2014 is the start of a 3 year plan for me to become self supporting before my SSI turns into Old Age version of Social Security. If I retire early, I will get a smaller check. Much better to be self supporting and just never retire. That's the long term goal ( Read more... )

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I desperately need to do some spring cleaning. I got out the boards today to cut the mats for Rosendal's Orangerie -- just going to concentrate first on getting the big mats cut and the big painting properly framed, doing the small ones will be easier smaller projects. The big one's got to be done right and it's also the only one so big I have to ( Read more... )

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