Leaving the Asylum

::cricket chirp:: :: cricket chirp::

::tumble weed bounces by::

Man things have been dead here on our blog, for over a year, and let me tell you that was so not the plan. But as I’ve heard it said, “If you wanna make God laugh, just tell him your plan,” cause that’s what we did, and considering how life has changed, I’d say he had a good, long, side splitting guffaw about it.

So originally our family plan was to bring me out of the work force and into the home. We felt, with struggles our teenager was having and our hopes of having another child, my being at would be most beneficial for our family. It helped that I was in a job I detested and my husband was in a secure job, that was bringing in a sustainable amount of money. With me in the home full time, I could focus on our home, build our little craft business, start the blog, get our kiddo to all of her appointments and be there for supporting her and any other one that may be coming along.

When I started the blog officially we knew that things were changing in my in-laws’ household, but not yet that it would have a ripple affect into our household as well.

So, what has changed?

We now are moved into a, new to our little family, home. The home we had been living in was loved but rented. When the opportunity, to take over the almost 2 acre homestead that my in-laws had live in for over 30 years, presented itself, we jumped at it. This new home would provide expanded living space, provide us with actual space to craft and make for our business, give us better room to expand our family and allow us to begin working toward being a more self sustaining family with room to garden and store food.

I have gone back into the workforce full time, on a temporary basis, to help us achieve some of our new financial goals. This change is temporary, as our goal is still to have me be home full time working again on our non-financial goals, but its been very beneficial and I was lucky to land a job that I like better and has hours that almost match my teenager’s school hours.

Our little crafting business was put on the back burner, but kept simmering by our involvement in amazing consignment shops, our involvement at Oddmall events and our sheer determination. We have begun to move this up to the forefront again and are getting our business areas in the house set up to help make production and business running smoother and easier. (For more information about Oddmall or the consignment shops we are in see links below)

Neil still has his good job, that we appreciate, but is looking to find a new job that will allow him set hours to help with moving the business forward.

We almost had the blessing of expanding our family, but God needed to keep the one he started to send to us. (See Angel baby post for more information.)

We have sat down as a family and created our short term and long term goals, our budget,and outlined our dreams to help our future be in clear focus and create our map to success. (Keep watch for how we have done this to be discussed in future posts. )

The blog is back on my to do list and beginning to take shape.

So here goes…… life changes…and time marches on……

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http://www.oddmall.info/ – Oddmall information

https://www.facebook.com/livedreamcreate/ – Live, Dream, Create Shop in Barberton, Ohio

https://www.facebook.com/faescabinet  – Fae’s Cabinet in Fort Wayne, Indiana