Day 101

Day 101

Monday, July 8, 2014

Yesterday wa a very oddly busy day.  I’m glad it was .. busier days leave much less time (or energy) for having pity-parties!  In between various things going on, I did get a bit of sorting and packing done.

In the morning my SIL (TX) called, and I enjoyed a conversation with her.  My SIL (down the road) came by in the late morning.  We spent a little time outside, and checked over some of my plants.  It turns out some things I thought were dead might be salvageable.  She trimmed back and I watered, and as long as I keep them waered, we’ll see if they grow again.  I also sent her home with a couple of armloads of various things .. some craft paint, a photo of her mother, a teacup, etc. She also managed to take a few of the metal yard furniture items I gave her .. so, it’s still gradually getting things gone.

I checked the mail, and got the gas company refund I was looking for.  Yay.  Every little bit helps for sure. 

I had a little bit of a lazy sstreak through the afternoon, though I still worked a little on some more sorting and purging.  In the late afternoon (close to 4:00 I think) TGF and DGS15 came over.  Even though I had planned on going to the grocery store, we decided to work on pricing and organizing some of the yardsale stuff first.  We managed to clear an entire (piled up) table, so that was good. 

While she was here her BFF came by.  She said she might be interested in some of my apple themed decorative stuff; but in the end, I didn’t have anything she wanted.  She did take one of the small kitchen cabinets for her mother (will get paid for that next week, that’s OK).  And .. while they were still here … SIL and her DH came over for him to have a look at the lawnmower.  I had told her I was willing to work with them on payments (their alternate was to go buy a new one, and that just didn’t seem when mine runs fine, only needs a new battery).  He offered me a bigger “down payment” than I expected, so he’ll have it paid for in just a few months anyway. 

I had a little “extra” cash because one of TGF’s friends had bought some depression glass from me.  So I got TGF to take us to McD to get something to eat for DGS and I (and for her to take home to the 2 little boys .. older ones not home, and on her own for herself & DSS).  DGS spent the night … too bad I didn’t have anything he could have done for me! LOL!

TGF will come back sometime this morning (fairly early) and we’ll go get groceries before it gets too hot.  We’ll probably work on more pricing a bit, then one of her boys has a doctor appointment.  In the afternoon I will try to make sure I’ve cleared floors and maybe vacuum a bit … DS & family will be here this evening, but I have no idea when. 

I’ll have 2 more days to add things to the yardsale stuff and get it all priced and boxed up ready to go.  Friday evening it will all get picked up, and I will probably spend the night at DSS’s house.  OK, admitting, I’m not really looking forward to that.  (they don’t even have a functioning bathroom .. have to walk  to houses away to the gas station on the corner; but it’s a very temporary situation while they fix a plumbing problem).  And all those boys … well, it’ll be interesting.  But since they’re doing all this yardsale stuff just to help me get things out of the house and hopefully make a bit of profit doing it,  it just doesn’t seem fair at all for me to not be there helping as best I can.

I woke up too early again.  But the morning is sneaking up on me anyway.  I’m not sure what time TGF will consider “early”, so I better go on and get showered and dressed and be ready.