Sharon A Jones:  

I like working on my genealogy, something I've been meaning to do for years but thought it was too overwhelming until I bought my first computer. It's a wonderful tool, the computer. It helps me to connect with family and other people I meet on the Internet miles away. I retired from truck driving, started out in construction as a mixer driver and cement hauler, then I went OTR some, hauled hazardous waste in an end-dump, and worked transporting trailers, shuttling and as a class "A" instructor for C. R. England. Then I hauled milk picking it up from the dairies and delivering it to the creameries, sometimes to NV and AZ. I drove for 15 years. I went to truck driving school and got my license when I was 42. I really enjoyed driving but the work was hard and I put in long hours. People were shocked to learn that I was a truck driver. They said I brought some class into the profession. I might have ended up working in a office job but when I told my business ED teacher I as pregnant she refused to teach me the business machines. She told me cause I was pregnant that I was wasting my time and hers by being in the class. I was married for 27 years and have 3 children. I have 8 grandchildren. One is in heaven. I'd like to enjoy my retirement but it doesn't pay enough so I work part-time job baby sitting 2 of my daughter's kids while she goes to college. I'd like spending time with my grandchildren. I get to watch them grow up and contribute to their development. I worked hard all my life. I'm taking it a lot easier n...Expand for more