---I thought I would share that you may see me more often again. Another site I thought I might be more active on is not as friendly as it used to be when I joined it back in my early days of digi.
Also considering how HUGE my Ginger Scraps stash is, it only makes sense that I come and take part in the challenges here.
That is the best news ever! Not that your other site is not as friendly, but that you will be around more
I've been keeping busy and not a lot of time for chatting. I continue to be busy with CT duties, dog exercise/training/walking and keeping up with my desk work. My hubs gave a 3 month notice to retire from work. He decided to go a year early. He is tired of working and although we'll take a bit of a hit financially, I understand his need to do this. We'll manage, just have to tighten up the spending. Good news is that he will then have the time to start purging and getting the house ready, in preparation for selling. We've been compiling stuff for almost 25 yrs in this house so there will be a lot of visits to charity drop off and the garbage dump. The plan will be to get it on the market by next winter or the following early spring. Then we can downsize, pay off all debts, not have a mortgage and do some traveling.
The rain is coming this afternoon so I'll get out soon to the dog park for a few hours and then home to get some scrapping done and watch some shows this afternoon. I want to make some muffins and homemade caesar dressing, for lunch/dinners over the next week. I also want to plan out a few crockpot meals to make for hubs. Tomorrow I'll spend some time with Bailey and hope to get a few new pics of her, we haven't done our little photo shoots together for awhile. So that's my wkend.
Hope all is well and BFN.
I was never sorry that I made the decision to retire a little earlier than I had planned. I could have had quite a bit more money per month if I had stayed a few more years, but I just couldn't do it. I needed to be done and enjoy my life. I am so glad I made that decision - Every! Single! Day!! We purged and moved a few years before I retired and it left us in a far better place financially. We sold our house and bought a small place outright in a retirement community. Life here has been great.
We had a huge thunderstorm last night. It was totally unexpected. We hardly ever have summer rain where we live, much less a thunderstorm. I miss the rain! We are looking forward to seeing the pics of Bailey.
Lynnie, I'm so sorry for your loss. Grief can be very confusing. I hope you find comfort.
Hi Anne-Marie!! Good to see you here. I enjoyed doing the challenges last month--I hope you find them fun! Plus we have the Birthday Fun & Games this week.
Hey Rae, I'm glad you're able to swing an early retirement with your husband. Traveling sounds like so much fun! What places are on your bucket list?
It's been a busy week for me. Opening my shop here has been very exciting! I hope to participate in some of the Birthday activities this weekend and wrap up next week's releases.
I did not realize you were a designer, too! How fun to see your products in the store. I hope they do well and you make a home here.
Oh Lynnie, so sorry about your friend. That's awful.
I have never heard of P.O.D. either but I listen to audiobooks in the car. What happened to the drummer; did Karen say? I hope Jon's pay increases with the added responsibility.
Anne-Marie; glad you have decided to spend time here! I hope you get time to look through the Birthday celebration challenges!
I am still learning my way around. Some days I can't find my way back to this thread, lol. But I'll just keep making turns down this and that corridor until I have the map in my head!
I just bookmarked everything and eventually found my way around. I am good now.
I am so happy to see your stuff in the store here
to have a DSP designer here is my ultimate dream. I have such a stash of your stuff, too.
The drummer had some health issues, I think. I don't know about the pay, but he is living his dream and I don't think he cares. He is an awesome guy and was a huge fan of P.O.D. when he was a youngster. He said that if he could pick the band he wanted to tour with, it would have been P.O.D. To drum with them full-time on stage to filled stadiums of 15,000 people is like us being asked to sing with the Troggs
Not that I have ever dreamed of that, or that they would ever want me after they heard me sing haha!
Lynnie, I am sorry for the loss of your friend. I hope the pain you are experiencing eases for you. Us women are very emotional and you never know how our emotions will take us in these sorts of events.
This one struck me very hard. I was planning her 60th birthday celebration one day and her memorial two days later. I can't believe it. It still feels like a bad dream. Then my ex sister-in law died two days ago. Her sister, Nano, had died less than a year ago of COVID. Kanani died of cancer. They were both in my first wedding, to their brother. We kept in touch, but not very closely. They took part of my life with them.
Lots to do.
