One of the biggest things to happen recently is that, my stepkids moved out. The youngest graduated high school and they both decided to move back to their Mom's in NJ. So, it's back down to just me, my husband and the girls, again. It hasn't been that way since the girls were 18 months old! (BTW--the girls just had their 6th birthday last month!)
So, while we miss Ryan and Dawn very much, we do have a bit more room to work with here... so, have been kind of overhauling the apartment ever since. We had toyed with the idea of moving and renting a house elsewhere, but finally decided to stay in our current apartment for one more year...
So, what are we doing with the extra room? Well, I think my Mom might actually be moving in :-p She needs a place, and we could use the extra help (both financially and, I'll admit, it is a bit of lifestyle change not having a couple of teenagers, i.e. built-in babysitters around :-p) She'll also be bringing her golden retriever so, it will indeed be a full house again, soon! But, using this time with it slightly emptied-out to finally get everything how I want it... so, that hopefully, I can FINALLY make some progress on other things (this blog included).
Financially, we are doing a bit better. My husband has still yet to find full-time employment, but he has been working part-time. It's actually the perfect job for him, and we think it has the potential to become a real career for him. He's been hosting live trivia events at different bars/restaurants and, if you know my husband, you'd know what a dream job that is for him :-p While it may seem to some, well, trivial, it's something that he's truly passionate about... and he's great at it!
As for me, I've been doing a bit of web design work. In addition to doing a site for my husband (I made him a site at SkinnyDave.com to advertise his trivia services), I also recently designed a site for a friend who has a new barbecue sauce company. And, I'm totally not being paid to say this (I was only paid for the design work :-p) but, this truly is THE best bbq sauce ever. Check out my work (and maybe even order a bottle or 3 :-p) at DoomersOnline.com (The site for my design business is at AutumnRainDesign.com
AND, this is certainly not everything, but just today, I joined a new page started by a couple of friends. I totally resisted doing so because, I definitely need to get organized here before I start taking on new projects... but, it's just a Facebook page :-p And, they totally assured me that I didn't have to worry about it being a job or anything... I would just post whenever I felt like it :-p So, I'd also like to give a shout out to this brand new page: Parents Page! (I'm one of 5 moderators... it's brand, brand new so, there aren't many other people on there, yet, but would love to help out with that, at least! :-D)
OK, definitely have more I could add, but I guess I'll end this for now... have kind of a busy weekend ahead of me, but I'm getting close to finishing this house, and then... well, maybe I'll actually be able to do, you know, other stuff! :-p
Cheerios! :-D
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