Really...last post in March! Sometimes I wonder why I even try to blog. I am really bad at this...going months without a post. Yet I love the idea of blogging...keeping a record of eventful things in my life.
So much has happened in the past 8 months.
- Our youngest son graduated from college in May, moved out in July. He doesn't have a job and has been struggling to find one. But he moved in with his fiance who has a really good job and is supplementing his income with tutoring and using his savings. But he is happy and healthy and working really hard to find a job. He starts substitute teaching next week - even though education was not his field. His area has a guest teacher program and anyone with a college degree can go through a program to become a guest teacher and sub. He is really excited and now talking about going back to school to get his teaching certification as he has been told there is a desperate shortage or math and science teachers out there.
- We found out in June (on Father's Day actually) that we are going to be grandparents! They were barely pregnant at the time but couldn't wait to tell us. We are so very excited! Baby is due in February and they are not planning on finding out the gender. DIL is doing fine and now has a round little belly and looking adorable!
- We took a vacation to the Finger Lakes area of NY - specifically Seneca Lake and a lovely B&B called Magnolia Place. We had a wonderful time exploring the wineries and breweries in that area and did a little hiking as well. Here is a picture along a gorge in Watkins Glen State Park which we explored.
We loved the B&B and would recommend it to anyone visiting the area. The accomodations were comfortable and the breakfasts phenomenal!
- Work has been kicking my butt - as usual. Hours are long and it has been stressful and I need to figure out a way to handle this better. More on that in another post.
- September found us taking a long weekend trip to Burlington VT for a family wedding. We stayed at a wonderful resort where the wedding was taking place - The Inn at Essex- which was lovely. It is also a culinary resort - they offer packages away to go and take cooking classes - and the food was fabulous! Even my typically snoopy husband stepped outside his comfort zone and tried - and loved - new dishes. We travelled up to the area a few days early and explored. We unfortunately saw the devastation of flooding in VT. So very sad. But had a wonderful time with family, visiting wineries and breweries and enjoying cider donuts!
- And speaking of flooding - September saw unusual weather in our area - including an earthquake and a tropical storm that left 15 inches of rain to our area in 24 hours. Our small town is still recovering from the flood damage as is our whole area. While we do not live near a river or creek we did have a large amount of water in our basement from rain sewer water backing up through basement drainage in our neighborhood. We spent a sleepless 48 hours in the basement pumping water with two sump pumps and two emergency pumps trying to keep ahead of the water pouring into our basement. But we survived - despite 3 days without power or phones.
- The latest unusual weather happened this past weekend when we received 6+" of heavy snow - in October! Our area again had major power outages because of downed trees from the heavy snow combined with leaves still on the trees. October snow sure played a trick on trick or treat! But our power is restored and life goes on!
But life is good. My goal is to keep up with my life on this blog - if only for me!
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