Skip to main content

Phase Two

 We took care of everything we could at our new house in Florida and decided to head back to Vermont where I plan to sell my condo. There are a couple of projects to take care of and then there is the sorting through all our combined stuff and deciding what to get rid of and what to take to Florida. I am distressed at the amount of craft paraphernalia I have collected. Don makes fun of me -- the man who has not one, not two, but THREE 20'x40' storage units packed full. Furniture (now we have three households of it), tools and toys (big boy toys).

Don did a lot around the place in FL that we sold and he did a lot of handyman jobs for neighbors after the hurricane damage, but he was constantly complaining about having the tools he needed and other materials, all in storage up north.

It's a beautiful time of year in Vermont -- so lush green (it is the Green Mountain State for a reason). My lilacs are fading, but the iris are about to bloom. It's cool and Levi is finding he likes being outdoors in this kind of weather. He did quite well as a traveler although we were all exhausted after three days on the road.

We found we didn't have to stop more than we would have without a dog since we need bathroom and stretch breaks as much as he does. However, the trip was long and slow as we ran into so much traffic and construction and accidents that always means slowdowns. The first day was easy, but we didn't even average 50 miles per hour for the next two days. 

I will be happy to get together with friends and family, but at the same time I do miss that new house!

Comments

  1. Since we have lived in the same house since January 1979, I have always said that, in order to move, we would have to buy another house, move what fits into the new house and then get a dumpster!!! You have quite a job, but won't it be nice when it is over.

    ReplyDelete
  2. You have a big job ahead of you, but you have time and help and a new home awaiting you. Don't lose the excitement in all the work.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Goodness, you are certainly in for a lot of work in Vermont. Will Don let go of some of the storage items? Or will it all move to Florida into storage there? Good luck!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Hope you like Trumpster and DeSantimonious over there in Florida. LOL.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I appreciate readers' comments so much. You don't even always have to agree with me.

Popular posts from this blog

Updates

 On September 29, I had the closing on my condo. Everything that was not going to the buyers was out and packed in the ABF moving truck which had by the been taken over to the storage units. Don thought it would take him until Wednesday to finish packing the truck with the help of his son. It took him until late Thursday with Chris' help and mine. Kevin was supposed to help load as well but he was in a mountain bike accident and wrecked his shoulder the week before. That added driving him to doctor appointments to my to do list and dong some shopping for him plus jobs around the house that might need two functioning upper limbs.  We stayed with Kevin on Friday night after the closing and then had a suite in an extended stay place for the coming week. This was the worst possible time to have to get a room because the prices balloon during leaf peeping season if you can even find a room at all. But it was close to the storage units where we were working and it was dog friendly. We ju

Wedding

 Don and I drove to South Carolina to attend the wedding of my step-grandson, Will. Will Will and Katie The wedding took place on Dataw Island, a beautiful outdoor ceremony followed by a reception in the country club. We stayed in a tiny cottage in the historic center of Beaufort, rented from Vrbo. Since the wedding was at 5 p.m., we had time to explore the area a bit. I really like the low country scenery and historical charm. Sitting quietly in the curtained gazebo I was visited by multiple cardinals. They came to visit the feeder, not me, but I can always pretend! How I will always remember Will!

Rest In Peace

 In a summer that has been so wet, Sunday was a reprieve. The humidity dropped and the sun came out. It was a day that could have been special ordered by the family of a friend's husband. It was the day they had arranged his celebration of life ceremony set on the shore of Lake Champlain. I was not looking forward to the gathering, even couched as a celebration. This is a family fraught with relationship tensions. It turned out to be a beautiful day and a beautiful ceremony. A Catholic priest gave a brief but meaningful homily and two Air Force members played "Taps" and presented the American flag to my friend. I am not a Christian, but I do know about Christ Consciousness. That priest's word's filled me with such a sense of peace and love. I hope it did the same for the family members and neighbors who attended.