Monday, May 20, 2019

Plans and Progress

It is a cold, rainy day here.  I have the furnace cranked up.  This is better than 100* days.  Mom and I are heading back East at the end of this week.  Mom is already packed.  I'm getting there.  A neighbor is going to feed Bosley.  I have a couple of cases of his food already here, and I got 7 gallons of filtered water from the water kiosk today.  He should be good to go.  I also have a newly opened box of litter for the fancy automatic litter box.  I'm clearing and cleaning the motor home.  Laundry was done yesterday, hand laundry is drying as I type.  What few important or valuable (to me) things I have are being put into the storage unit while I'm gone.

The progress is that the car will be packed with 'good stuff' to take to younger cousins.  A nice set of dishes that are too big to use in the RV, some of my smaller professional clothes, a few art supplies I'll never get around to using going to one of my cousins who is showing a lot of art talent.  It is a start, and a cut deeper into my stuff in storage.  A younger friend here asked why I'm spending so much time getting going through my stuff and getting rid of things rather than doing 'fun' stuff with my time.  I guess the answer is that this is what I feel I need to do right now.  A bunch of fancy skin care stuff I haven't used since I quit working hit the trash last week.  Other expired things are following suit.  It feels like progress.

7 comments:

  1. As long as you don't put anything else into storage, every item you take out is progress. Only in the 60s here today with a little rain. Really strange.

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  2. Rain and low 50's here on Vancouver Island today. Throwing unwanted stuff out makes you feel good.

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  3. I've been clearing out my place to, feels really good doen't it?

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  4. Good to see a new post from you, it has been a while. At least you are making progress I can't even say that.

    I know I need to declutter but being the procrastinator that I am...I can not bring myself to do so.

    Have a good trip back East.

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  5. Purging stuff is a good thing makes you feel good, enjoy your trip back east and travel safely.

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  6. Periodically I do that too..amazing the stuff you really don't "need". Good for you. Have fun on your trip!!

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