Can't believe its been a year since I've posted!

I finally figured out which email address and password I used to create this blog and when it finally came up and I saw that it has been almost a year since I have posted, I couldn't believe how the time as passed.

A lot has happened over the year. My oldest daughter is in the last year of her college experience and will graduate in December with her Bachelor's being an Intervention Specialist. There will be many children who do not even know how much she will affect them. She is the most perfect person for this job.

My middle daughter graduated in December with her Bachelor of Fine Art in Visual Communication and Design and started her Master's program in January in the same field. She is also working at a student-run ad firm and doing an individual investigation with an urban design collaboration firm in Northern Ohio.

My youngest daughter is a sophomore in college studying Audio Production but is making the move this fall to study Culinary Arts and Pastry. This has been her love and has decided to make it a career. I am so proud of all of them and look forward to see how their futures unfold.

My husband and I have put our dreams of moving on hold for a little while due to the housing market fiasco. We have wanted to sell our large house in a development to move to a smaller house with some land so I can enjoy the country life again. I am really interested in the organic gardening practices, permaculture and sustainability. I am trying to do it on a small scale so as not be so overwhelmed but can't wait to try all the things that I have been reading. The icing on the cake would be to have a pond also.

We are in the process of starting a home-based business but it seems that no one wants to lend even a small amount of money due to the economy. The one company we spoke with needed us to have a salary of $100,000 to even consider lending us $18,000. If I made that much money, I wouldn't need the loan. We have enough interest in our product that we would have this loan paid back very quickly but with the economy it seems everyone is scared. I don't know what it will take for the economy to turn around.

Well enough for now. I hope not to be so long in writing.