Long lost hostess
So much has happened since my last post. I have spent some luxurious time off and have enjoyed the opportunity to recover and spend time with my girls. I have spent much time trying to find a new job and have finally begun training with StarTec - the outsourcing customer service for AT&T. The hours are horrendous. For 5 weeks we train from 3:30p to 12:00a, and drive the 80 mile round trip for the privilege. Fortunately, I am getting to carpool with a nice person and it has taken a lot of the pressure off.
Lyndsey has finished up her time in Jonesboro and has moved to Seattle for acupuncture training. Living with her friend Kara Richey and in her grandparent's old house and working for her Aunt Jerrie Walden has been quite an experience and she is ready to move on. I think she has essentially cut her ties with her father. She and Kelsey road tripped with grandpony Romeo all the way to Seattle in the Big Red truck. I am sure wishing her the best. She is getting to stay with friends from the get-go and is in a great area to be starting another life.
Kelsey is getting ready to attend Hendrix with her friends Ross and Yvon. I am having empty nest already. She will move in on August 19 and be starting her classes and new life. We are trying to spend the next little bit being normal and yet spending time with each other and with all the important people in her life. Chris and I may be the most traumatized.
I have started a new store since November - Happy Stitches - not making a profit yet, but still plugging along. It is challenging with the job situation, but not impossible. I am looking forward to the fall and finding some new and interesting crafting/sewing/quilting projects to do. The Block of the Week class went well and I would like to try something like that again. I had hoped we could get some bits of fabric incorporated, but so far that isn't happening.
The gardening is going slow due to the weather and the yard is getting ahead of me. Little brother's fruit trees have kept me busy with making jam/jelly. Plum and peach for giving away and storing for fall/winter. Smells good in my house!
We lost Rufus, Squirrel Tail and Artemius and probably another one I can't think of since last posts, Artie had a seizure and the rest were lost to Bobcat fever. Jessie is losing ground, but at 19+ years, she can't be expected to keep fighting forever. She still loves her tuna though. She will do her best to get to that tuna.
Till next post -
Lyndsey has finished up her time in Jonesboro and has moved to Seattle for acupuncture training. Living with her friend Kara Richey and in her grandparent's old house and working for her Aunt Jerrie Walden has been quite an experience and she is ready to move on. I think she has essentially cut her ties with her father. She and Kelsey road tripped with grandpony Romeo all the way to Seattle in the Big Red truck. I am sure wishing her the best. She is getting to stay with friends from the get-go and is in a great area to be starting another life.
Kelsey is getting ready to attend Hendrix with her friends Ross and Yvon. I am having empty nest already. She will move in on August 19 and be starting her classes and new life. We are trying to spend the next little bit being normal and yet spending time with each other and with all the important people in her life. Chris and I may be the most traumatized.
I have started a new store since November - Happy Stitches - not making a profit yet, but still plugging along. It is challenging with the job situation, but not impossible. I am looking forward to the fall and finding some new and interesting crafting/sewing/quilting projects to do. The Block of the Week class went well and I would like to try something like that again. I had hoped we could get some bits of fabric incorporated, but so far that isn't happening.
The gardening is going slow due to the weather and the yard is getting ahead of me. Little brother's fruit trees have kept me busy with making jam/jelly. Plum and peach for giving away and storing for fall/winter. Smells good in my house!
We lost Rufus, Squirrel Tail and Artemius and probably another one I can't think of since last posts, Artie had a seizure and the rest were lost to Bobcat fever. Jessie is losing ground, but at 19+ years, she can't be expected to keep fighting forever. She still loves her tuna though. She will do her best to get to that tuna.
Till next post -
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