Hello Noobstown!

I just wanted to say quickly that I am sorry - I been away the past few days or so.  Currently things with me are crazy busy! 

Most of you that I chat with regularly know I am going to be a first time grandma very soon.  No baby yet, but could be anytime in the next two weeks or so!  Very soon little Niko (his full name is going to be Nikolai Finn) will be coming into the world! (I will keep you all posted!)

I have been working extra hours at work & trying to get as many hours as I can.  I been back to working 60hrs a week but also spending all my spare time with my family.  I am trying to have it so I can take a few days off when the baby comes.

I am very grateful & lucky as my immediate family is extremely close with each other.  We just all really have all been bonding more & spending more time together.  Really - solidifying our wee family bonds so we can all welcome our new family member without anyone in the family feeling left out or struggling with issues - we just want to try to make this as joyful & harmonious transition as possible. (we are also dealing with the fact that all these families/step families are all meeting face to face soon & we all been communicating more than we have in the past 20 yrs - that always leads to interesting times! lol)

It's also my sons grad & my daughter grad from college (but she missed the celebration due to her due date being the same & she's been very ill during this pregnancy) Both kids are going into college in the fall/winter so I have been helping them with tuition, books, getting ready etc - My daughter is taking refreshers for the winter/spring so when she's ready to go back to work she will be refreshed again. 

It's amazing how you have to start planning & booking (and PAYING!) so far ahead.

Needless to say, with my work, the grads, college, and the baby coming - plus we had to redo the layout in our house & make room for baby - I am exhausted, and very broke, haha.(hence the working more hours!!)  We also had to plant our greenhouse/garden & do all our yard stuff.

You know, i was going to come on Saturday, but i was busy during the day out shopping & running errands, had plans for dinner then ended up running around & stuff till 11 pm when I got home - i was exhausted!  That's pretty much how every day has been!

I will be popping in here & there when I can. I probably won't be back to normal playing until after the baby comes & things get settled in my house - and I can find a routine again.

I you all!

Since being new here, I have found it a fun adventure to go about seeing all the builds & fabulous, neat, creative things on the server, as well as the towns & people's houses/bases/farms.

I haven't done tons of exploring in the Wilds yet. But I am starting my Wild place - am collecting mats to get going on it.  Mine is going to be a fairly modern type (I think) beach front home, with some farms and gardens.

I was curious, and maybe this has been posted already - my apologies if it has, but perhaps a new updated post might be welcoming too?

What does your Wild place look like?  Please do share pics of it if you like.