Has It Been That Long??

Good Grief! I can't believe I have hid away for nearly two years. I thought about just starting a new blog, but you know what? I like the name SewMurkot. I will stay here with this blog and just try to be a good poster from now on.

So what have I been doing? You wouldn't believe. I actually moved to the upper peninsula, and from that moment on my disillusionment began. I don't mind living alone at all, but somehow I was terribly depressed there. After nearly a year and a half, I decided to move. I moved to the Dallas area to live with my daughter. That didn't work out. I was there two months. Two long months. She was a doll. It just wasn't where I was supposed to be, I guess.

I left there and moved in with my sister and her husband in NW North Carolina. It's beautiful here. A very small town of 2,000. Of course it's larger than the UP city where I lived. But we won't count that.

Now it's time to move again. Mind you, I'm merely looking for where should I be? And why did the Lord allow me to trot around the country like this anyway? For what in the world purpose. Do you know how much a moving truck..a UHaul..costs from the UP to Dallas? $1400 one way. Yes I am serious.

So now I am looking at Houston long and hard. Was it so bad? I don't think it was. Of course now my funds are limited. I am on the high end for SS payments, but not for general living. And are you relieved to hear that the cost of living didn't even advance last year? I know this is true because the president said it. That's the reason SS isn't getting a Cost of Living increase this year.

I am still in a quandary of what to do. So all I can do right now is look.

IT'S SECOND PLACE FOR JOSH!

Josh went to Salt Lake City for the state battle of the bands yesterday. I was so hoping he would take first place, but he did win second. His band is so good, and he is this generation's Jimi Hendricks. Well, that from an impartial grandma...

His mom was supposed to call me last night but no call came, so when I woke up at 2A.M. and realized the call didn't come, I feared the worst. But this morning when I got up and checked my phone, there was a text message to tell me the news.

So dear readers, there you have it. Three wins! Yes!
Kathygirl

Josh Does It Again!!

Yes, Josh has done it again, not just once but twice. His band is competing in the Battle of the Bands. And he has won school and district levels. Now it's on to the State Level. We are all so proud and excited for him and his band! If you go look, Josh is lead guitar on the left.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glx25IHBr8w

hugs,
Kathygirl

Where's All That Money??

Since I'll be retiring in April, I have to wonder about money. I am being deluged with money making schemes into my email inbox. How can I make big bucks from Google? From eBay? Have any of you dear readers found out? If so, please post to me and I will add your post to a blog here on my site. With your permission of course. I want those big paydays.
Wondering here,
Kathygirl

Following My Heart

It's been a long while since my last post. I have been thinking about the blog but too lazy to post, I suppose. So here I am.

Where have I been? Well, let me tell you. Upper Michigan has been heavy on my heart the last five years, since my genealogy trip. I would consider it and then set it aside, only to revive it and again reject it. This past year, I made up my mind. I will move to Upper Michigan.

In October of '08, my best friend and I went up there to take a look at housing and to see what I could find. I did find a nice little cottage in Kincheloe that just took my fancy. And so yes, I'll be moving. My internal calender is set for April. Between now and then, I have to repair the damage from Hurricane Ike to my house here in Houston, then sell the house. Can I do this? I certainly hope so.

I have a small number of family members nearby in Kincheloe. The town is the size of a Houston subdivision. In fact, the subdivision I live in now is probably larger than the town. But it is so retro up there, so naive and innocent, that I can't turn away. No locking of doors or cars, no theft. People are very trusting of each other, and that is so new to me. It isn't the way of Houston.

And so this is where I will be retiring in April. No empty promises, but I will be posting here more often and hope to see comments from you.

Kathygirl