My introductory to Steemit

in introduceyourself •  8 years ago 

                                  

I have never formally introduced myself here on Steemit, although I have been here for a while. I am a pensioner and trying to earn a little money while I enjoy myself thoroughly. My children introduced me to Steemit and I learn something new every day. Let me tell you about myself.  

I am a wife and mother of two of the most wonderful children you could wish for. I have four grandchildren, who are just as wonderful because their parents teach them well. The nice part of this is that I can just enjoy them with no parenting from my side. When I left school, I did my nurses training in Potchefstroom which is a town with a university. This is where I met my husband. You can read more about my marriage in my post  https://steemit.com/life/@bigbear/monochrome-monday-my-wedding-photos-of-47-years-ago     

When we had our first child, my husband made it easy for me to stop working. I became a housewife to enjoy time with the baby. My husband and I were both only children so we were thrilled to have a baby. We used to watch her sleeping for hours. Later when we had two children I spent hours playing with them during the day.  My husband knew how much I loved sewing, so he sent me to do a diploma in dressmaking and design. I taught at the Technical College for a few years. I met someone who taught classes in pottery, so we decided to teach each other. It was incredible fun. I did pottery and she made clothes.  

I opened up a little shop with some workers and we made dresses and clothing all of our own design. Another incredible experience as my kids could come to me after school and I started meeting so many people who came to buy in our shop. My husband taught at a school in the town, we were living in, but got promoted to Headmaster at another school and different town. This meant we had to sell the shop and move on to another town. 

In the new town, I got a job at an estate agency. I decided this looked like something new I would enjoy. I passed my estate agency board exam and went into real estate.  I absolutely loved this and will soon tell you about all my experiences as an estate agent.     I sold a house to someone who had a factory that did upholstering of furniture. This was so interesting to me, that I took a year of my life learning this trade from them. I have had a fantastic life and hope you will follow me as we are now pensioners and it drives me nuts just to sit and do nothing.  Steemit is the perfect opportunity to explore life differently. I am at home and still able to enjoy my old age and my husband.           

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Nice introduction bigbear. I upvoted and followed.

thanks for following you seem so sweet

Thank you really appreciated

Lovely introduction, @Bigbear. It's interesting to learn how you've embraced change in your life. Enjoy Steeming on! Upvoted and followed.

It's fun I did make @randowhale vote on this post.

Best regards
ManjitSingh

Ty TY TY you are so good to me

You are always welcome My Lady :))

Welcome, I do real estate also here in Miami,Fl. I love it because its a very sociable job. looking forward to your next posts :)

nice life story, hope there's many more interesting ones coming for you :-) steemit is a great platform if you can't find a job for simply just want the freedom. I am trying to eventually go full time on steemit because I value freedom. I also value steemit because the platform allows me to express, create and share. I love the people I've met so far on steemit and hope this platform is here to stay!

Nice Posting! Just upvoted and followed you, can you please do the same for me?
Thanks a million!

Nice to meet you, @bigbear. I hope to be even half what you are when I get to retirement age. I have followed you and hope you will do the same for me.

welcome again to steemit community!

Thanks bit late but that is age lol

How wonderful! Upvoted, following and looking forward to more of your posts.

So kind of you will appreciate it ty

Welcome to steemit! Again lol, I followed you, follow back?

Will ty for following

I want to imbed Q&A forms into my post. So that it would be more engaging. E.g. people write in something when they read my bio. E.g. i ask I was born in LA where are you from? I love cats do u like them etc.

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Thank you for sharing about yourself. Following!
brown eye pic .jpg

Thank you really appreciate you keeeping an eye on me willdo the same

@bigbear bienvenida a steemit , te doy mi voto y te sigo, excelente post!

Sígueme: https://steemit.com/@cyclope

Its awesome seeing different generations coming together onto steem. Hoping I can get my parents to do the same!

Very nice!
And welcome!

Ty so much unreal how nice it is here

Hi @bigbear. I already follow @giantbear and @littlebear so I think the family is complete :) its so great to share this experience with your family. I will look forward to your experiences here on steemit.

ty agree and thanks for voting willl follow

It is a lot of fun as we start off in the morning and voting for each other but never know what they are going write about.

i work with a bunch of seamstresses . im not a seamster but a painter, as we collaboratively make visual art

wonderfull

Welcome to steemit upvoted and followed

Thank you so much I feel so welcome and blessed

Hey Big Bear :) Lovely post thanks
I upvoted and followed you

Ty you are very kind did the same for you

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Wow ty really appreciate all that helped, would not have been possiblee without you ty

This post received an 33% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @mathworksheets! For more information on @randowhale click here!

First of all you look GREAT. Second of all good for you for being here and learning new things! Am I allowed to ask your age? What are you kids usernames here on Steemit?

TY very much daughter @giantbear, grandson @littlebear my son not a bear lol @Jacor lets put my age this way my son was my baby and he is 44 years old.

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Very good answers! Are you guys all bear lovers? I am!
I see your location as Port Edward is that the sister of Prince Rupert? I've been there a few times as my brother lived there for about 40 years up until a few years ago.

