Saturday, August 6, 2011

Retirement plans

We've been in Germany 2 1/2 years and have started thinking about where we want to go next.  OK, so I've been thinking about that since the first winter we spent here.

Retirement was my first choice.  So I've decided to retire in Dec (yes Dec 2011).  While we were looking at the finances, Tom realized that he's eligible to retire too.  So that's what we are going to do.  Tom's going to wait to spring 2012, but me I'm not waiting.
So after deciding to retire, we need to decide where to retire too.  We both love the south east coast.  We looked (over the internet) at places in Kingsbay, GA, Yulee FL, Callahan FL, and Fernandina Beach FL.

Fernandina is our first choice.  Now to find a home to buy.  We've discussed building and not sure I want to do that again.  So we are going to look at homes no older than 5 years.
Right now we are really just looking.  I plan on going back stateside in Jan/Feb time frame to really start my search.

Oh, the real reason Tom wants to retire is so he can buy his new Dodge Ram 3500 to pull the camper. Boys and their toys.