We have been working like draft animals for six days now, the final readying of mom's house before putting it on the market in April. Removing carpet and pad and the nasty nail strips, patching plaster, painting, painting, painting, scrubbing porch deck and railings and growing exhausted sorting and boxing the endless collections/piles/cupboards full of STUFF. My mother's collections. It's interesting, it's detailed and she never, ever tossed anything. Phew. We have been doing this for almost three years, surely we are almost done. This is the downslope, right? Sally lived here in spring '07 and culled and sorted and tossed; we held two gigando summer sales, one in '07 and one in '08, so where does this junk keep coming from? I feel my muscles and I feel tired and I realize that I should be home cleaning out my own interesting collections so that my children won't have to. Sheesh. At least I know when to throw away body parts that are not working or needed any longer, you just never know what's in a box/basket until you sort through it...
So, five more days and I am outta here. Can't wait to start digging again and tending the sprouts back home, building a new compost pile, planting more greens. I am really missing the smells of working the ground in spring and tiring of this big and sprawling metropolis. I miss knitting. A shout out to any friends who have read this far - I miss you!
We have been working like draft animals for six days now, the final readying of mom's house before putting it on the market in April. Removing carpet and pad and the nasty nail strips, patching plaster, painting, painting, painting, scrubbing porch deck and railings and growing exhausted sorting and boxing the endless collections/piles/cupboards full of STUFF. My mother's collections. It's interesting, it's detailed and she never, ever tossed anything. Phew. We have been doing this for almost three years, surely we are almost done. This is the downslope, right? Sally lived here in spring '07 and culled and sorted and tossed; we held two gigando summer sales, one in '07 and one in '08, so where does this junk keep coming from? I feel my muscles and I feel tired and I realize that I should be home cleaning out my own interesting collections so that my children won't have to. Sheesh. At least I know when to throw away body parts that are not working or needed any longer, you just never know what's in a box/basket until you sort through it...
So, five more days and I am outta here. Can't wait to start digging again and tending the sprouts back home, building a new compost pile, planting more greens. I am really missing the smells of working the ground in spring and tiring of this big and sprawling metropolis. I miss knitting. A shout out to any friends who have read this far - I miss you!
4 comments:
Hey Susan, Goodness aren't you glad you had several years to work on the house project? Whew it makes my bones hurt just thinking about all you guys have done! I'll bet planting peas would be much more to your liking.
I appreciated the cataract pics what a hoot. My mom is the same way but she didn't have the option to keep her cataracts :-) or else she would have.
Oh no I didn't see the part about 580 yards of yarn. I'll have to collect more because surely I do not have that much. I"m glad you did the reading for me.
Be nice to see you when you return....take care...did you see my new novelty yarn posted in my stash today...my favorite yarn to date! PS: I was just thinking you need to see the baby bunnies at this stage...this is my favorite stage learning to hop, eat, and drink. I oughta try the video option on the camera and see how it works.
nice action shot of dad. it makes rolling up musty carpet look like more fun than it is. I should have kept a glog when I was living there. treasures everyday! the cataracts made me want to retch. i like the "shout out" part. keep up the good work!
i was unaware that you could have a shout-out via blog! whoa. keep an eye out for any small stuff, spurs, miscellania, etc, which might be useful in VT! ellen was unable to decode your facebook ramblings to her the other day, had to ask for assistance... hmmm...
it will be SO GOOD to have you back here so we can play in the gardens together!!!
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