always_learning
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Feb 2, 2017
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Hi everyone!
I joined the forums a while back in order to look at a graphic that someone posted on an old thread and now I am finally ready to join in and introduce myself. I read the boards for about a month before creating my account and I visit nearly every day, so I feel as if I already “know” many of you. It’s making me feel a bit like a voyeur, so I can’t sit back and just lurk any longer.
I feel like I have found my place on the internet with this forum. I happened to surf in one day and just hung around because the advice and welcoming atmosphere here is fantastic.
I’m an introvert who doesn’t mind talking. What that means is that I’ll usually just sit back and enjoy the conversation around me but once in a while, I’ll jump in and talk, talk, talk.
I’m not comfortable with giving out personal details on the net, so I’ll have to ease in slowly; hence my thread title of "dipping my toe in".
With that, here I go:
I’m a married SAHM of two. I homeschooled for 10 years (late elementary through high school) and the kids are in university. I’m enjoying the brain break of having been curriculum planner, teacher, and guidance counselor for two students for all those years. We will be empty nesters in two years. DH doesn’t want to retire until at least year after the youngest is though uni so we can super save that last year. So that’s 2 1/2 to 3 more years, depending. He may say to heck with it and retire sooner or he may stay another year or so but I’m leaving it up to him. I’m fine with either choice and already have a few road trips planned for when he finally calls it quits.
I guess I’ll leave it at that, then. I’m happy to finally become part of the community and look forward to joining in.
One last thing; I looked around and didn’t see a sticky of common acronyms that are used on this forum, so if there is one out there and I just overlooked it, I’d appreciate it if someone would point me in the right direction.
I joined the forums a while back in order to look at a graphic that someone posted on an old thread and now I am finally ready to join in and introduce myself. I read the boards for about a month before creating my account and I visit nearly every day, so I feel as if I already “know” many of you. It’s making me feel a bit like a voyeur, so I can’t sit back and just lurk any longer.
I feel like I have found my place on the internet with this forum. I happened to surf in one day and just hung around because the advice and welcoming atmosphere here is fantastic.
I’m an introvert who doesn’t mind talking. What that means is that I’ll usually just sit back and enjoy the conversation around me but once in a while, I’ll jump in and talk, talk, talk.
I’m not comfortable with giving out personal details on the net, so I’ll have to ease in slowly; hence my thread title of "dipping my toe in".
With that, here I go:
I’m a married SAHM of two. I homeschooled for 10 years (late elementary through high school) and the kids are in university. I’m enjoying the brain break of having been curriculum planner, teacher, and guidance counselor for two students for all those years. We will be empty nesters in two years. DH doesn’t want to retire until at least year after the youngest is though uni so we can super save that last year. So that’s 2 1/2 to 3 more years, depending. He may say to heck with it and retire sooner or he may stay another year or so but I’m leaving it up to him. I’m fine with either choice and already have a few road trips planned for when he finally calls it quits.
I guess I’ll leave it at that, then. I’m happy to finally become part of the community and look forward to joining in.
One last thing; I looked around and didn’t see a sticky of common acronyms that are used on this forum, so if there is one out there and I just overlooked it, I’d appreciate it if someone would point me in the right direction.