I’m sitting here in front of my computer, not thinking about what I need to do, but looking out the window to my right. It’s heavily overcast and raining, with a lot of thunder. It’s a Sunday afternoon, after church and after lunch – perfect for taking a nap. I’ll do that eventually.
Instead, I logged on to the computer to finish an Amazon order that I promised Doc, and to type up and email out our Sunday school class prayer and praise list (I do this each week for the class). I have finished the Amazon order, but I’ve yet to get started on that email. Instead, I’ve played a couple of games (big waste of time, I know), I’ve caught up with several of my favorite bloggers, I’ve read an online newspaper, and checked the weather.
I’m glad for the rain. We had a good thunderstorm last night, and we really need this rain today, too. I have noticed that things do look a bit dry around here, and one of our live oak trees suddenly dropped all of its leaves (this is Central Florida – the live oaks keep their leaves and things bloom pretty much year ’round here).
I still have some big projects to complete. Doc and I are moving. I need to finish packing up the things that will go into storage and organize the things that will move into a new place right away. I still need to schedule the handy men and women who will finish the little things around here to ready the house for the market. Doc and I have moved a lot, buying and selling our homes so often that we pretty much have it down pat, but this move has me feeling a bit discombobulated. This is our first move without any children (well, except for the moves we made before we had children). Our daughter is married and living in another state, and our son moved out some time ago. So, we’re using this move to downsize. We have offered a significant amount of furniture and furnishings to the kids, and what they don’t want and what we absolutely don’t need will be donated to our local thrift store. We’re moving into a place that is exactly half the size of our home, with no attic and no garage. It’s really difficult to make yourself decide that you really don’t need all those books (especially the textbooks from our college days), keepsakes, craft supplies, picture frames, and literally hundreds of assorted other items … even my favorite pair of jeans from two sizes ago (I’m trying to think realistically and practically).
Some of Doc’s medical-related textbooks are simply outdated, so they went into the trash (I try hard not to think that some of those books cost us a small fortune!). My textbooks – a few religion books and quite a few philosophy books – aren’t outdated, and fortunately, just last week, a friend just happened to ask if I still had any of my philosophy textbooks she could borrow. I smiled and happily gave them to her, as a gift and not a loan. Doc and I could stock a small library with all of the fiction books we have stacked to go.
This process of lightening our load is enlightening. It’s kind of exciting, too. I’m actually looking forward to having less stuff.
Now, if I could just get this house sold. But first, I need to get that email typed out and sent out.
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On a completely different note, while doing my blog-hopping this afternoon, I ran across Sara’s little post and thought I’d give this a try, just for the fun of it.
You Are a Blue Flower |
A blue flower tends to represent peace, openness, and balance.
At times, you are very delicate like a cornflower. And at other times, you are wise like an iris. And more than you wish, you’re a little cold, like a blue hydrangea. |
