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[quote=Anonymous]When we first became empty nesters, first I gave the house a good cleaning.  
Then purged a bunch of stuff and had a couple yard sales.  
Then I painted a couple rooms in the house.

Then I set up my sewing machine and made Christmasy pajama pants for my kids and their sweethearts.  Then I made aprons for all the women in my family and DH's family.

Then I tried growing a vegetable garden, but after a couple years I realized that a home grown tomato costs twice as much as a store bought tomato, at least for me.  And I also realized you can't go on a long vacation if you have a vegetable garden because you need to water it every few days.

Then I made a family cookbook.  
Then I organized a family reunion. 
I made homemade tortellini and other labor intensive meals.

Then I made 40 aprons with the intention of selling them at craft fairs / farmers markets.  But I realized it was taking me about ten hours to make each apron, from the shopping for fabric part to the ironing and packaging the finished product part, and I was only making about $2 an hour by selling aprons.  So I gave up on that.

Then I became a grandparent. 
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