I'm determined to take a vacation when I have vacation!

I am like that most of the time. I will waste away my vacation by just tinkering around the house, doing some cleaning and fixing. I always say I will go to this place to do this after I have cleaned the house. But there's always too many stuff to clean and do around the house that by the time I am done, I am too tired to go out.

I know what you mean! Although every day is a vacation for me, I never go anywhere or do anything because I'm trying to save for retirement. Well, that looks pretty dim for me and I will probably be on SS only as I began saving very late. I was even going to not go to my son's wedding for fear of spending the money. They were having a civil ceremony and her family insists on a church wedding later and I thought I would save money and just to to the church wedding. Then my ex called and asked me if I'd lost my mind! After we talked awhile I decided to go and I'm so glad I did!! He was right, there is not sense not being a burden to my children if they never see me before I retire and like he also says, by the time we get too old to get around there probably won't be any retirement funds left for anyone, anyway. So I'm relaxing about money a bit and while I probably won't go a lot of places, I don't intend to sit at home all the time and work the internet for the little it puts in my savings. You make some plans, look up info, get excited about a trip and go for it! There are some gorgeous places in your state and a lot to see and do. Get one of those paddle boats and spend a day on a lake, go fishing, hiking, camping or to one of your wonderful museums and a nice lunch in a good restaurant.

Yeah blue...make some goals you want to achieve and then plan what you need to do to get what you want...even if it's saving 20 bucks a week for a year.That will get you about a thousand bucks. The thing is, life will pass you by if you let it. I'm 60 now and I have mobility issues but I decided I would start to do some travelling. No-one is going to do it for me so I have to make this work. Maybe I will come visit you someday.

My children have school holidays and these can be relaxing times for us to enjoy as a happy family. Once or twice a year we go on an international trip like we went to South America for one month last year. Good luck saving up money for your vacation. I love to go on day trips to interesting places. Good luck.

hi blue65packer thats the ticket start saving up for some sort of trip on yur next vacation and really make it happen even if you end up just going to the beach it will be an outing and not just the same old thing you do every vacation.We all get in ruts as its like our comfort zone and we do not wish to step out of it and try something new and different.

I think even doing something in your same town can be fun. We go to a resort town in the mountains when we can afford to but that isn't very often. But even just going to a motel with a swimming pool or an entertainment center in your town can be fun.