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whyknotmamaIn July, we had a house fire. It claimed the lives of our pets and destroyed nearly all of our possessions. After more than 2 months, many phone calls, crying jags, laughs, and memories, and we're still not started on rebuilding the inside of the house. The structure was deemed "sound," mostly because the fire department didn't have to cut any holes in the roof. We've been getting a lot of practice at waiting, and many lessons in patience. Hopefully, construction will start by the first of November, and then the wait while they rebuild the interior of our home. There's really not much left inside now after gutting it. It'll be interesting to see it come together. We're hoping to be back home sometime between March and May, 2013. We're doing pretty well, but miss being home.
In the interim, I've been keeping busy with work, carting everyone everywhere, as well as spinning, knitting, and writing songs. I now have a weekly gig set up at Oryana Food Co-op and am playing pretty regularly at Horizon Books. I'm working on getting a new demo CD together and trying to set up a few more gigs. I'm excited to be doing more things using my "artistic side" and am really feeling good about the new songs that have grown out of all this upheaval.
So, I guess you really CAN'T keep me down. I bounce too much. I had my thirtieth birthday last week, which was so much fun complete with a "big girl" slumber party. I did not act my age. I am proud of this fact. I don't ever intend to grow up ALL the way...I like me too much.
So, back to life and everything that brings. Maybe, one of these days, I actually WILL get those English muffins done...
In the interim, I've been keeping busy with work, carting everyone everywhere, as well as spinning, knitting, and writing songs. I now have a weekly gig set up at Oryana Food Co-op and am playing pretty regularly at Horizon Books. I'm working on getting a new demo CD together and trying to set up a few more gigs. I'm excited to be doing more things using my "artistic side" and am really feeling good about the new songs that have grown out of all this upheaval.
So, I guess you really CAN'T keep me down. I bounce too much. I had my thirtieth birthday last week, which was so much fun complete with a "big girl" slumber party. I did not act my age. I am proud of this fact. I don't ever intend to grow up ALL the way...I like me too much.
So, back to life and everything that brings. Maybe, one of these days, I actually WILL get those English muffins done...