Gerry and I have been Moose Jaw residents for one week today. We’re puttering away at things at home like replacing weather stripping on the door from the laundry room to the garage (Gerry) and organizing the walk-in pantry (me). There are always miscellaneous things to buy for a new house so I’ve been shopping…
It’s 5:30 am. I’m sitting up in bed, surrounded by Yorkies, enjoying a cup of Tazo Chai in a used Starbucks cup. Creativity is the name of the game when everything is packed and boxes are sealed. Gerry’s beside me catching up on the morning news on his iPad. Very soon, we’ll get moving but…
We’ve come to the end of the final full week before we head out toward our little house on the prairie, and it’s been a full one. Let’s look back with a Friday’s Fave Five post. Floating. I enjoyed a blissful 90 minutes float in a sensory deprivation chamber at my favourite self-care place in Kamloops one…
Gerry has taken the dogs to the groomer and I’m sitting here alone in the home we’ll be leaving behind in six days. I see boxes everywhere. I smell the self-cleaning oven going through its cycle. I hear—nothing. It’s so, so quiet. I’ll never be absolutely alone in this house again, and it’s a good…
Murphy stirs at 4:30ish; Maya soon after. When we get to Moose Jaw, 4:30 here becomes 6:30 there so maybe we’ll settle into a more reasonable routine. For now, we all retire at a ridiculously early hour, weary. Rising at 4:30 a.m. is usually okay with me, but I’m tired and my back hurts, and…
