Retirement Time

5 Days until Retirement

Life begins at retirement. ~Author Unknown

Retirement is such an awesome word. The word retirement means: Noun

The action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work. The period of one's life after leaving one's job and ceasing to work. Sounds wonderful doesn’t it. Just sitting around eating bon-bons and sleeping in until Noon. Does sound pretty good at least for the 1st week. But that isn’t how I picture my retirement being. Retiring from my 8 – 5 gives me time to start my own home based business. Retirement means Blogging More I have no intention of sitting around relaxing and watching TV. I have way too much to do for that. My plan is to be up blogging and marketing my business. And the funny thing is – I am more excited about doing that than just about anything else lately. OK, I am also excited about my new grandbaby coming in August.  But the cool part is that not having a regular job gives me the chance to be there when Jay and Meredith have their little one. It gives me the chance to see all my grandkids when I can’t stand not seeing them one second longer. It also gives me the chance to visit my birth mom one more time before it’s too late. Blogging as I Travel During My Retirement

All I have to do is pack the laptop or Ipad and blog away while I am traveling. It gives Dennis and I the opportunity to go to Chicago in a few weeks for the Empower Network Convention. I don’t have to worry about having enough hours of vacation time or asking my boss permission.

In May we have 3 graduations, in one week, in 3 different states. Saturday step daughter, Lisa graduates from college in Arkansas, Monday step son Peter graduates from Vet school in Louisiana and the next Saturday granddaughter Sydney graduates from high school in New Mexico. We can be at them ALL!!!

Route 66 to the End!!

When that is finished – we are heading to California on Route 66. We have done 2 legs of Route 66 on long 4 day weekends in the past. Last May we traveled Chicago to Vinita, OK, and in September we went from Vinita to Tucumcari, New Mexico. We will finish from New Mexico to California.

You can bet, you will see lots of pictures on this blog from our travels. Traveling, writing (blogging) and taking pictures are the things I love to do. This so-called retirement will give me the opportunity to fulfill my dream.

Join Me in the Fun

If this is a life you would be interested in – all you have to do is Click the Link below, add your email address, watch the video and I will be back in touch with you. I would love for you to join me in my Retirement fun.

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Have a wonderful day,

Charyl aka Mom8isme

Thanksgiving/Christmas

The family had an awesome time over Thanksgiving.  Some of the kids were here.  Not all.  We really wished that more could have come.  It was awesome having the 6 of the 15 grandkids here.  They are all growing so fast.  It seemed like the time was over before we even got a chance to visit. 

One of the cool things we did this year is we celebrated Christmas over Thanksgiving.  We did our gift exchange.  It was awesome from my stand point.  Most of my Christmas shopping was finished at that point and most people were just starting.  And as it has turned out - I am going to be needing surgery next week so having the bulk of Christmas done will be a blessing since I will be out of the loop.  The kids all seemed to enjoy it, too.  I think it helps stretch the gifts out for the kids.  This way it isn't as overwhelming on Christmas when they normally have gift over load.  From what I was hearing they suggest we do it again.  The only difference I think I will make next time is I will NOT make turkey and all the fixings.  Since we had our celebration on Friday everyone was pretty much turkeyed out.  Next time I will make pancit and lumpia.  At our house if Mom makes pancit and lumpia the family will show up.  It is one tricky way to make sure they show up again. :-)

Here are a few of the pixs from our time together.

Be sure to check out the new adventure Dennis and I are involved with.

DS Domination

Have a wonderful day,

Charyl

Katie & Clayton - Christmas

Aren't they a Cute couple!
We spent a day with them before Christmas.

Wish they lived closer.

HOW DID I GET FROM THERE TO HERE

Have you ever wondered how you got to where you are today? I know I couldn’t have ever called the shots right for my life. As I look back my life seems to resemble one of those Family Circus cartoons when the kids are running all over the place and you see all the footsteps going every which way. Yep, that would be me.

When I graduated from high school all I wanted to be was a Math teacher. Well, one semester of college cured that. I had the Calculus teacher from hell. Then I switched to Elementary Ed, still along the teacher lines. Went along that path until they closed that door. Elementary Ed was flooded and they wouldn’t take any more into the program. Hmmmmm, what to do ……… I was good in math so the only thing I could think of that used math was accounting. It seemed like a natural fit for me. I whizzed along in that field, got my degree and even passed the CPA exam on my 1st try. I was on my way. Or so I thought. Started working in that field and never really liked it that much. OH, I was good at it but I hated auditing and taxes stressed me out. So much for the perfect profession.

Time went on, I had children and ended up homeschooling for 15 years. Sounds a bit like Elementary Ed to me, and I even got to teach high school math to boot. Seemed a bit ironic to me.

After my divorce, I ended up going back to accounting and enjoyed it alright, but with 4 special need kids it wasn’t long before kid issues got in the way and I had to pick kids over work. So much for that job. From then on it seemed that every time I got a job, even ones I liked a lot, kid issues got in the way. I would have to quit so I could take them to counseling, have them at home when they got suspended or do my weekly family sessions when they were in patient in psychiatric facilities hours away Needless to say me and a 40 hour workweek just don’t mesh.

Along came network marketing. I finally felt this was something I could do. The work hours were perfect and the commute, well there wasn’t one. This was something I could do and work around all the kids issues. I was at home and could deal with everything that came up. I signed up and worked one company and loved the products. In fact, I still use them. But the business end of it just didn’t fit well with me. After a couple years I switched to another company, Vitamark, and knew I was home to stay. Every time I think about getting a “J.O.B.” (Just Over Broke) I know I don’t want to work for anyone else. I want to be my own boss, make my own hours and take vacations when I choose. OK, I do some bookkeeping on the side but my real career is as a Professional Network Marketer. I love being able to help other people meet their needs via our products or our company. The truth is People do network marketing everyday, BUT they just don’t get paid for it. I Do!!!

Have a Fantastic day,
Charyl