Now this is really Friday's post. We have taken 2 1/2 horse trailer loads down to Rachel's (well actually the last load, is loaded and sitting in the driveway) and we're are as ready as we are gonna be for this Garage Sale. Hopefully it won't be a mad house, but then hopefully we sell everything, cause none of it is coming back here. The place is starting to look kinda empty, even the basement. Hope I can roll out of bed tomorrow at 6:00am, oh well hope I can crawl out. Exhaustion doesn't even describe it. Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers, we're gonna need it.

Just so we all know we are on the same page, Thursday's post was really for Wednesday and this post is really for Thursday. Have I lost you yet, I fear that I am losing IT! Just gotta get through this garage sale. It's a little scary to be selling so much stuff. We have priced everything at about half of what it costs new, so that we can sell it, but soon we will have NO STUFF, and although we will have a bag of money, we really can't afford to replace even half of the STUFF we are selling. So the question is; How important is this STUFF? I hope not too important. I'm not selling anything that has real sentimental value, but then most of that stuff doesn't have any real monetary value. I suppose you can see just how exhausted I am. Well once we are through the garage sale, I think I can return to temporary sanity. Still haven't purchased our airline tickets yet, but that takes way to much focus. Hopefully by Monday.

Spent Wednesday morning packing up things out of my office and sorting out garage sale items. Then headed into town for my usual Wednesday errands, mostly for more packing supplies and tape. Picked up Macy came home finished up a few things. Rick loaded the trailer for an early morning run to the storage unit. Put Macy to bed and fell into our own bed, exhausted again.

I am beyond exhausted. We didn't leave the house today, we just sorted and packed and moved things to the garage. We do have one whole section of the basement cleaned out and a lot more done upstairs. We ran out of packing tape, so we couldn't pack anymore. Still sorting for the Giant Garage Sale. I sure do hope I make some money. Off to have pizza and go to bed early.

Packed and moved and packed and moved. Our storage locker was facing right into the prevailing wind and we have been getting so much rain that it was coming in under the door, so we asked to be moved. The Manager was very agreeable and even gave us a little bit bigger space at no extra charge, that was the upside. The downside, we had to move everything we had already put in there to the new unit. This definitely isn't as easy as it used to be. Did get the phone and the power scheduled to be turned off on the 14th of May. We're getting closer. I sure hope we're gonna make it.

Had some real good news toady. Found a home for Panama. Some real good friends of ours who are probably better dog parents than we are agreed to take him and love him and make him their own. I am so relieved. I know I'll be sad when we actually drop him off, but I know he's going to a good home and he'll be happy.

Think I'll fall into bed and be asleep in moments!

The weekend was a blur. Saturday started early 6:30 am the phone started ringing, 8:30 am people started showing up to help with the fence. The short of it was that we got about 3/4 of the fence taken down and sold all of our horse panels, gates and the household appliances.
The good news it the appliances get to stay for about another week so we can still eat. Then about 3:00 pm we shut down the operation here at the house to head to Rexburg for Macy's dance recital. It was spectacular. Macy is such a little performer. Her first number was perfect, she knew the dance and performed with such a perfect sweetness I was in tears. 'The second number has us all in tears but of a different kind. Nobody in the class knew this dance real well so they were improvising and Macy was front and center most of the time. We were laughing hysterically and had the tears flowing. Probably the best dance recital I have ever attended. It was bittersweet also, with Rick and I knowing that we won't be able to attend all of these performances in the future.

Sunday we pretty much colapsed after church completely exhausted. Our good neighbors invited us over for dinner so we headed over there in the late afternoon for a wonderful meal a good visit and a short game then home to fall into bed.

Monday morning and we have to hit the ground running, still a lot to do to get moved out of this place and only two weeks left to do it in. More stuff to sell, garage sale to get ready for on

Saturday and packing, packing, packing.

How in the world did we ever accumulate so much stuff! Spent the day going through things in the basement, deciding what gets thrown away (very little), what gets packed up and sent to storage (again very little) and what goes to the "garage sale" (mountains of stuff). We are making progress, garage sale is next weekend, hope I can get through the rest of the "stuff" by then and have it categorized and priced for sale. Listed lots of items for sale on Craig's List, phone has been ringing off the hook, now if some folks will just show up with cash! Tomorrow is the great "de-fencing" project. We have acres and acres of electric fence that needs to be taken down and sold. Please let it stop snowing.