Vince is really selling everything! It makes me feel kinda bad that there’s nothing I want to sell but I keep telling myself that he bought things he never used, or we’ll never use again and everything I have, I use or will use but that’s probably just an excuse to hang on to everything I love.
Maybe I’ll sell all the TVs. 🙂
I didn’t really want to sell the little compost barrel but I can see that it’s not worth moving. Yesterday he sold patio furniture that we could have used on the deck. I said “I kinda wanted to keep that!” He said “We’ll by more!” OK, Vince!
He’s sold the potting soil we had planned to use for another keyhole.
It does all make me kinda sad but . . it’s a new life and there won’t be a garden and there won’t be a keyhole.
He’s sold the garden tillers, the big garden sink where I washed the vegetables outside to keep from getting all the dirt in the septic tank. He even has the extra propane tanks for sale but someone is going to have the right equipment to move those.
He’s sold deer feeders . . he never really liked hunting. It broke his heart to kill the deer and then he had trouble eating them. Missouri wasn’t his first choice for our new location but Vince isn’t a gardener, he isn’t a hunter, he never liked dealing with the chickens so I do hope he finds something he enjoys in MO – even if it’s just hanging out with old men telling fish tales . . except he really doesn’t fish either! 🙂
I told Vince last night that I’m about to the point where whatever isn’t packed . . I’ll just leave it . . except for the yarn. He said “Once the yarn is packed, there won’t be that much more to pack! I hope he’s right.
Roberta says
Will you need the freeze dryer in the new house if you aren’t going to have a garden??? Just thoughts.
Judy Laquidara says
Yes. We can buy from the Amish and local farmers for less than it costs us to raise it here by the time we have to add so much to our soil. Even better, I’ll be able to buy what I can put up in a reasonable time and not be dealing with a million gallons of okra all at once.
Elle says
Great progress. I’m sure it there is a sadness to it as this chapter of life comes to a close.
Judy Laquidara says
There really is some sadness but I keep reminding myself what we’re giving up vs. what we’re getting. Being close to family means everything to me.
Stephani in N. TX says
Concentrate on the “what you’re getting.” It will see you through the deciding and the packing. I keep looking at flat new boxes feeling like I should be “doing something.” As in packing something, everything. I feel a little immobilized, but then I think we are just now finished with the signing of all that preliminary paper signing that means someone else wants your house, and you have decided you want that other house that’s closer to family. My grandson age 4 has just started playing soccer and I cannot wait to see him out there on the field with the other kids, even if I have to protect my older self with a mask. Time to tape up some more boxes and get going.
Jeri Niksich says
When you had talked Vince into the garden sink is when I discovered your blog. Good memories for me ?
Jeri Niksich says
When you had talked Vince into the garden sink is when I discovered your blog. Good memories for me ?
Judy Laquidara says
That’s funny that you remember that. Having that sink was great and I hope the folks who bought it find it as useful as I did.
Susan Nixon says
Closing out your old era. I have a feeling it won’t be long before you sell the TX house.
Rebecca in SoCal says
It’s more than just moving house–it’s closing a phase of your life while opening a new one. I think it’s going to be much less work for you both! And I hope Vince gets involved with something in Missouri. I knew a woman who said her husband “couldn’t” retire until he found a hobby! *snerk*