Lazy, cold day on the prairie. We are only going to reach the low 30’s today. Burrrrr……. Grateful spring temperatures will be here next week.
I haven’t done a darn thing today. Decided to take a rest day and allow myself to do nothing today unless something pulls me in to take care of it. I did clean out the ovens and made some new files for my desk organizer. Both of those little projects had been bugging me and I happened to think about them and got them taken care of. Other than that, I have been sitting in my corner chair today.
I started thinking about what I want to take and what I want to get rid of. I get a bit overwhelmed and can’t do much. I did start a list on my iPad so I can stay organized about it. I’m afraid I will promise the same thing to two different people. Do come see me soon and see if there is anything I have that you want. Lots of kitchen items, some furniture, and lots of miscellaneous things.
Hoping next week I can get down to the barn and start going through that. Lots to throw away in there. I can at least get it bagged up and take it to the curb two bags at a time each week. I won’t have much storage space for a bit so will get rid of most of it. I have a couple of like new live animal traps that I would love to find another home for. Who knows what else I will find down there.
I am tired today. I still may go take a nap. I didn’t sleep very well last night. I kept waking up and thinking it was time to get up. Finally gave up around 7:00 and got up. It is going to take me some more time to let all the emotion that I am holding release so I can calm down and relax completely. I keep reminding myself all is well, right here, right now, all is well. Bumps in the road will certainly happen but I don’t need to worry about them until they are here.
I will have to put on my winter overalls to do the chickens today. I don’t like getting cold these days and won’t enjoy doing chores today. At least the sun is shining and the wind has calmed down a bit.
I was looking through my kitchen cabinets to mentally make a note of what I need to get rid of. Found a 12 egg incubator. I won’t be taking that with me. Anyone want to hatch some baby chicks? I used it once and hatched two chicks with it.
I have a quiet week ahead. I will go to town three times for exercise and twice to do taxes. Other than that, I have a rare week where I have nothing else on my calendar. I need a quiet week to give me lots of time to process the sale of my house and mentally prepare myself for the big moves. I am starting to make lists of things that will need to be done. It may be a long three and half months before the move though. It is way too soon to do too much sorting and packing yet. One time I moved with six days notice – I kinda like that type of move better. This one feels very drawn out. The time will pass quickly though and I will be moved before I know it.
One day next week I need to stop and get chicken feed. I am down to my last bag. The girls go through a little over one bag a week. Won’t miss paying for that but I will miss having unlimited fresh eggs. I am leaving the chickens with the house. The new owners were excited to get chickens again. They have had them in the past so the chickens will be in experienced hands.
The locksmith came today and fixed the back door. I’m grateful to cross that little project off my pending list. Now if the EFIS guy will show up as he said he would next week. Fingers crossed he does. It would really ease my mind when I know he has seen the job and then he can give me an approximate start date. I sure would like to get that repair project done soon.
I really need to figure something out about the booster pump. I keep nagging the plumbers and nothing seems to be happening. I have to have the booster pump fixed before close. It has been several months since it started leaking and nothing has been done about it. May need to find a different plumber for a fix if things don’t get going.
I’m going to get a storage shed of some sorts for the new house. I may go look at those next week to see what is out there. Not sure if I need to have a concrete pad laid to put it on or not. I want to get one big enough to hold a riding mower and all the other stuff like ladders, etc. I won’t have a garage at the Plum St house for a bit and will need somewhere to store that type of stuff. Not sure where to look to find one so I will have to start looking.
I will also need to buy a smaller riding mower. The one I have is way too big for city mowing. I will sell it and then use that money to buy a new, smaller one. The one I have now is a John Deere and the local dealer doesn’t sell small ones. I’ll have to look up ratings and see what I want to get.
Maybe it is a good thing I have three months to get these things done. I can take my time and find exactly what I want with no time pressure. I will have to have both the storage shed and the mower delivered so that will add a complication to the buying process. I’ll have to figure out the timing of delivery too. It will all sort itself out sooner or later. All is well – right?
I’m surprised I have been able to stay at or above neutral lately. I got really angry for a bit yesterday and dipped below but was able to climb back up fairly quickly. I will call that a win! I still am feeling some anger today but have made a plan on what I need to do until close to protect myself. I will have to operate in a way that feels foreign to me and that will feel uncomfortable. Grateful the hard negotiations are done and contact should be minimal.
Grateful for a lazy day at home, grateful for to-do lists that will keep me on track, and grateful for all the upcoming possibilities.