OH MY GOSH...IT'S COLD

THE TEMPS ARE DIPPING as I drove HOME this evening.  I'm not a cold weather person, so when I entered through the back door, the warmth from the Kitchen was a welcoming room.  It is about 14 degrees here.  I could see the temps falling in the car as I drove HOME.  Taking my shoes off and placing my handbag with keys in the Dining room are a ritual I practice.  I won't be fixing supper tonight.  Munching on pretzels dipped in peanut butter. Sipping water and HOT green tea.  My housecoat is being washed as I type.  It has a way of getting dirty so easily when I LIVE IN IT.  

HUBBY HAS BEEN WORKING UNDER THE COTTAGE FLOOR to repair the bathroom plumbing.  We took separate cars today as I knew I'd have to leave to come back HOME before him.  He has made huge progress on the bathroom.  Makes my heart soar.  Big smile.  

I FINISHED shredding the paper that was in that last tub.  Hallelujah and a half.  When I shredded the last piece of paper, I about couldn't believe it.  HOURS have gone into this project. It amazes me where our money has gone over the years.  The last of the old check carbons were from 2009.  So many medical bills, utilities, mortgages, car payments, gifts, ministry donations. I did find some receipts for pieces of furniture we had bought over the years.  The claw foot tub that we are going to put in the COTTAGE bathroom was purchased back in 2009!  That makes my head spin. 

It was suppose to go into the rock house bathroom when we remodeled it, but this didn't happen as the house had a fire and we moved on.  It will fit nicely now in the small COTTAGE bathroom when the time comes in 2023.

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We came across a drawing my husband had doodled of the front porch on the COTTAGE.  If this is the design we follow, it will be such a cute COTTAGE when completed.  We talked about going ahead and pulling up the grungy, stained carpet and living with the old wood floors until we can get to refinishing them in the future.  We will cover them with the area rugs we have now in the main house.  I think it will help speed us up into getting into the COTTAGE before SPRING.

We shuffled the two curios that were resting in the Living room into different spots.  The one we moved into the Dining room will hold crystal that I already have at the COTTAGE and the pieces I have boxed up waiting to be taken to the COTTAGE.  I will clean this piece hopefully next week and round up the crystal to place in the curio.  This will free up the crystal that is sitting out and about.  At least it will be grouped together and be there waiting when we get moved over.

The other curio cabinet went into the pink bedroom where I can fill it with my doll collection. This made me smile as I have been boxing up my dolls.  This will give me a place to house them for now until the front bedroom is ready for the curio cabinet.  I'm still taking pictures of my dolls and hope to get them moved over this week so they are out of the main house.  

I will continue working on boxing up dolls and Kitchen things then the Blue Willow dishes will be boxed up.  I'll leave them boxed up and put them in the Dining room until we get further along on this move.  

When going from a larger house to a small COTTAGE, it's tricky knowing what to downsize to. Having order is a must. 

I pray this week goes better as I have had a rough ten days considering my female plumbing.  It's been awful.  I have to get checked out as I need to know what's going on with my body.  I'm too old to have periods.  Maybe my fibroids are making a disturbance in the force.  With being elderly, the lining in the uterus can become too thin or there can be hormone imbalances. Fibroids can cause issues or it can be cancer.  So with all this in mind, I've found a different Gynecologist that's a female and a D.O.   I look forward to hearing what she has to say.  Perhaps she will suggest a different procedure than a hysterectomy.  Something more conservative.  If I have to have a hysterectomy, then I will.  

I went to St. Francis Hospital to have a blood test done to see if I'm anemic.  I am.  Taking iron now and I shouldn't have waited.  Bummer.  The wait to see my new Gynecologist is 2 months out.  I'm taking Ibuprofen which helps with the flow that's not suppose to be there.  My medical records will be faxed this week and I will see what happens when the doctor reads my records.  I may get in earlier to see her or the other D.O. that works with her.  

Mercy, if it's not one thing it's 4 other things. 

In the meantime, I pack when I can and do what I can.  Time to crank the heat up some.  It's getting chilly in this ole house.  12 degrees outside feeling like a -2.  WINTER has arrived and is quite chilly.  I think having a warm HOME to go to is such a blessing.

