I am 65.....& have been on PC since fall of 2004. Probably one of the few on here still from way back then. PC has seen me through a trauma & a huge move alone (with my doggie Leo) 2100 miles across country. Have seen what I was going through from bad marriage, PTSD, anorexia (2 times) depression & anxiety, through years of intense DBT therapy after finding the best psychologist in a small town after all there were available in Los Angeles.....& even finally after 11 years through my divorce though the marriage asset battle will be continued next year out in Calif. Yep all his drama & stupidity I have privately posted about here.

The past 11 years of freedom have been an amazing healing process for me & living on my farm surrounded by nature (& adorable woodsy raccoons) along with my dogs has been the environment I have finally thrived in.

Tgis Christmas I am mostly staying at home....getting out for a few hours for errands & a little socializing here & there but my doggie who has been my buddy for all his 16 year life & has never been away from me all these years except for my trip in July to Calif for a legal hearing was diagnosed with a lung tumor in Aug when I got back home. My life right now has become a home care person & nutritionist & cook for my 2 oldest doggies. My real senior one who is 17 1/2 + & has a little doggie dementia on top of being blind & mostly deaf. But she is healthy, eating well & getting the same care I am giving my baby (who just turned 16). Time consuming & monitoring how they are doing constantly. So I am home & on the internet between caring.

Yea, when it comes to decorating I just finished fall decorations AFTER Thanksgiving. Will probably finish Christmas & Winter after Christmas but hey when you share your home with just doggies they don't care what decorations are up.

So this is where I am hanging out to try & stay somewhat social while staying at home doing doggie care.