Wednesday, April 2

April 1, April fools day, came and went with nary a notice.  I continue to pack and obsess about having it all done.

Today I loaded up the SUV and took a load to the local food pantry/charity and then came home and loaded up again and took a load to the neighborhood gathering place for stuff for the the big garage sale on Saturday.  I made hardly a dent.

I continue to marvel at how one person needs to have so much stuff.  I am one of those that gets a bit attached to certain things and have a hard time letting go.  I had lunch with a friend today and was telling her about a cheese board purchased in Germany in 1978 and moved several times and I still can't let it go.  It is about memories as opposed to any monetary value.   and the sad thing is that a lot of what I have is not of any interest to my children.  Who uses expensive china these days with a bread plate, soup bowl, dessert plate and three kings of crystal glasses.  I really need to give this some thought.

I donated the long fold up tables that I have (3) to the neighborhood.  I bought them for the 25th anniversary celebration of Cowboy and I and used them one other time for a Red Hat garden party and they have been used a number of times by the neighborhood for picnics and such since we moved to Texas. that was in 2002.   The neighborhood needs them far worse than I do.  Also let go of 8 folding chairs and various other things.

This afternoon I went to see the lady who has been caring for our little dog.  She is going to be her permanent owner now.  She was a victim of Sandy and had lost her dog and her hubby in recent years and she and our pooch just bonded like they were meant to be a pair.  It is a gift to me, a gift to her and a gift to the dog.

Tomorrow will be spent trying to make progress on the packing and getting some address changes finished up.  I called today and arranged to meet with a pool service and a lawn service next Wed.  Have to be there for the refrigerator to be delivered anyway.

I will spend Friday visiting with Cowboy and celebrating his birthday and hopefully can finish up over the weekend.  The movers will be here first thing Monday AM.

I have confirmed the cleaning folks will be here Monday afternoon and the floor cleaning will be done on Tuesday.  Hopefully I have covered all the bases.

I plan to continue the blog but it may be a bit "spotty" for a little while, given all that is going on.

Cowboy is fine and I am fine and everything is going OK.  We can all be grateful for that.