Lynne Roth:  

LIFE I have retired! From 1963 thru 1978, I lived in 5 different countries, 10 different locations and 18 different houses. From 1978 to the present (2012), I have lived in the same town in Illinois but in four different homes. It’s really weird to realize I have lived in one area for so long. My family and I spent the years from February 1971 to March 1975 (mostly) in Dacca, East Pakistan/Bangladesh (except for 3 months in Bangkok, Thailand and 6 months in Singapore as we were evacuated twice due to their war). After a short time in the Chicago area, we were back overseas in Lahore, Pakistan from January 1976 to August 1978 and then we returned to the Chicago area. Since 1978 I have lived in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois which, except for a few of the winters, has been great. No wars with MIGs having dogfights above us and other planes dropping bombs around us as they did in Dacca. After spending the years since 1981 going to college and sitting in front of a computer designing, testing and supporting manufacturing, insurance and financial applications on the main frame, desktop and web environments, I am sooo glad to be out of it. I now am finding out what I want to do with retirement; taking classes, joining groups and (ugh) keeping house. It's great fun (except for the house part). My husband (2nd) has at least three more years of work before he can join me in retirement. Currently, his main recreation is repairing and modifying guitars. My two children each have two children and all are doing very wel...Expand for more