Connie's Corner

Just thinking...

My Jim was a residential builder, but because of his declining health, he hadn't built any houses since the late 90's. Whenever anybody asks me what I did, I always respond by saying I was a bookkeeper. Which I was. For about eleven years I worked for a real estate development company. They developed P.U.D's (planned unit developments), residential and commercial, built hotels, and managed several apartment complexes. I quit my job in the late nineties when Jim's health problems became worse.

I don't know why I always have to respond to that question by what I did outside the home. It was only eleven years and now seems like just a snippet of my life. Jim and I were partners in business as well as life for almost 49 years. I drew all his home plans, most of them custom, had the blueprinting done, drew site plans, prepared the specs, pulled permits, and was a daily gopher for unforeseen materials and all those other little things that had a way of being forgotten. I interviewed prospective employees, contacted references, did background checks, prepared payrolls, prepared and filed all our taxes...and the list goes on and on as anybody in business knows very well.

But when anyone asks me, I was a bookkeeper. I'm not exactly sure why, but suddenly all those other things seem way more important to me now...

till next time...c