updates – Tracey in Maine

Every now and then I do a daily prompt, not because I have nothing to write about or because I have run out of great blog posts to share but I think as a challenge to myself. So, today’s is pause.

Pause is my life at this time! I feel as if someone has pushed the pause button on me. We have bought a house and started work but now my man is out of town , well state, for work for 4 days which of course is on the weekend , which is mostly the only time to get any work done. He works ten hour days so after eating and things at night after work he only has a couple hours.

My whole, Back, forward and back again, thing that I was doing of course was hit by a wall when cleaning , organizing and downsizing became packing to move. The idea is still there, the hallway space I used to put things in to get rid of has increased again but I still have gotten rid of, 8 large black garbage bags, 3 or 4 regular size kitchen garbage bags, 5 or so 18 gall totes, and a few boxes worth of stuff. My man brought a box of contractors garbage bags which are, Idk, huge, he started to just fill them up with stuff from the basement that either wasn’t mine or was trash. Had about 6 or 8 of them. So, on that subject I am still a work in progress but the point is that it is still happening. Things that I don’t want to throw away r put into two piles, donation and yard sales. The new house has huge yard sale space and is on a main road so we have decided on that happening and once I have all of the stuff we r taking out I will move all the selling into the living room and open the door for an indoor yard sale!

The end of school is June 16. Now I’m thinking about what to do with that. My son has stayed back once from 7 grade and he’s in danger of it again became doesn’t do his work. Now he’s busting butt to pass the last quarter to not have to stay back. I don’t think it will help any to switch him with only a month or so left (by the time we are ready and moved in) I don’t think he needs to stay back and am going to see what we can do but that may mean waiting until after June 16 to go live in our house.

Then I still have a wedding to plan for October 14, 2017.

I am in pause status on everything and it didn’t help that we both have been sick for the past week.

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, PAUSE.

I have had so many different things some good and some not so good going on and instead of sharing with you all I was keeping it inside. That’s not such a good idea. My update to

Back, Forward and Back Again

I have been able to get rid of probably half the stuff cramped into my hallway. That was the first major area that has to be done so I can use the space to clutter up with other things. Lol. No, my crafting supplies are going there. As most of you know, supplies are always everywere! !! I had wanted it all done before my 18 year old came home for the holidays. Nope. But, it’s progress.

Then of course dealing with xmas and not letting my kids down was a huge stressed to me until they both told me to stop. I am blessed twice with these two boys. At 14 and 18 they get it. They don’t want me robbing Peter to pay Paul . They are such good kids. I sometimes wonder how I got so lucky.

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