Welcome, Judy! I'm glad you like it here. As time goes on and you discover all the fun and useful features, I hope you'll continue to enjoy it.
Gardening and reading are my escapes, too. There's nothing stressful about acorns, though. You earn them by doing nice enjoyable things, like adding photos of your pretty garden flowers to the database. Don't we all love to show off our pretties? And we "spend" acorns on things like buying ATP coffee mugs and shirts or buying "tickets" for raffles of wonderful garden books, flowers, or gift certificates. Just fun stuff, no work, but all a matter of choice. And once there was this "acorn fight" where we just all "threw" our acorns at one another. Just goofy and fun, nothing resembling work!
You should find forums to your liking, too. As gardeners we all tend to have a favorite "niche" we're looking for, and there are a lot to choose from here. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask, we're friendly.
Karen