More thoughts!

It has been a couple of weeks and I need to update this blog. Sadly, last week we had to put one of our beautiful yellow labs to sleep. Her name was Hannah and she is the sister of our other dog, Darby. They turned 7 on February 19th and the next day we had to say goodbye to Hannah. I am very saddened by this and have not been nearly as active as I should be around here. Hopefully in the next few days, I'll get it together and start anew with the packing and going through my stuff.

Pictures are still in the forefront of my mind and I will be getting to that! Our move is getting closer and closer. The excitement I feel is such a good thing. I somehow view our move as a new beginning of sorts. We have outgrown our small house with our varied interests and knowing we have more room and land is certainly enticing.

I've been toying with the idea of opening my own web site and selling a lot of my stuff there. So keep posted for updates on that. Of course, that can't happen until after we are somewhat settled in our new home so that's several months away. But the idea of it is appealing to me. I've decided that I'm not really a leader - but I'm definitely not a follower any more. I must be on my own so I don't have to answer to anyone. Just reached that age in my life. So perhaps a venture out on my own is the answer! Time will tell.

Until I'm back into the thick of things here, not too much else to write about today. Stay tuned!

Valentine's Day

Well here we are at Valentine's Day already. I have been making some progress with my quest to go through boxes and boxes of stuff. Unfortunately, some things have been damaged with moisture from rain and sitting out under the patio. It hurt to have to throw some old photos away that used to belong to my late sister. But, they were ruined beyond repair and were really just personal photos of her vacations, etc.

I have been selling some things on ebay and will continue to list more today. I have "spoken" with someone who has a website to sell her patterns. She is encouraging me to do the same with my treasures. I may just investigate this when we get settled in Bishop. Of course, this means I'll have to take stuff with me to sell on there, but it might be worth a shot. I'll have to discuss this with my honey so he won't think I'm taking this stuff just for personal use. If I can sell it online that might be a way to go rather than just giving it away or selling it for next to nothing at a yard sale.

We did agree that we don't want to have another yard sale. The last one was a bad experience where I actually lost my temper with a woman and refused to sell something to her. It was a tough day already and she just sent me over the edge. I eventually got my price and sold her the vintage sugar & creamer. She was insulting me with an offer and then started to push me - so I pushed back. I'm sure she wouldn't come back here again anyway!

It is amazing to me the things I have almost forgotten about that I have. Man, why did I ever collect so much stuff? It is hard to come to the realization that that's what it really is...just stuff! Some people have an easier time of unloading, but it's not so easy for me. I am throwing away some and donating some...but honestly, I've a long way to go.

With our move looming in less than 6 months, I really have to get more serious here. I keep trying to envision my office/craft room and try to analyze just how much I can really put in there. My area is a converted garage that has been set up as two office spaces for a prior in-home business. So I've got quite a bit of room to work with and can take quite a lot with me, but honestly, all that I have won't fit. Miles and miles to go, as they say!

I haven't forgotten that I am to post photos of my favorite things. I will do this very soon...at least that's my plan.

It's time to get to the listing and cleaning out a few more boxes today. Hope Cupid finds you and tags you with some love.