Busy afternoon in town today. I picked out the kitchen cabinets, countertops and flooring for the new house. The lady that helped me at Mark II Design Center made it easy. She listened to what I wanted and found samples that matched what I asked for. I am not locked into my choices today but she is going to work up a bid for pricing so I have an idea of what they will cost. If they are too expensive, I may have to make other choices – we shall see.
Stopped at the Vet Clinic and got flea and tic medication as well as HeartGuard for the two dogs and cat for the coming months. It cost me $350 to get out of there today. Yikes.
Went to Bluestem and got eight bags of chicken feed. It cost me almost $200 for that. Yikes! I spent much more on my pet stuff than I did on the grocery order I picked up for me after I left Bluestem.
Stopped by Affordable Room Group and arranged for the delivery of the new bed set for this week. I was surprised they could do it this week.
Went to exercise and did my thing. Today we did a yoga video. I liked doing it but wished we held the poses for longer than the three breaths we did. Monday is the start of a new week of videos for me so it is a learning day. By Friday I will have them down pat only to get a new set of exercises to learn the following week. This keeps me from getting bored in exercise class though.
Came home and got the eight bags of chicken feed unloaded and all the groceries brought into the house and put away. I feel like I did two sets of exercise today lifting the feed and making trips into the house to bring the groceries in addition to doing exercise class.
This morning I went downstairs and finished up emptying out the two guest bedrooms and bathroom. I have six boxes to take to the Salvation Army, I made another box of things for Jason to take, and I found a few things I will be moving. Now I need to go down and clean those rooms and they will be done. They are the first three rooms I have completely gotten ready for the move. Three down – not sure how many to go -maybe 20? Good thing I have five weeks to go.
Can’t start packing most of the other rooms yet as I will drive myself crazy if I do. I can pack up the books and stuff from the great room downstairs and get that ready. I can also do the furnace room and the cedar closet room. I don’t use that stuff and have gotten rid of most of it but there are some things I need to pack to take.
The buyer had discovered two spots on the roof that needed some shingle repair. I had sent my shingle guy a picture of the broken shingles. He called me this morning and sent a guy out today to fix them. That was impressive service. He is to send out his guttering team later this week to get that job done.
Little by little things are falling into place and getting done. I appreciate days like today where it feels like I take a giant step forward in moving from this house and building a new house. Somedays the needle doesn’t move much but today it jumped forward a bunch.
Tomorrow I have to go to town to do a special tax session for a couple that needed some extra time and help. Not sure I have anything else to do while I am in town since I got all my errands done today. It didn’t take me as long as I thought it might making my flooring and countertop decisions so I had extra time today to get things done.
Still need to go down and take care of the chickens today. I needed to sit for a hot minute after I got groceries put away and catch my breath. The trip to town was a whirlwind and I needed to take a minute to catch my breath before I did the chickens.
We may get some snow tonight. It is to get well below freezing tonight and tomorrow night. Maybe this will be our last blast of winter this year. It is to warm right back up again so if we do get snow it won’t be around long. We need the moisture but I would rather have rain.
Feeling good about all I got done today. Somedays are productive and some are not and this was a productive day. Crossed off several things from my pending list and to-do list. Wish more days could be like today. Guess you have to have to unproductive days to appreciate the productive ones.
Sitting in a good head space today. The move and build is starting to feel real for me as I start to empty out rooms and pick out new things. Still feeling mixed emotions with thinking about moving and leaving this house but know that is what I need to do. Once the move is over and I am in the new house, I’m sure it will feel like a good thing. I am usually pretty good about letting go of things that are no longer meant for me. It can be a process though and it never seems to be a straight line.
Grateful for the decisions I was able to make today, grateful the animals have feed and med supplies for the coming months, and grateful the roof got taken care of so easily and quickly.