An "oh no" Saturday planned

Robb's house is under contact, closing about Oct. 19th, so we have to clear things out.  We have scheduled a HUGE truck for my son-in-law to drive and planned what stuff (furniture mostly) goes where. .. our house or our daughters' houses.
My son-in-law is an over the road trucker so driving a 26 foot rental doesn't bother him in the slightest... now my DH , that's another story.

What's left, after this purge, will go to a non-profit for resident's needs. The non-profit has many sites and many clients... so hopefully Robb's things will find good homes!!

And that will be the end.... not sure if any of us is ready.

Another small milestone

I have been walking - caneless- in my neighborhood or walking at the Y ( we have a free membership through our healthcare plan) but yesterday I decided to try the stationary bike. I wanted to see how it felt to put the hip and leg through a "rotation".  Hip hip hooray... no problem. I did keep the time short.
  I did it after 9 laps around the Y's walking track .

Bright Star will be having another online show in November so I have started working!!!  Doing bears and friends for the Holiday season is always fun. I started rummaging through my plastic tote full of Christmas ribbon, floral items etc.

These two are from last year....

Off to new homes

Raggedy is off to Australia along with another one of my bear friends!! How great!! Several others are going to new homes and there are three show days left!!

The weather has done a turnover... we have had rain all day today and off and on yesterday. There are even flood warnings in the area. Our 90 degree days dropped to mid 60's today and when my daughters came over this evening they were both wearing sweaters!

Everything is growing again...wonder how long that will last. I think I will go to the Farmers' Market tomorrow morning. Homegrown veggies sound so appealing!! Maybe the Mennonite ladies will be there with their home baked pies and breads. And now that I am not using my cane ( often) walking will not be such a problem.

update and lead bear

Lili is doing well... back to school and a shopping trip with me for a homecoming dance dress...which we found!
Clearing out my son's house and the selling process is moving along. Not to say that there haven't been a few hiccups. Bob, the girls and I have taken some things.... some to use and some to remember Robb by. We have made many many trips to Goodwill , Disabled Vets and Habitat for Humanity's Restore and have two hugs days planned for the rest. One is a huge truck to go to a storage unit and one is a "Donation Day" for one of my daughter's non-profits. What's left, the girls will take to Goodwill or The Salvation Army!!
This has been both a lot of work and a lot of heartache.

I have been working on bears and friends for the upcoming online show ... link is on the sidebar ... coming up next weekend. Here is my lead bear Raggedy ( named by my grandson the moment he saw him!)