My retirement plans have always included publishing a blog that would allow me to write family stories and work on genealogy while organizing my collection of photographs, local postcards and papers.   I started doing genealogy with my dad in the early sixties and using his old portable, Royal typewriter I typed his family group sheets and other records.  After getting married, I found myself caught up in my career and could only work on my family history occasionally.  During this time, I  still became known as the family historian and was given several collections of family pictures and papers as relatives passed.

In 2011,  I retired and thought my time had finally come ... but not quite.  Other than some work with my Reunion genealogy desktop program and Ancestry family tree, my goals were put on hold as  some of our older loved one walked into the dark on their journey to the light.  That along with a couple of medical events with my eyes pushed my goals away again.  

I've always liked to plan ahead and do things correctly. Things just haven't worked that way in starting a blog - too many variables - so I've waited and waited.  That being said, I've finally decided the time is right now. This may not be done perfectly, but I can take care of that later.