Ideas come to mind as I flip through the pages. The thumbing part of my hand is tired. It wants to go back to sleep, but my mind is wide awake. I've been so good about leaving the television off as I thumb away. No music either. PURE concentration dealing with this task.
Makes my head spin.
I really did think that I would take time in the evenings after we were retired and revisit the magazines. SOme where in this delusion I romanticized about this activity being more earth shattering than it is. The time did arrived as I have hauled over twenty years worth of a variety of magazines around with me from different places we have lived. My Husband can vouch for me on this one as it has been him as well that shuffled so many magazines. Huff huff.
My Mom had told me, " The older you get the less you want all this stuff." She knows what she is talking about. AND AWAY WE GO.
This week-end I hope we have all the CHRISTMAS tubs in the basement. We're shuffling our plans as to when more things can be brought over to this location. Slowing down the exodus. Just too much to take on all at once in this WINTER.
WHEN THE WEATHER STARTS WARMING UP A TAD, I plan on going looking for a nice area rug for our living room. I had a beauty of a rug that got smoked stained in the house fire. It was a no-go to clean and so it went into a dumpster. SLOWLY, and I do MEAN slowly we are piecing together our HOME. A little here and a little there.
After the magazines are completely dealt with I will have to get back on the fire recovery paperwork. I've had to take this really slow. As much as I don't want to be EmOtIoNaL I still do. Breathe deeply and sigh so as to not get dizzy.
I know it all takes time. So time it is,
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4 comments:
I'm curious about what all is involved in your fire paperwork. It seems to be going on for a long time. I can't even imagine how hard this has been for you! You are making great progress on the magazines. I used to be a Country Living magazine hoarder. I had an old wooden trunk full and I finally got rid of them a few years ago. I don't even subscribe to the magazine now (it isn't as good as it used to be).
Isn't it funny that age brings contentment. I have enough, I really do. Why did I not
feel that in my 20's, 30's, 40's?
LilPenpen, the fire recovery will take right up to the 2 year mark of the fire. Long story short, it's a process of turning in info and waiting to hear back from the insurance company. Drawn out and some of that is needed to digest all the loss. All the best to you. Thanks for commenting,
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OMWindow, I know that I keep changing and don't think or feel the same about things as I did in other decades. Perhaps we have gotten wiser with time and experience? Blessings to you. Thanks for commenting,
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Oh goodness; the long process of fire recovery makes it even harder to move on, doesn't it? I'm sure it is something that you will never truly 'recover' from, but I pray that you can find peace and healing along the way.
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