Thursday

 

Wow!  That is some bubble maker!  Kasey took it outside later in the wind, and there were bubbles flying through the air.

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Someone is coming today to look at the art supplies I am selling.  I hope she can't resist any of it.  Now I have to attempt to get my sewing machine out from behind other stuff so I can photograph it and the sewing cart.  And the scanner, - - - and two printers.

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Someone is having a show at a gallery in New Jersey, and this is one of the paintings he is hanging.  It is 18" x 24" in acrylic.  Know who it is?

 

 

Yes, it is a grown-up Calvin and Hobbes. Kind of reminds me of Tracy and Laura Bear (from yesterday's post).

 

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I think Kat is mad at me for selling her cat tree.  She was sitting in the spot where it used to be, and attacking her tail and growling and hissing.  She also just noticed that one of the tables is missing. 

 

 

Wednesday

 

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There were only four of us in art group today, but we enjoyed ourselves.  Vicky, as usual, baked delicious cookies.  I even accomplished something, and worked on the rock in my chipmunk drawing.

 

 

This is one thing Tracy has agreed to take home with her. This is "Laura Bear", named after a girl I had classes with at UW.  Tracy was only about two years old.  The bear was crocheted by her Grandmother, not one of her most attractive projects.  But Tracy loved it, and it went with us everywhere.  One time it was left in a café in Casper, and Tracy missed it about the time we got to Medicine Bow.  I stopped and called the café.  The waitress rescued Laura Bear, put her in a shoe box and mailed her to us in Laramie.  What a nice lady!

 

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A lady and her son were  just here to get the cat tree, and someone else is coming at 4:30 to get the rope basket and yarn.  There are three painted ponies still here, but two people have said they wanted them. 

 



 

 

I think I will keep the one in the middle.  It is selling for $75.

 

 

 

Tuesday

I'm taking a rest from selling things today.  There is so much more stuff, but I don't even want to deal with it right now. 

I am selling Kat's tree.  It's been great for the cat, but it's not good for a small apartment.  Maybe Kat will miss it, but she'll just have to learn to live without it.  Maybe I'll find something for her to sharpen her claws on.  I probably should have had her claws removed a long time ago, as she refuses to venture outdoors.

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Cloudy and a little rain today.  More like a mist.

 

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Monday

Whew!  Spent a couple hours yesterday at the apartment, trying to put away all the things Barrie took up there.  I know I am taking way too much stuff.  The living room looks so much smaller with the couch in it.  It's a great couch, though.

I didn't take my camera with me so I didn't take any pictures.

This place  has been a madhouse today with people coming and picking up things they bought from my listings on Sublette for Sale.  Most of the Painted Ponies are gone, and some art supplies.  The antique mantle clock is gone. One lady went through my pile of stuff for the Food Basket and took several things.  That's a few things Barrie won't have to pack to the Food Basket.

Rollie and Judi were here and took one folding table. 

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This quilt is  a kit I bought several years ago, and never got finished.  My friend Toni thinks her daughter-in-law might take it. Hope so, and also the quilting material I still have.

Sunday

Barrie took everything I had ready to the new apartment yesterday.  It was a big load.  I not only had a pile upstairs, but I had quite a bit more downstairs.  I don't think there's an end to it.  She said my couch has been delivered.

I have listed a few things on Facebook "Sublette for Sale", with good results.  People have made a commitment to buy the antique mantle clock and the chainsaw bear.  A young couple came to take the antique rocking chair, and while they were here, they decided they wanted the old churn, a copper bucket, and a small table.  He admired a photo I had taken of the corrals and loading chute up by Cora, so I gave it to him.   I owed him that -- Barrie's Blue Heeler nailed him as he was walking up to the door.

My sister-in-law and I have been on the phone together a lot lately.  They are moving also.  She called and asked me if I wanted an oil painting I did for them of a sheep wagon.  I gave her an emphatic "No", and she will sell it at their auction.

I have talked her into taking Grandma's old treadle sewing machine, her bronze papoose, and the old hand pump that was on my parent's farm.  But I have refused to take anything she thought I might want. 

