Good Morning!

Happy Monday morning to everyone! It’s pouring down rain here this morning and I’m loving the sound of it on the roof of the RV. I had planned to take a long walk this morning, but I don’t think that’s going to happen unless the rain stops. It started out as snow/rain yesterday afternoon and has continued nonstop, but now it’s just rain. It’s a very cozy sound. I have the fireplace on and I’ll do some knitting on mittens this afternoon.

Dennis got our patio furniture out of storage on Saturday. Obviously I won’t be around to enjoy it very long but maybe he will sit outside in the evenings and read. You can’t really see how hard the rain is falling  and I’m not about to go outside to get a better picture! Ha!😂

I did finish this pair of socks and I think I mistakenly said before that they were the “Petty Harbour” pattern. That’s wrong! They are the “Vanilla Latte Socks”, which I believe is also a free pattern on ravelry. I’m sorry I can’t put them on the blockers to show you the pattern better, but as you’ll see in the picture below, I have a lot of things packed up and I have no idea where I put the blockers! These are made with Knit Picks stroll tweed and I loved using this yarn. I have used it many times before and I never get tired of how soft it feels and how well it wears. These will also go into the gift box.

I knitted 1 and 1/2 pair of mittens yesterday evening.

And oh, what a mess I have. There is a dilemma. My car already has one entire layer from the back of the drivers seat to the tailgate. This will be the next layer! Ha! I make it sound like a cake. I have a lot of things not in boxes because I’m hoping to be able to tuck them into nooks and crannies. Dennis also wants me to take the computer printer with me. I plan to only stay in a hotel one night along the way so I can avoid germs as much as possible. Even that one night makes me nervous because I’m afraid someone will break into the car with all of these boxes in it. They don’t know that most of them are yarn and not expensive treasures! Already in the car is bedding, some kitchen things, and three totes of yarn! Hopefully Dennis will bring the rest of my yarn when he comes in May. First things first you know!  I don’t want to wait until September to get my yarn.

Honestly? I never want to move again. We have owned five different houses including this new one and enough is enough. The older I get the harder it all seems. Here are a few more photos of the house.

Look at this teal bathroom! Wow! They left all of these things on the walls too. I believe she used to sell home interiors and it shows. I am told the sinks and tub and toilet are all in beautiful condition, with no chips. I’m torn between completely replacing everything and leaving it as is. We do have to add a shower to this tub, as the only shower is the one in the master bedroom. That won’t work when the kids come to visit. Look how nice they left it for us. They even have soap at each sink in both bathrooms and in the kitchen. They left me all the cleaning supplies too!

This is the bathroom off the master bedroom. You can sure tell this was built almost 60 years ago when master bathrooms were just becoming popular. In new houses they are much, much, much bigger than this.  This part of the bathroom is identical to the one in my mother-in-law‘s house next-door. The doorknobs are even the same.

This is the master shower! It’s half the size of the one in our RV! It’s also the only shower in the house right now. But they left this place immaculately clean and we have absolutely no complaints. We got such a good deal on this house. If it had hit the open market I’m sure we would have had to pay twice as much for it if we had even been able to buy it. We are so grateful to the Lord for providing this beautiful place for us to live.  

Now I do find the magazine holder on the wall pretty hilarious. 😍 Mandy has already taken the shelf and the rack off of the wall in preparation for the painter.

Mom is doing very well at home. She still is not allowed to do the stairs by herself and has to use a walker for the time being. Someone goes over and spends most of the day with her every day and makes her meals for her. I think everyone is getting anxious for me to arrive. Mom is so excited. I told Mandy last night that Mom said she can’t wait until I get there and we can start working on the house together, unpacking things. Mandy just laughed and said there was no way grandma would be able to get all the way over to our house at this point even though it’s just next-door. She is still very, very weak. I would appreciate continued prayers for her. Every day she sounds more and more like herself though.

It is really hard to wrap up almost 30 years of living somewhere and moving halfway across the country. When we moved here we didn’t have nearly the medical things going on that we have now. I’m trying to get doctors lined up before we go so records can be transferred. I don’t think that will be very successful, although I do think I have found a cardiologist. I will be going to the same office mom does so that will make appointments much easier. I’m sure we will have different doctors, as I need an electrophysician and she has a regular cardiologist.

I’m taking care of mail and bank accounts and utility companies, but we still will have things here because Dennis is not leaving for a while. Sometimes it gets very overwhelming to me.  

I am so, so, so excited though. We will be back with family and especially Mandy and Piper. It’s going to break my heart to leave Neal and Jenny, Larry and Nita, and Lori and Paul especially. I can’t even talk about it with them without crying. They have become our family here, since we have had none. Our plan is to come back next summer for a month or two to visit. I truly hope God allows that for us. We love the people here in Spokane and Spokane itself.

I hope you are all having a wonderful Monday. Take care of yourselves and be safe. Dennis is getting his second Pfizer vaccine today. I’m praying for no side effects for him. Mine is next Monday! Herd immunity, here we come!

Blessings and much love,

Betsy