PROGRESS. PRAISE THE LORD! PROGRESS.

THE LIVING ROOM IS SO CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETELY EMPTY. A nice sun shinny day out the window.  Temps in the mid 70s.  My kind of weather. 

 

As I sit in my recliner looking up at the ceiling then out the window, I thank God that we got to live here for 6 and a half years.  I tell the house good-bye each day as we get closer to moving away.  I know the walls of this old 1883 house have heard many a voice talking and chatting from previous owners.  We have been warm bodies in this place.

Floor to ceiling shutters cover the large windows.

The lovely, old mansion across the street will not be what I see out my window at the COTTAGE. Instead there will be a very modest new house that is in the beginnings of being built on an empty lot.  Our small COTTAGE will get a face lift over the next two years or so.  We will be living in small town America again and I shall see how it goes.  

I love this old house we are in right now.  I really do.  I will miss her very much, but believe it is time for another family to make her their HOME here on the large corner lot.  FALL is here and I must be ready to go.

Two loads of storage tubs went to the storage unit today and guess what?  On the second trip to the unit two deer were spotted on the road we were traveling.  When we went to the storage unit around 6:30 a young deer stood by the side of the road staring at us.  Honking the car horn caused her to dart off into the forest.  It took us all of about 5 minutes to unload this load and on the way HOME, the deer ran across the highway in front of me, but I had time to hit the brakes with no damage done.    

When driving to the storage unit, it is best to drive about 40 miles an hour to avoid these lil Bambies.  

After we got HOME, I fixed a Kale Salad with almonds adding some large croutons.  I have started to pack up the Kitchen meaning the left over dishes and cookware need to go into boxes. Food items in the cabinets will disappear.  The fridge needs cleaned out and the freezer as well.  

Have to walk myself through this.  More boxes needed.

I am about done in with this long, stretched out move.  Two years at least of dealing with one thing or another pertaining to downsizing and making preparations to move.  We are still not ready.  It has taken a toll on me.  I keep going.  Have to, but it seems like a never ending endeavor.  More to do.  

I NEVER WANT TO HAVE SO MUCH TO PACK UP AND MOVE     E V E R  AGAIN.  This means I have to downsize a whole lot more once I get to the COTTAGE.  I believe being extremely organized is in our future and we'll be above and beyond happy about it.  

Ready, set, gooooooooooo.  Soon we'll be finished here and we can take a R and R before diving into the boxes on the other end.  PRAISE THE LORD, we have made progress.  I don't want what I am doing now to be so much of my LIFE in the future.  It is painful.  

We do see all that we have on the property and in our estate.  Everything in drawers and closets, in cabinets, things sitting out.  I know we can live with less and still be very HAPPY. 

This evening as I was carrying a bunch of papers that I need to go through, old envelopes from January 2000 spilled out onto the floor.  Stamped from 23 years ago.  I sat in my recliner and read each letter from previous Board Members of Christian Women's Club that I chaired.  Most of the women have gone onto GLORY.  Should I keep the letters or pitch them?  I smiled as I read each one.  Kind words.  I was given a lift this evening.  Who would have thunk it that 23 years after writing these letters I would be rereading them and smiling?

I will miss opening these French doors that lead into the screened-in porch letting fresh air into our house.

The old front doors in the entryway.

~d