okay, so, we have associations rocking

db/migrate/20130424220355_create_users.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
       t.boolean :admin
       t.string :first_name
       t.string :last_name
-      t.string :user_id
+      t.integer :user_id
 
       t.timestamps
     end

db/migrate/20130524222129_create_retirements.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class CreateRetirements < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :retirements do |t|
+      t.string :total
+      t.string :employee_contrib
+      t.string :employer_contrib
+      t.integer :user_id
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,16 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130424220355) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130524222129) do
+
+  create_table "retirements", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string   "total"
+    t.string   "employee_contrib"
+    t.string   "employer_contrib"
+    t.integer   "user_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at",       :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",       :null => false
+  end
 
   create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "email"
@@ -19,7 +28,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130424220355) do
     t.boolean  "admin"
     t.string   "first_name"
     t.string   "last_name"
-    t.string   "user_id"
+    t.integer   "user_id"
     t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
     t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
   end