MOVING! What were we thinking?

Things are progressing at a snails pace!

I have been PURGING my house BIG TIME!~

If I have not seen it, touched it, looked at it, forgot about it, never used it,

IT IS GONE!

On February 22nd I am having the grand-daddy of all yard sales!

I am sure there is going to be:

"CRAP U-NEED" 

at this yard sale!

Everything from the kitchen to my craft room will be for sale!

There are some things I can not ever part with of course.

Like, Material! Thread! Quilting things.

I have dabbled in so many crafts thru the years, I have it all!

But recently I have started to quilt.

That alone covers most of the crafts I enjoy!

So everything else is pretty much going.

STICK TO ONE THING

AND YOU WILL BE GOOD AT IT!

DO MULTIPLE THINGS and it is never perfect!

In going thru everything! 

There are a lot of memories too.

My kids' baby books and albums,

Which will be handed off this year.

My moms things. Most I have parted with but some I can not.

She wore scarves all the time.

I found a box in which I had stored her scarves.

After 14 years, it still smells like her.

Ummmm! Memories!

Then I went thru her photo boxes I have stored.

I eventually will scan all the pictures and part with the original photos.

But that will be for a time after we have moved.

Right now, I am scanning doll patterns, that someday I might make again.

I don't want to keep the original patterns, because they take up so much room.

(We are moving to a smaller home.)

So I have been a scanning fool this past week. 

I LOVE SCANS!

You can scan anything,

have it for-ever and live clutter free!

Scanners and Digital Camera's are the best invention in my life time!

So we are still looking for a buyer!

And things are moving at a snails pace!

Since all this began, 

I work very hard in my dreams!

Planning.

Planting.

Decorating.

MOVING!

Yes I wake up very tired in the mornings!

(IF I have even slept at all)

FOR SALE.......

It is OFFICIAL:

Our house is listed for sale:

See the listing by clicking here.

This is a turn key home! we have already done all the work!

Our house is off to the right.

All underground sprinklers gravity fed from the canal

keeps the lawn very green.

 Circular driveway that goes around the shop. We call it

the "scenic" drive.

 Lots of space to park vehicles.

 1/2 acre yard all fenced off.

 Since this photo there has been a fence added from the edge of the

house to the fence line on both ends of the house.

 Nice covered patio in which to sit out side and enjoy

all types of weather.

 There is two loafing sheds for your critters.

The second one is placed to the left of the above photo.

Part of the circular drive. This row of trees keeps the shop

very comfortable in the summer time.

 Very LARGE kitchen with a pantry. Counter space galore! 

So many cupboards you won't fill them all!

 Living room that faces the river. The door here goes into the master bedroom.

 Window with the river view from the living room.

This is the front room in which we do spend most of our time.

Buddy says: "Who would not want this lovely space? I have an acre and a half that grows such

rich grass, that "mom" has to limit our feeding time on it!"

Plants grow so well in the soil here. 

Rose bushes.

Lavender.

Some bulbs that come up in the spring.

Trees.

Not to much to take care of but enough to make it pretty in the spring and summer.

There is a 50 gallon hot water heater because you need a big one to use the garden tub in the master bathroom!

Second bathroom 

Water is run out to the pasture to water your critters.

Power is also ran to the pasture for water heater or whatever you want to plug in.

Our home is an energy efficient home and power bills run from $60.00 in the summer to about $98.00 dollars in the winter.

Shop is a 24' X 36'.

Insulated.

Electrical.

Electric door opener.

Tinker room with a Game Room to hang your hunters treasures.

Two work Benches.

The house has energy efficient windows and lots of them.

On nice spring/summer days, you can open windows and get a nice cross breeze.

Blinds on all windows.

Doggy door in Utility door for your four legged friends.

Room for an upright freezer in the laundry room.

Master bedroom is very large. A Kind sized bed will fit as well as several dressers.

Living room has a beautiful view of the Columbia River.

Reverse Osmosis system for drinking water. The well does have nitrates that are border line high.

A water softener because the water here is hard.

Water is very good and no sulfur smell at all.

Neighbors are very nice.

One has chickens that come and eat the bugs out of the yard.

Another has cows that are quite entertaining.

And each spring you get to watch little ones enter the world. The babies are just adorable.

The pasture is cross fenced so you can graze your animals smartly.

Electric fence around parameter of pasture.

The property is on a Farm Deferral making taxes a little less.

Just across the road are awesome horse riding trails along the beautiful Columbia River.

No need to haul your horse to go ride.

Nice big pump house to store lawn and garden items.

Container next to shop to store bigger things.

Container near the pasture for a tack/feed room. Windows have been built into it.

How can humans be so cruel?!

I follow a blog:

HECKTIC TRAVELS

About a young couple traveling the world and reporting on their travels. 

Gives me a chance to see more than just my corner of the world. 

