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Oh Tatoulia
(((HUGS)))
You are so sweet.
Thank you but I still have a whole lot of acetaminophen and aspirin.
Plus it is very slowly getting better, it's a whole lot less painful.
No more screaming while moving into different positions.
I am thinking by next week I will be able to make a quick trip into town and until then I will take what I have and keep resting and using the heated throw.
Thank you Sweetheart 💖

Hi Subclinical
You did the right thing.
Being taken by a Raptor or Fox is preferable over being chicken pecked. (((HUG)))

Ouch for Dh's back.
Hope the doctor has good recommendations for some therapy.

That is hard, working on downsizing from feeding a large family to just the two of you at home.
Yes, your workload should be a lot lighter.
I think finding the perfect balance as to what you need on hand will just take trial and error.

You have done excellent with not salvaging everything you found for free, you now are very discerning as to what you pick up.
This thinking will help you in deciding what to plant, milk, harvest, breed so you have enough but not a bumper crop. (((HUG)))

I really hope you do get together and make applesauce.
That would be fun. 💝

Have a WONDERFUL day at the orchard! 😀

Still too smoky to hang laundry out.
But it is not as dark as the other days, yea.

Yes, Scooter has no idea just how huge the bird is that dropped that feather.
Whenever I have had any kittens I always had to keep them close to keep them from being bird chow.

I can tell by my clothes that I have lost a bit of weight since I don't have a scale.
Just have not felt like snacking & munching.
Plus there isn't any junk here to munch on or I might have been tempted.

Tillie I'm not caught up on the posts and we have a second dry run of our presentations soon but if you can create a wish list on amazon, I can send you the meds you need without your having to reveal your full name or address.

Chickens eat pretty much anything. They are not quite as efficient as pigs - they leave citrus rinds for example, but they are great speed composters.

The other chicks were picking on the dwarf chicken, so I let her free. She spent a few days hanging around the barn and then unfortunately disappeared. I'm guessing hawk. But maybe she's just living somewhere in the woods....

The rest of the chicks are currently separated into two pens. "Roosters" (7), and "possibly hens" (7), but I think three of the latter are late blooming roosters. I don't know why I get so few hens!

After the first frost the rooster pen will be put to work clearing my garden. They should be big enough to be hawkproof.

Scooter clearly doesn't know what that feather is. Mr. kitty is terrified of the big owls. Of course, he is also afraid of the chickens....

I'm glad you are eating well. Keep taking care of your back and avoiding the smoke as much as you can!

Dh got his test results back. He basically has bone spurs and arthritis in his spine. He is not happy, but he is going to talk to his doctor about physical therapy and exercise.

I love the feeling of tucking away a years worth of something all at once. I like the satisfaction of that big batch of jars, but I am starting to think it comes at too high a cost. I am limited in how much ice cream I can make at once by the capacity of my ice cream maker and the way the motor heats up - I can't just run it all day and make a dozen batches of one flavor without washing it... and yet, I have a nice stash of ice cream in my freezer, in many flavors, and I never feel overwhelmed at the thought of making ice cream.

I did less jam than usual this year - but there is enough. I am no longer feeding three teenagers plus extras.

I am starting to think "what if I just made a big pot of spaghetti sauce, served spaghetti for dinner, and tossed a few jars in the little canner...." if I did that once a week or so for a couple of months, I'd have plenty of spaghetti sauce. What if instead of letting the cucumbers pile up and trying to make a big batch of pickles, I just picked the cucumbers, filled four jars, and put them in the little canner....

I never made pickles by the way. I accidentally hit the temperature control wheel in the overflow fridge and I froze everything. The milk and eggs thawed, but the cucumbers became chicken food. Hoarding and waste.... I need to find balance.

When the kids were home and involved, a big canning day was fun. And we may do that with applesauce. But now it is starting to be like everything else I put off until it becomes too big and overwhelming. Even the amount of cheese I made yesterday was too much at once. If I am going to make ricotta, I need to stop at two hard cheeses. Which means I need to make cheese more often for a smaller part of the day. Or eat less cheese and feed the chickens milk, or milk fewer goats.

Balance is very hard.

But I'm rambling.

I got my shower and clean sheets last night.

