My Retirement Journey

I will have more on today's Halloween.   Halloween is different now.  Kids don't come to the door.  The boys don't dress up but Kari does.  I stay away from candy now.  I will probably watch a Halloween movie.  However, the paranormal is normal to me.  

I am having a strong feeling that we all need to take care of ourselves for the coming month of November.  This is a bit more than the typical self care ideas.  This goes a little more deeper.  I guess due to all the crazy things going on in the world, we need to be on guard.  Not that we'll have the awful things coming to our neighborhood (yet), but that we have to know what's going on but not get submerged it the negative things.  This takes "following your heart".  Take it slower so you can hear your heart.  Follow your heart's advise.  If you feel like reading more, read.  If you feel like being creative then cook, decorate, whatever.  Sleep?  Then sleep more.  There's your homework.  I will be doing the same.

This is my friend Barb.  My first friend after moving to Seattle.  She became like a sister to me.  I was her Matron of Honor at her wedding, was there when her kids were born, and there when her husband died.

In 2010 my husband decided he wasn't meant to be married.  So 5 days after celebrating our anniversary, he decided to let me know this.  We had trouble but I honestly thought our troubles were so strange I ended up moving out and getting an apartment.  I discovered later there was more... I'll just say that he remarried within the year. Kari announced she was on drugs (which wasn't news) and she was going to get off.  I was helping with the boys and daily I didn't know if she would live or die.  I prayed a lot and tried my best to keep the boys safe. Getting off drugs, meth, was not easy.  It effected her mentally, physically, and spiritually.  Physically there was a lot of pain.  Mentally she was at the age of when she began drugs.  What a roller coaster ride.  But now it's 13 years later. Today, the boys are gtown and not scared.  Kari is the healthiest she's ever been.  She also got off cigarettes about 7 years ago.  I saw a lot, learned a lot, an

We have been thinking of a name for a business if I should ever sell items.  There has been Classy Creations, Whimsical Wire and Beads, Capricious Creations, and Danna's Designs.  

Last week is a blur.  I am not sure where it went.  My calendar showed a lot of business.  Brady got a booster, and I started learning how to make beaded spiders. On Saturday the 14th, I  saw in a shop in Enumclaw Halloween Spiders made from beads and wire.  They were selling for $18.  When I  got home and looked up on YouTube how to make them, I discovered they were from a Christmas Spider story, turned Halloween.  I spent all day Monday learning more by watching 3-5 tutorials and organizing my beads.  I had been making Halloween earrings and now I had a new project.  This week I have made 3 spiders when I had time.  This one is my second spider.  The third doesn't have a holiday theme.  I thought these spiders are a good way to use up old beads I've had for years.  At this point, I've made 8.  So that is what I was doing and not blogging.  I have had lots of fun making them. I am beginning to see myself as a crafter at an event selling my creations.  Right now

Pray for peace.  Pray for protection.  Pray for wisdom.  “Pray without ceasing.”  1 Thessalonians 5:17

It's that time of the year where magic is thing.  I think magic is actually all year.  It's seen everywhere.  But I have magic in a smile, a kind word, a thought and prayers.  There is beauty in the world especially in the fall.  There are fur babies that are here to give us love and comfort.  There are family and friends to share laughter with.  Music is magic.  Reading can take you to places without leaving your home.  At this time, when the world is upside down and there are doubts and fears, use your magic to rise up and feel better.