What does Aunt Judith do with her time?

Good question. You know, of course, that I garden and play with the dogs--frequently playing with the dogs while I garden which is really inefficient but the dogs love it. In addition, I actually have several "serious" activities that occupy lots of my retirement time.

First, last year at this time I was asked to be the secretary for my church's non-profit foundation. That means 6 meetings per year plus an annual congregational meeting, lots of minutes to transcribe, type, and distribute, and correspondence related to donations (received and gifted to agencies, organizations, and/or individuals). While it sounds rather ho-hum, I enjoy working with the President of the Foundation. He and I worked together years ago when he was President of the Church Council and I was Secretary of that group. Don't be misled into thinking that this makes me highly religious. I attend about as many church services as I do foundation meetings.

Second, I joined one of the local Lions Clubs after I retired and have been actively involved in that as Bulletin Editor, Website Manager, and member of the Board of Directors. The organizational structure for Lions is such that local clubs in a vicinity are linked together into Districts and Districts comprise the State Council. I mention this because last January at the District Convention I was elected to serve as one of four District Trustees to the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. The job became official as of July 1, 2007. In broad terms I serve as a liaison between the State Foundation and the local clubs. Specifically, it means that I attend 4 Foundation meetings as well as some committee meetings (my committees have yet to meet). I also have 9 local clubs that I must visit and present info on the Foundation. I made my first presentation to one of "my" clubs last week. Shades of being a college professor again--complete this handouts. This week I will be presenting on a different topic to the representatives of 18 different clubs, some of which are "my" clubs--again handouts and transparencies. I'm working my way up to a Power Point presentation which I have ready, but don't have a laptop to use for the presentation. Trustees are sort of "on-call" to contact/meet with their clubs whenever the Foundation has a need to disseminate relevant information.

All the stuff keeps me as busy as I want to be most of the time and busier than I would like to be sometimes.