The cursory introductory post
Hi and welcome, We should probably start with some basic introductions. My name is Joni, I am married to Evan, and we are the parents of Isaak and Charlotte. We are your pretty average family (including a dog and two cats). Our kids are 17 and 14, it can feel sometimes that our kids don't really need us anymore. Except for maybe a ride or some cash. Oh, can't forget a place to live, a personal chef, and a laundress. Seeing as we are thisclose to being empty nesters Evan and I have started to plan for what's next. We started making a five year plan about a year ago in response to some hard times. In addition to the pandemic; over the past 14 months I lost my grandfather in June of 2020 and had to wait until this August to get home to bury him, we put our 14 year old lab down, and I was laid off. All of these events (and a few others) encouraged us to stop with the wishful thinking and start with the "now, how do we make this actually happen". I am a firm believe...