This afternoon Bean is coming for his first trip to the apple orchard! My goal is to have fun and not buy too many apples.

Maybe I'll also do something with tomatoes today.

Tillie, it makes me mad that you don't have your ibuprofen. At least he gave you his scary old medicine, so next time you leave the house, you can throw it away!

I cooked most of DD's baby food - not because I was smart, because we were broke. I have a pie pumpkin ready to bake and purée for Bean (pumpkin was one of DD's favorites) plus we will be making the applesauce.

I will order Tattler lids from now on when I need lids.

CM🕷💃🏻, whatever you need to do for the stuff it's will be the right thing. You are making great progress! Imagine moving into a smaller storage unit and tucking the money difference away every month like Tatoulia did for her debt!

I am tired. Today was a dairy day. I should have done lessons, but I did not. I made four wheels of mozzarella, a pint and a half of ricotta, and three pints of ice cream. I did most of the cleaning up from that (the dishwasher is running for the second time) and also stripped the bed, washed the sheets, and made dinner. I feel like the day went so fast!

I need to put sheets back on the bed and shower before bedtime. Dh is at the office today and the dinner is waiting forhim. It is a big layered thing that has to sit for 20 minutes to an hour after it comes out of the oven.

I have a bunch more tomatoes that need to be cut up, and I haven't picked yet today.

I am trying to channel the girl on the vlog I was watching - I know the vlog is curated, but she makes her home life look so relaxed and peaceful. And one of the reasons is that she doesn't do huge projects. She just does small things from beginning to end. I can have 30 jars of tomato sauce and be hot and sweaty and exhausted and go to bed late knowing I will face a horrible mess in the kitchen tomorrow, or I can have 4 jars of tomato sauce, clean up the kitchen, shower, and sit calmly with a book and a drink before bed.

I probably planted too many tomatoes. I need to learn that I don't have to maximize all the tomatoes. Chickens like tomatoes.

Hello

Hi Subclinical
OH YEAH! Babies just love sweet squash! 😀

WTG! getting so much done today!
Dinner sounds good too. 🙂
I like "casserole" type things.

Good luck getting the bed made and a shower.

Sometimes it is better to work hard all one day and do the clean up the next day to get stored away the number of things you need to see you through until next growing season.

Didn't know Chickens eat tomatoes. Did know they eat greens and mice too.
Little garbage disposals I guess.
How is your Dwarf Chicken doing?

Found a just shed Great Horned Owl feather.
It is huge and fluffy.
Allowed Scooter to sniff it and he is still loving sniffing it.

Got litter box scooped.
Still in a LOT of discomfort with great immobility due to my back.
Need to go outside and water my garden plants in a bit.
Will try to hurry and get back inside out of the smoke.
For brunch I toasted an English muffin then melted some cheese on each half in the microwave.
Then I fried two over hard eggs and put one on each half of the muffin.
For dinner I will have some sweet juicy cantaloupe.

Another very dark smoky day.

I found that ibuprofen works better for my back pain than aspirin or acetaminophen.
I have only 2 200mg ibuprofen pills left.
The most I ever take at one time is 2 pills = 400mg.

Asked Steven if he has any or would he get me some.
He gave me a prescription bottle from his hoard of 800mg pills that expired 10/26/2010.
Said that's all I get, to just take those.

I will now be trying my acetaminophen or aspirin again to see which of those two help best.
No way in heck will I be taking his nasty old pills.

Stay in the moment, CM. You are doing it!

Okay have a little bit more time til my conference lunch break is over. Ttyl

Good Morning Everyone

Have a wonderful day Tatoulia 🙂

Hi CriticalMass
WAY TO GO! You're doing fantastic!

With a smaller storage unit you would be saving enough money to easily replace the common items that have become sad, dingy and depressing to look at now.
Think about saving only the "best" for your future home.
With arts & craft supplies it's hard but prioritize what you truly actually want to or will use.
Sentimental things like Stuffies are hard because they have a face.
Are you sure the big machines at laundromats are off limits?
Please don't over think and make donating things harder on yourself.

There are a lot of different degrees to minimalism.
It s not a matter of counting possessions and striving to have the lowest number.
It is having only the things that bring real value to your life.
Not a bunch of "Justin Case" maybe someday I will want this stuff taking up all the space.

