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Well... Look at some of the more recent videos and you will see...sadly.. we had to sell the house, I had to get rid of a ton of crafts and we now live in a little apartment in Tennessee. BUT! we are soon going to pick up what is in storage and I will be organizing a whole new craft room! Much smaller but I do have less stuff. 🤷‍♀️ Maybe it will fit? We will see! Thank you for watching and your comments!

Amen... gives me guilt and then if I do throw it away I will need it for something. LOL!

Thank YOU for your reply! Yes we do have to start lifting everyone up! You are free to borrow anything you want from my videos! I am still in the "what's the perfect organization style for me" stage. It changes all the time according to my temperament. LOL! Keep an eye out for my current craft room organizational videos starting sometime in September. As we have moved, most of my supplies are in storage and will be back with me by September 1. All new storage and organization to come! BTW...I think craft rooms should become as manditory as bathrooms in homes...Let's start a movement! 😉

Thank you and yes I have!!! But dang, the universe keeps sending forests of logs in my direction right now!! LOL! And where does all my stuff come from? I swear it multiples and parties over night and I'm the one woman cleanup crew. 🤷‍♀️ Answer is Amazon... Amazon it my downfall. LOL!

@@Mydailyishstruggle I hear you!!! Too easy to push that button, especially in times of stress 😱😱😱I can’t believe some of the stuff I have bought and still in the box or not used as planned 🤦‍♀️

Thank You! I'm thinking that too, now to get the nerve up to start chopping... eee!

Oh my word we are thrilled!!! Thank you! I am really loving having a small place to live and it truly is a nice place all around.

Me too!! LOL!

That's the plan! ;)

The pantry is awesome! I'm still in love with the concept of the chest of drawers but I think they are really more for show or long term items where you don't have to get into it often. every other day I'm having issues with the drawers opening and closing. ugh. LOL! But they are so cute!!!! I'd buy them again...

Amen to that! It is all working out well, we truly are enjoying this new home so far! ❤️

@@MydailyishstruggleCongratulations and blessings in the new home. Everything looks lovely! I have found it is usually best for everyone to keep their nests separate and to fly in to visit or help. Seems to keep feathers from getting ruffled. ☺️ Enjoy your next adventure.

Amen! But I do like hearing from haters qs they may have had bad experiences and it gives me a heads up if their experience was because they hit a bad area. I hated living in GA and especially Atlanta but others LOVE living there. 🤷‍♀️ To each their own I guess. 😉

We just got a place outside of Pigeon Forge and it is much better than Atlanta all around.

Thank you! Hubs and so far love it here!!

Do tell! Thus far I have found it good. But I've been busy moving then moving again.

Im testing things out. 🤷‍♀️

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Me too!! LOL!! and its up!

Thank you for the subscription and the kind words. Yes, our faith is strong and we believe God has bigger plans for us in the future! ❤️

Thank you so much! I appreciate that and we believe so as well!

Thank you very much!

I'm sorry you experienced this too and Thank you for your comment, it means a lot and gives us hope. Journaling! Yes. Because we are moving in with MIL I purchased LOCKING journals. One for my sanity (I might need a few), one for our finances and one for my work plans. Even as a child I didn't own locking journals. This move to MIL's will, I am finding, be one of the biggest hurdles and a time I will be focusing on God, marriage and work. I will be bench pressing Buicks in my sleep I will be so strong after this trials and tribulations time. 😉❤️

Sadly they would find a way to make it worse if there were laws against this stuff. There are always loopholes. ❤️

Thank you for your comment!

Amen and every second of every day! ❤️

We do. ❤️

Thank you so much!!

Thank you. Yes we spoke with a lawyer and there is nothing more we can do. But all is not lost, even though it feels like it at moments, as we are seeing a brighter future than we thought we could. We are looking at this bump in the road as mini (some jagged some smooth) mountains and as long as we don't go crazy we will get to our much better and new life looking forward to ( I made my hubs promise me a big beautiful craft room in the new place) a fresh start. I told him to buy stock in IKEA before then because when I get to that point THIS CHIC WILL SHOP! ❤️😉

I'm so sorry for all your losses! You are in my prayers. Yes it is exhausting sorting things and feeling emotions you thought were long gone. Decision fatigue is a real thing and I hit that the other day. But we must persevere because the alternatives are worse. My hubs and I have decided that we have lived long enough with tons of stuff. I kept somethings that are now in storage that I wish I had just donated, BUT!, I will look forward to selling them when we buy our new house. 😉

Thank you, I do appreciate the prayers.

