A new phase of Life: Retirement

July 29th, 2011 was my last day of officially working as a full-time employee.  ISA (Innovative Signal Analysis, Inc) has graciously given me an opportunity to work part-time on an as needed basis and thus I no longer have to go in to work regularly.

So your question is: what will I do next?

Well, for starter, I will just have to enjoy my free time for a little bit and be a vegetable, then there are travel plans that Jan and I have always wanted to do.  We also want to do some mission work and will begin looking at opportunities with our church's mission ministry. There are also work around the house that I haven't been able to do while I was still working full-time.  I think for the next two years we already have a rough idea of where we will be going, and what kind of house works to be done. After that we will be looking at our other thing in the ever changing bucket list.

Here's a summary of my work career:

June 1967: Arrived in the US at the age of 20, Gr Rapids,  MI
1967-1970: Attended Calvin College, Gr Rapids, MI, Pre-Engineering
1970-1972: Attended University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, BSEE
1972-1977: Lear Sigler, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
1977-1982: Magnavox Gov't Industrial and Elect. Co., Ft Wayne, IN
1982-1986: Raytheon Company, Sudbury, MA
1986-2002: E-Systems Inc/Raytheon Company, Garland, TX
2002-2011: Innovative Signal Analysis, Inc., Richardson, TX

That's it. from 1972 to 2011 is 39 years of continuous employment and I think I am ready for some R&R.

New grandkids

Since my last post, we've gained two more grandkids: Hunter Nordstrum and Micah Brooks.  Hunter is the daughter of Jonathan and Amanda, our youngest child.  Unfortunately Hunter was not able to come to the grandkids gathering. I'll add more info on her later. Micah is the new Alaskan addition to the Rozell family. He was born October 1 2010. As usual, Jan and I flew out to Fairbanks, AK to greet his arrival and renew our contacts with the other grandkids.