I finally replaced my old reliable brick with an iPhone. I like it even more than I thought I would, and have become a sucker for downloading apps. I love the “Hipstamatic,” which I took these photos with.
I’ve been enjoying hanging out at the pool at the health club with Sage, although lately it’s so hot I don’t even want to go there.
I took some pictures of the cats, and of my feet as well. This is Varmint. The gray kitty is Gordon, who turned out to be a girl.
Sage is totally growing up.
He wants to go back to school for the social aspect. I can’t blame him, because there is just no way we fit in with the people who homeschool for religious reasons. I’m happy I got to spend this time with Sage, though, and he should have better skills than he would have if he hadn’t received the one-on-one instruction that homeschool provided.
I’m busy coming to terms with the fact that we will likely live here for the rest of Greg’s career, if not our lives. His family’s manufacturing shop is here, and he really enjoys the work. We talked about it the other night, and he told me that he has no plans to leave. Meanwhile, I’ve been dealing with the reality of being at home way too much. While I have proven to myself that I can make enough money from home, I’ve been getting pretty lonely lately. So I’ve been looking at career options besides teaching. I just can’t see spending the next 20 years sitting at home and writing, you know? When Greg told me that he saw us staying here for a long time, I realized that changing careers means changing to something that is available here in this small town. Any continuing education–additional degrees, whatever–also needs to be available here. That is very limiting, but perhaps that’s a good thing. I can be very scattered, and this will help me focus. I’m considering nursing, but I need to research it a lot more before making any sort of decision.
Meanwhile, though, I’ve gotten an additional writing gig that pays more, and I’m making some things to sell here locally and put on Etsy. Pics of that later. 
Amazing photos! Being settled in a place isn’t a bad or good thing, especially if you are not allowing that to limit your growth or options. You are a nurturing person, so I can see you as a nurse. You actually would make a great counselor or social worker, but it would probably be depressing as heck.
I think it’s probably a good year for you and Sage both to take a break from the regular school system. Don’t know what the future will hold, but you are surrounded by people you love. You will figure it out.
Nooooo! Not you too! I’ve been needing a new phone for weeks now. Weeks!
Good luck with the jobbing. Someone somewhere has to want to pay you for being the creative and passionate person you are, you just have to find them!
So you are an iPhone addict now, huh?
And yes..love the Hipstamatic app. One of my favorites along with Camera+.