Friday

I was working on the computer slogging through my list of places I needed to send an address change, and not enjoying it very much.  Then I was interrupted by the arrival of the guy who trims my bushes for me, so of course I had to give him my attention.

 

All in all, he does a pretty good job on the bushes, although he seems a little distractible. His antlers have really grown since the last time he was here.  He's not very well groomed right now, kind of shaggy.  Oh well, that will change.

 

 

 

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My sister-in-law called this morning, and said her daughter, Sheri, will take my grandmother's old treadle Singer sewing machine.  I'm so glad it will still be in the family.  Just seems right.

 

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Bob-tailed cat Chloe came around to be fed this morning.  I hope she will be okay after I leave.  I know she has another home somewhere, because she might be gone for a couple of months at a time, and is still fat and well fed.

 

Barrie hopes to have the house empty, clean, and  ready to put on the market by August.

Thursday

 

Adding a little more to the pile of things to be moved every day.  Someone once wrote, I think it was Steinbeck, "Why does construction look so much like destruction?"

And the downstairs doesn't look any better.  I can't believe I bought all those books!!

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Tracy's cousin, Curt LeClair died in Fremont County last week.  His pickup was found at Diversion Dam.  They had search parties out for five or six days, and he was found in the Wyoming Canal.  An autopsy is being performed.  I don't really know Curt any more, haven't been around him for years, but spent plenty of time with  him in the past.  After all, he was my nephew.

 

 

Another photo of Kat.  A pose that is just begging to be drawn on a piece of paper!

 

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This photo is for my daughter, Tracy.  She is the one in charge of backing the boat trailer down the ramp into the water.  I know she's never done this!

 





Tuesday

I had an eye appointment this morning, and was not at all surprised at what I was told.  I haven't worn my glasses at home for quite a while, and always take them off when I'm on the computer, reading, or doing art work. 

I was told about nine years ago that I had the beginning of cataracts, and again four years ago, but now it's about time to have them taken care of.  No hurry about it, but it just needs to be done.

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I do a slow burn every time I try to communicate with Century Tel.  I simply wanted to know if I could take my phone and wireless router to Heritage Apartments and just plug them in.  They sent me a phone number to call - one of those numbers where they have you press 1 for English and it goes on from there.  Finally got to talk to a guy (and he didn't have an accent) and told him I was moving to a new location asked him what I needed to do.  First he had to spend about 20 minutes verifying the new address to see if they serviced that area.  Duh, of course they do.  He finally ended by telling me there would be a charge, and I was so tired of messing with it that I just accepted that.  I still bet I could have simply taken my phone and router up there, plugged them in, and they would work.  Then later, I could send a change in address.

 

 

There is a good sized closet in the apartment, and beside it are wide, deep shelves and two drawers.

 

 

I gave Kasey the buckskin dress Tracy used to wear for Rendezvous.  It's a little large for her, but she was happy with it.



Monday

Kasey's dance recital was Sat. night, and Barrie took lots of pictures.  The problem was that lighting was so bad for pictures, and she was too far away.

The "Hip Hop" dance

 



 

I think Kasey had the longest hair there!

 

 

 

Barrie bought her a rose and presented it to her after the performance.  She was one happy little girl!

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Barrie took a load of mostly kitchen stuff to the apartment yesterday.  She put a few things away, but decided I should put things away so I would know where it was.  So I went this morning and finished unpacking the boxes.  There is SO MUCH storage space.

 

 

 There's furniture in the living room - two end tables and a folding chair!

 

 

The kitchen has corner revolving shelves that are perfect for appliances.  





Saturday

Books and art supplies are staring me in the face, and I wish I was Samantha the Witch, and just wiggle my nose and it would all be done. 

 

This is KC's "hip hop" dance costume.  Hmmmm. 

 

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I know Barrie plans on moving some things into the apartment today.  I have quite a few things piled up ready to go, but it's doesn't seem like I've even made a small dent in it.