So here it is...my very first post!

I decided to start a somewhat professional blog as I know that I will have some interesting (or not) stories to tell.

A bit about myself...I am a recent transplant to Florida, having been born and raised in Staten Island all my life. I worked for 16 years at a newspaper there and then up and started my own custom picture framing business in 2004 which I shuttered in December of 2010. My husband and I moved here to Florida after visiting with my snowbird parents. I left with not much more than an overnight bag and decided I would not return to NYC to live again.

What can I say? I am a sucker for palm trees and warm weather.

I'm also a sucker for adventure.

I realized we had to find a place to live, so I got a job at a collection agency (let me tell you, you have not *lived* until you have worked as a bill collector! ) where I was spoken to by debtors in a vernacular I didn't even *think* in, much less speak in.

While I was collecting bills, my husband headed back to New York and completed the incidentals...the house, etc.

Which leads me to here. I'm back where I started, as a multi-media sales account executive for a local daily newspaper.

And that's where I'll leave off.

A little history goes a long way...

Until next time!