Hi everyone. My name is Jackie, I've been (I hate that phrase lurking) regularly reading this forum for a while now. I have been a full time student and working more than full time, so I didn't want to contribute until I knew I'd have time to keep up. Today was my last class till summer's over.(Ooh, that felt like highschool to say that!) I lived thru my 44th birthday last week and I've been divorced 4 years. No children of my own, but have raised for up to 3 years a great niece and 2 nephews. I live in the country but lost the homestead to the ex-husband, seemed like a bargain at the time, if you know what I mean. I'm working to get some land and interested in building a strawbale house. Still researching that, I live in the very humid NE Texas. I have really enjoyed visiting here, sorta feel at home without having said a word. That's good.

-- Jackie (HaloHead012@cs.com), May 06, 2002

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Welcome Jackie! I'm 44 too and I just graduated from college a year ago. I hear you when you talk about time. I am a single mom of two teen boys and went full time year round to school, didn't work other than a Sunday paper delivery. It is nice to be finished! But, I am thinking of going back, maybe in the fall.

Welcome again, and don't feel like you have to be a full time poster here. We all do what we can.

-- Susan in MN (nanaboo@paulbunyan.net), May 06, 2002.

Welcome to the "Tree". Just a fun little place to hang out. Please don't hate me, I'm one of those "ex husbands that got the homestead", but I let her keep the truck and the "Walk Away Joe" boyfriend :>)

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), May 06, 2002.

hi Jackie. I"ve lurked here for a while too. Got brave enough to post the other day. I live just north of Houston, and the humidity is HORRIBLE right now. As are the mosquitos. Just horrible. I bought a dehumidifier a couple of weeks ago--small investment that has made a world of difference. If I had my 'druthers, I'd druther live farther north, with less humidity. But, I"m stuck here for a while at least.

-- Gardener (peph@wt..net), May 06, 2002.

Hi Jackie and Welcome. I've been mostly "lurking" (I hate that phrase too.) for the past 3 months. It sounds like you might live around my neck of the woods. I live in Hopkins County, alittle over a hour east of Dallas. What county are you in? It would be nice to meet someone in my area. I think I might be the only one on this forum that lives in Texas.

-- Jodie in E TX (stanchnmotion@yahoo.com), May 07, 2002.

Oh I forgot, Gardener lives in Texas. Hi Gardener, sorry, I didn't mean to forget about you. Please forgive me.

-- Jodie in E TX (stanchnmotion@yahoo.com), May 07, 2002.

Hi and welcome. I am in Texas also. A little bit in San Antonio and a little bit in the Hill Country. Congratulations on going to school. I hope you enjoy your summer off. May be humid where you are, but you do have good dirt up there don't you? Nothing but rocks here!!

Carole

-- Carole (carle@earthlink.net), May 07, 2002.

welcome jackie

-- Grizz Wondering the outskirts of DC!! (southerneagle@yahoo.com), May 07, 2002.

Hey Carole haven't heard from you in awhile. Maybe you Texas ladies should have a get together like the northern branch of this forum are talking about. Susan (the other one) is it still on, you have been awfully quiet lately.

-- Susan in MN (nanaboo@paulbunyan.net), May 07, 2002.

Jodie -

-- Jackie (HaloHead012@cs.com), May 07, 2002.

Jodie - Well, let's try this again. We are practically neighbors, hon, I'm in Camp county.

-- Jackie (HaloHead012@cs.com), May 07, 2002.

Jackie-

That's great! We should get together sometime. I'll email you off- post and we can discuss it further.

-- Jodie in E TX (stanchnmotion@yahoo.com), May 08, 2002.