Into a new chapter

Sure been a busy year thus far and here we are only getting going! House repairs are continuing as I have new carpet coming in this week (the last bit of the damage from last years flooding) - it's meant a lot of furniture moving on my part but it will be SO nice to have it done as it will essentially complete that level of the house. I've started looking at real estate listings in the area we are targeting to move to just to get a feel for what is out there.

I got to dance again for a friend's church for New Years services which was grand fun, and now I'm signed up to dance at an event in April as well. I was once told that if you can just start dancing onstage it won't seem so fearsome and I think I'm getting there. It's still kind of nerve-wracking but at least I'm not legitimately terrified anymore.

I've just finished up my official time at my church, all I have left is handing off the library things to a lady taking it on (so weird to give up my rubber stamp with the church library info on it), singing up front one more time and throwing my peacock-themed 'farewell' party in a couple of weeks. I'm pulling out all the stops for the party, it's a ton of work but I'm loving it, wish I could invite my online ladies to come if y'all were just closer.

Slowly pushing out of the nest

My grown son is still living with me but thank heavens he's been working now, he got a job this fall wrangling grocery carts for a very busy Winco store and is now trying to make it to March for a solid six months of employment on his record so he can try to find something not so hard on his body (golly it's a hard job!) and maybe with a little better pay than minimum. He's adjusted to cooking his own food now that he got through the obligatory "Oh wow, I have money, I can buy ALL THE DOUGHNUTS AND SUGARED CEREAL that Mom wouldn't let me have growing up!" phase. There's still a lot of noodles and pizza involved, but it's a lot more like Real Food than it was.

I'm raising his rent every six months and he's gradually getting better at remembering to pay it on time. So grateful he's finding his feet a bit more, now if the darn rents around here wouldn't be shooting up so badly... hoping that maybe we can launch him into the world this year.