No it is in South Africa Kwa Zulu Natal

Wow I'm WAY off. British Columbia Canada!

Welcome (officially) to Steemit! Liked the post because it's awesome, but specifically followed you because you play poker :)

Ty so much yes the damn poker does take up some time, one of those things you will do untill you die I think

It was my grandfather's favorite pastime, and he raised me after my mom died. Had me at the poker table in the casino as soon as it was legal. We made a lot of great memories that way, but I haven't played anything but a casual friendly game in years.

Welcome, I hope you get enough money to truly enjoy yourself! and then you can post about and we can watch and share the joy! following, best of luck!

Oh so sweet ty so much for your reply.

Lovely to meet you @bigbear and to read your story

What a wonderful welcome ty will follow as well !!!

Thank you!

Hi @bigbear, I am a fan and have been following. I truly enjoy your posts. I wish you the best of success and continue to grow to greater heights.

Thank you been following you as well, ty

Welcome to Steemit! You remind me a lot about my own grandmother , hope you enjoy your time here!

Cheers!

Thank you I hope she was a nice person or is not sure will try my best.

Oh ! She is still alive! Hahaha I am sorry If I did not expressed myself correctly

You are multi-talented @giantbear, I have a lot to learn from you :)

With Respect
Manjit Singh

Ty always enjoy seeing you :-)

You are always welcome My Lady :)

Welcome to Steemit. I hope you like it as much as I do. Let's connect!

Ty for the welcome I agree just followed you

Thank you.

Beautiful story @bigbear! The towns you mentioned are in South Africa, correct? I had a dear friend from there who told me all about her life there. It seems like a beautiful country. I look forward to hearing more about your story!

Ty yes it is a beautiful country and ty for comment will follow you

Welcome again!!!

Thanks my friend truly enjoy you !

Thank you!

Thanks for the intro post @bigbear. I have been following for a while and I notice your posts. Keep up the excellent work! Or, another way of saying that would be:

STEEM ON!!

Thank you enjoy your posts just as much but you know it :)

welcome upvoted too :))) thats a fantastic background ....the ocean always brings us to peace :))) thanks for sharing :)))

Such kind words still very appreciated ty :0

Welcome to Steemit. This is great platform.

I agree and ty very much

Wonderful story about your family and life. This looks like a good place you you to expand your horizons! Good luck!

Thank you so much for your comment really agree love it here

welcome to steemit world:D

Thank you :D

Such a nice inntroduction. Now following you!

Thank you so much doing the same :0

Amazing story, beautiful lady!!!
Learnt something today.
Thank you
upvoted

Hi, glad to meet you! Pls check out my blog and lets have fun together! :)

Will do so and thank you

Pleasure to meet you! I just joined the community myself yesterday but meeting people such as yourself has been an amazing experience so far.

Raising two amazing children and having them pass them on is a great accomplishment in life you must be very proud of them.

Thank you so much and I can assure you they are both the greatest not just because they are mine will follow your posts ty

Welcome to the community! Greetings from the Netherlands.

You're always welcome to visit my profile and join the conversation! https://steemit.com/@rvanstel

Ty I am from South Africa so we might even speak nearly the same language will follow you

That's great! Afrikaans is a fascinating language.

Welcome to Steemit @bigbear!

ty so very much:)

Welcome following

Thank you will do the same

Welcome to steemit community..Happy steeming !!!

Ty for your welcome :)

:))

nice article bigbear, wondering if you will like this article https://steemit.com/food/@whitedolphin/mian-sushi-and-asian-fusion-tucson-arizona-review

Wonderful feel so hungry now looks fantastic

Welcome to steemit community! : )

Thank you so much :-)

Following and voted.
Great post, love the little bear at the end.

Thank you for voting and is the bear not to cute :)

Welcome. Looking forward to your stories.. ;)

Ty hope u will enjoy them all.

So cool your kids got you on Steemit! It's the opposite for me, I'm trying to get my adult kids (ages 19-24) on Steemit (and less on FB), because I find the community and the content so creative, diverse and inspiring!

I agree and ty hope you success with that it is such a wonderful platform

Welcome..
Vote and follow you..
Don't forget follback @sofyanharis :)

Welcome to Steemit!! :)

Welcome to steemit :)) You will love this community! Alla x

Welcome To Steemit. Following you for more posts!

Welcome to Steemit! It's lovely to see that you have such a close-knit family. Family is the most important thing in the world, so it's always fantastic to see when people have that. It's great that you had such a supportive husband throughout your marriage. It's great to be able to enjoy your life and your family! What are some of your favorite things to do?

Great post!

Thank you now I am hungry for your burger

You inspire me. Thanks for sharing your story. :)

So glad somebody feel inspired and thank you :)

Pleased to meet your acquaintance @bigbear! I'm fairly new here myself but just haven't got round to posting my own introduction yet! You and your family sound lovely! Looking forward to read more from you! Upvoted, followed and resteemed!