Fall Has Arrived

I just realized I have not written in a long time. This is probably because I have not taken the time to go somewhere and write. I find it easier to go somewhere else and write verses doing it at home. I get far too distracted by the things I should be getting done at home.

I have been in a rather domestic mood lately. I canned 25 jars of Salsa last weekend, yea! I spent a good portion of Monday cleaning my house. Deep down cleaning. There is still so much to clean to prepare for the upcoming winter months. I enjoy the extra cleaning in a strange sort of way. I just wish it would stay looking clean for longer than an hour. I guess having kids makes it a little more difficult.

I wanted to start working on some crafts for the shop in Pennsylvania http://www.willowtreeshop.net/ and realized I had some major cleaning to do in my garage before I could start! I worked most of the afternoon in there getting summer items put away and cleaning up stuff we should have put away the first time we used it. So now I should be able to go in there and work on my crafts. It is hard to focus on making snowmen and other Christmas items but I know I have to get them done soon.

I really was hoping to go to PA this fall. I have a few friends who are going to Lancaster, PA for an overnight trip and I so wish I could go. I do okay most days not fully missing my life in PA but there are days like today where I miss is greatly. I miss my friends, church, the shop and more. I think it is harder when I know of a possible opportunity to go and I cannot go for financial reasons. Money stinks! I am thankful for what I do have and realize I have more than many others in the world. I guess I just am a little homesick for PA.  However, it really does get harder and harder to visit there. It is hard to explain unless you have moved like that before. You want to go home when you visit...but you are not really home. It is strange...no other way to say it.

I am actually going to go to the garage and work now. I will write more soon. It is nice to be able to write things down sometimes. It helps put things into perspective.

Thanks for reading,

Steph