A Random Post of Updates and Thoughts

I am finally popping back into the blog.

I have purple this week. I think of Donny Osmond when I think of purple. Anyone else? I think I liked the pink better though.

I have had lots of things on my mind this week, but time got in the way of putting them to the keyboard.

In no particular order, here is a brain unload.

Farm

I shared that we were going to sell the farm; that it was just too hard to keep up. We have come to terms with it and have plans. We have unloaded the farmhouse of all the personal things. My son's closet downstairs is the holding spot for now. We still plan to get our long farm table, Hoosier cabinet, and pie safe. 

I shared the plan to sell the farm, but not the other plan we had. There is no hurry on any of this. It will have to be a sequence of events that occur over time. GOD'S TIME.

Anyway, we will sell the farm and then start looking for a place in Auburn (in town). For those of you long time readers, you know we go on a regular basis to Auburn and own a cabin about 30 minutes outside of town on Lake Martin. We have friends and have just made it a part of our life. I will also say it is a midpoint for so many of our other travels.

We started thinking about selling the farm, we talked it over with the kids as well. The consensus was we all would like to have a place in town so that we could all go at the same time, take the dogs, and not have to worry if we wanted to stay in town longer. We will want a larger place than the cabin and a fenced back yard, so lots of house hunting. Finding the "right place" will be key. 

When the farm is sold and the home is located in Auburn, we will put the cabin at the lake up for sale. There was a time I would never have been able to do that. Jeff loved the farm. I loved the cabin. Nothing stays the same though. IT has been a bit of a process for me to get to this point, but I am ok with it. We have had so many good times there. Seeing us all there in November sealed the deal that we would rather be in town in something with more bedrooms though. I will be able to take Mother along more and have her be comfortable as well.

So that is the update on all that. I made signs that are going up at the farm tomorrow and flyers, so we will see how it all turns out.

*Oh, back to the furniture in my "Gathering Room." We will take that to the new home in Auburn. It will be decorated in a country style. I loved that room, so that furniture is coming with us when we sell. During the sequence of events, I may have to store it awhile.

Isn't Gus adorable?

Clothing Styles

Onto to another topic. I lost weight after retirement and my back to health journey. I don't have a need for nearly the clothes I had when I worked outside the home. I felt guilty about how many clothes I had in fact.

However, I don't want to go to the grocery store or doctor's appointments in exercise gear every time I go out. Well, maybe I do, but I was not raised to do that!

Anyway, my problem is finding a pair of pants I like these days. Growing up as a teen in the 70's, I said at least a million times I wish straight leg pants would come back in style. I loved that Audrey Hepburn, Jackie O, early sixties look. I did not say I wanted skin tight hug me from my hips to the ankles look though.

Does anyone else find it hard to find a pair of pants you like these days? I can't stand the way the pants hug my calves these days. I simply can't find any I really like other than the Talbot's boyfriend jeans. Those are wonderful for fall and spring, but they are ankle style and that doesn't work for winter, because I have to have socks even in Florida. I am not a bare ankle girl in winter at all. I don't want to wear booties all the time either.

Thanks for reading my vent. I will shut up and move on now.

I did find a good fashion blog. She also has a Youtube channel as well. JLJBacktoClassic.

This thing is about to bloom again. It is loving the foyer and whatever is going on in there.

Family

Hubby has had some serious knee problems that have gotten really bad...hence part of the farm decision. Before Christmas, he was told he would need a knee replacement. He is like ...NOPE.

A fluke accident caused him to break his hip back in his mid thirties. He has had a hip replacement and a revision, so he is not interested in anymore store bought parts. He opted for some of the experimental plasma rich replacement injections. He has had the three and we are praying for some real relief. He has not been in the best shape the month of January. Hubby not happy equals wife trying to be extra cheerful.

Mother has been sick with an ear infection. As I shared my laying sewing down, that turned out to be a really good decision for my mind as well. I am going to have to step up my game with her in the coming days. She is just needing me lots more. I have to spend time daily with her now, if nothing else to see that she eats enough.

This week I have been working on LHN's Spring in a monochromatic color theme.

I have rambled enough, so I will shut her down for now.

I will try not to be so absent next week. I guess I need to make a list of all that is still on my mind, so I won't forget. 

Making my list,

Sandy