Today's post was titled:

GENOCIDE, AGAIN

A little known fact and place of which happened in MY TIME!

So I did a Google search on:

KHMER ROUGE

This all happened 30 years ago,

yet it only seems like yesterday!

I was 30 years younger and the news was not a part of my life at the time.

I was to involved in relationships and family beginnings.

I cry when I read Hecktic Travels post because so many people

lost their chance at even a life. 

So many babies killed in front of their mothers! 

(The KILLING TREE).

I don't know if I could of changed the world then.

As a kid, you think you are invincible and CAN DO ANYTHING!

If this could of happened in MY LIFETIME,

What will happen in my children's lifetime?

Or even Grandchildren?

With the way events are happening, 

and the SECRET AGENDA our current leader has,

(I know he has a secret agenda! It just hasn't been made public!)

Who knows what is going to happen next!

Khmer Rouge had a secret agenda and he accomplished it!

Can we all say:

HUNGER GAMES?

Really it is not that far fetched!

Yes...There IS a Second Tuesday of Next Week.....

I have been entertaining the idea of repainting my WHOLE HOUSE!

Just on the inside.

(Still entertaining the idea)

I thought I would start slow and small.

A few years back, I painted my laundry room.

Then I started on the master bath.

My biggest problem is deciding on the color.

If I knew what color, then I would of had my house painted a long time ago.

I am tired of the white, so I am going with COLOR!

Yes! I painted 90 percent of the bathroom with this 1' brush!

I figured I would be done, the second Tuesday of next week!

I can not find any before photos, but that is ok, cause it was just boring white.

SHE PAINTS WITH A 1" BRUSH TOO!

Well there really is a SECOND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK!

Because TADA...

I am done!

This is our master bath.

Don't you just love those curtains? 

I DO!

I even got our secondary Bathroom finished!

I think I like it better,

For Obvious Reason! 

Teehee.....

Now to tackle the rest of the house!

COLORS! COLORS! COLORS!

What do choose?

What to choose?

ummmm...

Peaches, moving on:

Back when I was looking for a "PONY", it was for the grand-kids. I had hunted high and low, and finally found one a few hours away from us. I bought her pretty much sight unseen, and only thru photographs. 

I was a nervous wreck before she got here, and then I did not know what I was getting myself into.

Well as it turned out, Peaches was worth her weight in gold as a PONY! She did not have that "pony" attitude! She was calm! She loved her charges. She loved being with the KIDS! and anybody really. She went anywhere I would take her. I could put anything on her, over her and under her, and she took everything in stride. She did not get nervous, flighty or upset.  I found nothing that surprised her!

Well things did not go as planned and Peaches got bored. Then I think she got depressed. She did not have little children come to play with her, as I might of thought. 

The kids still wanted to "ride Wibby".  Peaches was a miniature Libby and blended well with my herd. Star paired up with her, and Buddy had Libby all to himself. Things went well. But I noticed as time went on, that Peaches just was not happy. It broke my heart.

So I put the word out that at first if there was any children that wanted to ride a pony that did not have one, nor could keep one, that I was willing to have them come over and ride her. I would supervise of course. But that did not happen. 

Then I put the word out that she was for sale. I did not advertise but only by word of mouth. I wanted her to go to a GOOD home, and did not want to get scammed by someone off of Craig's list or other "for sale" sites. 

Someone was interested. For the same reasons I originally bought Peaches. Peaches was checked out. Reviewed. Rode. and Led. Peaches so far had passed all the tests from the new prospective owners.

They wanted to try out Peaches for a week. I agreed because I like to "pay it forward". When I bought Libby, I got to 'try' her out for "THREE WEEKS!"  You want to make sure they will be a good fit.

Peaches loaded up rather quickly in this wonderful three horse trailer that showed up to take her for a trial run. It was like she was telling me, "I am off on a new adventure!" and was eager to go!

It was a very long week for me. I missed Peaches (Still do), I prayed everything would work out. I knew if given time, Peaches would worm her way into their hearts. She would be on her best behavior and be in the pocket.  She loves attention and has quite the personality too.

She did it! She wormed her way into their hearts. 

Peaches was a surprise for the grand-kids!  And oh what a surprise she was!

I saw this photo on Facebook, and the tears just fell!

(I think it was the Pink Bow!)

Peaches brought smiles to three little kids!

She is the best "first" horse for any child, and I know that she has a wonderful home!

Peaches put the "man" in her back pocket right off the get go.

(I think he kind of liked her a lot right off the get go.)

I do not regret finding Peaches a new home.

But I sure do miss her a lot!

So does Star. 

As a matter of fact Star is quite upset with me for sending Peaches away.

She is forgiving me a little bit each time I visit with her.

(Star sure does hold grudges and is slow to forgive!)

I look forward to reading about Peaches' adventures with her little riders.