INVESTIGATING WHAT'S IN STORAGE UNITS

RESTED UNTIL LATE MORNING.  Still coughing.  Outside temps were in the 70s. Perfect walking weather for me.  Decided to go walk at the football field.  Hubby drove me.  He sat while I went around the track talking to myself that I need to walk a mile.  I was alright at the half mile mark and was trying to talk myself out of walking a 3rd and 4th time around.

It was a chore to convince myself that I would like being able to say I walked a mile.  I finally convinced myself and even tried to jog a little bit.  Ha.  That was a joke as I can not run.  If I keep at it perhaps I will be able to run again one day.  A dream come true.  As a heavy set gal, I look like I'm out of commission.  No one is watching so I jog like no one is watching.

I made my mile in 25 minutes and 13 seconds.  This is the fastest mile I have made since timing myself.  Afterwards, I cooled off and drank a bottle of H2o.  We drove to the Post Office and then over to our storage unit at a different community to put out moth balls and mouse traps.  The leaves on the trees are TURNING already.  I kept saying, it's too early for the leaves to be turning.  Maybe in September, but NOT in August.

I investigated what is in some of the tubs.  I gathered the CORELLE dishes we used 50 years ago as a wedding gift.  SPRING BLOSSOM GREEN OR CRASY DAISY PATTERN.  I think I will gather some more things that we started out with as newly weds that we still have as our 50th wedding anniversary is at the end of the month.  Makes me smile.  

I also found some white china from Germany in a vinyl storage box that I will bring HOME when we return to check on the traps in a few days.  I believe I can wash these up and place them in the corner cabinet.  I want to hang onto these as they are so pretty and delicate. 

As my eyes darted about the unit looking at pieces of furniture that I don't know what to do with, I find myself asking God what shall I do with the furniture and accessories?  I will go over to a different storage unit we use later and maybe start loading things into the car to take to charity or shuffling to make better sense of the things.   

Drove back to the local grocery store as I wanted to get some V8 and possibly some other juices for a juice fast day.  They didn't have the V8 in cans like I like using that has 60 calories, but had larger bottles so I got one and also some tomatoe juice, cranberry juice and apple juice.  I have it in my head that I can do a juice fast with breakfast being a V8.  Snack being some pineapple juice.  Lunch another V8 with some Blood Pressure helper powder in it.  Afternoon snack would be orange juice or grapefruit juice.  Supper maybe tomato juice.  Evening snack being apple juice or carrot juice.  Doing this thing.

 

Like this.

From the grocery store we went through the CITY PARK then headed HOME.  When driving the car, my husband is beginning to scare me when he drives.  We were approaching the railroad tracks he didn't hear the dinging of the signal that a train is coming with the railroad crossbars coming down.  I yelled a holler and he told me he thought his phone was ringing.  I asked if he saw the crossbars coming down on the hood of the car.  Nope, he hadn't.  I think he should be demoted as a driver.  I do most of the driving these days and I think I had better do more of it. He's slowing down and it's scary.  Aging has its challenges that you might not think you ever will. Surprise...here they be.

We drove HOME, unloaded our things, watered the porch plants, had Bean with Bacon Soup and crackers along with Iced Tea for Lunch.  Filling.  Nap time. Time to rest some more so I'm blogging and doing laundry.  Then I will clean up the doll I purchased yesterday from God's Storehouse.  I will restyle her ringlets, wash her up and decide if I should launder her pretty orange dress and bonnet.  A ink spot is on her sleeve and she's missing a shoe. I may try to get the ink out of her dress with rubbing alcohol and toothbrush.  Shall give it some thought.  Her undergarments are well made with some lace.  Being a Fayzah Spanos doll, she is a well made doll.  Lovely addition to my doll collection.  When I saw her, I debated should I get her or not.  I easily would pay this much for a pair of bluejeans so I decided I'd go the extra mile and buy her.  

I'll be transferring some toys for the youngest grandchild into a new heftier vinyl storage box with a canary yellow lid.  It's time to be organizing our household as best we can.  An ongoing project.  Each day I need to work on it.  Amen.

~d