November 16

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Only One More Week Before Company Comes



My son and his wife are coming next week! Yay!! They aren’t going to be able to stay here yet but it’s getting close. Maybe by next Thanksgiving. I’m sure they’ll be coming over though and the living room will be ready. I’m hoping to have the kitchen and bathroom cleaned up too which just leaves the front porch. I don’t know why this front porch has been and continues to be such a struggle for so long!

I’ve been working out there everyday for about a week now. I finally decided that all the horse stuff has to get moved to the horse trailer for now so I’ve been loading up my truck. It’s helped get one side down about 3 feet already. There’s a few more big things on that side that I need to either get rid of or find new homes for.

I threw something away today that I consider to be quite an accomplishment. It was hard but I did it! It was a beautiful old lamp with a stained glass shade. It’s another one of those things that I really loved but was unable to take care of because of the hoard in the house. Every time I looked at it, I felt guilty that stained glass shade had gotten broken in one spot. I still thought that maybe I could use it if I put the broken part to the back but then the lamp got crushed and part of that broke too.

I decided that I didn’t want to keep feeling guilty about it so I hauled it out to the garbage right before the truck came. It was gone before I left. The shade was taking up a lot of space so I’m kind of glad that it’s gone. It wasn’t easily put away anywhere.

I hope the visit goes great and we can spend some time here. I just have to finish cleaning off the extra couch and then there will be plenty of room for everyone to sit down.

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  • Ha Ha – I can relate to the visit of the son! It is the only time I do any real house cleaning. My kids don’t visit that often as they live away so I blame them for my messy house.

  • Ho Jen, I think you are doing awesome, like Melinda I’m so proud of you. I’m not sure I would have the stamina to stay with is as long as you have.

    It’s sad when things that are beautiful breaks, and you have to let it go. But better that, then let it make you feel guilty.
    You know, there shouldn’t really be anything in your house that makes you feel guilty, you should only surround yourself with things that makes you happy, because you deserve to be in that state of mind.. all the time! Big hug

    • Awww thanks!! I’m finally starting to see things a little differently. I no longer turn a blind eye to the piles of stuff. I make myself deal with them right away if I have time.

  • Is this the same son who had the fiancee, and now they’re married?? Or a different son?
    Yay for kids coming home to visit!!
    Oh, Jen! I’m so proud of you!! I understand completely how hard it is to let go of something beautiful, tho broken!! Smart idea to put it in trash right before they came! No time for remorse, and take backs!!
    You rock!

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