Change is Good...

ultimately, I believe this. It's the fear of the unknown that is a little stressful.

Scott's company has closed it's manufacturing office here in California. 9/15 was the final day for the employees, including Scott (: We've know this for the past 60 days thanks to the WARN law put into place back in the late 80's.

What now????? Good question... Scott is going to try and pursue selling print jobs for other printers. He's been networking since being layed off. This is something he's wanted to do for a number of years now. This little "push" may be just what he needed. Just a little stressful going from a guaranteed paycheck to unknown commission.

We're counting our blessings, of which we have many. Esprit and Indy are two of them! This affects us all and they are fantastic about the changes we're having to make.

Reconnecting With a Dear Friend

I met Joanna 32 years ago while I was on vacation with my family at a dude ranch in Paso Robles. Out in the middle of NOWHERE! At 17 I wasn't too thrilled to even be on vacation with the family. I was pretty excited when we arrived and there was a youth group from San Jose there as well! Joanna and I hit if off right away. We remained pen pals (I'm dating myself here, this is when we actually wrote on paper to each other) and the next summer Joanna's youth group went to the same dude ranch. I was invited to join them and jumped at the opportunity. It was okay to be at the ranch now as my family wouldn't be there :)

Although we continued to be pen pals and visited each other a couple of times, we ultimately lost touch. Joanna finally managed to find me on Facebook 2 months ago. My excitement at her friend request I cannot express in words. Suffice to say there was much laughing and jumping up and down and complete disbelief. We spoke on the phone the next day. More laughter and jumping up and down... Fast forward (okay the time actually went very S L O W) to this past weekend when Joanna came to visit!!!!! It was WONDERFUL. Just as I had remembered.

Scott, Esprit and Indy were great with Joanna visiting. Esprit gave up her room and they all tolerated me and Joanna and I were giddy. Man, I REALLY need that. Thank you Joanna for finding me!!!!

Scott recovering nicely

It's been just over a week since Scott had his hernia surgery. This is the second surgery on the right side. Everything went as expected. Scott was back at work this past Tuesday. By the end of the day he's pretty tired, but refreshed after each nights sleep. Must not be too terribly bad, he's off playing poker tonight!