MIDWEEK and I iz busy taking the Blue Willow China out of bunged up cardboard boxes that are falling apart. The antique china cabinet is filling up. Hope I can arrange it to where the cabinet holds the brunt of the china.
Off the top of my head, I don't remember how many pieces I bubble wrapped and placed in boxes, carried to the car, drove over to the Cottage in a different community than I was living at the time, carried heavy boxes up some steps into the Cottage and stacked in the living room. Then Hubs carried them to the garage where they have been over a year.
I can't remember when I boxed them up. Maybe after my hysterectomy? I know I didn't carry them right away, but wrapping them, I did. NOPE. I went back through my blog and found a post when I was boxing up my Blue Willow dishes in February of 2023. SO it's been longer than a year since they've seen daylight. Been 21 MONTHS!!! Makes me twitch funny.
21 months have passed. Unboxing the dishes has been like opening a time capsule buried away until the calendar shows the time is right to get the items out again. The day arrived. I was able to work hard at getting this task done before midnight. I should pat myself on my back for sticking to it. Pat pat. Feel that? Do it again. You deserve a raise and a few days off.
How can it have been that long ago that I started boxing things up for our move? No wonder I hit an emotional wall once in awhile. This move has been in slow-mo over two years. The sensation of not being settled has been earned. Lord help. I think I have been in some kind of trance.
BY EVENING, I had what I could get into the cabinet. Every square inch taken. Boxed up a few pieces that I will keep for now, but store elsewhere.
NOW to get the empty boxes out of the living room and vacuum the carpet to tidy up the room. I made progress and it finally shows. I am relieved that this has finally happened. I know where the BLUE WILLOW is at. ALL OF IT. Inside Mom's antique China Cabinet displays my pride and joy. Looks beautiful. Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
THE MOVIE we watched tonight made my eyes water. THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS EVE with Kelsey Grammer is Family Friendly. It is a very good made for tv secular CHRISTMAS movie with a very good message.
A hardened hearted businessman has let life pass him by while building up the family business on the memory of his father. He is given 12 chances to get LIFE right. Worth watching.
The week is getting away from me. Company is traveling into town this week-end. I'll need to tidy the COTTAGE as much as I can so the house is somewhat presentable. This is an opportunity to love on a family member that needs some answered prayers concerning work.
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