A job search is never easy. Searching for a new job during a pandemic, well… let’s just say it puts a whole new spin on things. It wasn’t going to be easy, and I fully expected it was going to take some time. I had been doing a lot of online reading so I knew… Read More
Part two of My Next Adventure would lead my down the path of “What do I want to do with the rest of my life?” While I am still feeling pretty good, I really had the desire to retire right alongside my husband. However, the financial sense part of me was speaking loudly, and said… Read More
My next adventure began May 22, 2020. It was the last day that I worked for the company I grew to love over the last five years. At the time, I didn’t know I wouldn’t be going back. Many thought I would be returning, including myself. But the Covid-19 pandemic had other plans for me… Read More
My old friend has returned, and I have waited a long while for her to come back to me. I am jumping for joy! Who is she you ask? It’s my previous domain, Today’s Working Woman. She is here and I am happy to announce that she is all mine! Today’s Working Woman and I… Read More
July 31, 2020 was my last day of work for a wonderful small organization near where I live. I knew it would happen when the pandemic hit. It was only a matter of time. I lost my job, and as a result, my identity. Work was how I defined myself, but was I right with… Read More
Tomorrow, I will begin my fourth week of furlough, and I am finding moments of inspiration when I least expect it. Walking through the maze that seems to be my “new normal”, I recognize these moments every time I get distracted with something different I want to do. Instead of completing my original task at… Read More
In my garden, THERE IS A LARGE PLACE FOR SENTIMENT. MY GARDEN OF FLOWERS IS ALSO MY GARDEN OF thoughts and dreams. THE THOUGHTS GROW AS FREELY AS THE FLOWERS, AND THE DREAMS ARE AS BEAUTIFUL. – Abram L. Urban Gardening is very healing for the mind, body and soul. In this time of… Read More
After working for years, I am finally able to enjoy some down time. I am calling it my Pandemic Time Off. A chance to take a much needed vacation, albeit unpaid, but a recess nonetheless from the everyday norm that was my life. Here was my chance to finally embrace the changessa. Waiting for the… Read More
“Love With An Imperfect Bride”, I have to admit, was a little outside of my reading comfort zone. In an email about Ann Major, she is described as a “Bestselling Author of Short, Spicy, Contemporary Romances.” I would like to add one more word to that description – intrigue. I am not much for intrigue… Read More
Happy Mother’s Day 2019 Another year has come and gone. Where has the time gone? I feel like it was just Christmas. But alas, it is Mother’s Day again, and I made a big decision. I am done feeling sorry myself. What’s the point? Life is too short to feel sorry for oneself. In other… Read More
