I set up a schedule of sorts so 3 or 4 days out of the week I head out to do errands, going to the gym a couple days a week, laundry, groceries, the dump, I now have to pick up the mail at the post office , its all good each one of these places has people ! People are good, say Hello, how are you? Every contact helps me.
So for some reason the guy who lived here for 20 years before me must have got a big deal on green paint ( which reminds me of when my Dad got a deal on green paint at an auction and anytime I wanted something painted it would end up green even though I might have asked for blue) Anyhow to brighten things up I painted the ceiling this past week , just with a brush since I didn't want to deal with a roller and its only temporary anyhow.
It looks lots brighter and I will paint the rest of the walls too. Its helping actually living in the space, versus the camper so I can get a feel for what I like and what needs to change ( other that appearances and taking down a couple walls.
The critters are finally settling in , Montgomery has decided he can deal with being on the run I made him, Whiskey hangs out with me all the time, the cats lay where ever they feel like it, at night everyone is with me and usually I have a dog and 2 cats in bed with me which is saying something since its a narrow foam mattress, luckily I'm short so there is room at the base!
My only problem really so far is this little guy! My house was build originally as a 3 car garage, the guy I bought it from converted 1 1/2 stalls of the garages into an "apartment". The chickens are in the 1/2 in the middle which nicely for them they have big garage door windows for light! I have led lights on a night to keep the front yard lit up and my little rooster started crowing at 2am....oh and my bedroom is on the other side right next to them.....finally I decided to put a tarp over the windows at night and it seems to have helped. I was sick for a few days last week caught some flu bug, chills, cough, fever being sick when you're alone sucks, but for the 20 years I was married to Anders so much of it he was gone, so I kinda got used to having to take care of myself. I admit it did make me miss him even more though because it just reminded me of the fact that yep I'm alone BUT with one message to my wonderful daughter , she delivered me my favorite "sick" foods and some meds which showed me no way , you'll never be truly alone , help is just a message or phone call away. Heck my son in Germany asked me if I needed anything when he and his wife called me and I asked him" what are you going to deliver me fudgicles?" and he said " well no, but I'll call Melissa and tell her to" LOL I do have the best kids all four of them <3
Anyhow, for the past 12 days mainly I do my chores, bringing in firewood, keeping the fire going in the wood stove, run errands, chat with friends, work on organizing the garage into storage stuff, workshop stuff, stuff to trash and stuff that will eventually need to go into the house once its finished, Yesterday I finally got internet, after all the bad stuff people say about consolidated communications the guy came and spent all day working on the lines in front of the house to get me internet, he says this coming summer they are running fiber so its only going to get better, so happy about that since I really didn't want to spend the bucks on starlink.
Also worked out the final details for Anders and his final wishes, I have a plan, starting at league in June....
more later.....
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