Hi Folks,
Welcome to “Retirement On A Budget”. My name is Woody Woodring.
My wife Janie and I live in beautiful Greenville, South Carolina where we retired a few years ago after living all over the United States and Europe.
Most blogs have a theme. I started this one as a means of exploring ways retired people can save money and get more for less. Good theme! But the more I delved into this retirement living thing the more areas of interest to retirees I found. So I began another blog “Woody’s Retirement Blog”, to talk about all the other areas of interest to retirees. Well frankly two blogs were a bit much considering all the other things I do. So I shut down Woody’s Retirement Blog (although I do dust it off periodically for special projects) and stick with Retirement on a Budget.
I hope you enjoy your visit, please come back often. Your comments are welcome and appreciated.
Happy retirement,
Woody
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April 28th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Hi Woody,
I have a quick question for you. Just wondering if you track the audience reach of retirement-on-a-budget.com. The reason I’m asking is because recently you posted an article about one of our clients. The article was How to Retire Happy. I’m in the midst of compiling a media coverage report which is why i’m wondering if you track the unique visitors per month to your blog.
If you could let me know I would really appreciate it, Woody!
Thanks so much,
Samantha
Samantha Giovenazzo
Gail Bergman PR
905-886-3345
samantha@gailbergmanpr.com
http://www.gailbergmanpr.com
May 17th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Hi Woody,
I enjoy your site – lots of helpful and interesting info!
Thanks for including my book on the retiree reading list – wondered if I could send you an attachment of the second editon (your site has a picture of the first edition).
Thanks so much,
Jan Culliane, co-author, The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life (Rodale)
P.S. Please send me an e-mail I can send the attachment to if that’s okay with you.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:43 am
Hi Woody,
I’d like to share with you (and others) what I have learned during the past 20 years about the financial exploitation of vulnerable older adults. While some of this information is linked to my website, other information, including correspondences that I exchanged earlier this year with AoA Secretary Walker, is not. In order to share these correspondences with you, please provide me your e-mail address.
Meanwhile, I am familiar with several excellent books by reputable experts that relate to my letter to Secretary Walker. One of these books, The Retirement Nightmare by Diane Armstrong, focuses on the abuse of involuntary guardianships. Consider, for example, Diane’s quote of Lawrence Frolic and Alison Barnes on page 27 of her book: “the laws as they now function are ‘procedurally inadequate, substantively archaic, demeaning to the elderly, and operated in a manner that permits widespread abuse and corruption’”. How are these procedures inadequate, and what needs to be done to make them adequate? This is what I address on my website and in my letter to Secretary Walker.
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September 29th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I pay $29 for one oil change. Where can I get 4 for under $100?
September 30th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Hi Joyce,
I don’t know where you live but $29.00 is just about the going retail price for oil changes in Greenville, SC. For several years I had my cars serviced at the Goodyear Auto Service Center and they mailed me discount coupons for oil/filter changes. They were always less than $25.00. I now have all my service done at the AAA Auto Service Center in Greenville and they also mail me discount coupons for oil/filter change for less than $25.00. I am a member of AAA so I purchased a 200K Club package which includes all sorts of annual checks and services for $100.00 and includes four oil changes a year.
Thanks for writing,
Woody
October 1st, 2009 at 9:42 am
Hi Woody,
I saw you featured in an article in the October 2009 U.S. News and World Report. As a leisure travel consultant, I am glad to hear someone like you validate my thoughts on traveling and the economy-people of all ages still want to travel! We just want the best price! I thought you and your readers might be interested in learning about Rovia-if you haven’t already. We’re a company like travelocity or expedia but better- but we guarantee to meet or beat the best on-line price. We offer 1/2 hour free concierge service with every trip booked by Rovia as well as $200,000 travel insurance to preferred customers. We can plan group vacations, activities, flights etc. and show you how to travel wholesale with a product called Dreamtrips. Please check it out at http://www.smyers.rovia.com and let me know what you think!
Thank you,
Chris Anne
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Hello Chris Anne,
Thanks for writing. One of the pleasures my wife and I looked forward to during our retirement was travel. We traveled extensively during our working careers and have hundreds of other places we want to visit but alas the economy and rising cost of travel are limiting us severely. So if you can show my readers and me how we can travel with Rovia less expensively, you have made a friend forever (or maybe lots of friends).
I’ll visit your site and report back to my readers.
Woody
October 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I am so glad I found your blog (it was in an article in US News and World Report).
I am also faced with the challenge of traveling on a limited budget. I am particularly interested in spending some serious time in national parks, although I’m not partial to sleeping on the ground. I have been looking for part-time work or volunteering in them, but haven’t had much luck. If you, or any, of your readers have any advice, I would most apprectiate it.
Keep up the good work.
October 28th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Hi Ivan,
Thanks for writing. I have talked to several people I ran across working in the national parks. Most worked for vendors and are commited for the season. Lots of these folks are retired and work in one of the parks each year.
Go to http://www.coolworks.com/national-park-jobs/ and check them out.
Anyone else out there have some good advice or ideas on working in our national parks?
Woody