The Truth Behind My YouTube Hiatus - S8-1

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[@ginaallen3797]

Welcome back Tammy. Life evolves which is ok, surely beats the alternatives. I too worked with AI but it was 50 years ago, and yes it was real AI even then. Having had a 5+ decade career in technology building software and hardware and doing silly things like working 16 hour days for a few years i wouldn't recommend it as a long term path. Looking forward to more of these, this is life, videos. Don't get me wrong of course i love the B-Roll videos too but real life with no to little cuts will stand the test of time i think. Peace Out.

[@johndavidson6867]

A good day to you Tammy. I may not have been part of your channel from the start, but i have watched all of your videos from the start, some more than once. Yes the channel has changed over the years, but things that don't evolve and change die, and I for one don't want to see that happen. It is hard to have a full time, demanding job, and a full time life outside of that job. That is why I never worry if you haven't posted for awhile. It makes me feel good knowing you have Scott to help you on this journey called life. I know YT does not like it but I enjoy each and every video, with all the different aspects of your life.

[@aryanahartwell3801]

Yes, well said.

[@debbiezee]

One of my favorite things about your channel is (was) the “B Roll.” Loved all of the music you played.

[@littlethislittlethat456]

The reality of the matter is that when you get a promotion, it really means that more work is being passed on to you. I did my time and now my time is mine! John from MI

[@Alexmontis3843]

Welcome back Tammy! I am glad you are family is doing good. Take care of yourself.

[@wingedhealer3069]

Hi Ann. ❤

[@gailthorpe2288]

Congratulations on your promotion Tammy and doing a video on your phone looks great and yes we can hear you

[@marysullivan1588]

Congratulations to your daughter on making states ! Retired swim coach here . I know how much work that takes to make it to states !

[@LettiesLife]

I’m just happy to see you! I wish you and Scott nothing but the best! NjOy youR LiFe 🤗🤗 and take care of you first, the rest will fall in place. 🙈 Love you 💜🦋💜

[@Ann.H9562]

Our girl is back!!! Cheers to season 8 Tammy. Hope all goes smoothly soon with your work schedule and you'll be able to get some much needed rest. Good luck to Scott on his new job. Happy to hear Madison and Kaila are doing well. Please say a big Hi to Stacie for me the next time you're chatting with her. Thanks for this video...take care.❤

[@lyfandeth]

If she's thinking about med school, know the many colleges offer expensive EMT training as a course, regular course price. That also allows her to start working as an EMT the next summer. Medical schools see this as proof you REALLY want to be in medicine, and also provides you with better paying job options than many internships.

[@rogueraven7603]

May Odin give you insights to say ahead of the storm.

[@tommycheshire5508]

Yesterday i stumbled on your video in which you announced that you had lost your job. You were down. I left you my best professional comment. I wonder if you saw it? I spent a lot of years training for that very moment. I simply couldn’t just turn the computer off and walk away. I had to comment. It has been my experience that most people do not appreciate it and do not mind telling you.

[@themourningdove7208]

Blogs about your life are just Dandy. Enjoyed all you've done, you and your family. The backpacking is my favorite but,, can wait, since I know you'll go. Thanks for sharing, it was a breath of fresh prairie rain air. ✌️🤍🕊️

[@gailthorpe2288]

Tammy where is your cookies lol glad your back hope your 2 wonderful daughter's are doing great I've been following you for year's now and just love your videos keep them coming please congratulations on Scott getting a new job

[@gailthorpe2288]

Wtg kaila on getting into the swimming state congratulations Tammy pass it on please

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

HA! Good to see you again. Finaly.. Honestly, I was a little worried. Glad you're fine, but that work scedule.. take good care of yourself ! 'Playtime' is important too :-) 🌷from the Netherlands, T.

[@greywolfwalking6359]

True words!! 🤙🐺🧙‍♂️👍

[@kathleentinley7261]

I am sorry I haven't been on watching but I have had a very bad year so far. Health is declining and so is everything else. I have to go back and watch a lot of your Season 7 that I have missed. Wow things can change in an instant. Time goes by so fast it seems. So you are engaged. Congrats on that. And your daughters have grown up right before our very eyes. So glad they are doing good. Please do not burn yourself out and worry about youtube. You take care of you. Congrats on the promotion too.

