Blogging again

 

It has made me happy to return to blogging about all kinds of stuff.  I guess I could say it is good therapy to keep busy doing something I love on my path to getting "normal" again.  My blogs are listed on the right side of this blog.  Some of them are still closed for now.

My life has reached the point where the heavy grief of losing The Captain and Kiki is a passing phase of grieving.  Instead of crying all the time, I am thinking of all the happy memories that are bringing a smile to my face.  The grief now feels lighter even though it will never go away, manifesting itself into different phases.  I know the coming holidays will be rough again.

The road to online selling has been on my mind and so has the desire to make jewelry and be creative.  A huge part of my life has been creating stuff and I miss that so much. 

As in the past, I will be listing my latest and updated blog posts on this blog.  Here they are for November:

Gina's Italian Kitchen

Pepperoni Pizza Rolls

Turtle Brownies

Crab au Gratin Pizza

Shrimp Creole

Mexican Sweet Corn Cake

Picadillo

Pimento Cheese

Chicken Alfredo Baked Ziti

Stuffed Pizza Bread

Fabulous Frugalista

Avoid Christmas Debt When Cash Is Tight

The Frugal Mindset

Replacing Your Washer or Dryer

Thoughts From A Frugalista

So Many Life Changes

My life has changed in so many ways since the passing of my husband, The Captain, two years ago and having to put my sweet little fur baby Kiki to sleep last year.

It has taken me over two years to regain the desire to do anything I normally did in the past.  I still don't leave the house and I totally quit selling anything or making jewelry.  The only thing I have done is post to my blog, Peace, Love, and Happiness since writing is good therapy for me.  Grief just consumes me and refuses to let go.  It was still a struggle to get through a day without dealing with the grief of my first husband, how I'm dealing with the second.  I'm done!

I've recently started posting to several blogs regularly and will continue to add my other blogs that still remain closed.  The active ones are Peace, Love, and Happiness, Gina's Italian Kitchen, Fabulous Frugalista, Subtropical Garden and soon will continue at LaBelladiva.

While I still plan on reopening stores on eBay and Etsy, I haven't started working on them.  It may take me a while.

Parts of my house remain messed up from Hurricane Irma.  There just hasn't been enough money to finish.  The financial setbacks from The Captain's passing is substantial, but I am doing ok now after making many changes. I have dealt with so much bad stuff that it really doesn't phase me anymore.  I'm just now getting to the point to where I care about anything.

So, I am on my way back to whatever normal is, but will not definitely not replace Kiki and no more love in my life or husbands.  I will be content by myself and it is thankfully starting to happen.

Your prayers are appreciated!