Push-Me-Pull-You

-
Do you remember the Push-me-pull-you creature from the book, Dr. Doolittle?  That's how I feel this week.  I'm working, working, working but nothing looks like it's being done.

This is it!  The last push before moving day.  In just 8 days we will be loading a truck and shoving off on a new adventure.  It's been a very difficult week with lots of tears and break-downs on my part.  It's hard not to feel incredibly sad at leaving people we've ministered to and been friends with for 10 years.

But, I can't sit around and cry.  I have to keep moving, so here we go.  And just so I will visually see that I have accomplished things, I'm continuing to post my list here.

Here is the list of things I've done since November 24th.  

♥ Finished 4 table runners, 1 tea cozy, 2 bread baskets, and 2 aprons 
♥ Make pies & bread for Thanksgiving orders 
♥ Trip to dentist  
♥ Drop off items at boutique
♥ My own Thanksgiving dinner
♥ Set up Christmas tree - there will be a revolt if I don't have the tree.
♥ Haircut for me
♥ Cut Dan & Nathan's hair
♥Went to my sisters for the weekend
♥Took car to garage to replace water pump.
♥Get rid of piano
♥Get rid of entertainment center 
♥ Fill out school papers for Emily's new school (a huge packet). 
♥ Take medical form to doctor for signature
♥ Help Nathan with resignation letter for his job
♥ Dan got a post office box at the new place
♥ Packed 40 boxes 
♥ Purge all the clothes in the house & bag up those going to thrift store   
♥ Visit 2 different friends for lunch 
♥ Change the address at the post office
♥ Make cookies for a cookie swap
♥ Divvy out all the computer files to different people in the church who are taking over my jobs
♥ Purge craft items that I don't use and give away.
♥ Call friends to get specifics on Stephen's living arrangements 
 ♥ Pack up fabric I'm giving away
♥ Post furniture on facebook that I'm giving away 
♥ Friend's Christmas open house
♥ Go to Joann Fabric to pick up fabric for order
♥ Drop off order
♥ Drop off clothing at clothing bin
♥ Cookie swap; package cookies
♥ Set up phone & internet in new house.
♥ Doctor appointment to get results of sleep study
♥ Pull furniture that's going out of Emily's room
♥ File quarterly sales tax return for the business
♥ Take down curtains in the house, wash and pack
♥ Fill out and fax forms to get the house electric put back in the church name 
♥ File an annual report for the church
♥ Pull all clothes out of Master bedroom dressers as the furniture is going to a friend
♥ Vacuum cobwebs in the corners and on ceilings downstairs and in Master bedroom  
♥ Narrow down the furniture to what's going and what's being given away
♥ Figure out how to get Stephen's furniture to his new apartment

Final things for this week
♥ Follow-up on services for Nathan
♥ Call someone about hauling away junk
♥ Fire house giving us a going away party tonight (Friday)
♥ Will be gone all day Saturday for a surprise anniversary party for my aunt & uncle We ended up not going because of a snow storm.
♥ Entered checkbook figures on Excel spreadsheet from April-December to get ready for taxes.  This took almost the entire Saturday!
♥ Made some Christmas cookies Made 5 different kinds
♥ Farewell potluck after church
♥ People coming to pick up various pieces of furniture this week
♥ Call and fill prescriptions as our benefits end this Friday
♥ Cancel phone
♥ Cancel internet
♥ Christmas gifts for extended family are on their way
♥ Dinner with friends on Monday night
♥ Someone stopping by to pick up books on Tuesday morning
♥ Christmas dinner with local pastors on Tuesday nightCanceled due to the snow
♥ Clean Emily's room top to bottom (wipe down walls, baseboards, furniture and vacuum)
♥ Clean Stephen's room top to bottom (wipe down walls, baseboards, furniture and vacuum)
♥ Christmas gifts for children done
♥ Someone coming to haul away junk on Thursday morning
♥ Dinner with friends on Friday night
♥ Withdraw Emily from school
♥ Pick up craft items from the stores that carry them (I've decided to close down that side of the business after discovering I lost $800 this year after doing more than a hundred hours of work)!

♥ Take Stephen's bedroom furniture to location where he will be living.
♥ Go to laundromat to do all the bedding
♥ Finish packing 
♥ Check on Stephen's car registration

I know that there are things I'm forgetting right this minute and I'll come back and edit and add them, but that is more than enough to keep me going! 

So let me push-me-pull-you right through the week.  :-)

Comments

  1. UnknownDecember 13, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    Wow! Your lists are long! But your moving along, swiftly. 8 days will fly by, so quickly.
    Breathe.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownDecember 13, 2013 at 9:08 AM

    ♥ Just breathe ♥

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I love your comments and encouragement! I can't always respond back but do read each comment.

Popular posts from this blog

Choosing Not to Kick the Cat

-
Image
The choices we make can either be good or bad. So many don't realize that even our attitudes and feelings are a choice. We have a choice each day to make that day one in which we will react to our circumstances or choose not to react. I can choose to let someone else's bad day ruin mine, or I can choose to not take on someone else's attitude. When Dan and I were first married we worked for a sales organization. I still remember listening to a motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar who was talking about this topic. He gave the scenario of a man being a work and having a boss that was berating him all day long. The man then came home and snapped at his wife. His wife, in turn, yelled at their son for a small infraction because she was upset. The son was now hurt by his mom and pushed his little sister. She, being the youngest, turns around and kicks the cat! Zig talked about making a different choice by not allowing others bad behaviors and moods cause you to respond in the
Read more

Oh What to Do; I'm Sixty-Two!

-
Image
Today is my sixty-second birthday and it's hard to believe I've achieved that....um....seasoned age! My first thought this morning was one of not being sure that I like it. However,  as I thought I about it, I decided to take joy in the fact that I've reached an older age. Because age comes with benefits. Benefit #1 - I'm a bit wiser.   When I look back at some of the decisions I made when I was younger, I cringe. With age has come the ability to slow down and think things through before I make major upheavals in my life. I've also discovered that getting worked up about certain things is just an absolute waste of emotional energy. Benefit #2 - I'm enjoying my life.   As I've aged I've learned all kinds of skills and hobbies and can honestly say that I'm never, ever bored. I love all the different things I'm able to do and it's fun! Benefit #3 - I've learned to appreciate my relationships. With age I've learned to work on developing a
Read more

Eating to Live

-
Image
  Despite the unexpected busyness and interruptions, I have been plugging away at my weight loss as well as writing the plant-based, whole food cookbook. Recipe testing fell by the wayside the past two weeks, but I've still gotten a good chunk of the book done. I also got on the scale this morning for another one pound loss which makes a total of 61 lbs. since I started this journey back in July. It's second nature at this point and I have so much more energy and feel healthy. The only negative is that because I've lost so much weight I'm seeing some sagging, crepe-papery skin happening. Yuck. Some of that is age and I need to figure out some toning exercises. It's definitely a life-style change, but a positive one which I'm so thankful I started on. The pictures above are a small selection of meals I've eaten the past two months and many of those will be included in the book.  This will be a printable e-book as I find that will be the easiest and most cost
Read more