I saw a "haven't heard from you, hope you are doing fine" message from an online friend, and decided that it is time to update, since I hadn't blogged since November!
Gee, time really zoomed passed me.

 

I am doing well, as well as I can be.  I am still enjoying my job as a speech-language pathologist and will be get my CCC soon.  Yay!  Besides work, I am busy helping my boyfriend with his business. I answer the telephone, and do a bunch of marketing material. Business is hard these days - small businesses are suffering and I doubt the situation will get any better.  Right now, we are able to provide jobs to some 15 or so local folks in small town Arkansas.  But, without tax breaks, higher taxes, and the impending health-care plan that the president is proposing, we are worried.  It has been a learning process, especially learning about the great "system."  We realized that government is taxing more than an individual worker knows.  We would love to pay those guys working for us more - many have families with little kids and would probably appreciate more in their pay checks.  But, there are a lot of hidden taxes employers have to pay, and employees usually don't know about what all go behind the scene.  We would love to hire a few more workers, but we can't afford it.  It is no wonder why jobs are going overseas. 

 

Other than that, my life in small town Arkansas consist of picking tomatoes, squash, and peppers from the garden. We have too much of that and I am running out of ideas what to do with those vegetables.  I am still cooking, even though not as frequently as I would like.  It also feels like I have a lot of responsibilities added to my load this year.  I thought I was an adult, but now, I am really one! :)

 

I also saw new babies in the familiy, saw friends getting married, getting divorced, and am dealing with some deaths in the family too.  The daily life goes on.  No one is stopping, time is not going to stop while you celebrate, cry or mourn.  That's just life. 

 

In a few days I will be off on a vacation. Maybe I will come back recharged. :)