Life update

December 15th 2016

I've got a day off due to my classes being cancelled because of a children's Christmas program. It's nice to just chill out around the house!

Things that have been going on lately:
My Uncle Louie passed away from a horrible lung disease and the funeral was yesterday. Mom and Bill came up and stayed with JoJo. We then hung out at Tim and Kris's house for wine snacks and soup. It was so nice.

The election: Well, having Donald Trump elected President has been the most hideous political catastrophe that I have ever seen in my lifetime. I have been extremely depressed and sick to my stomach and taking Xanax much more than normal. There is just so much I could say about the whole thing, but I just can't.

Xmas is coming up and Shannon and Laney and Kepler are coming home as are Hilary and the kids so that is really great! I decided that I can't do the whole 2 families here anymore so Lil is taking over this year in their big Victorian home. A big Load off my shoulders for sure. Next year since Shannon and Laney won't be coming up, I think I will just visit them in November and then go to Florida for Christmas. Maybe we could even get Hilary's family down there too.

The house is still in need of a lot of work but I still love living here in town! And the house!

I have not written in a long while. A lot has happened. My husband and I bought a house in the city and gutted it,  renovated and added an addition to it, so we've been busy! I was very lonely living in the country and wanted to move back into town for quite a few years. We finally moved in October. We still have a lot of work to do on this house but it is finally livable and we were able to have our family home for Christmas!

Another new thing is that I decided to stop coloring my entire head of hair. I had to go in for Touchups every month and wondered what that chemical was really doing to my scalp etc. I went to the Beauty Shop school and they did what they call, low lighting and high lighting so that my natural color growth won't be quite as noticeable. So far, I really like it. So Barbie is going natural (gray) haha!

The other thing is that Barbie is now 60! How did that happen? Life is going way too quickly. I'm afraid that I won't have time to do all of the traveling and other things that I wanted to do. I feel that I need to continue working until I am 65 and on Medicare. In the meantime since I am self employed, I have to pay for everything.

At least I am enjoying good health. Knock on wood!