It's been so long

Hi everybody,

I know…it has been such a long time since I’ve touched base. Life has been busy. It was stressful for a bit but all is good and everybody is happy and healthy! That is what’s truly important.

A lot has happened.

We bought a house - then we sold a house. First time having to sell a house. Not a fan. That’s all I’ll say on that matter. lol

I got super sick and had a cough that lasted a couple months or so. I ended up having to get meds and an inhaler but at least the cough went away, eventually. While I was still sick, my husband got covid. But he wasn’t really sick. He just felt like he had to clear his throat. He only took a test cause he works with the public and was feeling a little odd, a little off. Then a week or two later, covid hit where my son worked. They had a staff meeting which up to this point they had been doing online. About half a dozen employees or more got covid, including my son. He was sick for about a week maybe, but not too bad. We are all vaccinated so I guess that helped everybody not get too sick. Thank Goodness.

Yes, I tested myself for covid. Twice. Both negative. Weird, I know!

Little while later it was time to take our son to college! My baby. Can’t believe we are empty nesters! It’s unreal! Luckily things have been so busy with moving and with it being a different house now, it doesn’t feel totally weird to not have him around. The door to his room for when he visits is closed, so it kinda feels like he’s here. lol That’s what my mom said after I moved away. She would just close my bedroom door and it felt like I was home. lol

We’ll be picking our boy up Friday!!! This weekend is Thanksgiving, so he’ll be home for 3 nights and then we have to drive him back. I’m excited to see him and hear all about college. He seems to be loving it. He’s made lots of friends and is joining a band the last I heard! Hopefully he’s actually doing the school part as well. lol

The weekend following taking our son to college, we moved into our new home! A house near the lake! You can actually see the lake from the windows in our house. It is beautiful. Every time I look out our windows I feel so incredibly blessed.

Lake Erie, view from our backyard.

View from our back deck.

We also get to see all kinds of birds and animals in the backyard. It’s wonderful. We are loving it here. I will put together a video for YouTube one day (when my editing software is fixed) to show you some more and clips of the beautiful moments we have captured. In the meantime here’s a picture of some butterflies. I have never seen so many in one spot. This is just one section, there were so many. It was unbelievable.

Monarch Butterflies

So in the new house I am back in the basement. I have to admit, I’m not thrilled about it. I feel like I am going back to where I was years ago. BUT there are windows! There will be 3 in my art room!

We had a temporary space set up, but I wasn’t wanting to go down there and art. It just felt awful. I had no desire to create. My husband being the sweet, caring man he is said “We can’t have your happy place making you feel miserable”. So now we are doing our first renovation in the new house. Building my art room!

The subfloor has been put down. Even that made a huge difference. The concrete was just so cold and unwelcoming. Last night he put up walls, so I am already beginning to envision the space! It’s getting pretty exciting!

Future Art Room!

I am thinking white walls to make it bright. Then on the one wall where it will be all desk, I’m thinking of painting a mural of some sort! eek! That makes me nervous, but so excited at the same time. I can’t wait to share the process with you. It’s going to be fun!!!

So that’s all. I just wanted to touch base and to let you know I am working on the October challenge. I already have the idea in my head, I just need to get the blog post together. I just wanted to touch base with you all first and let you know that I haven’t forgotten about you. As mentioned above, my editing software is not working so that’s the main reason there hasn’t been a video from me lately on YouTube. I actually did have 2 videos to edit and share with you using the new Dylusions products! It’s still there….waiting….It’s a little bit frustrating. Just a tad bit. Been a little quiet on Instagram as well since I haven’t really been creating. But hopefully it will all change soon and we’ll be back in full swing!

I can’t wait!!!

Talk soon!