[@Sasha-sy7ux]

Hey there Tammy. I still have my spirit forest camp cup just like your white one.

[@janetallen5846]

It's great to have you back. Where is your stick, we roast marshmallows on a stick so you can stir cocoa with one. The closer you get to retirement the slower the time goes. I love the vids with you instead of the music inserts.Iv'e been with you since the start and remember the more unstructured videos. I loved to see Kyla swim and keeping up with the girls.

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Hi!! Enjoyed,4 the most part this beginning of season 8!! Hope all works out 4 U!!?? 🤙🦊🧙‍♂️🐺👍

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Heey buddy! Long time no "see". How are you doing?

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Doing very well..I guess!? Had some difficulty responding here to you.. Don't know why!! C ya on the next video!! 👍🐺🧙‍♂️!!

[@38below39]

Good to see you. Don't let that job burn you out. There is more to life than money, just remember you can't take it with you ....

[@bebblue57]

Good to see you, Tammy. You’ve been missing for quite a while now. And you forgot to say “Welcome to Spirit Forest”. 💕

[@bebblue57]

Your video is great how ever you decide to make them. Be Safe, take care of you. 😊

[@kasslove111]

nice to see you back i have been with you 7 years i started a channel 5 years ago not sure if i can leave that comment love ya girl 💜💛

[@ramblingrosenana3513]

Absolutely loved seeing this pop up on my feed. Love hearing what is going on.

[@jojoc9240]

Video and sound is great on your phone Tammy

[@Kemosabe---]

Oh, how I have missed your videos. I am so glad to see you on this video. I am a fan of any type of video. Do what you can and what time will allow. This viewer is understanding.

[@larajackson7506]

So proud of you! Thank you for sharing!!! Take care of yourself! Continued prayers and love for you!❤😊

[@MSDOGS1976]

I lost touch so It's been a while for me. Sounds like you are doing well and are happy. Will keep an eye out for future videos.

[@MichaelR58]

Nice to visit again, glad you are doing well, thanks for sharing YAH bless !

[@RuthsCarpeDiem]

Dear Tammy so lovely to see you again. Nice to hear about your daughter's. Hugs from Norway 🇳🇴 Ruth

[@Johnhenryjones1]

Best of luck regardless of what you choose

[@susiesmith9957]

Dear Tammy; So great to hear from you. Thank you for the update on your work and family. I'm sure you'll do what is best for you and your family. Love hearing from you whenever it works out and I'm sure your other viewers feel the same way. The phone works well too.

[@perryjohnson5902]

been wondering about you how you were very very very thankful to be siting here watching your channel had heart attack December 2 doing good now never seen that coming boy that will change perceptive on life and everything so dont let stress take over your life its not worth it so take care be careful and again very very very thankful can not wait to be back out there up high up in the mountains closer to God makes me feel good

[@georgehouse4747]

Its been awhile since I watched..I'm glad you found your happiness may it continue you. So with that Tammy I will wish you only the best..its good to know your happy and sad to know this will probably be the last time I see you. Thanks for the Time..✌️

[@michaelmurphy1531]

Great to see you again Tammy.

[@5tad]

Thanks Tammy, so good to hear an update and so happy to hear things are going so well for everyone. Personally, I loved this video style. Also, with work, sometimes we have seasons when it’s the long days, and nights but also nice to know it’s not forever. I’m right there with you in the trenches, but looking forward to summer outside. All the best to you and yours🌲💖

[@claramullen]

Hi Tammy it is good to hear that everything is okay with you. Life gets super crazy sometimes but remember you always have to make time for yourself. I was fortunate to be able not to have to work out of the house I raised my four kids and took care of my eight grandkids every day so they would not have to be in a daycare. I never did anything for myself but now for the last three years I have gone out every month for a five day camping and hiking adventure. I am enjoying every moment in nature that I can. Now at 64 years old I will take all time I can and enjoy it.

[@wingedhealer3069]

Go girl.

