New adventures is the only perspective I can take on this branch of my journey. There have been some health changes, nothing overly serious…definite changes. Celiac is now a word that can be used to define my person, as well as an unknown allergen that causes hives and lip swelling (that was a scary experience)…EpiPen carrier, another phrase that is part of my life. In other news, the business that was my work home has closed.
A daily entry will now be part of my recreation of the new improved most wonderful ME. I am taking this time away from the daily demands of the retail world and focusing on me, finding what makes me happy, The activities that bring joy to my person, finding the spiritual path that my spirit seeks, finding harmony in my home.
I am actively pursuing a new career path, one that utilizes all or most of my educational knowledge as well as my many years of management skills with a focus on bookkeeping. That is where my true heart is , just the numbers, not the people. The management of things (inventory or accounts) that is where I am most happy; troubleshooting is also a treat, finding the solution to a problem is just a puzzle to me.
On the home front, the kitchen has been partially ripped out; the upper cabinets have been removed. The contents of the cabinets are in various tubs positioned throughout the ground floor; my new June oven is on the landing of the second floor. I vowed that the June oven would not be unboxed until the new kitchen is in place. The new kitchen will be designed by me, to be functional for me; including the height of the counter tops. Now mind you, I thought I would have an income and a means to pay for new appliances, slight change of plans…but maybe for the better. There is a mini fridge upstairs, that I bought when the fan went out in the GE fridge. That could be used as my fridge, and I have the deep freezer – that will be my work surface with my various cutting boards, silicone mats, etc.
I have yet to actually draw up the plans, or finish packing up the contents of the kitchen. I was on quite a roll, then a tropical storm / hurricane formed and was headed our way. I lost my rhythm of packing and sorting, which I need to get back on track.
I am the evacuation point for my son and his family of seven plus pets. This involves moving my personal items out of my bedroom into the second bedroom. Preparing my bedroom for the guests and their pets (two snake tanks, five cats of varying ages and a small terrier). My dresser tops become home to the snakes (near outlets / away from drafts), setting up the traditional litter box and wee wee pads, setting up toiletries for small children, infant and adults not on the curly girl hair method. One of their family members is an adult male, he gets his own space on the ground floor.
It takes a day to prep the house; then there is the menu plan, shop, food prep complete with back up meals for children and plenty of snacks. They stayed for 36 hours, my son had to report to work the day after the storm passed. It will take a few days to move everything back to its original place. Eventually, I want to set the second bedroom up in a fashion that would suit their needs and I can stop moving my world- first I need to finish my kitchen.
Todays goal will be to draw up the plans for the new kitchen and pack up the rest of the kitchen cabinets. A trip to the library to return some books and maybe a trip into the hardware store to see the options for hanging my pots and pans.
Snowmoon Adventures 