August 21st Monday Update

I survived the week of moving. First let's see what little stitching I got done...

Mill Hill Monday was a bust so moved it to Tuesday again...

Progress on the lower right section where the bear button goes. I'm trying not to rush it but I'm excited for the finish on this one. I wonder which one I'll pick next. I will probably have to let Jeremiah pick. I have them all into one container now. Trust me....lots of choices!!

Wednesday and Sunday was the only one time I got more stitching time. I worked on Book Dragon. I finished the first page and started the 2nd page...

That's it last week for stitching. Moving Moving Moving. I have never really heard anyone talk nice about moving. Especially when majorly downsizing. I was so exhausted every day. The choices of what to keep are coming a lot easier than I expected though at least. I'm ready to have it off my shoulders. Friday Jeremiah went with us for the first time. It was hard for him but he said it helped a lot. He saw the house only one time since mom passed away so he was really worried about going but he wanted to say Goodbye. He moved into that house at 9 and he's 25 now. I talked to him on video chat so he would see how empty the house is. It's crazy. It's like a shell of an old home. No love. Just empty. He explained it perfectly ....Grandma is not there any more. She's gone and we have her with us she's not in these walls anymore. So the house feels just different. Not ours anymore. We were very happy to get home to our happy place where we fill the place with love and new memories of our life everyday. We love living here and being in the country. All those million dollar houses on top of each other is just crazy. Give us corn fields anytime haha.We've changed so much. 

Friday we got a lot of large furniture pieces that  meant a lot to me so that felt fantastic. My grandfather had built me a bookcase, converted a singer into a beautiful table, and a hope chest. They are all safe in our storage unit now. It was a roller coaster of emotions all week. Severe storms made us cut our day short Thursday as we hurried to get home for Jeremiah (of course we arrived after they were over luckily nothing severe here just heavy rain and wind). So we were so disappointed in how much we got done several times. But looking at what's left we are probably well over half way done. So I think we did better than I thought.

We are going back after Labor day on the weekends to finish it off. Until then hopefully rest up. This week we have record breaking heat so I'm hoping to curl up with my stitching.

Speaking of that I have been going through everything!!! Time to reassess what I want in my WIP tote and what I can let sit aside. So far I've found homes for what I want here and the rest will be a short drive to storage away. I have one tote of WIPs here and the threads needed. I will be updating my Goals tab at the top soon. Anyway here's some of the moving photos...

We have 4 dressers, a washer and dryer, and some other stuff still to come down. Then we will restack and organize it all. I believe it will fit at least. I was worried at the beginning. I have definitely downsized well. Hubby said he was shocked at how well I've done with that part haha. He knows I'm very sentimental but realistically the memories will never leave me just the item. No reason to take up space I don't have anymore. 

Okay I'm off to fix my goals tab. Have a great week. Stay cool if you are in the heat like us. Love yourself. Smile.