Christine Ackley:  

I live in the beautiful town of Celebration, Florida - have been here since the town started back in 1997. I have a beautiful 25-year-old daughter, who is amazingly talented and is in the entertainment field. I live with Steven, my love, as well as Rudy the Cat & Kally the Dog. We have a peaceful and loving life, travel every chance we get, both love our jobs and love coming home at the end of the day even more! I'm just 5 classes/26 credits away from completing my B.A. in Organizational Behavior, which is a Psych HR Degree - I never finished college 30 years ago....but it's never too late - I should be graduating next May!! For many years, I owned a medical transcription business which really boomed when voice files became available over the Internet, so my little solo typing business transformed into me having people all over the country working for me, which enabled me to bid for accounts anywhere and everywhere. About 6-7 years ago I sold all of my accounts and decided to slow down a bit and get a 9-5 (well, 10-4 lololol... job)... so now I'm the practice manager for a pulmonary and critical care group at Florida Hospital in Celebration, which I love going to every day! The transcription business was great, but I never had down time; I was on call 24/7 for STAT/urgent reports that were needed and vacations were hard to find time for. These days, I truly work to live - not the other way around! Everyone who knows me teases that I have a bag packed all the time, on standby, because I travel so much. Because my daughter works on a cruise ship, I can cruise for just pennies... and we definitely take advantage of that! I've been all over the world, having train-trecked all through Europe, doing a rail pass with my daughter over the summers between her college semesters, as well as taking in Italy for extended periods... I swear, one day I will move to Venice! And of course, my family being from Greece, has afforded me the luxury of annual trips there. These days we are trying to visit little undiscovered places in Florida, right in our own backyard... so usually on Fridays at 5 or so, we're "outta here!!!!" and on the road or in the air!!! I never realized how little I knew about this state until now! After high school, I began at Brooklyn College, but ended up leaving to get married and start a family. I moved to Florida in 1989, then to Boston for a few years where my husband (ex) went to law school. We then moved back to Florida in 1997 and moved to this awesome Town of Celebration, where I've been ever since. Two years ago, I met Steven, after having been divorced for 5 years... both having been married before, we knew what...Expand for more