Susan's Time: No Sale - but a good head start

Downstairs Bathroom

The tease of the house sale fell through. Strange, I was excited. It was good to look forward to an actual time-line when I would move & be there. The other side of it was still the bit of reluctance & holding back. It happens when the house looks so nice - when all is set up for the open house. Also happens when someone else starts raving about it. They make it sound so good that I don't want to give it to them.

The positive side of the experience is that it kicked me into high gear. I had a garage sale (in my basement) & sold a lot of stuff. Before, during & after the sale we put piles & piles of stuff to the curb, donated 2 car loads to the thrift store, organized & re-arranged my attic, basement & garage, got re-involved in selling stuff on Craigs List & EBay which has become fun & rewarding.

God Bless Ben. I would never, never, ever have been able to get anywhere near this point without his help. Barrett & Randy helped with the garage sale, as did my friend, Kay. Bless you all.

I feel more ready now. I guess everything just has to take the time that it needs to take. I feel like there is order. I feel that what lies ahead is not insurrmountable. I know what I have, know what I want to take, and know more or less how to prepare to do the actually sorting & packing.

Photos were the most pressing. For whatever reasons, I needed to do them first. There were/are mountains of them - from 4 generations. I feel more peaceful now that they are (almost) in order.

I will stack & store my journals, etc next. I've already bought the plastic carton thingy that I think will be the right size for them. I have so many personal journals from so many years ago. I have a diary or two from when I was 13 years old. (I just tried to find them so I could photgraph them for this blog - not in the attic, not in the basement.....so much for order).

Our Family Home

I've also started moving ahead with my business connection in Asheville. I have a consult set up for a wedding there. That feels like a giant step towards my life there.

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