Some people can exist with just a back pack containing only 23 items.
Most everybody else wants more than that.
If a person enjoys creating and crafting there will be more items.
A person may enjoy cooking and baking and need the things to do that.
Some people like entertaining guests and need a set up for it.
We are all different with different likes and wants so minimalism can also be factored into our lives, but differently.
We just need to get rid of the useless (to us) excess to achieve our own personal minimalism.

My theory about cats on beds...
When we turn off the lights, cats become Black Holes, generating more gravity than the Sun.

Hi all

Watch out everyone for bad backs, seems like they're going around. Or legs. My roommate has had trouble with leg/hip joint muscle seizing up at night. Partly exacerbated by cat, you know how they decide where they want to become dead weight on you. I hope she has a better night.

My friend who was in the hospital and got out and back to her care facility tested positive for Covid. They hadn't told the family there was an outbreak there before they brought her back! But so far she is asymptomatic. Praying she just has to quarantine and then will be okay.

Took the vanload of donations to the thrift store. Went back to storage and did a fair amount again. Got the biggest set of wire shelves assembled and started moving kitchen stuff onto it from rickety plastic shelves. Dances With Spiders may become my new name, yikes. I'm getting really tired of those critters.

More stuff will have to get out of the way before that shelf can be rolled neatly against the wall. I got about 7-8 cu. ft. out to donate next run. Of course, this is all the low hanging fruit - the harder things will come in time and the going will be slower.

Some victory feelings and some trepidation - the latter about how I'm going to get it all done, and it makes me think about the future and wonder. I know, stay in the moment. I try to.

It's interesting what I am deciding to let go of that I didn't think I would, but stuff does get sort of dingy hanging around in a storage unit more than I realized it would. And dingy depresses me.

When I know I've seen nicer versions of the items for reasonable prices at Walmart or other places - not that I plan to turn into a crazy shopper as I've been sometimes, but when I get my own place there will be a few more up-to-date items I can get. And if (fingers crossed) I'm able to downsize to a smaller storage unit, the money I'd save not storing the dingy old things would more than make up for having to replace a few.

I guess the scary thing is, I don't want to get stuck paying for a large storage like I have if I can't reduce down enough, and before I figure out how to bring in that extra bit of income that would qualify me to rent regular grade apartments or even a small house. Instead of dinky slummy low income places. Or the senior places that have too many rules and probably wouldn't let me have my bunnies.

I know, I know - getting far ahead of myself. This decade has been so weird because if I were 20 years younger it would feel like surely a comeback is more possible. Keep telling me it's gonna work out.

Back to the stuff - some things I bring home to clean before donating. At some point I will have to wash stuffed animals. Before Covid I could've taken them to a laundromat and run them through a big side loader. But we do what we can.

Stuffies will go to the small, privately owned thrift shop because the larger ones just toss them in a huge bin and everybody paws over them roughly. I can let go of the ones that aren't super sentimental fairly easily but I still want them to be looked at and picked out by people in a sane fashion, if that makes any sense.

Another apprehension - and it's probably rather silly - is that this whole process is making me feel like maybe I CAN achieve minimalism after all, yet will it feel too "empty" especially after so many years not living by myself?

LOL! I think it's not going to be a straight arrow shot, I'll have to find the level of possessions that is right, and it will take time and thought. And the decluttering will be up and down too, not a perfect 45-degree downslope to near zero. So yes, I'm worrying WAY too soon.

But I just do NOT ever want to be a hoarder again.

Good Evening Everyone

Hi Tatoulia
Yes, Just look at you! 😀
WTG!
Clear distraction-less table too!

Bet your Mom was happy to get slippers and reading material.

My chrysanthemums are yellow, white and rust colored.
Let us know what colors you get. 😀

So sorry about the homeless people being shuffled down your way.
Very glad you took a scenic route. (((HUG)))

Hi Subclinical
Yeah, you're right.
At 5 foot 4 inches I should not be helping anyone older than 2 years of age.

Reusable lids that cost twice what the others cost.
That's a no-brainer.
Very glad you got them and want you to get the smaller size too.

