting projects; I have collected several patterns and several pieces of fabric, so I really do want to try my hand at quilting again. Now, we only have to build the garage so that the FROG can become my sewing room! Can't wait!

So often I have told my son that he should "say thank you" for the fact that he is an only child. Siblings can drive a person up the wall quicker than anyone else. Don't know why; it just seems that way lately. Some days, I just want to grab a bottle of wine, a beautiful wine glass, and my rocking chair and seek solitude on the the porch or in the backyard; no phone, no fools, nothing else.