[@pacificbushcraftandfirecra6358]

Glad all is well with you and everyone! Don't let work rule you. We only have one go at this short existence. Play by your rules, not others! Always much love and support T! Stay awesome and always #keepitburning 🔥

[@susanspring6313]

It's so cool to see you back

[@jonoffensend7519]

Really enjoyed this update on all things going on , having been a follower for the full 7 seasons (so far 😁). If you are sitting 14 hours a day those first backing trips might be rough😁. I don’t mind AI as long as we don’t get a AI robot sitting on a bear barrel chatting. ❤️🙏🤗🎩

[@wingedhealer3069]

😂

[@rubyputnam8526]

Hi Tammy! It's good to hear that you and Scott are doing well and that your girls are doing great! Busy family and exciting times. Always try to rest and be careful. Idk about that AI stuff. I don't know a lot about it but it doesn't sound like a good thing. Love your channel and your trips to Iceland and Norway were amazing! Take care of each other and be safe. Thank you for sharing.

[@locksbog4270]

Great to see you and the phone video is perfect. 👍😃✌️🇺🇸❤️

[@lynnpavlik7253]

Just hearing from you is good enough.

[@normaallred7568]

I love all your videos thanks

[@williamdickman7917]

Tammy! Come on!!!! Life, as you are aware, is too short for 14 hour days. Don't make yourself sick over a job! Love your life more than your job, please.

[@gailthorpe2288]

What is 18 credits in the UK???

[@John1908-vo1iv]

Use a stick from the woods to mix :)

[@gailthorpe2288]

I really hope Madison it still singing she has a awesome Voice has Madison gone away to university?

[@John1908-vo1iv]

I watched your video about the layoff yesterday and subscribed. Felt bad for you but I am positive you will overcome this and find something better. I wonder if your employer watched your videos and took offense of you complaining about work, although it was within your right and you just shared that you were overworked, the company did not appreciate it.

[@SpiritForest]

I can pretty much guarantee that they have not watched my videos. And I am 100% OK with it and I don’t talk about my videos at work so nobody really knows about them unless they’re surfing the Internet and happened to run across my videos. Which at this point to me, it doesn’t matter.

[@3rubberboats]

As the Britians would say> Crack on. Do what you wish and enjoy every moment of it. But make sure you have excepted the Lord Jesus as your personal savior as it will be most important in the future. Okay?

[@claudiaunruh8955]

This is probably not your season for complex videos with B roll. You don’t always cook a 5 course dinner, right? Keep it simple, we’ll still be here.

[@Starfish2145]

Why are you still wearing a wedding ring?

[@conniewaite1371]

Get the daughter in a van for college,it will save her money on rent

[@dianepines9014]

Where do you safely park the van near colleges?

[@conniewaite1371]

@@dianepines9014 dont they have a college parking lot? Maybe a place where she can have a job while at college or a friend's house.

[@lyfandeth]

The dormitory experience teaches a lot about socializing. I'd say live on campus for the first two years (many colleges require that) and then, after you've become part of community, think about moving off campus with roomate(s). But having to deal with van life and being outside the dorm community, is just going to interfere with concentrating on why someone young is going to college. If you're on the GI bill or in your older 20's and just there to get some specific training, a van becomes more feasible. IF it is allowed and IF you know how to deal with the van.

[@MrCelticatheart]

Did you teach your girls, "how to be a wife" or maybe you taught them "they don't need no man". In this society we sure need some ladies that know how to be a wife and will stay even when things get hard. Far to many Mothers teach they don't need no man. If they want to be a modern woman and have a traditional marriage it will never work, they are polar opposites! If you teach them that stuff it would be much more important than to teach them how to camp. Camping is great to teach too don't get me wrong but not as important. Don't know why just had this on my mind....and divorce sucks!!!

[@dianepines9014]

Great to hear from you!❤ I wish it was illegal for companies to make you work 14 hour days. I hope you find a healthy balance!🫶

[@BryanPowell-f6h]

Hi Tammy. Ive been busy with life. Not that you care lol. Have you ever heard of "roaming reckless" ? You should check her out. Shes amazing.