When I had a baby I would take a golden delicious apple.
Peal & core it, cut it into small pieces.
Cook it in a pot till tender, just took a few minutes, then puree it.
I was one of those moms who made all the baby food from scratch even though people thought I was strange.
But I just knew better. 😀

WAY TO GO! getting laundry, dishes, tomatoes & icecream done and especially for spending time with Bean. (((HUG)))

I made up my bed with clean sheets & pillow cases then got into the shower.
The shower was amazingly delicious.
The flowing water purified the air and the warm water felt sooooo good.
I am all clean, sitting in my clean bed.
After I rest up a bit I will go straighten up the bathroom, get my stuff all put away right.

Oh Tillie I'm worried about you! And the kitties. That smoke must be terrible. So worried. It is very windy here. I went for a nice walk tonight and brought my mother new slippers and some magazines and the Vermont Country store catalog.

Apple picking sounds great, SubC. Oh I'd love to make a nice apple crisp.

Garbage out. I also took care of the geraniums. What a difference having a clear table today! I was very focused at my desk and when I went to the dining table to do paperwork, there were no distractions and no suddenly writing out fourteen postcards. I chipped away at the piles on the coffee table.

So I walked around the city tonight. There's a bit of a problem right now because of opioids. There are a lot of suffering, addicted, homeless people that have been pushed down my way and it is unpleasant on the sidewalks. So after going to mom's, I walked around the beautiful Christian Science Center reflecting pool (so choppy due to wind). There were geese on it and they looked like they were standing still but in truth, they must've really been paddling against the current. I did a bit of mall walking and took the long way home. Delightful.

I'm showered and ready for bed.

Had the printer out, now it's put away. LOOK AT ME!

Tillie,

I'm concerned too. Hopefully being in the shower helped you get some fresh air.

I completely understand and agree about not helping Steven. Just call someone!

When my grandfather, who was a very large man, was very ill and 90, he fell. And my grandmother, who was five years older and 5'6" tried to help him up. Then she called my mom and said "I need help. Your father has fallen and I can't get him up." we rushed over, and I think once we got him back in bed, my mom was most upset that my grandmother even tried to get him up.

Tatoulia, I'm glad you're enjoying your nice clear space.

Mental health Issues and homelessness are a hard combination to address.

I forgot to tell you I ordered Tattler lids today! We are going to make applesauce (obviously, Bean must have applesauce) and I normally can it in regular mouth quarts with Ball lids. But I am out of regular lids. And they are very hard to get. And even if you can get them, they are very expensive. And the sooner you want them, the more expensive!

I have been wanting the Tattlers (reusable) for years, but I can never bring myself to accept the cost difference. But today I discovered that I could order them for about twice the cost of the disposable lids and they will ship in two weeks. The first batch of applesauce will have to go in wide mouth jars, because I have those lids, but that is ok.

And when I told Dh about it, and explained what a Tattler lid was, he said "good grief. Just buy those from now on."

I had a good day with Bean and I ran a load of laundry and a load of dishes and started a batch of ice cream. Also packed away the quart and a half of dried tomatoes from the dehydrator.

Hello
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The smoke has been so thick today that all day it's been twilight dark here.
Schedule was to water the grass this evening but I am NOT going out there, not at all!

Fortunately the majority of the smoke has been held high up in the atmosphere, not down on the ground.
But it's still bad down here. :p

Now my plan is just to change sheets & pillow cases on my bed and shower & shampoo my hair.
Took a very nice relaxing nap.

OK Subclinical

I feel better about the orchard now.
That will be fun and good for all of you to do this.
Plus you get some really good apples.

I know that trying to help Steven last Monday really hurt my back and made it so much worse.
Now I just stand back or remain seated where I am.
Never again will I try to physically help him or try to prevent him from hurting himself.

I know you all understand.

You all go pick apples and have a wonderful time (((HUGS)))

Tatoulia, enjoy your conference and your trash reduction. 😄

Your post card system sounds good.

Tillie, I think Dh back is as bad as it is because he didn't take it easy when he should have.

I'm glad you are making yourself eat properly.

The apple orchard posted their new procedures online this week. You have to go into the building, buy one or more empty bags (pay by cash or check as always) and then fill your bag(s) and take it home. You used to pick into a bucket and then bring the bucket back to be weighed and bagged and pay by weight.

