Sorting Thoughts & Other Things
What a peaceful, blessed day. I've had calls from several beloved friends and family members. Haven't talked on the phone that much for a long time. I don't usually think to call people and often struggle to hear, but I heard these callers well except for an early morning caller from Africa. He speaks softly and rapidly with a beautiful British accent (he was educated in England) but it's hard for me to understand him and turning up my volume didn't help.
It's cooler today and very quiet. I am trying to get organized and get the June Handmaidens pages ready for content, but it's slow going for me, so I think I'll change tasks after this blog is done and go sort some boxes in the garage. I burn out on tasks quickly or simply get distracted and wander off and leave them.
We have some idea of the things we'll take when we move and those we won't. We'll not be taking any sofas or love seats, but we'll definitely take the "big fish," a nine-foot long hand carved teakwood fish my brother gave me. Our daughter is taking some of the furniture to her new apartment in Monterey. Other things we'll sell for funding to get replacement furniture on the other end. Our bathrooms are full of lotions and potions and old meds and who knows what all. They need some serious sorting, too.
I am not going to allow the decisions of sorting get the best of me as they sometimes can. I have a hard time making choices now because it's hard to stay focused on all the parameters of the decision... But in the words of my wise and wonderful friend, Ms. Parlee, who just called, "Don't get too attached to anything." How true! It doesn't really belong to us anyway!!
Ms. Parlee is getting ready to go on a mission trip to Liberia for six months to a year. Pastor Rob had asked in one of his comments to my blog if we had considered Liberia when we were seeking a new place to live. He probably thinks I have shrugged that off, but he would be mistaken. Some serious time in prayer and discussion ensued. So, yes, we have considered Liberia. Liberia however offers basically no earnings capacity to service the debts we owe, and we do not feel called at this time to go there. One never knows what will happen tomorrow. The world is wide and God has jobs for His people in many places, in all places, really. If He calls us to one, we are willing to go. Barring a clearer call than we now have, we will continue toward the open doors of Orlando.
Our time line has been moved up so I will be sorting and packing within my tolerances from now on. Then we'll need to get everything clean as a whistle for the new tenants to move in when we leave. If you know good people who want to rent from ideal landlords, let us know. I'll need to ask if they are changing the rent after we leave since although it's more than we can afford, the rent here is under average for the area.
Well, as you see, I have actually done my blog early today. Also, it has only taken about two hours to do. I'm thankful for that blessing.
It's cooler today and very quiet. I am trying to get organized and get the June Handmaidens pages ready for content, but it's slow going for me, so I think I'll change tasks after this blog is done and go sort some boxes in the garage. I burn out on tasks quickly or simply get distracted and wander off and leave them.
We have some idea of the things we'll take when we move and those we won't. We'll not be taking any sofas or love seats, but we'll definitely take the "big fish," a nine-foot long hand carved teakwood fish my brother gave me. Our daughter is taking some of the furniture to her new apartment in Monterey. Other things we'll sell for funding to get replacement furniture on the other end. Our bathrooms are full of lotions and potions and old meds and who knows what all. They need some serious sorting, too.
I am not going to allow the decisions of sorting get the best of me as they sometimes can. I have a hard time making choices now because it's hard to stay focused on all the parameters of the decision... But in the words of my wise and wonderful friend, Ms. Parlee, who just called, "Don't get too attached to anything." How true! It doesn't really belong to us anyway!!
Ms. Parlee is getting ready to go on a mission trip to Liberia for six months to a year. Pastor Rob had asked in one of his comments to my blog if we had considered Liberia when we were seeking a new place to live. He probably thinks I have shrugged that off, but he would be mistaken. Some serious time in prayer and discussion ensued. So, yes, we have considered Liberia. Liberia however offers basically no earnings capacity to service the debts we owe, and we do not feel called at this time to go there. One never knows what will happen tomorrow. The world is wide and God has jobs for His people in many places, in all places, really. If He calls us to one, we are willing to go. Barring a clearer call than we now have, we will continue toward the open doors of Orlando.
Our time line has been moved up so I will be sorting and packing within my tolerances from now on. Then we'll need to get everything clean as a whistle for the new tenants to move in when we leave. If you know good people who want to rent from ideal landlords, let us know. I'll need to ask if they are changing the rent after we leave since although it's more than we can afford, the rent here is under average for the area.
Well, as you see, I have actually done my blog early today. Also, it has only taken about two hours to do. I'm thankful for that blessing.
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