Hello, and welcome to 2020. This post is in place of the Motivational Monday I usually have for a Monday post. I will start back to regular Motivational Mondays next week. There is so much to see and do in my life until I have to explain it
along the way. Before I get into today’s
topic, let me revisit a few things:
2019 the year of mystery and misery…
Not true. I will
admit that I had a bad year, but who hasn’t.
I am going to tell you right now that as long as you are going to be
alive, you are going to go through something.
2019 was a year of first-time losses in a very long time. The last person I lost that was close in my
family (meaning biological) was my grandmother.
This was 2003. In 2019, I lost an
aunt in Indianapolis, IN. she just
turned 84 in September. She was my uncle’s
wife, who is my mother’s brother. The
second person died Monday, December 30th. She was my mother sister who lived in Bessemer,
AL, she was 79. So, as my brother would tell me on the phone yesterday, it is
starting. My mother’s siblings are dying,
but I do not look at it that way, as we are all dying. We do not know when and how we are
dying. The moment that a baby takes its
first breath, on second thought, when it is conceived, that baby is dying. It may live to be born or not. A friend of mines baby did that 6 years
ago. She died the moment she was born. Then
again, that baby may live to be 100 years old or more. It all depends on how it is taken care of by
the parents and other caregivers, and how they decide to take care of themselves
once they turn 18 years old.
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| Photos from Pixabay; Arranged by P. Lynne Designs (c) 2020 |
2019 was a year of self-discovery. As I get older, I am learning what is
tolerated by me, who I let into my life, and how I handle the situations that
are thrown at me. For instance, It has
been a challenge to deal with my parents getting older, especially my mom. She is holding on her own, but I feel that
traveling is a challenge for me, rather I invite the family to come or not.
Back in May, I finally booked that Walt Disney World vacation
I have been trying to get the family to go on for years since me, my parents,
and my eldest nephew, who was 11 at the time, came back from Southern That day in Anaheim was a blast. While me, my mom, and nephew spend the day at
Disneyland, my father, who is not a Disney fan spent time at a Dodger’s
game. Perfect timing. My brother nor
sister did not go. My sister could not
go because my middle nephew was 3 months old and not cleared to fly. My brother had to work.
California, and spending time in Temecula, Los Angeles, San Bernardino (where
the family lived for 6 years), and Anaheim where Disneyland is located.
I decided to plan the Walt Disney World trip after the first
of the year, 2010, but since then, things and situations had come up over the
years, including my mother’s illness. I
had to continually cancel a booking after booking and even allowed Disney to
cancel a couple for a lack of commitment on my part. I made the announcement at the beginning of 2019 but kept putting it off. This coupled
with the opening of the Galaxy’s Edge in Disney's Hollywood Studios, which drew
a lot of people, I did not want to be standing in long lines for one ride. So, I booked for us to go from December
15-20, 2019, in a 3-bedroom Grand Villa at Bay Lake Towers at the Contemporary Resort.
Everyone was excited, except dad, who I
had to try to ask in a nice way if he wanted to go to Florida, which would
automatically land him at Walt Disney World. Well, that did not pan so good. I will mention in another blog post what
happened (Hint- At Home with Tricia's Baskets)
It is little things like that which made me wonder if 2019
was a bad year, but really it was not.
No one has threatened me, threaten to take anything away from me, and so
forth. My health was pretty good. So I postponed one little trip? A year is what you make
it, good or bad.
Now finally for today’s topic 2020.
I want to take the last few moments to talk about this year
2020.
Business dealings 2019 and the coming 2020
I finally did it. P.
Lynne Designs is splitting up. This is
how that is going to happen.
P. Lynne Designs is going back to its roots. I started this company as a creative company. Creating stationery products such as greeting
and note cards, invitations, business cards, bookmarkers, and anything related
to them. However, I am not going back to
scrapbooking. The reason is quite
clear. The industry itself has changed
and has incorporated digital to its core lineup. In the wake of Snapchat, Instagram,
Pinterest, and Tiktok, it is hard for me to keep up while handling these items
and my other business. If a person
requests it, I will do one for them, but it is not going to be the main product of
my business anymore.
Speaking of my other business.
