10/19/24
In the past year and a
half, I had a second surgery, (doing well, no worries), hired an organizer,
Amy, (she’s great, I call her my task master), worked on the issues with the
blog, helped my wonderful husband with his projects and doctor visits, and nagged
him to be my obedient servant. Didn’t
work. Try as I might to be boss, he’s
not buying it. (Yes, that is a
joke. The rule in this house, is we
decide who’s boss before the project.
This works very well as we both have our strengths.). We are both boss
types as well.
This might come as shock,
but this time away has made me realize I am aging. It kind of sneaks when you least expect
it. I went through a process of
deciding, with Amy pushing me on, what I really wanted to do. I see my avocation as a designer, artist,
miniaturist, seamstress, writer, teacher, and vocationally as a wife and
homemaker. (I have also done that a lot longer!) There
was a lot of retrospection and conversation that went into the process. Many decisions were made. I am loving my new focus and lifestyle. We’ll chat more about that coming up in new
posts.
My old computer, which
isn’t very old by the by, decided it didn’t want to work anymore. It does still work but it is picky about
it. Like having a child. My husband got me a new computer. It is a tablet/PC and does the job. I like the PC, but I am constantly noticing I
cannot work as I did before. I need
something else. My little laptop is
supposed to be easier, friendlier, BUT, it does not have any of the “old” ports
on it. I had to buy a HUB to plug in my current peripheral’s into so I could
use them. I am so tired of chasing
technology! What I do like is that the
computer people are getting together on all these proprietary plugs, so we have
a method to use chargers the same. That
is most excellent, but in the meantime, nothing is the same. We grow, we adapt. I grumble (a lot). So I use two computers now, the old one where
I can work faster at things I know, and the new one for emails, blog posts, and
learning how to do things in a new way.
I have not wasted my
time being absent. Ultimately, I got
here, ready to share more on the blog with you.
I had to relearn many things and catch up with changes on the
computer. (Grumble, grumble). I am
almost a minimalist. Not quite there,
but I am an “in the middlest” for sure!
My term, I made it up, I should trademark it.
The new start date was
to be on October 1, 2024. So, you can
see I am late. The truth of the matter
is a tree, (2 of them) fell on our house during Helene. It was frightening, and messy. The roof was pierced, the ceiling upstairs
also with holes, the rain pouring in.
Glass broken; windows shattered.
What a wallop. My house is a
house that looks like a two story on the front and a 4 story in the back. (It’s two stories) Two 80 foot trees decided
they couldn’t handle it anymore and gave up. Silver linings are that we did get power back
in three days, did lose all the food, stores are getting restocked. Our systems can be awe inspiring, and we are
resilient people. The trees got removed,
there is a tarp on the roof, holes in the house plugged for now. We are waiting for our turn to have the
adjustor/contractor come to estimate the damage. Those estimates will be forwarded to
insurance company. We will wait. The insurance
company will say what they approved and write a check. And then we wait. The company and we decide how much we want to
fix and any added items that come up.
And we will wait. Once all the
work is agreed upon, we will wait for out turn in line for the contractor to
make repairs. This is going to take a
while. In the meantime, we are safe,
have power, have food, friends, and we know we are very lucky. We count our blessings every day.
Oh, another silver lining, our view to the lake is so much better now.
Pray for those in
need, and if you can afford to give, please do.
East TN and VA and FL need you ever so much.
I hope to have another
post soon. It will be about projects and
what has been completed. Thank you to
all of you who have enjoyed these posts.
And to those who have reached out and checked on me. You are kind, thoughtful, and
appreciated.
Until the next post,
as always,
Have Fun!
Kathi
