A Little About Me!!

Hi All!!! 

I’ve been meaning to create a diary here for the longest time but it was just one of those things that I "meant to do" but never got around to until now.  About 5 yrs ago I simplified my life drastically and have never been happier.  I don’t have a lot of "stuff" and what I do have is not the latest and greatest, but is certainly serviceable. I wasted the first 2/3rds of my life pursuing the "American Dream" of a car, home and a lifestyle that was never good enough….as soon as one was paid for (and sometimes even before it was paid for) I was off looking for the newest style of whatever in a failed attempt to find "happiness" . My only brother died suddenly at the age of 35 of an aortic aneurism and I realized that he never got to enjoy life….it was work, work, work for the goal of retirement and retirement, for him, never came.  So after about a year or so of thinking it through I was forced due to a buy out of the company I was with, to make a decision about where I really wanted to be. I decided that I wanted to enjoy every day and not be working to acquire "things" but to work for what I "need.  I sold what I didn’t need and got out of debt.  I now drive an older car that is paid for and live in a mobile home that too is paid for.  My monthly expenses are less than a thousand dollars a month and I earn my money by selling Avon which has very flexible hours and I also buy collectibles for resale on Ebay.  I have a little nest egg set back in case of an emergency and I can now do what I want to…when I want to.  If there is a lunar eclipse or a meteor shower that occurs at 3am I can stay up to watch it and sleep til 1pm the next day if I want!!  I can go to my local parks and sit by the river and watch the sun rise and not worry about being late for work because I took the time to do it!!  I love where I am now, emotionally and physically I feel pretty good….I quit smoking 2 yrs ago and put on about 20 lbs and I wasn’t a skinny Minnie to begin with!!!  So, I really need to lose some extra padding, but other than that I’m in good physical shape.  Had a complete check up last year and am perfectly healthy from head-to-toe and everywhere in between!!  So that is what I am focusing on right now….getting thinner and in better shape before the weight does cause some health issues.  Let’s see what else to talk about………………hmmmmmmmmmmmm……well I have a gorgeous daughter (Deann) who has blessed me with 3 adorable grandchildren….a girl Nevaeh who is 11 mostly lives with me….her mom was young (16) when she was born and they both lived with me until Nevaeh was 3….so she and I are very close.  Deann began a relationship with another man and had 2 boys…..Gunther who is 6 and Sage who just turned 3. The father of the boys got involved with drugs and he walked out when Dee was pregnant with Sage.  He has now gotten his life straightened out but it was too late for their relationship to survive.  He is now remarried and Dee and Chauncy and his new wife Kimberly share custody of the boys.  Deann and the kids live only a block away from me so its easy to come and visit Grandma!!  I have a few(!!!) pets…lets see there is Nugget a large yellow tomcat with huge golden eyes, Socks a sleek black female with white feet and whiskers, Callie a dainty calico, and Smoke….a enormous tom with grey fur that looks like velour!! He’s so named not only for his smoky grey fur but after the greatest Nascar driver of all time!!!  LOL Now all you Jr. and Johnson and Gordon fans….don’t give me a hard time….I have to root for the closest thing I have to a hometown boy don’t I ?!?!?    I also have a dachshund named Otis Lee or Odie for short, a guinea pig named Porky…a jumping mouse named Mr. Mousie Friend and an aquarium full of fish. Whew….it sounds like I am an animal hoarder but if it wasn’t for the grandkids I would only have a couple of them…and I also can’t say no to a pitiful stray that is hungry but that’s okay…I enjoy my pets. Okay…well that’s enough for now….I suppose. So until the next time… God Bless!