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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
Category Archives: Life in General
Retirement Nostalgia
While cleaning out our attic, the wife found a box of old check registers and receipts from 1994-1996. While shredding them I found some old receipts that brought back memories. It triggered a walk down memory lane, discussing stores no … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, retirement
Tagged #bmg, #columbiahouse, #computerscience, #faoschwarz, #floppydisk, #kaybeetoys, #magnetictape, #montgomeryward, #nostalgia, #prodigy, #radioshack, #receipt, #retirement, #retirementainteasy, #sears, #servicemerchandise, #toysrus, retirement, retirement ain't easy, youtube
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Hip Replacement Surgery – 1 Year Anniversary
I just celebrated my one year anniversary of having my right hip replaced. If you’ve followed me for the last year, you know that I have been making videos tracking my hip replacement progress from pre-surgery-surgery-recovery to today, August 4, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, retirement
Tagged #hipreplacement, hip recovery, hip replacement, hip surgery, retirement, retirement ain't easy, youtube
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2026 New Years Goals
Health Goal – Lose 35 lbs Another repeat goal. *sigh*. A never ending story. One of these days I’ll get back into the groove where I lost 80 lbs and got down to my high school weight. Is 2026 the … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, chuck sturgeon music, exercise, Life in General, Model Building, retirement
Tagged #chucksturgeonmusic, #modelmaking, #scalemodel, #scalemodelling, #sturgeoncountry, goals, health, health insurance, kids who rock, KISS, Lego, medicare, Music, new years resolution, retirement, retirement ain't easy, scale modeling, song from scratch, Song recording, songwriting, stress, stress relief, walking, youtube
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2025 New Years Goal Results
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that I set resolutions or goals every year and actually strive to meet those resolutions. I’m going to start calling them goals to satisfy the ex-Project Manager in me. … Continue reading
Week 15 Post Op Update and Walking Products Review
In this video I provide a 15 Week Post Hip Replacement Surgery, update on my recent cardiologist visit and I review a couple of purchases to kickstart my walking routine.
Posted in exercise, Life in General, retirement
Tagged fitville, hip recovery, hip replacement, hip surgery, retirement, retirement ain't easy, spearax, treadmill, walking, walking pad, youtube
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Aniioke E-bike Park Ride
I accomplished anorher goal. It was to take my Aniioke e-bike to the big park by my neigborhood. It’s about 1 1/2 miles away and I have to get out on a main road out of my neighborhood.
Posted in exercise, Life in General, Product
Tagged aniioke, Breckenridge park, e-bike, retirement, retirement ain't easy, youtube
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Post Hip Surgery Goals – My Aniioke E-Bike Ride
After hip surgery on August 4, 2025, I set 3 goals for myself. One of those goals was to ride my e-bike, an Aniioke AQ177 Pro Max that I bought in October 2024. I was not able to ride it … Continue reading
Posted in exercise, Life in General, Product, Uncategorized
Tagged aniioke, aq177 pro max, e-bike, hip recovery, hip replacement, hip surgery, retirement, retirement ain't easy, youtube
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Hip Surgery Post Op Week 12
This is it, Week 12 Post Hip Surgery. Physical Therapy complete. No more requirements to perform exercises. I’m completely done. But am I? How does it feel 12 weeks later? Am I 100%, 90%? I address things in this video.
Posted in Life in General, retirement
Tagged hip recovery, hip replacement, hip surgery, orthopedic surgeon, Post-Op, retirement, retirement ain't easy, surgery, youtube
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Post Hip Surgery Week 10 Update & Other Retirement Stuff
Hey! It’s been 10 weeks since I had Hip Replacement Surgery. This video is an update on how I am recovering from surgery and also catching up on other retirement life events. Enjoy.
My Birthday Month and Physical
Every October I celebrate my birth month (I turned 64 this year). It’s called CHUCKTOBER and I usually do something special each day for my Facebook posts. So here we are 13 days into the month and I have posted … Continue reading
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Tagged CHUCKTOBER, hip replacement, hip surgery, medical, retirement, retirement ain't easy
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Retirement Ain't Easy 