Today I Woke Up Retired

(the photo from my work badge)


Today I woke up retired...

semi-retired that is... 

 Yesterday was the final day of my 27 years in the healthcare industry. 

 

I started in 1979 working in Accounting and Patient Services at the wonderful downtown St. Mary’s Hospital of Kansas City.  Followed by several years as a health insurance educator to hospitals, employers and labor unions as well as being part of the work force that brought the first Preferred Provider Organization to Kansas City.  After becoming a mother, I stayed home for several years to raise our two sons.  I returned to healthcare in 2001, spending the last 14 years with HCA.

It was a bittersweet decision for me to leave corporate healthcare after so many years, but felt it was time to move on to new beginnings.

I am blessed to have this choice!

 

I want to continue working, but working in positions that are creative and filled with joy.  

Soon I will start two new positions...working at a local consignment home decor store merchandising home furnishings vignettes (and Sales) as well as working more with someone that his very special to me that has Down's Syndrome.

I do believe both cover being creative and filled with joy! 

Thank you to my family & friends, each of you, for your kind words, thoughts, prayers and gifts you have shared with me for my retirement!

I am blessed!   

    

Mermaid Canvas Art

Ribbon trims of blue flow like waves of water

Pearls adorn her with a crown

Glass beads like sea glass are her wardrobe

Starfish and seashells decor her home

Canvas Art by Tami Hacker 

Click on By the Sea challenge hosted by the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog to see my mermaid canvas art along with other fun & creative By the Sea creations.  Summertime Fun!

Friends, Crafting...Blessed

When FRIENDS gather to spend hours of crafting, good food, stories and laughter...it is a good day!

We each worked on our own projects...Altered Matchboxes, bracelet making, Canvas art, Christmas tree skirt, crocheting, repurposing Victorian Trading Company 'backroom' items and 

shaving cream-painted art paper.

As I often do, I forgot to snap photos.  Here are the few available photos 

 

 Lee's repurposed Victorian Trading Company's 'backroom' (damaged) item - is now renewed in chalk paint highlights, pearl & metal trims, buttons, a sweet bird's nest where the broken clock once sat and the broken bird's tail now filled with pretty flowers.

 My shaving cream-painted art paper

My young friend Corrine's shaving cream-painted art paper used on her Canvas art

 

Just a sneak peep of my Altered Matchbox.  I'll show more once it arrives to its new home.

Thank you my SWEET FRIENDS for your lovely hostess gifts

(What should I create?)

 

Inspiring arts & crafts, beautiful gifts and dear friendships...I am BLESSED!