dragging it all out

Every day I think, I am almost finished. And then I realize that half of moving is putting the stuff away in the new house. So I have spent many of my days since the last post, doing that.  Today I got my bookshelf to put away my books.

It's one of those that just unfolds and snaps into place. I 'intalled and filled it' in ten minutes. O, I know that it is now top heavy and those big heavy books will get rearranged, but I just wanted to get the boxes out of the room and feel accomplished.

Today I also brought over all the garden stuff from the previous house, three hoses, rakes, shovels, weeders, bird feeders and shepherds hook, planters and ditsy small stuff.

 My yard is a mess. NOT from me, but from the flipper who tossed his garbage into the yard and let the leaves hide it all until the wind picked up. Broken concrete, rocks, shoes, frisbees, bottles, a gazillion branches and a used paint roller. What a jerk. My lawn guy says he will clean this all up with his crew, because "I am a rich lady" and I guess I am, considering I don't want to pick it all up myself.

 On the good side, I seem not to have any Bermuda grass, where grass is actually growing, which to me is a miracle. Bermuda grass turns brown in the winter and in the spring it invades where it is not wanted. Horrid stuff. So I must have enough shade to keep the fescue green even in our hot summers.

Now that I am no longer a caregiver, my social life has blown up. I see friends at church and they follow me home, and drop by with stuff to eat or gladly take my giveaways. I've been invited to lunch several times and I was able to accept the invitations, which is just a thrill.  

I'm thinking about having the interiors painted, and my brother in law has installed new interior doors, which he will paint when he returns from seminary next week. I got paint chips yesterday at Lowe's, but this picture doesn't do the vibrancy justice. I was making a shadow, I think. Anyway it is delicious color and we'll see how it looks on the walls in a few weeks. 

  Also my counter top icemaker arrived and I am still waiting for the ice to form. It is supposed make ice in nine minutes and it has been running for an hour. If it doesn't work soon, I am going to send it back. I bought a used one from Amazon, so that may be the problem. My fridge that I got from FB Marketplace has an icemaker but nobody was able to make it work and it is probably something in the computer, which is so not helpful.  

I am not going to get my undies in a bundle over these little things. My days are filled with so much happiness and gratitude that the things I have mentioned in this post don't seem to puncture my balloon of joy. 

OK two more things. I have a nearby Walmart and I happened to see a tub of Marketside Pesto that was truly green and homemade looking, and I succumbed. It is really truly good and for the winter it will certainly suffice until I can grow my own basil again. And today I was in the mood for crunchy fried chicken, (where does this come from?) and the deli didn't have their tenders out, so I went to the freezer section and got some store brand fully cooked 'crispy' breaded tenders, 1 lb, 9oz for $7.87. I have an air fryer setting on my toaster oven and it really did the trick. Cruuuuunch! 

It's grand finding these good things.