Masks are required in the building - which also has a retail shop and a limited number of people are allowed in at once.

Dd has been there with me almost every year, and she feels it is safe enough that she wants to bring sil and bean and come with me.

Hello everyone! Glad to see you are making progress with your back, Tillie. Still sounds very painful. Hope SubC's husband gets a good report. Hello Baby Bean!

Yes the decision was made for me, I threw out the tin too. Just let it all go. I felt neutral on mailing the dollhouse furniture. I will be excited when they receive it. I'm glad I did it.

I'm working out a plan for dealing with my postcard mess. I'm keeping some of the postcards and the stamps in a canvas bag which I can pull out and use. When I run out of postcards in the bag, I'll get more out of the closet. This way it's done and over and not all strewn about. The canvas bag part is done ? loaded up. Next up is to further consolidate the others and put in closet.

I got up unusually early today. I have a big day in front of me including a dry run on a presentation I'll be doing in front of my entire company, including our London operations. My part is very short but I need this to go well. I volunteered.

I am taking tomorrow off to attend a conference that concerns volunteer work that I used to do. I miss all the people and haven't attended the conference since my term expired. Since the Conference is completely virtual this year, I can attend for a very small amount of money and obviously there is no hotel or food or airfare involved. So why not? It's an area that I am interested in and the agenda looks terrific.

So I got up early today and quickly ran to get BF's lunch as well as something else he needed. I ran them up to him and came home. It's a good feeling to be up and around. Grateful for my restful weekend.

Tonight is trash night! Always makes me feel good to get it gathered up and put away. I'm going to ditch my geraniums now. They have served me well. But I want it to be more fall like so I'll have to get some mums once it's cool. Today is a bit more humid than it's been.

So that's my news, ladies. Have a great day!

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Subclinical
Thank you 🙂
Still have food and have been making myself eat properly at least once every day.

Really hoping your Dh doesn't try to rush getting better.
It is frustrating just sitting/laying down while wanting to do more, but pushing it only makes it take longer.
Ask me how I know...

Glad you got good help from your Cousin.
WTG! for dishes and dehydrating!

Maybe the apple orchard payment arrangements have changed and they can do "curb side"?
Have you called and asked them if they can?
That would be ideal.
I want you to have some bushels of apples AND still be safe. (((HUG)))

Give Bean a cyber hug from me. 🙂

Hi Tatoulia
Yes, get the postcards all consolidated so they are tidy and not strewn around causing visual clutter.

Good luck, best wishes on your presentation. 😀

Very glad you will do that virtual conference.
Sounds like it will be very interesting and easy with no traveling.

My Chrysanthemums are full of flower buds, waiting for Autumn before they bloom.
They seem to have survived the trip through hell of Summer heat.

Very dark and overcast looking today.
It's wildfire smoke.
Hoping it clears out if the air/wind/breeze ever picks up.

Slept well last night. Would have slept in longer but a nasty telemarketer called at 9am and woke me up.

Steven stayed out in his beloved garage till 5am.
He has not spoken to me except when he was laying with his head in the cat's litter box and I asked him if he was alright & he said yes.

Don't want to jinx it but want to say my back is feeling better today. 😀
Will continue to baby it.

Oh Tillie, your poor back. Keep taking it easy. Twinkles will be ok. How are you for food?

Dh is still waiting for test results, but he is hoping to go to his office this afternoon. I am skeptical because he hardly slept last night.

CM, you are on a roll!🎉 don't let the 👻🕷scare you off! I an't waitvto year that your car is unloaded and ready for another round!

Tatoulia, I am sorry about the breakage, but at least the decision us made and you can move on. Great job on moving those papers. Sometimes we just need a shift to make progress.

I did not do laundry or write any school things yesterday. I did exchange a bunch of emails with my cousin that will help me with planning. And I ran the dishwasher and filled the dehydrator with tomatoes.

The apple orchard is open and I am trying to make a decision about going to pick. It is usually sparsely populated on weekdays, but I will have to go in the apple house (masked) and write a check. It would be my first trip into a Public building that is not an empty/nearly empty school since April.

Today is a Bean day. 🙂

Finished the last little bit of my chocolate icecream.

