May 1, 2016
Never A Dull Moment
Life has been a bit crazy for me lately. My mom passed away March 7th, then my step dad, my mom’s husband of nearly 39 years passed away 26 days later. My eldest daughter is graduating from college in a few days, so she is moving in with me for a while, till she can get on her feet. She needs to get a local job she can walk or ride a bike to, so she can save up for a car, then she can start searching for a job that will put her mathematics degree to work for her. Luckily her younger sister that lives with me while attending college at EMU, is working up north and staying with her Aunt and Uncle for the summer. I’m running out of room in my house. Their father is not very responsible and lives with a friend, so the kids can’t ever stay at his house. The ones that are still in high school have not even been able to have weekend visits with him since I took over custody.
On the brighter side, I’ve been able to pick up some hours working for the audio visual company I’ve worked on and off for for the last 5 years, so it’s a big help. My pain index has increased quite a bit over the last few months, so I’m having some injections next week to see if it helps with the spasms and new pains in my neck and left arm. I opened an Etsy shop, but get more favorites than I do sales. I will wed out the items that won’t sell quickly and have a big sale after I have a yard sale in June. I’m thinking I’ll just stick with unusual items such as my hanging fish bowl and other things you can’t find in stores. Lamps and lighting is not a good product to offer. People don’t really care what that stuff looks like very much, they just want it to light a room. Maybe around Christmas the color changing lights will be more popular.
I have not had much free time to post to the site. Taking care of my kids and making sure they have what they need is on the top of my list, so unfortunately Notions and Needs is at the bottom of the list, but it is still on the list, so I’ll post when I can and create drafts I can tweak another time when I have the time. Life is just a bit too hectic for me right now. My house is full of boxes and I find it unsettling to be this disorganized. I like things neat or I get frustrated. I’ve gotten better, but at times, I’d like to just run away from home for a while. I know it will get better, so I keep telling myself to relax, it’s only a temporary situation, it will get better….some day.