My husband and I always have projects going. This spring we have many. One of the projects I mentioned in previous posts was ripping up the flooring in the lower level of our home. We had berber carpeting that needed to be replaced due to pet damage. The project is about a month old, and…
Hobbies
Ten+ Years of Jewelry Making
Today, I made a decision to close my Etsy shop, Carol’s Jewelry Orchard. It’s been open for ten years! Ten Years! Wow! I seriously do not know where the time has gone. During the ten years of making affordable, handcrafted jewelry, I progressed as an artist. What started as a need to have something of…
New Skills in Retirement for Him and Her
My husband has been retired since December first. I find that friends and family are wondering what he has been up to and how we are doing with being around each other more than we used to be. The short answer is that things are fine. He is spending a great deal of time in…