Did good today with standing up straight and walking around.
My back and legs get tired very quickly but not much discomfort.
Did a bit of bending, just a little so it wouldn't hurt.
Still hurts to actually bend down at the waist though or get in or out of the sitting position.
The general constant pain is down from a 8/9 to a 1/2.
When I first wake up in the morning I am so stiff and there is some screaming as I try to get to my feet.
But with 2 ibuprofen and slow movement it starts to ease up.
I know this all sounds horrible but I can slowly see improvement daily and that's FANTASTIC.

All 4 cats have gotten fed and watered daily.
Twinkles needs brushing but he said he understands I can't sit on the floor, the only place he will allow brushings.
I have kept up with washing all dishes as they are used.
Tonight I actually washed both my feet with a washcloth!
Put a towel on the side of the bath tub, sat there and got my feet up high enough to wash them. 😀
I'm doing good.

Finished the last little bit of my chocolate icecream.

Did good today with standing up straight and walking around.
My back and legs get tired very quickly but not much discomfort.
Did a bit of bending, just a little so it wouldn't hurt.
Still hurts to actually bend down at the waist though or get in or out of the sitting position.
The general constant pain is down from a 8/9 to a 1/2.
When I first wake up in the morning I am so stiff and there is some screaming as I try to get to my feet.
But with 2 ibuprofen and slow movement it starts to ease up.
I know this all sounds horrible but I can slowly see improvement daily and that's FANTASTIC.

All 4 cats have gotten fed and watered daily.
Twinkles needs brushing but he said he understands I can't sit on the floor, the only place he will allow brushings.
I have kept up with washing all dishes as they are used.
Tonight I actually washed both my feet with a washcloth!
Put a towel on the side of the bath tub, sat there and got my feet up high enough to wash them. 😀
I'm doing good.

Tillie, We cross-posted! CM it does become easier. You are living it. You are doing great. Still hard decisions in front of you but still easier than it ever has been before !

I love RUTHLESS.

Hi Tatoulia
Oh, OK, well...
Dropping the tin made the decision for you as to what to do with them.

YEA! for a nice clear dining table!
Yeah, having to look at an area all cluttered up day after day is disheartening.
Hope getting the coffee table papers sorted out is easier.

Happy you got to visit with little sister Kitty
and see your Mom too. ;D

How are you doing now that the dollhouse furniture is mailed?
Hoping you have a very good feeling about how you have gifted it. (((HUG)))

YEA! for doing the laundry and are putting it away!
My laundry is piling up. I did do one load of my dresses and a nightgown. They dry on hangers in my room.
But worry about trying to hang linens out on the clothes line.
Besides, anyway, it's too smoky here the last few days.

Steven got up about noon today.
I am so happy he took a shower because he was really stinking up the house.
Then he took off in his truck. Probably went to the grocery store.

Did he ask me if I need anything, knowing I have been incapacitated for a long time?
No...................................

Hi Tatoulia
Oh, OK, well...
Dropping the tin made the decision for you as to what to do with them.

YEA! for a nice clear dining table!
Yeah, having to look at an area all cluttered up day after day is disheartening.
Hope getting the coffee table papers sorted out is easier.

Happy you got to visit with little sister Kitty
and see your Mom too. ;D

How are you doing now that the dollhouse furniture is mailed?
Hoping you have a very good feeling about how you have gifted it. (((HUG)))

YEA! for doing the laundry and are putting it away!
My laundry is piling up. I did do one load of my dresses and a nightgown. They dry on hangers in my room.
But worry about trying to hang linens out on the clothes line.
Besides, anyway, it's too smoky here the last few days.

Steven got up about noon today.
I am so happy he took a shower because he was really stinking up the house.
Then he took off in his truck. Probably went to the grocery store.

Did he ask me if I need anything, knowing I have been incapacitated for a long time?
No...................................

CM! I am enjoying your storage purge as much as I enjoyed my own! You are amazing! You are motivating me! I am so excited. For you and for me!

Yay for the class lesson and headache being gone, SubC.

Tillie I'm so sorry about your back.

