Rolling, rolling, rolling...

Hi!  It is my favorite day, SATURDAY!  It is a beautiful day here in the Northwest!  Weird that the weather turned nice once we entered into September.  But it has been nice to be able to enjoy it in the evenings and on the weekends.  Here, the evenings cool off, so it makes sleeping easier. 

Well, we are making progress towards our move.  It is hard going through old papers and things and trying to get rid of as much as we can.  But it is good too.  I mean REALLY good.  Freeing in a way that I haven't felt for a while.  Tim even said this morning, "You know, I think we should just unpack six dishes.  It has been nice having just six to deal with."  I think he is catching the fever too. 

Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of 9/11.  Tim is singing in a memorial concert.  It is free and it is at the Performing Arts Center in downtown Olympia.  It should be really great.  200 people singing together.  Yee Haw! 

Let's see, I haven't talked about the dogs lately.  Belle has learned to come most of the time.  That is sweet.  She knows that she can go back out after she comes and eats usually.  She loves being outside, that if for sure.  I think I am going to be challenged trying to keep her exercised in town, but that will be good for me too.  Carl has a scooter now and can scoot or bike or ride the surrey too.  He is an active boy and it will be interesting to see how he uses his energy.  Gabby is pretty laid back.  She isn't as good on a leash as Belle is.  Maybe I will have to get one of those pinch collars.  I talked to a friend of mine about it.  It seems to be less harmful than a choke chain.  Hopefully Gabby will figure it out quickly. 

This morning I heard the Blue Heron "Blue".  I didn't get to see her, but it was good to know she is around.  And I saw a lizard this morning too.  I am happy to say that they don't freak me out like they did when I first came here.  And I am not surprised by snakes or hopping mice either.  And I am not as freaked out by my worm bin either.  I love to see the worms doing their work.  They have been working hard lately.  But they don't get as much to eat any more since the chickens came.  They only get what the chickens don't want. 

Ok, well this has been all over the place, but I am glad I wrote.  Hope you enjoyed it too.

What's New?

Well, it has been a while since I posted here.  There are a lot of reasons for this, but the main one is that we will be moving soon.  It was a big decision for us and a hard one to make.  As you have seen throughout my blog entries, I love where we live and I love the interaction with the wildlife.  But, it is time to move on for a number of reasons.  And here I am looking into the future and trying to figure out how to keep my goals and life purpose in mind as we make this change. 

The good thing is that there is a lot of nature around where we will be living as well.  We need to make a little more of an effort to get out in it though.  We have learned a lot about home upkeep and property care since we moved out here and we have a little more creativity as well.  We hope that living closer in will give us a little more energy to be able to use some of that creativity. 

On another topic, we took a day off last week and we went to Pioneer Farm in Eatonville.  It is a small farm and museum and there are cabins, a barn, a wood working area and a blacksmith shop that are reminiscent of those used in the 1800s in this area by the early settlers.  It showed the small homes, the sleeping quarters, and the utensils that people of that era used.  It was fun for Tim and I as well as for Carl.  My favorite part was milking the cow.  I have never milked a cow, have you?  Carl liked the wood-working shop the best.  He got to go over there during the activity time and scrape bark off a tree with a neat tool.  Tim spent his activity time at the forge and he straightened out the horseshoe that was there.  It was a great day.  The sun was out and although it was warm, our tour guides were awesome.  They answered all our questions with great patience.  I have to admit that it was a little weird hearing them talking about their futon and this and that later when we were in the trading post.  They had slipped out of their characters and it was a bit jarring. 

SO, as we move on in our lives, we are looking for new ways to have fun together, to bring a little of the country to our new home in town, to invite more people to share in our lives and to continue being good to one another. 

By the way, our chickens are getting big.  They should be laying by this time next month.  Yes, we will be taking them with us!