Linda Braund:  

Life I am not sure what you all will find interesting but here it goes. I retired in May. I worked 18 years for the Federal government. I started in 1988 working for the FDIC. From there I worked for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (we worked with farmers and ranchers helping them to put conservation on the ground. From NRCS I worked for the US Attorneys Office in Anchorage, AK. I then worked for NASA at the Ames Research Center, Sunnyvale, CA. This center develops the experiments that are done in space. I then moved to Washington (state of) and worked my last 4 years for the Bureau of Land Management in Portland, Oregon. I have two children, a son and a daughter. I have two grandchildren, a granddaughter who is 16 and a Junior in high school and a grandson who is 5 and just started Kindergarten. My daughter works for a grocery chain and is a Deli Manager. My son works construction. I am divorced so I am on my own. When I retired I moved to Springtown, Texas to be near my children. Springtown is about 40 miles west of Fort Worth. At this time I am living with my daughter and helping her out. She is a single Mother. I do volunteer work at my grandson's school. I help his teacher a couple of mornings a week. I am also involved with my granddaughter's dance team. I had to do repair sewing on some of their uniforms. Of course, I attend her high school's football games to watch her team perform. I have to tell you, they really take their high school football serious in Texas. Speaking of sports, I am a UCLA fan. I had season tickets fo...Expand for more