Retirement Is a Full-time Job: And You're the Boss! [Hardcover]

Bonnie Louise Kuchler (Author), Willow Creek (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2009

Every single day, 8,000 baby boomers in the US turn 60. They are retiring in droves. In the next 20 years, over 60 million of them will celebrate the passage into that new lifestyle of simple pleasures, ever-present spouses, and sagging body parts. As they face spending time-and lots of it-without spending money, the best antidote for this epidemic is laughter-and lots of it. This lighthearted collection of colorful quotes and photos is a perfect dose.

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About the Author

Bonnie Kuchler is a contributor for Willow Creek Press titles including Just Girlfriends and Sisters.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Willow Creek Press (January 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595438432
• ISBN-13: 978-1595438430
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #462,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bonnie Louise Kuchler has written more than 15 gift books, including Just Sisters and Jack Rascals. She loves to walk her three Jack Russells (or vice versa), loves gardening, and loves to write. Bonnie and her husband have recently moved to the incredible Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, where they own a waterfront bed and breakfast, Sea Cliff Gardens Bed & Breakfast. Her dream is to hold mini writer retreats at the B&B, where writers can be inspired by the natural beauty of the sea, the gardens, the towering evergreens, and the Olympic mountains. See photos and follow Bonnie's blog at www.seacliffgardens.com.

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Thoughtful, Humorous Gift to Those Who Are Soon to Retire, March 19, 2009

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This review is from: Retirement Is a Full-time Job: And You're the Boss! (Hardcover)

Every year I'm reminded that getting older is often treated with humor. When I got to pick out birthday cards for my Mom, sister, wife, sons, daughter, and daughters-in-law, I notice that there seem to be ever more cards about wrinkles holding up the face, body parts starting to fall down, and being forgetful (now, what was I writing about?).

At the same time, my newly retired friends and relatives tell me that retirement is a bigger transition than they expected. Wives don't necessarily enjoy having husbands around under foot all day. Husbands may miss not having important tasks to do (at least more important than taking out the garbage).

We all like to look at animal pictures. Why? I think they remind us of ourselves. How often does a dog owner look a lot like the dog?

Bonnie Louise Kuchler put all these influences together and has created a great gag gift book that would be ideal to take to someone's 60th or 65th birthday or retirement party rather than just giving another one of those "humorous" cards.

Retirement Is a Full-Time Job and You're the Boss! is in a small-size format which makes the messages tickle you, rather than rain all over your self image.

Here are a few of my favorites in the book:

-A cat lies on its back in a hammock between two plastic palms across from the message: "If retirement is a brand new journey, a nap is a good first step."

-Two bears are trying to snag a salmon jumping upstream across from this message: "You'll have time to go fishing with friends . . ."

-A duck is face-down in the water stretching for something across from this message: " . . . or go fishing for golf balls."

-An owl peers with a wink from a hole in a tree trunk across from this message: "You'll have time to watch neighbors . . ."

-A chimpanzee lies on its back picking its teeth with a stick across from this message: "You'll finally have time to stretch out in the grass and contemplate the clouds."

-A puppy is covered with feathers across from this message: "A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job."

-A Dalmatian is sitting with a lampshade on its head next to a lamp without a shade next to this message: "You may find that you misplace things."

-Two penguins stand back-to-back on ice next to this message: "You might even misplace your house."

-Two blue-footed boobies are next to this message: "Dust off your dancing shoes!"

-A prairie dog looks blindly in the air next to this message: "The problem is not so much resisting temptation as finding it."

-A goose sits on its tail flapping its wings next to this message: "When you talk about 'balance,' you'll no longer be talking about juggling work and family."

-A pair of beautiful flying swans is next to this message: "You can take off on new adventures."

-Three penguins walking with wings touching are next to this message: "You can take a daily stroll with friends."

-One goose waddles well ahead of a line of waddling geese next to this message: "Or you can take the highway and not even hear the honking behind you."

-An orangutan sucks on a green banana next to this message: "It's a privilege of retirement to stop caring what people think."

-A polar bear has a sea gull sitting on it next to this message: "With so much free time, little things won't bother you the way they used to."

-A panda lies on its back getting ready to eat something next to this message: "Enjoy the good life."

With this kind of humor and encouragement, retirement can be an improving experience. Enjoy it more through this book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Retirement Gift, June 3, 2009

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I gave this book as a gift to a male friend when he retired. I was actually surprised at how much he, and his wife, enjoyed browsing through it. This is a great, inexpensive gift!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An utter waste of money ..., April 5, 2010

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Thought this was a substantive practical book. In fact, it offers nothing and doesn't even succeed at being funny. I returned it.