tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post936263960382744729..comments2024-03-26T20:24:14.950-04:00Comments on Crazy as a Loom: Very interesting.Hilaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528439226293446420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-9303202274068556992009-08-15T01:05:40.068-04:002009-08-15T01:05:40.068-04:00I cannot believe that I am this far behind in read...I cannot believe that I am this far behind in reading posts. I really identify with your sentiments, though my "now" is different than yours. I'm trying to sort time into mine and into shared time. <br /><br />Today was the second Friday I spend with my DIL in scrapbooking. We have a tenuous relationship and reaching towards the middle, we have chosen her ten-year love of this medium.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432035940956042729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-62801768111045080892009-08-10T12:41:03.059-04:002009-08-10T12:41:03.059-04:00Wow, lots of good stuff here. I feel the same way ...Wow, lots of good stuff here. I feel the same way about being a grandmother. Love it, wouldn't trade it, but can see why young women are the ones that are supposed to have the babies. LOL!<br /><br />I love that you have this new business, and I am still looking for what I want to do in the next few years. Exploring. Writing is what interests me the most, I think. People have always been an interest. Mostly because the world had very interesting people like you in it!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-78327159175085339712009-08-09T19:43:43.532-04:002009-08-09T19:43:43.532-04:00It is so surprising to me that without work taking...It is so surprising to me that without work taking up so much of my time, I still struggle with balance too. I try to see the positive side of that - that I have many interests and passions and that I have trouble making enough time to pursue all that I want to pursue.<br /><br />Sometimes I wish I could be more at peace with that - but sometimes that tug of competing interests feels like an important part of life.<br /><br />That pool looks pretty darn peaceful and inviting from where I sit!!<br /><br />SueLife Looms Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05522897791564181980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-67058152783371553632009-08-09T08:31:57.643-04:002009-08-09T08:31:57.643-04:00I love my peace and quiet and being able to chose ...I love my peace and quiet and being able to chose what pace I live my life on any given day. I can also say that horses still have a magic about them to center you. I too had horses growing up and now later in life, have them again. It's a special kind of place they take you too. :-)Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574936988046982209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-6702629341499304792009-08-08T14:35:58.468-04:002009-08-08T14:35:58.468-04:00I literally raised my brother and two sisters for ...I literally raised my brother and two sisters for years ( I was much older than them) and then went onto becoming a mum at age 20 ( waaayy too young!) and then a second child at age 23.<br /><br />I now value my peace and quiet tremendously. I'm on the west coast of Canada and my daughter lives in NC so even when G-kids come, they live too far away.<br /><br />Now I spend my time in my at home studio and weave almost daily. Great isn't it?<br />Nice blog and I'll be back...<br /><br />SusanSusan https://www.blogger.com/profile/09707139508896058818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-59893965357440840352009-08-08T08:28:15.752-04:002009-08-08T08:28:15.752-04:00I, too, love retirement and its relaxed pace and Q...I, too, love retirement and its relaxed pace and QUIETness (most of the time-my husband is a talker!) Glad you have come full circle in knowing yourself again.Delighted Handshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289187765260532813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-58516822022236957292009-08-07T23:06:32.528-04:002009-08-07T23:06:32.528-04:00Hmm, interesting that I should chose to read your ...Hmm, interesting that I should chose to read your blog tonight. I'm behind, so am doing random readings. I find that checking in with my blog friends to be relaxing and comforting - I just have never developed the TV routine. <br /><br />I'm not finding where that me/relaxed point in retirement after working all my life is either. You post really speaks to me today.<br /><br />I spent the day with my DIL - she's teaching me to scrapbook. I am now trying to digest her tearful feelings about how I love my daughter's children most. They have all been friends since high school.<br /><br />Years ago I felt like I was competing with her parents as "the" grandparents and just gave us and threw in the towel. I told her I can't change the past - can we build forward from here and she said yes. We scrapbook again next Friday. Gotta learn to love scrapbooking - my DIL is a keeper.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432035940956042729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-8206044895624349292009-08-07T22:33:18.539-04:002009-08-07T22:33:18.539-04:00A wonderful place to be, we deserve it, it is our ...A wonderful place to be, we deserve it, it is our time to howl and do things we want to do, not what we must.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818397854598010989.post-4409443170211203302009-08-07T22:33:11.967-04:002009-08-07T22:33:11.967-04:00You know... our grandkids were here for 2 days and...You know... our grandkids were here for 2 days and I could barely stand the level of noise. I wonder why we get so sensitive to noise as we age. Is it that we become so used to the quiet around us? Anyway, I completely understand... :-))<br /><br />Di<br />The Blue Ridge GalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com