She's A Person

This is my sweet granddaughter Joanie.  I love her very much.

I look at her and automatically get happy!  I find that I plan my life around knowing her.  I plan my days at work around playing with her.  I think about all the many sleep overs we will have with her and her cousins... the forts made of blankets that will no doubt surround my living room, and the amount of cookies we will make and then eat. The holidays we will share, the secrets we will enjoy and the silliness we will get into.  I think about her safety and base decisions on her well being.

To think that just 9 months ago she wasn't here, although she did exist... we did not know her.  And now, she is the center of our families universe.

New hope.
New love.
New understanding.

That's what babies are suppose to do to families.
She has touched the lives of so many in her life already.  And wraps us more tightly around her little fingers every day.  She may only be 8 months old, but she deserves respect, kindness, sensitivity, patience, understanding and love.
 
She's a person.  Not just a baby, and she will always be a prominent member of our family.

Our Forever Home

We are looking to move.....

Not to a far away place, although if I found a castle with a moat..... I would fly across the ocean for that location!  However, I did find a house here in Yukon with a pond right out the back door.  And when I say right out the back door... I meant back patio.... going fishing!  There is NO YARD!  It's a cool concept, and a beautiful view.  It looks like you are living on a lake... but when it rains it pours and when that happens... your house will be floating!  So no.  We are not buying that one.  We have been wanting some yard space.  We have found some acreages that we really like.  We can build a nice home and have some room to grow, and then when the time comes... you can bury us in the back yard! lol

I have several plans and an WONDERFUL real estate agent that has scoured the entire county side looking for a great place and she has talked to several architects about the house I want.  ( I have a DEFINITE KITCHEN PLAN IN MY HEAD)  and maybe one day soon (because we will put it on a 15 year note)... we can get this started.  We aren't getting any younger and I want my forever home to be functional for us now, our growing family, and us as senior citizens!

Squirrel!

Ya know.... I'm a busy woman..... But I never manage to get all my stuff done.... I blame it on my A.D.D, clearly!!!    Today I cleaned out my kitchen cabinets.  Was that my plan for today?   Nooooooo.  My plan for today was to catch up on some daycare paperwork.  My mistake was unloading the dishwasher and realizing how unorganized everything was.  

The BUCK STOPS with you

I just took a quiz that said:

"Most minimum wage jobs are meant to develop experience, not support a family."

As a business owner I agree.  I pay well above minimum wage to most and it's still not enough to support a family.  The cost of living is too high for one income regardless what people make....how do we change this? When does it stop being the employers issue on ' not paying enough'?

Know your spending limits.