Ok I never finished clearing off my dining room table and it really bothers me. When I use it for paperwork, I become distracted and start writing postcards. It is the first thing I see when I get home and the piles are discouraging. I'd gotten it down to about 1/3. So I took the remaining 1/3 off and put on coffee table. The dining table looks beautiful. Yesterday I dropped a tin full of little ceramic things that I didn't know what to do with. They broke. They are in the garbage.

I mailed off the dollhouse furniture. I also got to see mom last night. I had done some shopping for her and when I got there I was waved upstairs. Good to see mom and of course that cat. I love that cat. Mom ate her dinner while I was there. So it was good all around.

I slept til nearly one today. Cooler weather with no humidity. I love it. I did three loads of laundry yesterday and I'm folding it and putting it away now.

It's 4 PM.

Tillie, We cross-posted! CM it does become easier. You are living it. You are doing great. Still hard decisions in front of you but still easier than it ever has been before !

I love RUTHLESS.

CM! I am enjoying your storage purge as much as I enjoyed my own! You are amazing! You are motivating me! I am so excited. For you and for me!

Yay for the class lesson and headache being gone, SubC.

Tillie I'm so sorry about your back.

Ok I never finished clearing off my dining room table and it really bothers me. When I use it for paperwork, I become distracted and start writing postcards. It is the first thing I see when I get home and the piles are discouraging. I'd gotten it down to about 1/3. So I took the remaining 1/3 off and put on coffee table. The dining table looks beautiful. Yesterday I dropped a tin full of little ceramic things that I didn't know what to do with. They broke. They are in the garbage.

I mailed off the dollhouse furniture. I also got to see mom last night. I had done some shopping for her and when I got there I was waved upstairs. Good to see mom and of course that cat. I love that cat. Mom ate her dinner while I was there. So it was good all around.

I slept til nearly one today. Cooler weather with no humidity. I love it. I did three loads of laundry yesterday and I'm folding it and putting it away now.

It's 4 PM.

WOOHOO!
Tomorrow that should feel so good to clear out your vehicle! 😀

Yeah, some decisions are easier to make.
But the more you keep working at making decisions and letting some of the harder things go
the easier it becomes, honest. (((HUG)))
Not saying it all becomes a breeze but decision making gets easier and the letting go becomes a lot less stressful.

Just ask Tatoulia.
She has been letting go of things she never dreamed she would be able to.

Subclinical has also let go of long saved items she thought she would use someday.
But her thinking about them has changed and she let them go. (((HUG)))

WOOHOO!
Tomorrow that should feel so good to clear out your vehicle! 😀

Yeah, some decisions are easier to make.
But the more you keep working at making decisions and letting some of the harder things go
the easier it becomes, honest. (((HUG)))
Not saying it all becomes a breeze but decision making gets easier and the letting go becomes a lot less stressful.

Just ask Tatoulia.
She has been letting go of things she never dreamed she would be able to.

Subclinical has also let go of long saved items she thought she would use someday.
But her thinking about them has changed and she let them go. (((HUG)))

Hi Subclinical

YEA! for a lovely time with Bean!
And photos to remember when he was little. ;D

Good luck with doing odds&ends bits&pieces today.

Good getting ahead on XMas presents.
So much easier when it's spread out.
Hoping you do get a chance to see Ds at some time.

Thanks for the nice feedback!

Yesterday was a great day.

So many spider carcasses, though🕷️🕸️- plus a few live 8-leggers scuttling around. 😱 It's nice to think that I'm making fewer places for them to hide now. I have cleaning supplies over in the storage so there's a broom to get the webs and dust and leaves that blow in, etc.

I truly believe I am experiencing a combination of a mental shift and divine inspiration going on here. I'm rather blown away, actually.

All I have to do is show up and cooperate with it.

There will be harder things - it's one thing to yank out a chair that takes up about 4 cubic feet. It may be way harder to deal with 4 small stuffed animals or 4 greeting cards. And to do it over and over until all the cubic feet of that sort of thing is dealt with and most of it gone.

All such things I will face eventually. And I remember I've gone through and gotten rid of lots of boxes and bags of papers already in this effort since whenever.

No matter what, I will have hope. And I will have you wonderful ladies! So I'm not going to let it scare me.👻 I promise.

Tomorrow I get to take the stuff away! 🚐 Woohoo!🎆🎉🥂