A SMILE CAME OVER ME WHEN I REALIZED THAT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, I will go by our old house in a different community. I needed to smile. It will have been a year since I saw our lovely two story on a large corner lot across the street from the DITTO MANSION. A young couple with three children and a dog bought it. I hope they are very happy there.
I made a promise that I would not go by it for a complete year AFTER WE MOVED OUT and I have honored this so far. I am frequently in the community and have had to make an effort to stay away. ANOTHER GOAL will be accomplished when I do not go by until the end of OCTOBER.
We lived there 6 and a half years. Each HALLOWEEN, I enjoyed treating the trick-o-treaters. It will be bitter sweet to see the house again. Through the years it will be bitter sweet if I am given the opportunity to drive by and say hello to the place. I mustn't be sad as LIFE GOES ON.
I can now look at the two story stone house we lived in for almost 10 years that's in the community I live in now without any heart pangs.
When our COTTAGE is spruced up to being decent then I will SMILE really big about our retirement cottage where we live. We are blessed to have a roof over our heads that's paid for. Taxes, insurance and of course maintenance is part of our expenses. We continue to downsize a little here and a little there. Tis a huge adjustment. HUGE. I'm not there yet.
I have tried to stop spending so much money during the month of September. I spent LOW as possible. It needs to be a way of LIFE? I know I can do better. I am having thoughts about ways to SAVE more money as I grow older. I believe I can do it. I will make a sign/poster to remind me of this challenge.
Hubby has been working at hanging and painting crown molding in the Bathroom. The room is looking so pretty and so much better than it did when we moved into the COTTAGE. He'd hope to have the clawfoot tub in place today, but there will be a delay as we have to go to Manhattan and Wamego for some important things. Perhaps tomorrow the tub will go in place. Can't hardly wait.
When I look at how much better the room looks compared to what it did, I can't help put get a little excited that the other rooms will follow.
While in Manhattan, I'd like to go to the BEAUTY School to have them shampoo my hair. I'd be a WALK-IN so I hope they can squeeze me in. Hubby is taking a NAP on the sofa. Fatigue came over him. I understand this as I suffer from it as well. Sometimes there's no warning, it just hits.
I best go get groomed so I can go to town and get some important stuff done. It will be pleasant to drive slow and sight see the landscape as we drive along going in slow-mo. I love this.
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