Golden Years

I have raised my 3 children, all are grown and have children of their own. Even one of my grandchildren is old enough to get a job and will soon be off to college! So as I enter the next phase of my life I asked "what is it that I always wanted to do?" After spending my time remodeling our house, yard crashing my yard, raising a Bernese Mountain dog from a puppy (who also crashed our yard on occasion), I decided to try my hand at blogging. It doesn't matter if anyone is really out there because I've been talking to the wind for years. I'm actually amazed when someone really does answer an email or a phone for that matter. I think we all just talk, leave messages, write emails, forward articles, etc. etc. Where do they all go? At least they take up less space than snail mail. They are easily deleated, easily filed in the vast Google wonderland of information.

I tried sending out emails quering if anyone was really alive at this address, does anyone really exist out there? I even asked things like "would you like to share a Million $ with me?" Nothing, Nada, Zilch, Zip. Oh I get lots of emails every day, lots of forwards, lots of news I can't use, tons of requests to get on more facebook pages, etc. etc.

Speaking of facebook, where do all of you find time to play fishville everyday?

Starting a home business - beware

My daughter was employed for 4 years, when the economy plunged she lost her job. She searched diligently for a job, submitting application after application. After several months she decided to take Real Estate classes, begin a new career. After taking the exam and passing it the first time she was really excited. She could still earn a small amount of money while she built her business and continue collecting her checks, right? Wrong!!!
As soon as she got a check for a commision from a rental she handled, about $150.00 she reported the income to unemployment. No problem right? Wrong again!!! They told her that even though she had only collected a few months checks, and even though she fulfilled the obligation to find a job, she was now considered SELF-employed, so she did not qualify for unemployment. She had a child to raise, no health insurance and a car payment and the usual bills. Without unemployment she was literally broke.
So be careful how you switch careers, find out what the regulations are in your state.