Welcome!
I’m Susan.
Writing, crafting things, and photography… all things I love to do, though writing is at the top. I love to combine any and all of the above as well. I do have a blog whose chat is dedicated to all things creative, The Creating Room. It is my creative sanctuary.
This, That and A Chat is about my life and what I would love to chat with you about.
My crazy, seven people in one house, with three parrots, three dogs, two cats and a tortoise life.
This blog is about all the bits and pieces that make up a life from crafting gratitude trees for Thanksgiving to quick make-up tricks to well, anything that life throws at me and my family.
You will find stories about my experience with two children with ADHD, one is twenty and the other is nine.
There will be posts about dealing with family in such close quarters. But there will also be crafts, activities, dream lists, book reviews, clothing hauls…
My desire is that this blog to be a place to chat and converse about all the bits that life gives us to learn from and to experience.
A writer is what I am first and foremost. Even my cards are about the writing more than the photographs. I create what I call photo stories for my pictures.
I am a mom of three, 20, 15 and 9. They are lights in my life and I homeschool the 9 year old through a charter school program.
Last April, I had gastric sleeve surgery and have been on a mission of recreating my body because I was so unhealthy. Since January 2018, I have lost 130lbs. There is fifty more to lose before I hit my ideal weight. It would not change my mind about the choice I made at all. I feel better than I have since before I had kids. Also, I exercise every day.
Currently, I am separated and working on a divorce but my ex and I do our best to cooperate for the sake of the kids and we spend holidays together often so that they don’t feel like they have to choose between us.
At the moment I don’t have a car. One of my goals is in the next six months to create an income that will allow me to buy a mini van for my family.
Every morning I practice mindset/affirmation work after listening to a meditation. It helps me start my day on the right foot.
This woman is an early bird, sneaking up extra early to write while the six other people are sleeping and the house is quiet.
My favorite authors include books by Brene’s Brown, Elizabeth Gilbert, Gabby Bernstein, Wayne Dyer, and Glennon Doyle. I also have a soft spot for fantasy novels and Harry Potter. Big soft spot for almost anything Harry Potter.
When I had a car, you could find me driving to either the beach or the redwoods nearly every weekend. The beach is my home from home. One of my favorite places to visit is Arcata because it has both beaches and redwoods, and a best friend.
Finally…I am a coffee addict. My love of coffee is just for the flavor of it. Also, I am becoming quite the tea drinker, especially lemon pound cake flavor from Tazo.
Any number of these topics may pop up as a post or as a video blog. Mostly I want to have chats. I want to share ideas and information and tips. I would love friendly, cordial open exchange of conversations.
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