My Bucket List, My Dream

Hello Everyone

I have decided to open up and reach out to share my path and my dream.


My Bucket List, My Dream.

All my life I have been a giver. All my life I have put others first.

Now it is my turn.

After years of working hard and putting in so many many long hours due to several failed marriages that have taken everything I built up and a career that I spent 36 years in I am hoping that somehow someone out there can help me to fullfill my dream, my bucket list.

Believe me I have done everything that I could to set myself up so that one day when I retired I had the money saved to enjoy my retirement. I did. I really did. Even after each obstruction where I had to start over I found myself in a position to put in long hard hours to re-build my savings. Sadly each time something else came up and I lost it all. The only gambling I ever did was in relationships, the wrong women. Back to starting over.

A few years ago (starting in 2004) everything fell into place. I was on top of the world, making big money, saving lots of it too. I was spending carefully instead of buying everything new I bought used when it would save me money. One day I had the opportunity to buy a very very nice refridgerator with all the bells and whistles, ice maker, water dispenser and more. At a great price too. And I had help getting it to my place. I had a beautiful top floor apt with amazing views. Everything seemed so perfect. Sadly I had an accident. We were taking the new fridge up the stairs to my new apt and just at one step from the top we lost it. I was at the bottom and I could not control it. I tried my best to out run it and get out of the way. At the bottom of the stairs it fell on my foot and separated my foot from my ankle. Unfortunately my ankle never healed right. As the years followed it continued to give me more and more trouble. I could barely walk at times and it would swell up and stiffen up so much, the pain was at times horrible. Each year I worked less and less until the last year before I finally retired I worked about a total of 3 months adding all my hours up. After my last job assignment my best friend talked me into moving back home. I barely had enough money to move my things up north with me and put it into storage. I even lost things that I hoped I did not have to because of issues with my Unemployment checks being held back and so I lost the things that I had to leave behind. My best friend and his family had me stay with them for several months while they talked to me about my future and what was the best thing for me. They helped me to understand that I needed to retire. I needed to accept that I could no longer work. While it was a very difficult decision as I had considered it two years before and actually filed the paperwork with Social Security I could not follow through with it. I wanted to work. I needed to save money for my retirement and I knew that it would not be long before I had no choice but to. I felt that I was not ready. BUT, it was time. I finally retired on Social Security Disability. I never had a chance to reach my dream.

So, I am hoping that someone out there reads this and can help me to live that dream of mine.

Everyday I log onto my computer the internet and search RV's wishing, dreaming, wondering what it would be like to travel to all those destination around the country that I have for so long wanted to visit. I even have saved in my FAVORITES RV's that I would buy if I had the money.

But, RV travel is not my only dream. There are many countries around the world that I would love to travel to. I was dearly hoping to enjoy crusies to many countries around the world. Some countries I was hoping to spend a month or so in.

And there is my photography, my one thing that has helped me to keep happy in the meantime. I would love to be in a place to buy so many new things for my photography that right now there is no way that I can afford. Two more cameras, several L lenses as mine is Canon. A very nice video camera. The list is pages long.  

I have a more detailed Bucket List and as time goes by I will add it.
Help me to live my dream, My Bucket List, My Dream.

Ruben