I need the donut fairy to go to SWEET COLORADOUGH​ to buy me sweets and a latte!

Got tons done yesterday: two more trips to the thrift store, organized boxes, two people came to get their furniture, the switch broke on the washer. I’m not fixing it but part of the agreement is working appliances so I have to give the buyers a credit at closing. At this point, I don’t care. I just want to experience the events in the moment then let them go.

There have been some darling name suggestions for the new trailer. Keep them coming in! Cutoff is tomorrow at 8pm Mountain Time. The winner will be announced Wednesday morning and will receive a dozen Cowboy Cookies from Buffalo Baking Co.​!!!They are the best!

I’m tucked into TOW-Wanda. I’m on the curb in front of the house I bought shortly after separating from hubby #2. That was 14 years ago. A lot has happened in those 14 years. I experienced a lot in this house. The pain of rejection. The adventures of being a single mom. The joy of falling in love. The security of a solid marriage. The pain of losing Mr. Virgo. I had such hopes for this house. But, in the end, it is merely nails and boards. It cannot give me peace. It cannot give me happiness or security. I can only received those things within. I personally receive those things from God.

Still, there are memories and they are attached to this house. I cannot look at the front porch without seeing Mr. Virgo standing there seeing me off to work on his days off…holding his cup of coffee and raising his hand saying “I love you” in sign language. There’s the handprints my daughter and I put in the driveway when she was 11. I have to remind myself it is too big. It wouldn’t be paid for till I’m 89. I am, without a doubt, doing the right thing.

Everything should be out of the house by tomorrow night and I will be left with boxes in the garage. I will spend Monday and Tuesday cleaning and deciding if there’s still stuff to get rid of. Wednesday morning the carpet cleaners come, the final walk through is at noon, and the closing is at 1. I then run to the bank, go pick up the new trailer, and meet my church group back here at 4:30 to load up. It’s almost here but for right now, I’m snuggled up in TOW-Wanda, on the curb, watching Orion rise in the east, listening to crickets and the distant hum of tires on the freeway. It’s a beautiful time. <3