Some Thoughts

Alba Avram Mayıs 20, 2022

Hello,

How are you?

I hope you are well. I've been thinking about some stuff and I thought I'd bring you along.

I'll show you the current deck situation at the house in town. I spruced it up last week because it needed a deep cleaning. I also have some photos of the yard.

I love Pinterest. Have you ever clicked on a pin which lead to a blog that you've never seen before?

This happened not too long ago. I wanted to read more so I clicked on the header.

The last blog post was 2014 or something. What struck me was that there was no explanation as to why the blogger stopped blogging. This has happened more than once. There is usually a large gap in between blog posts with a "long time no see" sort of intro. Which tells me that the blogger lost interest and intended to get back to blogging but never did. They are probably on Instagram, however.

If I decide to stop blogging, I will be sure to let you know.

Lately, I have been thinking about stopping.

I have just felt overwhelmed and discouraged.

I've stopped doing any blog hops which is pretty freeing. I don't link to many parties anymore because I don't know of that many.

My so called "good camera" just isn't acting right. If I'm honest, it never really took pictures that were that great. I've had it since 2013 so maybe it's time for a new one?

I was contacted by a magazine last winter. We went through the motions for them to use some pictures and feature a project that I did last year. Nothing ever came of it.

Back to feeling overwhelmed.

The other house is almost stocked with everything that we need. We've had some stuff that doesn't seem to have a home at either place. So all that is getting donated. The country house has room in the cupboard and closets which is lovely. It is almost like that has room to breathe. That house got a good makeover top to bottom and I leave it clean every Sunday. This house is clean too but not as clean as the other house. We've lived here almost 28 years. Stuff sneaks up on you. The dog does a big shedding poof as we load up the truck on Fridays. She is afraid we'll forget her. Those tufts of hair are always in the entryway upon our return which makes the house feel messy. Frustrating when I left a clean house two hours earlier.

Our primary house has more clutter and that clutter feels overwhelming at times.

I've been cleaning out cupboards and closets and making piles in the garage for the thrift store.

Hopefully, soon the house in town will have plenty of breathing room too.

We spent years looking for a house so there was a little hoarding of treasures going on. It's nice to see those treasures moved out of here and into the new place. Some stuff didn't work, however. It takes me a minute to reconcile the notion that certain decor items don't work at either location.

It is time to let them go. It feels wasteful but I hope someone else can use what we didn't.

I'm a collector. Antiquing or junking is relaxation to me. In order to do that and do it well, I need to trade up or rotate new things in and out. I like finding treasures.

Do I need the silver gravy boat that may only get used once a year? Why don't I use the china gravy boat that can also function as decor in a china closet instead?

Am I really complaining about having two houses? It kind of sounds like it doesn't it.

That is the reality of it, though. I dreamt that I went back to teaching. I told Bill about it and he said "No!"

I don't have time to go back to work. I clean here and there. I pull weed here and there. One of the best things we did was get a washer and dryer out in East Texas so we can do some laundry out there too.

I suspect that I'm doing too much. I want that place to be picture perfect.

I need to dial it back and let it take time.

We are very blessed. We planned for this for a long time. I hope that I've enjoyed the process. I need to chill out and let there be dog hair.

I say that I want to stop blogging but then there is always the urge to tell you all about something.

My plan going forward is to blog when I feel like it and let go of the notion that I have to have a blog post on a schedule.

Enough of that pity party. Now for more pictures of the yard.

We had black and green decor on the deck. I have so much green out in East Texas that I felt blue was a nice change.

All the pot were stored in the green house.

They are fun and summery.

Walmart had precut two yard fabric lengths by Waverly. The blue and white stripe is perfect for our favorite chairs. I just covered the old cushion.

The floral pillows were from IKEA a few years ago. I made the blue and white check pillows out of fabric that I found at the thrift store.

The platter belonged to my dad's grandmother. It was broken and has been glued back together. It's great for the outside because it's already damaged.

We have had a pretty pleasant summer so I do get to sneak out every now and then.

It make the new kitty very angry, however since she doesn't get to be outside.