I agree, but personally, I also needed to slow down in life. I gave up, volunteering, and have eliminated actiivities other than walking my little dog, or cycling. I discoved that being distracted by too much business is not productive. Speaking of dumpsters, they are shockingly expensive to hire. I counted a total of eleven at one family member's home. They had lived in the same house for more than sixty years. People in the UK who lived through two World Wars did not part with anything they considered to be useful and/or of value. For instance they used parts from one lawn mower to repair another, nothing was ever wasted. I work on sorting something every day, without pushing myself to do as much as possible, or keep to a time schedule. I am thankful to be able to work without pressure from anyone.

Thank you! It isn't easy nor will it be smooth going but I believe that as long as my hubby and I stop periodically and talk and readjust our plan we will get through this with minimal bumps, bruises and long term hard feelings! So far, so good!

Thank you so much!! I'm trying and thank you for subscribing!

@@Mydailyishstruggle you bet sweets!! If I can help in any way pls let me know. I know I am a stranger on YT but your story hit home with me just know YOU GOT THIS ONE DAY AT A TIME. 🫶🏼💪🏼🙏🏼🫂

My husband is not a man to make waves and he believes in what you do to others will come back on you 10 fold. We will be fine financially, not as well as if they hadn't done all they did but we will be ok. I don't typically get in his business or tell him what to do, but he agreed me using his situation to inform others and maybe inspire others to watch their finances or tell them they will be ok if they are going through similar things is what my purpose is here. I get emotional, I am human, and scared, but I will not let some of these people who feel I am lying or not being as truthful as I can be run me off this channel. I have reached more people in a positive way than in a negative way. We are blessed to be in our decent position and I need to remind myself and my husband of that daily. Thank you for your comment. ❤️

I'm sure it isn't the only reason ( if it is the reason) but quiet hearsay at the office is it did play a part in the whole thing. But the biggest thing that they actually told him during the firing is that he made too much money for his position and they are downsizing the division he was in. He left this company years sago to see if he could make it outside of their safety net, ( he did and did very well but you remember 2008?) they allowed you to do this once and come back within a certain period of time with no consequences to leaving, as in they didn't say ok you left for a year so you start at the bottom when you come back. They took his ESOP and put in in an account on hold for 5 years and the stock prices were very high at that point, he was gone for 1 year and 4 months and he negotiated his way back into the company when he saw things going south in 2008 and he was put on salary instead of hourly. Then he took the money in the bank and bought as many shares as he could in 2008 when they were at their lowest in 30 years.You see where this is going, he owned more shares than the vast majority of the company. It is a privately owned company so there is no buying and selling shares at your leisure. Then he continued yearly to buy shares until he was fully vested. Now he has years plus age and that should have gotten him his ESOP asap. HOWEVER, they said they are giving it to him based on what it is worth this year, which means he does not see the money until next year after their financial review. Yes I agree he should have contacted a lawyer but he didn't. He felt cornered as we live essentially paycheck to paycheck on a zero balance budget. We have no debt other than mortgage but we did kinda go crazy in living comfortably with extras that crept up over the years. We made that mistake and are paying for it now. But we will be fine financially in the long run. Now our long term question is do we want to invest next year in building our own business up or do we want to diversify the money and not "retire" from working for another company. Or split it and do both? Neither of us knows anything about diversifying and Hubby's Money man works for the company so we are on the hunt for another person too. I'm not attempting to gain sympathy in doing these videos as I have been accused of, I am reacting emotionally to the situation and trying to inform and inspire others to not see the glass as half empty. But I'm human if people couldn't tell. This channel was for cleaning and organizing but I guess this is the ultimate cleaning and organizing challenge that someone could face. 😏 Thank you for your comment.

@Mydailyishstruggle ok so what I am hearing is the universe is telling, well screaming at him to make a change. That company doesn't give AF about him..nor does mine. Been an engineer here for 20 yrs. I am amazed my key card works on a Monday sometimes.

Thank you. Yes we are VERY blessed to not only have each other but we balance each other out well. We have our moments, of course, but I am glad we get along well enough and give each other grace periods to vent and calm down then talk things through. We survived my daughters battle with cancer so this is a walk in the park...albeit sometimes the park is dark and cold with unknown fears lurking in the shadows...LOL. We will make it though to the end ultimately. Thank you for your comment. ❤️

I’ve never been on this channel before it popped up in my feed today, but your comment is over the top rude. So stfu and just hope this doesn’t happen to you in the future. There’s a good chance that might happen for you too. It’s called Karma, for your crappy comment.

