Since I recently reminded people that my GoFundMe fundraiser ends on August 15th, it has really taken off again. It’s just $800 away from the GOAL I set for it! I’m very teary-eyed these days. Not solely because of what I’m losing by moving (proximity to my dearest local friends) but because so many […]
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Yesterday’s garage sale put me in tears more than four times, half of them thanks to complete strangers. Gay Man The first stranger introduced himself. He said he has lived just down the street from us for years and had always wanted to stop by because of the copywriting sign I had in
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Today I somehow managed to get in another 10K steps. Pretty astonishing! I was also able to sell my Kia Sedona for the price I wanted for it and I get to keep it until a day or two before I fly away, too. I got a down payment on it this morning. The
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I put in 9,583 steps today.. and I didn’t go for a walk. That’s just the number of steps I took getting stuff done today. Had four visitors (garage sale early birds). Made $45. Sold my bike and a bike rack. Jackie sold her bike and a bike rack, too. Drove to where
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I’m witnessing myself as a emotional pendulum these days. Because I’m about to make a monumental move, my body is having quite the time finding some sort of semi-solid equilibrium. I can cry at the drop of a hat — something which is quite alien to me. Every kindness shown to me
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“Think where a person’s glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.” William Butler Yeats Wow! Within four hours of posting about my quest for two large suitcases, they were on my porch step. I really hit the jackpot when it comes to friends. These two just won’t
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I’ve just paid off the “Costa Rica move” part of my credit card debt to date. 99% of it is (and has been, for months) Costa Rica-related. Another $451 will need to come out on August 24th after the vet gets here to examine Charli. I am hoping the garage sales bring in enough to
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I’ve been forced to downsize even more. United Airlines allows just three boxes to be checked into the luggage area, each one a mere 42 linear inches, which is 14″ x 14″ x14″ essentially. I have two Sterilite bins of the right size and a freezer bag of a slightly smaller size. I had
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My flight is scheduled! I’ll leave Sept 3rd in the evening and arrive Sept 4th at 7:15 a.m. It cost $1127.++ I will only be allowed three boxes measurements not to exceed 42 lineal inches. (That’s pretty darned small, 14″ x 14″ x 14″) Shipping is exorbitant so I will have to wait for Lisa
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I just received word that my apostilled FBI background check document is on its way to me. So is my apostilled Social Security document. I already have the third apostilled doc in hand (the birth certificate). That means I should be able to book my flight tomorrow. I have an email
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