Hi,

I just joined. I'm Laurie and from NY. I'm kind of in the "middle" of the bb age group. I have been married for 22 years and have two children, 21 and 19 and a cute bichon frise.

I work from home. I own a home business site, where my goal is to find legitimate home businesses for people.

Glad to be here. Baby Boomers at Home

Glad to have you aboard Lauri...you will find these wee forums a home from home in no time...so welcome and look froward to meeting you about the many threads

Popea

Hi Laurie, welcome!

I'm in California, married for an eternity (sometimes it seems that way!) and have two sons, one is still at home. I also work from home. As much of a struggle as that can be sometimes, I do love having my own schedule and being able to make my own decisions.

You'll love this place - so jump right in and get started!
Kathy

Welcome. I love that breed of dog. Hope to hear more about you soon!

Welcome Laurie,
I checked out your site and your rates are VERY reasonable! WOW!

And welcome to the best forum on the net. You'll love it here and you can give and receive valuable information for your biz as well.

So welcome, join in, and most of all, have some fun!

Thanks everyone for the nice welcome!

Thanks, too, JawJaw for the comment. I try to keep it reasonable so that many people can get the guidance they need.

Laurie, glad to see you landed. I am also in the middle of the boomer years and I have kids aged 22, 19 and 18, a great hubby, and a cockapoo dog. Are your kids around? All of mine are in college at the moment. That changes next month when our oldest graduates. Yahoo! That's one off the payroll. Our youngest is home for a week and heads back to Florida for college this weekend, and our daughter is also away at school, not too far from home. In fact, she just called and told me to go in the kitchen. There she and her boyfriend were at the door. What a fun surprise!

Welcome to the neighborhood. I look forward to getting to know you.

Hi Laurie, welcome to the neighborhood and I look forward to learning more about working in my jammies.

Hi Laurie. Can't wait to hear more from you. What a great business you have.

Welcome aboard Laurie! I look forward to hearing more about your work at home business strategies!

Welcome Laurie! Interesting concept...

Thank you ALL for your warm welcomes!

Dotsie - to answer your question - both of my kids are still home. My son went to college for three years, then decided he really wanted to work from home (I wonder where he got that idea???) He's learning all about Internet Marketing, and I have to admit, he's learned more in the past six months than he ever did in college. Don't tell your kids I said that! But he has found something that he's really interested in, and that has made all the difference in his wanting to learn.

My daughter has had some difficult issues to work through, so she has not been able to stay in college yet. But we are praying hard for healing for her. They are both at a young people's retreat this weekend, and my husband and I are praying for great things.

I really look forward to getting to know you all. It seems like a really honest, real forum.

Hi Laurie!
I'm originally from Long Island. Nice to meet you!

Laurie, thanks for sharing about your kids. One of my constant prayers is for youth and young adults. It's so hard to grow up these days. I'm happy to hear your kids are at a retreat. Mine are not very intersted in church right now, though I cover them in prayer daily concerning this. I was so grateful to have the two who were home for Easter next to us in church. It was just like old times.

Our youngest almost went to Hofstra. Are you near that college? He had a change of heart at the last minute and landed in a Forida college instead. Though Orlando is far from home, I'd rather fly there than drive to Long Island from Baltimore. That's one tough ride. Do you ever get to Baltimore?

Welcome Laurie! Sounds like you have an interesting business. We have alot of ladies here working from home...including me.

Dotsie, that surprised me that your children aren't churchgoers like you. I was wondering how you come to terms with it? Do you try to influence them?

Although I have my own problems with the church, I still see it as a vital structure and help to raise a family. Our son has totally turned his back to our church, and hasn't even had our grandchild baptised. I was surprised about myself how it saddens me. His wife is a Baptist though, and lives by the bible. When I think no baptism, no first communion or confirmation; so much of our own tradition is lost.

Dotsie,

I know it's hard when your kids walk away from God or the church. But I did myself. I was brought up in the Catholic church, and stopped going when I was 18 for about the next six years. Eventually, I left the Catholic Church, but went to another non-denominational church.

I pray for my kids daily also. I know they both have a relationship with God, for which I'm very grateful. But there's some other "stuff" that needs to get worked out.

I was in Baltimore on a vacation once. We stopped there to see a baseball game. Nice city, but very busy!