When we decided to move back to South Dakota after the 30 years of making Navy moves, I was thinking life would slow down and at least the evenings would be spent doing hand sewing, reading, rocking in our porch rockers and just hanging with the hubby. We have been here for 6 months and I cannot say that this has been the case. However, I am enjoying all of it and just wishing for 10 to 100 hours more in each day so that I can continue to do all these things that I am loving.
May - moved into the house - tentatively moved things into the studio for quilting - started the process of getting Dad moved out of his place in Rapid City, SD --- went to work setting up our woodworking business space -- did business paperwork
June - most of this was spent getting Kevin's dad moved out of his house in Rapid City, SD and moved into our house in Sioux Falls --- lots of work setting up our wood shop and my studio - lost ad important part of my longarm frame along the way
July - continued to get settled - tried to find lost part of frame - made a number of quilt tops hoping to be able to quilt them in the near future - tried to figure out how to fit everything into this smaller home
August - organized, organized, and organized some more -- bought a new frame - quilted and bound some quilts - carved a bit - sanded some - did business paperwork
September - started full time classes at Southeast Tech in entrepreneurship and marketing design - sanded, routed, painted and cleaned up the wood space - studied and studied and studied and studied some more - lived through the bathroom repairs and new shower install
October - sanded and sanded and routed and routed, and painted, and cleaned the wood shop ----- STUDIED!!! - did first craft fair and got ready for second one ---STUDIED --- wrote papers ---- attended the Navy Ball in Sioux Falls -- STUDIED - quilted two cousin quilts and worked on the bindings - started the garage transformation
November - did two more craft/quilt shows - STUDIED AND STUDIED AND STUDIED - sanded and sanded and shaped and shaped - finished the cousin bindings - cleaned the wood shop - wrote lots of papers - STUDIED AND STUDIED AND STUDIED SOME MORE - still living through the garage transformation - Had by left big toenail removed and got a staph infection - recovered from the staph infection - still hobbling around on my sore foot
Along with that I saw the grandkids and kids a couple of times, participated in two rummage sales, dusted and dusted, gained 10 pounds since we arrived and I stopped being careful about the number of calories =0{, spent some good times with Dan and Nancy, shared the sadness of the death of Dan's mom, prayed a lot for other sick friends and those that love them, bought fabric and even a pattern in the hopes of quilting and sewing for fun -- made a few new recipes - spent time with each and every one of my sisters and my brother - relearned where everything is located in SF, rearranged a number of rooms several times, and just plain loved this new life.
I am grateful for having the chance to experience this new lifestyle where we plan to live and breathe for the rest of our lives.
Does this sound like a Christmas letter in the offing????
Life is WONDERFUL!
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