No details or amounts on the severance package or how much is in the 401K. My guess is the 401K is substantial and the PERSON controls the 401K not the EMPLOYER. They can not hold his money until 2025. Just not how it works at all. And what about the equity in the house? Sucks this person lost his job but they are still way better off than most people

I'm not looking for sympathy at all, I am looking to bring information and give hope to those going through what we are right now. I have been looking for a regular job and have interviewed many times, but I'm not qualified for many things so I came started this TH-cam channel to inspire people and reach out to make connections. I never claimed to be living in poverty or even close. I have in the past lived in my car and in a room at the back of the salon I worked at with 2 kids while working 3 jobs and getting a divorce from an abusive husband. I know poverty, pain and being one of the unfortunate people in this world, and I worked very hard to just feed my kids. After getting my own place so my kids had a place to safely lay their heads at night I met the man I am married to now. I still worked 2 jobs at that point and he worked 2 jobs as well. We are both very hard workers however my genetics have torn my body apart and I am not in a position to "go get a job" as you seem to think I need to do. So I created my own company, and this last year my husband and I created a second company. They are small but growing and I am about to pick up work writing blogs. I'm not great at grammar or spelling some days and I have essential tremors so there are days I can't even brush my teeth without help, My husband has had to help me use utensil at times, so tell me again how I "just" need to go on indeed and get a job. My husband has been unemployed now 7 business days and he has gotten up every morning and has had to deal with legal stuff, ins, references, resumes, job hunting, unemployment paperwork, and many more things that will ultimately get him working again. Yes we are of the privlaged 10% of this country and ultimately we will be fine, as I keep stating, but that does not make it less shocking to lose a job after 30 years. I am here to inspire and uplift people in their lives, that doesn't mean I'm not human and can't show emotion. I am here to keep things real in relatively real time. Thank you for your comment but I need neither you sympathy or your "just do it" attitude when you clearly have not grasped the entire situation. Have a blessed day and go do something nice for someone in the world.

I have stated many times that financially we will be ok. We do not have credit cards, we live by what we make alone. Yes we will be selling the house and hopefully making enough money to be comfortable until my husband gets a job. Yes the ESOP and 401k will put us in a position of being able to retire happy but we don't control the ESOP, the company does and until they cash that out and put that money into our 401k we don't have anything but what's in the bank, which at the moment is $84 because we live on a zero balance and zero debt life and put everything into our future. Only debt we have is our mortgage and we have been paying on that for 12 years. We did take money out of our 401k the other day but that hasn't gotten to us yet, it is enough to make do until we sell the house. The severance package from what I understand will be given to us either this week or doled out over the next 8 weeks, we are waiting to see what they actually do. It is 8 weeks of pay plus vacation pay. Again, I have stated we will be fine ultimately, last week was just a a blow to our immediate financial situation as I had paid all the bills for the month and then there was only about $400 left in our account. I was not looking to gain sympathy in my videos, I was looking to show people what we are doing and how we are handling this situation and maybe help others stay calm and upbeat but have grace and know they will experience waves of emotions that normally you don't associate with a job loss. Thank you for your comment.

@@Mydailyishstruggle these people are rude. Too bad you felt the need to explain yourself, but it was good of you to reply.

Unfortunately there are loopholes and they have the big lawyers who would crush little folks like us. They used to be a VERY good company, very family oriented and employee friendly. Things change I guess. We at least experienced the good end for a long time. Thank you. ❤️

He makes too much for his position and they were cutting down the group he worked in. Thank you for commenting . ❤️

@@Mydailyishstruggle I’m sorry he was treated so poorly. Not sure these companies realize how their decisions can wreck people’s lives.

Thank you.❤️

Thank you. Your kind words help me feel stronger. ❤️

Unfortunately it is legal and my hubby reached out to a lawyer and nothing can be done. Thank you for commenting. ❤️

Because the company is privatly own we can't sell stocks on the open market, we are at their mercy as my husband signed away the right to sue them. Thank you for your concern and comment. We will be ok Ultimately, it will just be a struggle to adjust. ❤️

Not old enough for Social security?

Thank you, I will

Thank you. Give me a year or two and will be designing a new space...hopefully. ❤️

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Thank You! I seriously had a hard time finding anything quick and easy that didn't take a lot of cutting to hold everything in place.