About Irene

I will begin introducing myself by stating my passions, my background, the course that life has taken me through and the path that I believe God is taking me on for the remainder of my years in this life. My passion is to share information. I believe I missed my calling as an instructor, teacher and encourager. Sharing information is the one thing that I enjoy doing most and with anyone who will listen. Hopefully my website, blog, twitter, facebook, squidoo, etc. will give me lots of listeners and the
information will be second to none. The information, and the examples and resources section of my website will provide stock options information and examples.

Irene's Story

My name is Irene Jones, I am a 70 year old widow, mother of two children (a son and a daughter) and a grandmother of three (two granddaughters and one grandson).

I buried my husband November 17, 2004 and buried my mother February 27, 2009. My husband had lung cancer that was not discovered until a few months before he died. My mother suffered with dementia for 12 years. I took care of her at my home for the entire 12 years where it finally took her life.

Born in Enid, Mississippi, February 12, 1939. I had 4 siblings, three brothers and one sister, my family migrated to Detroit, Michigan in 1954, where I attended high school. My youngest brother was killed in a hit and run auto accident in 1977 and my only sister died in 2002.

My father left the home when I was fifteen years old. He remarried and has a second family of six children, two of which is deceased. He is 89 years old, lives in Detroit, Michigan with his third wife and is in fairly good health.

Right out of high school, marriage seemed to be the thing to do, but not so. I was married and divorced by the time I was 22 years old, with two beautiful children to show for it. I met my late husband and was married ten years later and we were together for 36 years.

Over the next many years I managed to get involved with many endeavors, some very lucrative while others were short lived and less productive.

During my high school years I worked part time for Saks 5th Ave and for eight additional years after graduation. While working for Saks 5th Ave I earned my beautician license and worked part time as a hairdresser for many years.

In 1964 the National Bank of Detroit hired me as a proof machine operator. This was before computers came along and replaced such positions. I attended keypunch school while working at the bank and was offered a positions as a keypunch operator where I worked for my remaining time there.

Chrysler Corporation Parts Division hired me in 1966 as a parts packer. I held many position within the corporation, including keypunch operator, warehouse supervisor, office supervisor, campaign coordinator and perpetual inventory coordinator.

During my 27 years at Chrysler Corporation I earned my bachelor of science degree from Oakland University, Rochester Michigan. In 1982 Chrysler transferred me to Southern California where I remained until my retirement in 1993.

My late husband had work for an Asphalt Seal Coating Company in Auburn Hills, Michigan for many years. When we moved to California, I convinced him to start his own Sealcoating Company. After all, the weather here was much more conducive to this type of work than the Michigan weather had been. The state of California is very licensed oriented, every profession requires a state license. Of course, my husband did not want to study and prepare for the contractor's license , therefore, it was up to me to take that step.

After much study I took the state exam and passed it, but found it to be the one of the most difficult ones that I had taken. Besides, the fact that the whole environment was very intimating, there were approximately 1500 candidates at the site, very few minorities and even less women. I also took bookkeeping and tax classes at the local college, H & R Block income tax classes and learned to do the bookkeeping and the taxes for our business.

After we closed our business in 1997, I taught computer classes: Word Processing, Quicken and Quickbooks for a local computer school. I owned and operated a bookkeeping and tax service for a short time until I discovered that I did not enjoy my work with either of them.

I became a California Notary Public in 1992 to assist other asphalt contractors with notarizing their contracts. I was able to use it quite frequently over the next few years as a loan signing agent until the real estate bubble bursted. Also during the real estate boom, I became a licensed real estate broker concentrating in brokering loans. This was very lucrative for a number of years until the real estate market took a dive.

In 2003 I decided to put my notary public and loan signing experience to better use. I became a Notary Public Education vendor for the State of California and opened my own school and taught the notary classes to newly commissioned notaries and those notaries renewing their commission. I gave up the school when my mother became extremely ill and I wanted her to have the care that I felt that only I could give her. 

I am an expert in California notary laws and currently serve as an on call (by telephone) instructor for notary schools servicing their newly commissioned notaries and also as an affiliate to their schools and I also offer California Notary Classes on line.   If you are interested in becoming a California notary public, please visit my notary public website at www.notaryproseminars.com

Over the past two and a half years I have been learning and trading stock options on the internet. My newest adventure, of course, this Christian Money Internet, the website, blog, twitter, squidoo and facebook.

One of my greatest desires has always been to do a television commercial. I have never pursued it but the desire still lingers. Who knows maybe some day the opportunity will present itself.

I am inviting every one to visit the other areas of  "Stock Options Basics" and also to visit my blog, facebook, follow me on twitter, and squidoo.

email: irene@stockoptionsbasics.com 
blog: stockoptionsbasicsblog.com
twitter: twitter.com/irenejones
facebook: facebook.com
squidoo: squidoo.com/ijon