I will admit that I have felt the loss of running two businesses. Before it was being a Longaberger Home
consultant (which is coming back in a new way for the moment via QVC), and P.
Lynne Designs. It was fun doing the juggling act. No, I will not be a consultant for another
company. Although it was fun, I was not getting
commissions like I would want it too, because I had too few customers in comparison
to other home consultants. This has to
do with my blogs and the freelance writing side of P. Lynne Designs. The new
company is called The Writing Grove, and this is where I will take on clients
who need something written for their business or personally. I will also house the blogs, At Home with
Tricia's Baskets and My Ambiance Life (which I am thinking about changing the
name to The Writing Grove). The P. Lynne Designs blog will be with business, P.
Lynne Designs.
There is a third business that will allow for affiliate
marketing and content sponsorship, but it will serve both companies, so it is
not an official company and it will not be registered with the State of Ohio.
Speaking of which, my name renewal for P. Lynne Designs is
coming up in April, although I have up to that time to pay it, and I will be
registering The Writing Grove at the same time. Unless it has gone up, that is around $100
for both companies (or $50 each).
2020 personal
Lastly, my plans for me are simple. I am finally going to try to adopt a child. I know, dealing with a child and a business
is going to be rough, but I am up for the challenge. I also want to take home my friend’s babies. I also hope to find a nice guy. Yep, love life to which I currently do not
have.
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| Photo by Annette Meyer from Pixabay |
Personal buys I would like to make. A new home and a new car. About the new home, I have been talking about
this since I moved out of my last apartment, which was 2002. Yes, I live in this amazing condo that I did
not intend to stay for more than 5 years, but it has been close to 20
years. I want a home where I do not have
to worry about stairs. I want a larger
kitchen, a dedicated room for my craftroom, which I will have in the current condo
when my nephew and his girlfriend move out, but at the present moment, I have a
corner in the dining area. This is more
than what the average crafter/business owner could ask for. I also prefer not to share my garage
space. I am sharing mine with the neighbor
upstairs, and sometimes they irritate me.
The other day, my nephew was unloading something from his car, and in
the middle of his unloading, the neighbor’s father came down and closed the garage
door, without asking. I could not tell
him to leave the garage door alone because my Spanish is rusty, and he does not
speak English at all. Gone are the days when I could tell my neighbor to leave
the garage door up.
As for the new car, I am currently driving a used 2008 Dodge
Caliber. This car was an emergency buy
because I had an accident in 2015 with my 1998 Honda Accord. This car was only supposed to get me through
the fall and winter of 2015-16, but I elected to keep it for a while and shop
for a car payment that I could handle. For
a while, I was dead set on getting a Honda CR-V, a year behind whatever current
year. So, if the current year is 2020,
then I would get 2019. Well, I rode in
my friend’s car, and I could not help but think how big this car was. I mean, the only thing riding with me would
be my child (unless I get siblings), and my business, so I switched to an HR-V,
which is much smaller, easier to handle, and it is still a Honda, plus it is
the same size as my Caliber. Next thing
I knew after making the announcement that this is what I am going to purchase
or lease, my father thinks that I am better off with a 2020 Hyundai Kona, like the
one that one of the older ladies at my church drives. I got irritated with that. So, now, I am supposed to test drive both the
Kona and the HR-V. My money is still on the HR-V, but I am open. He also does not want me to lease, even
though he has been leasing his cars for years.
OooKay?
2020 Blogs
I will tackle this in the next post. I have spent too long talking about the other
stuff, and I am close to the 2000 wordmark, which is a tip, this is actually small
in comparison to what was the 1000 wordmark for most blog posts. I will have the normal Motivational Mondays,
only it will be on all three blogs. My
Ambiance Life blog, everything will be about the same for now. I will mention on At Home with Tricia's
Baskets what I am going to change on that blog, as well on the P. Lynne Designs
blog as well.
Well, this is long and drawn out. I hope I did not bore you. I am really out to grab more readers and give
you information on all things writing, creating blogs, journaling, and other
things related, like planners. This is
going to be a fun year, I can tell.
Until then, check out the rest of my blog posts from 2019 and before. May God bless you, and peace out.
