Pieces of My Life

2020 has been a challenge in many ways. Just after the New Year we bought a new television for our main living room. This television was too big for our entertainment center, so we had to get a new one. We sat in our living room more and the furniture was very uncomfortable. We needed new for several years but kept putting it off because of the cats.  We finally decided to do it. This is the first time I have ever had brand new furniture set.  This was the beginning of our Living Room improvement. After the couch and love seat we decided new wall decor was needed and to change the lighting and we added an area rug. I still wanted new lamps and feel the tables need to be darker. Weather became warmer and we focused on the outside of the house but came back to the living room in the Fall... more to come with our main living room. We have focused a lot on our home, relationship, and health this year. What has been your pockets of happiness this year? Many Blessings, Jolene 🦋 

Most of our 2019 Summer was working on the outside of our house. We hired someone to put a new roof on our house. We were very lucky this happened prior to the Derecho. I am sure we would have had water in our house from the storm and we would be waiting along time for a new roof.  Above is the color of our house 13 years ago. The house needed painted and some siding needed replaced. We changed the color of the trim around the windows and the shutters. It was time to replace some siding again and the house needed painted. We knew we could not tackle this and wanted vinyl siding. The same company who did our roof, also replaced new siding for us. This took awhile because they had to special order our siding. COVID made supplies limited and created back orders. The back prior to the siding and after we washed the deck. Yes, for 12 years we never painted the trim. No clue why but I left it for the mister. This time around it will be taken care of.

Let me reintroduce myself. I just turned the good ol' double nickles on the 27th. I am a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst for a medical revenue recycle company, basically we work with medical providers and facilities to assist them with being paid either from insurance or the patient. Due to the pandemic I am working from home. I never thought I would enjoy working from home but I absolutely love it. I'm a daughter, a big sister, wife, mother, Nana, and a friend. I love God, to garden, and adventures with my husband. I am married to the Mister for 13.5 years but we have been together this January for 17 years. He is my Prince Charming. This is our second marriage. The Mister is an Operation Manager for our County 9 1 1 Center.  I have four boys. My oldest I will refer to as Matchu, he is 31. My second oldest, I will refer to as Doshie, he is 28 and lives in Florida. Next is my Eaterman, he is 25 and currently living in Johnston near my birth town. My baby, referred as NoNo, he

This year, I truly have been working on rebuilding. Rebuilding Jolene has been difficult but I walk into 2022 with new confidence. Rebuilding Jolene has made some family members have difficulty because they are not used to having Mom think of herself first at times. Depression is still there but I have created some very peaceful moments as well. I will post later about the butterfly garden expansion. The beginning of our yarden, plans for the growth of it next year. 2022 will be about TRANSFORMATION. My happiness needs to be with God. Everything else will be what it is but God needs to be first. My health needs to be next. I have never felt more unhealthy in my entire life. Transforming into a healthier Jolene Will be my dedication; transforming Spiritually, Health, and Mental. Come along for the ride. Many Blessings,  Jolene 🦋