Baby, it's COLD outside.    
HOME sweet HOME is truly one of my favorite places.

~d   

HOME SWEET HOME

Hit me with a wet noodle.  I don't think I would flinch.  After today, I think having babies was less tiresome than how I FEEL at the moment.  I still have strength to type so I'm not completely gone, but my muscles are weak, sore, feet tired and I know the meaning of TIRED.

This evening I will soak my weary feet.

THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END we rented a U-Haul, got a McDonalds Breakfast then stopped in at a THRIFT SHOP.  I purchased a few small items then drove back to small-town america where we had our FIRE RECOVERY boxes stored in a storage unit.  ROLLED MY SLEEVES UP and got to work.

Husband and I went full steam ahead and unloaded the storage unit into a moving van.  It took four hours.  The boxes were light and easy to carry, but after umpteen trips from unit to van I felt old and worn out.  My dear Husband and I were THE CREW. 

We finished up and drove the van over the county line....drum roll please......to a different house.  Not RETIREMENT COTTAGE.  My Dear Sweet Husband admitted to me that after living at RETIREMENT COTTAGE for 6 months he is not ready for this kind of SMALL.

On the day that our belongings were returned to us   to a storage unit, we went for lunch across the county line.  After we ate, we took a drive about a different small-town america.  There are some houses that I enjoy looking at from the curb appeal angle.  

As we came over a hill, I commented at this one house that I have admired for years, "AND you know I just love this house..."  Noticing that there was a FOR SALE sign in the lawn, I BLINKED and hollered, "AND IT'S FOR SALE!!!!"

"Can we go see it?"  He agreed and we went to the Real Estate Office that the house is listed with.  Just so happened the realtor was in saying we can tour the house right now.   FELL madly in love with it.  

Said a prayer.

We talked about it.  
We both like the house more than chocolate.  
Made an offer.  
The sellers accepted.  
Had inspections.  
We bought the house.  
Closed on the house.  

Decided to take our storage boxes to the DREAM house and unpack there.

IT'S OUR DREAM HOUSE.  DREAM.

We had been loading the car up with boxes from storage, taking them to RETIREMENT COTTAGE, unloading the treasures, documenting, etc.  Our small cottage has quickly filled up with boxes.  Having to decide where to stack the things until our furniture returns to us has crowded our space.  LIVING in a warehouse takes nerves of steel.

We hope to finish unloading the boxes this week-end...turn around and reload the truck with another storage units keepsakes, make the trip over the county line and unload.  

We will be busy in JUNE going through BOXES.

This will be a different kind of relocating than ever before.  After we order the Living room furniture, it will take about two months to get it delivered.  Others will be moving these heavy pieces of furniture into our HOME.  While we wait for time to pass, I'll be going through the boxes, taking inventory, washing the dishes and placing in the room where items will live.

Our wood furniture is being refinished and when it is ready to be returned to us, others will bring it to our new location in a few months.  

Eventually, we will order two more mattresses and box springs.  that will be delivered by others.  When the time comes we'll find a bedroom suite to replace the one we lost in the fire.

We'll pack up our RETIREMENT COTTAGE belongings that we have been living with since the house fire.   SO I best be packing.

I have felt almost like a newly wed living in RETIREMENT COTTAGE the last 7 months.  There has been little furniture.   As we have been thinking about what to replace, my brain has been tired.  Our little cottage has been crowded.  TINY.  I really thought we could fit in here if we had little earthly possessions.  I thought we could do it.  

This place in LIFE has helped me think about what is important in LIFE.  The house fire,  two parents dying, a third parent with stage four lung cancer, turning loose of HOMEHAVEN in the rock house, rummaging through sentimental items that were ruined....we decided we were not ready to downsize to the place we would have to in order to fit in RETIREMENT COTTAGE.  

We've worked long hours on the non-restorable items that were returned to us.  It has been sad at times but also happy as we have gone through some items that were saved.

Going through belongings that are still in good condition makes my heart sing.

We will LIVE in our new location and go from there.
Pics to follow.
HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME.     

So glad you stopped by,
d

Home Sweet Home

~Welcome to Home Haven~

Be it ever so humble there's no place like home.

Your Home is like no other place on the planet,

because you LIVE there.

Home Sweet Home,

~Deanna~

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