Work at Home Grandmothers

We haven’t had a “featured grandmother” in quite a while, so it was wonderful to hear from Debbie Johnson today and have a chance to share her story with you.  I hope you enjoy reading it…oh, and if you would like to be featured, please write to me at claudiascorner[at]gmail.com.

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After receiving a legal secretarial degree from Bryant and Stratton and working at GE for engineers for six years, I quit to raise our two boys, born exactly one year and three weeks apart. (My husband said, “We’re not going to have your mom watch TWO, are we? Mind you, I was sobbing at the time as he went out the door with our oldest.)

Seven years later a third son arrived on the scene and I worked at a quaint little local restaurant an evening or two a week to bring in a little extra cash. (And, admittedly, to remind myself that I still could “process thoughts” – Oh, the stories I can tell!!)

I’m thankful to have been able to work around our family, but where does a closing-in-on-40 year old woman go to find a job? For me it was an Oral Surgery satellite office 20 minutes away which I managed for two doctors. They kindly allowed me the opportunity to work while updating my computer/office skills. Six years later, with one son in college, another a senior in high school and the third closing in on high school, I needed a full-time job to help with college expenses and high school extra-curricular activity bills. And that is how I ended up at a local business as a sales coordinator for nine years.vI know – trained for lawyers and worked for engineers, doctors and salesmen – nothing “relates”, does it?  Plus, nobody needs “secretaries” anymore – everyone does their own thing on computers! And, NOW I’m closing in on SIXTY!!

After we were blessed with 6 (yes, six!) grandchildren, with two more on the way, I left that job two years ago. In hindsight I am even more thankful because my father went to be with the Lord (and mom) this past Dec. 26.  These past two years were filled with many medical appointments for him that I am SO thankful I could do.  (I was thankful at the time, but even more so now!) I LOVE being with my grandchildren, but I’d also like to help my husband financially. Plus, they say our brains “go to mush” if we don’t use them.

Ameriplan®, USA, offers the chance for me to do it all. Yes, it’s network marketing and I’m learning, learning, learning – which is FUN! It’s VERY affordable to begin your own business. Plus, this company provides things I NEED in addition to a paycheck – discounts for dental, vision, prescription and chiropractic needs, as well as help with child ID, legal fees, medical expenses, identity theft (the fastest growing crime in America) and much more.

If you’d like to check out what this company has to offer, please visit one of my websites at:

www.freedomathometeam.com/DJohnson70 or

www.IBOPlus.com/DJohnson70 or

www.mybenefitsplus.com/DJohnson70 .

Or I’d love to hear from you via e-mail at DJohnson70@ameriplan.net or by phone at 716-355-4223.

We women need to STICK TOGETHER!! And we aren’t getting older, we’re GETTING BETTER!!

God Bless you all!

Debbie Johnson

Whether or not you enjoy your retirement is in many ways up to you. Of course there may be unavoidable circumstances that affect how your retirement goes, but I’m speaking generally. If you think of retirement as a time when you can finally rest from your work, lay around, and do what you want when you want, your likely to find that retirement is a bit boring. If you haven’t taken good care of your body while working, or have an unavoidable health issue, you may be physically unable to do all that you hoped. But even then, I think retirement has the potential of being a fun time in life depending upon what we do with the time.

• Get out and educate yourself, you’re never too old to take a class in a college setting or offered by your community. Keep learning, keep exercising you mind.
• Get physical exercise. Keep your body moving. Feed it well. As you get older, your body will “complain” now and then, but don’t let it stop you!
• Read a good book, a good clean book if I can put in my personal 2 cents.
• Keep yourself on the right course spiritually. For me this is most definitely keeping myself in God’s word, the Bible. I’ve studied and read the Word since childhood, and lately I’ve been listening to it on CD’s. It’s impacted me in a different way, hearing it read to me. I believe you can even listen to it read at some online websites.
• Learn your way around the Internet. There are so many resources available. Find a class just on that and learn what you can!
• Volunteer in your community, there is such a need for this.
• If you need extra income, find a way to do a little something at home, look at some of the ideas suggested on this blog. More ideas will be added regularly!
• Find something each day to be thankful for, start a journal and write those things down, even during the challenging times.

Just a few of many, many ideas, and some of them don’t cost you a thing!

Have a great day!