Dear Sisters,
After 16 years of being a professional domestic engineer, (homemaker) I’ve joined the outside work force once again and I am loving it! At first, I didn’t like the idea very much mostly because it marks the end of a very special chapter in my life. Our youngest turned 18 this year and suddenly this stay at home mom was out of a job. I’ll admit there have been more than a few tears during this transition, but the joy of seeing our young adult children finding their way in the world and meeting their adult responsibilities helps to ease the sadness I was feeling. I just bet some of my farmgirl pals can relate. While we don’t have an empty nest yet, they certainly don’t need mamma like they used to! Have you guessed what I’m doing for work yet? Come on in and see if you’re right! Also, be sure to stay with me till the bottom of this post. I’m announcing our winner of the Fluffy Layers Egg Collecting Apron Giveaway! Continue reading
Congratulations on the new job! I’m so glad your are enjoying every moment of it and learning many new things along the way. Your moss purses are super adorable. I would love one of those for my patio table. Also, congrats to Vivian for winning the super cute apron.
Hi Krista!
Thank so much and always nice to hear from you! xo Deb
Congratulations on your new position and also to Vivian! You will be fantastic at designing and working with all the plants and fun statues, pots, baskets, etc.
Thanks Kathy! Glad you stopped by to say hello ! xo Deb
Sounds like the perfect job for you!! That is if you want to call it a job??? How about playing with plants away from home and getting paid for it. Enjoy this new time of your journey!!
You fit in very nicely in your new job! If you are doing what you love, it doesn’t seem like work. I also started part time at a greenhouse. The first two weeks were transplanting the little seedlings into bigger pots. I have never transplanted so many plants. I must have done about 500 tomatoes and 1000 herbs! I am working for trade. I went in to see about bulk garden soil and ended up getting a job! I have to start my gardens all over since we bought our little homestead just last November so I “need” a lot of garden supplies. I will probably end up spending more than I make!
Oh, the danger of spending my entire paycheck, is REAL! It gets harder to control myself as the season progresses and more goodies come in to the nursery! Trying a new Floribunda Rose this year in a pretty coral peach color. I’ll keep ya posted! Enjoy your new job! xo Deb
That new job is just fabulous for you! I wish I was 54 again ( I’ll be 74) in July. I love your posts and your beautiful pictures. Don’t get too busy that you stop them. Have fun!
Hi Bonnie,
It does seem to be a good fit for me right now. I promise I won’t get too busy to write. You’re sweet. I’d miss everyone too much!
xo Deb
Congrats, Deb! I can so relate to all of this, as a year ago, at 55, I started a new part-time job at a health food store. I spent all of my 8 hour shifts standing, and looked immediately for supportive shoes. Also, I spend most of my paycheck at the store, lol. It was a triumph of working out of my comfort zone on many levels, and so healthy for me on many more. Just as your job is, following your passions and unleashing your creativity ! And it is good to be out in the world and meeting new people all the time 🙂
Thanks Laura! Congrats to you too. Good for you for getting out there and finding work that not only makes you feel better, but you get to help other people do the same. So many rewards in that.
Keep up the good work. 🙂
xo Deb
The photos you posted look “yummy” if you know what I mean. Some of them would make great faded background scrapbook pages! At least, to me they would. It is a pleasant feeling to be working at what you love doing and getting paid for it. I’m an origami instructor and back when I lived in Philadelphia I was paid to teach origami at a couple of assisted living facilities. I so looked forward to it. Besides the pay which was nice the older people there were so interesting. Many loved to reminisce and I enjoyed their stories. Some hesitated to try folding something and would rather just sit and watch BUT with encouragement and hands-on assistance they eventually sat back in their wheelchairs happy and proud holding their finished model in their arthritic hands. I’m happy for you that you are able to “work” at what you love. It is so satisfying, I know. Have a blessed day and thank you for all the lovely photos. May the garden center by overrun with — customers!
Deb, I am sooo excited about winning the apron. Thank you and Tara from Fluffy Layers for the surprise. And what a nice surprise since tomorrow is my big 60 birthday. My sweetie and I and our two 4 legged babies are on a trip rving across the country pretty much. We have been in 10 states in 6 days and I even met some of the “Sisters on the Fly girls” in Shreveport while at home visiting my grandbaby for his 2nd birthday. Cute Glampers they were. Now we are staying put for 4 nites in beautiful Minnesota, but it is a little cool here. Going touring some Amish farms tomorrow as I love their work ethics and how beautiful some of their crafts are. Thanks again and congrats on your new job, and yes you probably will NOT make it home with your paycheck. 🙂 Be Blessed. Neta
Good luck with your job. The flowers look so beautiful.Enjoy!
Marilyn
Congratulations Vivian!!! And to you too, Deb!!! I am the lucky one though, you there and my friend Lisa, here, are both super gardeners and you both are ’emptyish nesters’ and both are now working at garden centers — I am so happy for both of you and thanks for sharing your super pictures, my fingers are itching to get at the gardening but we received a foot of snow today – with a bit more to come, so I will be waiting till around Memorial Day to do most of my prettying up outside but thanks for the great ideas. God bless.
Congratulations on your newest job! I love the garden boxes that you designed the arrangements for! You are in your element. Enjoy this new chapter of your life.