Frugal Village Forums banner

my try at blogging

2K views 5 replies 6 participants last post by  Gibs 
#1 ·
well i wanna try my hand at this. i have lots to say and no one to say it too. so maybe someone will find humor and friendship in it.
well obviously my name is Joyce. im a married stay at home mom,but by no means do i just stay at home. stay at home mom is a loaded thing. as most kno we do EVERYTHING!!! i have 3 sons.Chris my oldest is 14. he is my handsom stress master! he drives me insaine. Andrew is 13,my handsom honor student trying to find his place. Mathew is 5 my lil ham. i am married to peter 42. this monday will be 3 yrs of marriage but have been together 13 yrs. we have had many bumps and were close to parting but by some force we have been working hard at keeping it together for ourselves not just for the kids.
i am origonally from massachussetes but we moved down here to florida. it was a hard choice in some ways. but one we needed to make for ourselves. the drive down was long and hard. i remeber i had a panic attack in virginia.anyway,i knew it would take a yr to settle into our florida life style.and boy has it. dh had jobs lined up but once we got here they all fell threw. they managed to come up with ur too over qualified for everything. we lived off our savings and drained it dry til he managed to get a job at the fresh market. good thing cuz it was bleak. next month will be a year he has been there. yay i kno. so we manage threw many hardships florida is starting to come together.

i hope my blogs dont bore to tears. not used to it but i need an outlet. to share and to help myself heal and i think maybe this can b a way to do it. i hope to have my pictures of my stock piles up too. i took em but cant upload em and i dont know why so i will retake them on my cell and see wht happens.

i also hope to make some friends here. been very lonely as i dont kno anyone here in fl yet. so my days r spent doing what i need to and lurking on here and face book. luckily i have made some friends to talk to this wy and it helps keep me saine.

also wanted to explaine my pictures. some ppl(not here) have said my pic looks mean and asked why i dont smile. well my answer is this. that is my everyday face. i do smile just not a lot i laugh alot. my face looks as it does cuz well im always in pain. cronic pain that never goes away. i hurt all the time and well when i look at that picture to me it says it all. i am not an unhappy angry person just a person in alot of pain. always a struggel just to do simple things i used to take for grnted. some ppl will understand that.
wow i have been honest. i am proud of myself for stepping out of my box and sharing of myself.sometimes it isnt easy to say things. but i guess thats it for today for a start anyway.if anyone reads this ty for taking the time

Joyce:box:
 
See less See more
#2 ·
Welcome to the blogging world Joyce!!! You have had a long haul but sounds like you are starting to settle in well. Looking forward to your posts! :)
 
#3 ·
JOyce,

I moved to FL many years ago,21, and I didn't know a soul except my husband. We lived there 6 years and then moved to NH, where we've been ever since. Florida can like any place be really nice or not. If you're not used to the southern slower way of life, that seems really weird.

We moved to FL from the CA desert, and the GREEN seemed really odd at first.

The reason I'm telling you this is to say that you CAN find places and people in FL to be friends with, but it just takes time.

Good luck and thanks for blogging --

Judi
 
#4 ·
It can be hard to get settled into a new area. That I SO understand. The irony is - I found it hardest to settle into my own home town when we returned. But we are here, for the best of it and the worst of it.
I do understand the chronic pain thing - I woke up to get out of bed this morning to find, I couldn't. My DH had to pratically carry me to the bathroom. Funny thing is - I just turned 40 yesterday. So I told him 40 was fine, 40 and a day SUCKS, LOL.
 
#5 ·
Hi Joyce, thank you for the friendship request first. I hope I did it right and that it went thru.
I'm glad you are finally getting settled in here in Florida 15 years come Christmas day this year. I spent many years wanting to go "home" now and then. Can't say it still dosent' hit me once in awhile.
People ask me alot "why don't you smile".. Maybe I don't want to. Dosent' mean I'm unhappy...just means I don't want to.
No, there are not alot of jobs in Florida. Don't know that there ever was but especially not now. If you all moved here a year ago that was a bad time to make the move jobwise. That's about the time the world went to crap in a hand basket so to speak.

I will continue to read your blog and know that someone is thinking of you. You will do well and be fine. Just remember You are your own best friend and any others after that..well, they are just icing on the cake.
 
#6 ·
Hi Joyce and welcome to blogging here. It can be a great outlet!
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top