Good
Morning and, if you live in the USA, Happy Independence Day! We are 250 years old which is quite a
milestone. I remember as a kid
celebrating our 200th birthday in 1976, going to a parade in the
morning, a picnic in the afternoon and then fireworks that night. It was quite a celebration for a ten year
old, as I remember. This year it is just
me and the kitties hunkering down and I’m quite fine with the low-key
approach. I’ll probably grill a steak,
make some potato or pasta salad and call it good.
Lots of kitty snuggling this week.
Our
weather had been cooler and wetter lately which I’ve been quite happy
about. Last Friday morning I awoke to
gray skies and stormy weather. Because it
was so much cooler than it had been I opened up the windows, set the fan at the
back door and invited in the cool fresh air as it began to rain. I love the feel and the smell of a summer
rain. It was simply lovely. Later in the evening we got a good storm, complete
with lighting and wind, and it dumped. I
got to repeat that again over the weekend and on Monday morning. The bird bath was filled to overflowing. I truly appreciate it when God does the
watering for me. We are on track for a much hotter week ahead, however.
I am very much enjoying not my having cabinets and drawers stuffed
I’ve
been going through my things and doing some more decluttering as I feel I
simply have far more stuff than one person needs. I have been steadily decluttering since the day I retired and over the years I
have let so much stuff go, but I continue to find things I am not using or no
longer want so the adventure continues.
This time around I’ve decided to collect and price items to put in a
yard sale next spring. I have an extra
bedroom downstairs to store these things in.
My plan is to have my sale next April on a Friday and Saturday. I am also planning to list some items, like
old video game consoles (the kids don’t want them) on eBay, probably closer to
Christmas. I plan to take and invest all
of my proceeds for my future endeavors.
In
addition to decluttering I’m also making a point to use up things, including
food. Hence the banana cream pie I made the previous week and this week I made
a peaches & cream dessert to have when I had a friend over for dinner
Thursday. I will be sure to post the
recipe soon, because it turned out really nice and it is low carb so we enjoyed
it completely guilt free. I’m pulling
things that have been hanging out for a while and focusing on using them up
while also making recipes I haven’t made in a long time. A culinary walk down memory lane, ha, ha.
I also
needed a dessert for an upcoming get together with the caveat it be easy to
serve and clean up after. My initial
thought was to bake cookies, brownies or cupcakes, but after looking ahead at
the weather report I thought turning on the oven didn’t sound like something I
wanted to do. So I cheated. Wednesday morning I went to Fred Meyer and
picked up three boxes of ice cream sandwiches on sale for $1.99 each. Done!
I made cheeseburgers & potato salad 😋
It was
a quietly productive and fun week of retirement for me. I was pleased with how things went and what I
was able to accomplish. I’m finding on
this go around of decluttering my entire house that I feel far more willing to
get rid of things I’ve been on the fence about or thought I’d use, but haven’t
and do not plan to. I think in the past
four years I’ve really dialed in what I enjoy and how I want things to be like
going forward. Are any of you
decluttering or working on a project this summer? Have a safe and Happy 4th of July!
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