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Finished raking and bagging the back "garden" area. Am considering crossing over the creek to the woods and maybe doing some work back there? Will see how I feel tomorrow. It's supposed to rain next week (fingers crossed!) and that would make this spring clean up more difficult. Either that or just do nothing and let it go natural.

OR...I could paint those baseboards that have been procrastinated about for weeks now. Maybe I'll just clean house instead. Pfft.
 
Yesterday was a strange day. About two years ago, I had a falling out with a friend. We had not spoken since. She called me yesterday, told me she had been fired from her job in health care (along with a co-worker) because doctors had complained that she was "too old". This supposedly occurred about the time of the falling out when she was 68. She had purchased a small RV trailer (rPod), recently found a place to park it with full hookups on private land for $850/month! and this weekend is moving into it. The rent on her current place had been raised from $800/month to $1300/month. She has no retirement plan and is living on Social Security only.

I know this person is not always truthful so I don't know if the details of what she told me are true. I think she is looking for someone to help her move; I can't do that anymore.

This is what is happening to so many people. Even though I believe many of her life-long hardships are due to poor decisions, I do feel for her. I tried helping her when we were still friends but she just kept making the same poor decisions which was the main reason for our falling out.

I will be careful not to be sucked back into the drama.
 
Yesterday, my contractor guy came over and finished putting up the fascia covers. He is fitting this work in between other things he is doing. This young man is truly amazing. In the last month, he has built a swing out of logs (the second one he has made). Very mountain home style. He also built a chicken house. He advertises them on FB Marketplace and sells them. Every time, he asks if he can place them by the road in front of my property (he lives next door) with a "for sale" sign and I always say "yes". It isn't in the way.

When he was finished with the fascia covers, he came in, I paid him and we sat and visited for about an hour. Talked about different things, yes, politics, building codes, his family (very important to him). He is sooo very nice! Over the two plus years that he has done work on this house, we have become friends. He still needs to come add two attic vents, maybe today? Not urgent. It will get done. But if more people were like him, the world would be a much better place.

The things that needed to happen to get me in this place all kind of fit together in a strange puzzle. Sometimes I believe that some higher power must have guided it. Some events were so miniscule in the scheme of things but looking back, I see that had I done something differently then, I wouldn't be here today. This puzzle is far from finished and I wonder where it leads. Will something I do or say today change where life will lead some years from now? Will it make a difference in someone else's life? IDK but it can be a bit scary thinking about it.

Onward through the fog!
 
I don't know where the good Lord is taking us but I'm glad he nudged me to pop into your thread one day. I understand what you mean about the more miniscule things. I often wonder what would've become of me had I not had the courage to move when God told me to.

Hope you have a lovely day.
 
GoodEnuff said:
... The things that needed to happen to get me in this place all kind of fit together in a strange puzzle. Sometimes I believe that some higher power must have guided it. Some events were so miniscule in the scheme of things but looking back, I see that had I done something differently then, I wouldn't be here today. This puzzle is far from finished and I wonder where it leads. Will something I do or say today change where life will lead some years from now? Will it make a difference in someone else's life? IDK but it can be a bit scary thinking about it. ...
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:) The Butterfly Effect
 
With all of the reno's going on these past months, I have been slack in my housekeeping chores. So...yesterday, I hit it hard. Now the place looks sooo much better! Still have some details to do, like dusting the blinds, but that'll be easy comparably.

No outside work done yesterday. Maybe today on those attic vents. Found a couple of recipes I want to try but need to go to grocery store for ingredients. If not today, tomorrow.

Doggie has just dropped her little ball at my feet so later.
 
Attic vents were installed yesterday so that project is now completely finished. I was planning on having some window work done but that will have to wait a while (six months?). I would like to have the fence replaced but it is okay for now, the dogs are safe and that is what's important. The next couple of months will include getting the car in for that oil leak, the homeowner's insurance comes due in May, car insurance is due in June and both dogs are overdue for their annual vet visit (which will be Monday) so no spending on house/property for now. It's a relief.

Now what to do? Hmmmm....I think today I will go out and do some work on the small front garden, which I am trying to make pretty. Some weeds are coming up so I think today I will get out there and clear those weeds (or whatever they are) out. Not a big deal. But I have never been much of a gardener so anything I do is always "iffy".

Last fall, I planted a bunch of lambs ears along one wall and those are looking really good. I also planted some lilies in a nearby area and they too are doing well. Both were transplanted from other areas of the property so I know they will grow here. The lilacs are leafing out and budding their blooms, the forsythia on the back property is in full bloom and is gorgeous; it can be seen from the house if one knows which direction to look. It's like a neon beacon. I wonder if it can be relocated to the front area without killing it? The quince bush is also bloomed and is gorgeous. It needs to be pruned back but not until the blooms are gone. So far so good.

I am itching to plant the clover seeds as a ground cover but that would be asking for trouble; certainly there will be more cold weather and snow? I keep telling myself "Don't Do It Yet!" But it is sooo tempting!
 
On my way home from a trip to town yesterday, I stopped and picked up a Subway sandwich. Haven't had food away from home for four or more years and it was soooo yummy! I may do that again soon.

Won't go into the details but there are certain things going on behind the political scenes in this state that seriously have me thinking about moving. In addition to that, my brother neighbor gave me a very nasty time yesterday and that encourages the moving idea. I refuse to put up with that kind of behavior. Spent most of the day and evening on line looking around for another place. It's rather discouraging for now.

Perhaps I should actually take a vacation away from here. Need to get the car repaired first, though. Who wants to fly these days and there are the two dogs to consider. I have two crates secured to the deck in the mini van to keep them as safe as possible while traveling. We have several appointments over the next few weeks so maybe at the beginning of May, we can take off from here. It's been a very long time since we took a road trip but I need to get away from here for a while.
 
GoodEnuff said:
On my way home from a trip to town yesterday, I stopped and picked up a Subway sandwich. Haven't had food away from home for four or more years and it was soooo yummy! I may do that again soon.

Won't go into the details but there are certain things going on behind the political scenes in this state that seriously have me thinking about moving. In addition to that, my brother neighbor gave me a very nasty time yesterday and that encourages the moving idea. I refuse to put up with that kind of behavior. Spent most of the day and evening on line looking around for another place. It's rather discouraging for now.

Perhaps I should actually take a vacation away from here. Need to get the car repaired first, though. Who wants to fly these days and there are the two dogs to consider. I have two crates secured to the deck in the mini van to keep them as safe as possible while traveling. We have several appointments over the next few weeks so maybe at the beginning of May, we can take off from here. It's been a very long time since we took a road trip but I need to get away from here for a while.
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šŸ˜Ÿ I remember you described not too long ago a confrontation with your brother. I'm sorry! I wish we could help.
 
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