Still kicking up my heels......
I realize I have not written in some time.. too long really, but I have been reading the adventures of my friends here.
I sit and try to start but words seem to fail me most days... an odd situation because anyone who knows me well would not accuse me of being at a loss for words, but it's something that happens often to me these days.
I am guessing it all has something to do with my grieving and *coff* age.
I turned 55 this month. I am not afraid of aging, heck, I work hard to age ..... just this year I wanted October 3rd to fly past me with no thought, but alas my family and friends didn't let me forget. My concern was that I would really miss my parents as for years they would arrive and wisk me off for a birthday lunch.. well, a friend arrived and said, you are going out for lunch, suck it up and be happy! *laughing* We had a nice time and she was so right, I needed to be positive and happy.
The Big guy gave me a beautiful "Roots" watch and my girls called as did my bro and sis.
So life has been very busy it seems. We continue to dejunk the folks' house getting it ready to put on the market. It's a bit difficult to have many work bees what with my older brother being a shift worker and my sis having three little ones, but we have had two so far. I went over yesterday with my friend and she and I worked for like 90 minutes and were amazed at how much we had done.. We are close to the "staging" part of things. Have a couple of people who want to go through before we list with real estate, so wouldn't that be wonderful to sell it without having to pay out a big commission....
The Big Guy is away working until tomorrow night so my house is quiet, a good thing.. I am finding that I want alone time.. not wanting to see people, pretend to be happy, I am known as this smiling happy creature and it has not been easy to go there, but each day I find my heart a little lighter, a good thing.... I am told to be patient with myself, not something I do well!!
Oh yes, just to leave on a positive note, I have started my Christmas shopping!
I sit and try to start but words seem to fail me most days... an odd situation because anyone who knows me well would not accuse me of being at a loss for words, but it's something that happens often to me these days.
I am guessing it all has something to do with my grieving and *coff* age.
I turned 55 this month. I am not afraid of aging, heck, I work hard to age ..... just this year I wanted October 3rd to fly past me with no thought, but alas my family and friends didn't let me forget. My concern was that I would really miss my parents as for years they would arrive and wisk me off for a birthday lunch.. well, a friend arrived and said, you are going out for lunch, suck it up and be happy! *laughing* We had a nice time and she was so right, I needed to be positive and happy.
The Big guy gave me a beautiful "Roots" watch and my girls called as did my bro and sis.
So life has been very busy it seems. We continue to dejunk the folks' house getting it ready to put on the market. It's a bit difficult to have many work bees what with my older brother being a shift worker and my sis having three little ones, but we have had two so far. I went over yesterday with my friend and she and I worked for like 90 minutes and were amazed at how much we had done.. We are close to the "staging" part of things. Have a couple of people who want to go through before we list with real estate, so wouldn't that be wonderful to sell it without having to pay out a big commission....
The Big Guy is away working until tomorrow night so my house is quiet, a good thing.. I am finding that I want alone time.. not wanting to see people, pretend to be happy, I am known as this smiling happy creature and it has not been easy to go there, but each day I find my heart a little lighter, a good thing.... I am told to be patient with myself, not something I do well!!
Oh yes, just to leave on a positive note, I have started my Christmas shopping!