I guess The Grabber is Back!
Thanks for the welcome back Jon, Tom & Toof.
A lot has happened since 2019 the last time I was even barely active on the board:
- I retired in January of 2019, ending my 47 year career in the Retail industry, 42 of which were in corporate roles (Merchandising, Merchandise Planning, Allocation and Control and Logistics) for 5 different companies, 10+ years for 4 of them.
My last employer did call me back for all of September, 2020 to help them recover from shutting down over 4,000 stores due to Covid.
- My beautiful wife Nancy was 'retired' in April of 2020 due to Covid. She was close anyway, but we needed to adjust quickly (Medicare, Social Security, etc).
- We now have 3 grandkids, 9, 6 and 2 years old. We didn't get to meet our newest until he was 8 weeks old (they live in Denver). Had to drive 11 hours straight through from Dallas and not come into contact with anyone en route. Their 1st child and Dr. really had them scared.
- Neither of us contracted Covid or any variant. But both of our kids, their spouses and 2 of the grandkids did. Of course all 6 of the adults were vaxxed and boosted (as were we) well beforehand. Our daughter and son-in-law each got it twice (later variants). Everyone is fine now but we're pretty tired of this after 2 1/2 years.
- We downsized last year to a smaller, single story home and are loving it. Lots of Projects done since then but they are tailing off finally. Google Map 25 Victoria Drive in Rowlett, TX. Our new house is directly across the street from the homes on the lakefront (Lake Ray Hubbard). Great, quiet neighborhood too.
- Believe it or not but it took awhile last year to sell the home we had for 32 years. Not to mention editing at least as many years of clutter. (Edit, Then Edit some more, then make another run to Goodwill, Salvation Army or Habitat.....).
So If you're ever down this way, please reach out so we can get together. Probably not going to have another 'Gathering' like the 2 we had over 20 years ago (But would love it if we did).,
Anyway, It's good to be back, and I'll try really hard to stay engaged with y'all. I'm about 500 into the 2000 posts before I catch up.
Best Regards, Steve (The Grabber)
