This is my 200th post. How time flies when you're having fun!
To mom2taz, I just followed you on Twitter. My Twitter username is rbudovec. If any more of you would like to follow me, I will be glad to follow you also. I've only been a member of FC since March 12, 2011. Since that time, I already have 66 followers and counting! Thanks to all you members who followed me and helped me get that $1 Twitter follow bonus on 4-17-11. It seemed so hard to get that first five! LOL!
Here is a quick bio:
I grew up in Brookfield, IL within walking distance of the Brookfield Zoo! Graduated from I.I.T. in Chicago with a B.S in Psychology and a minor in Mathematics. Taught high-school mathematics in Chicago for 21 years, then retired from teaching and became the President of Sandpiper Books, Inc. This was a corporation I created to run two used paperback bookstores, one of which I founded and the other I inherited when my father passed away. After the economy tanked, another large chain of bookstores invaded the Chicago area from Texas and the internet transformed the marketplace with Kindle books and cheap online used book offerings I was forced to close both bookstores by 2008, which turned outto be a good thing, because that's just when the economy went tanked.
So I retired at the age of 61, a few years earlier than I had planned, and my wife has been supporting us as a Management Consultant for a firm based in Michigan. (God bless her.)
After recovering my self-esteem following a two-year depression, my life is now back on track and a new chapter is opening up for me! I joined FusionCash, am back into my reading, my music, film and TV, have joined a church and been baptized, and have re-connected and strengthened my relationships with friends and family. I have become a net-worker! This is something new for me and FusionCash has helped, particularly the forum posting which allows me to express my innate writing skill-set.
Thank you all for becoming new friends and for your friendly camaraderie.