This is Bear after we returned from a vet appointment for a blood re-check after 3 weeks on medication.

The anxiety from the vet’s office catches up with Bear when we get home. It was a 10 minute visit and they whisked him in via a side door – straight to the back for a quick blood draw…which he does well with, but still…OMG!

So on arrival home, after a little walk around, he came in and it was lights out.

Great news, though – all normal results from the blood draw and we proceed with no meds and see how he does.

Hoo-rah!!

Meanwhile, I feel about the same way as Bear looks – it WAS a week. It is always a bit of up-down-2nd guessing kind of roller coaster for me when I list a house for sale.

This was no different.

And as things are so green, baby fawns are frolicking with their mamas, lilacs, wild flowers and lupins are blooming in the woods – YIKES!

But, I’m staying the course, one day at a time and all will happen as it should – it always does.

It was a fair work week. I have been dealing with some spring allergy/hay fever kind of stuff and missed 1/2 day of working time on Tuesday not feeling 100%, after missing 1/2 day of working time on Monday with the listing for sale stuff. So, a partly working weekend is in order.

The weather has been GORGEOUS!!! Temps briefly hitting 70 before cooling, overnight into the low 40’s, fresh breeze – beautiful. When the work day is done, I head outside and sit in one of the chairs on Beardog Point, with a glass of wine, while Bear and Auggie mess about. We come in about 7:00 p.m., I have a light supper and after a quick out with Bear it is to bed for all of us. It is still light, but apparently all of our internal clocks are set to 9:00 p.m. for bedtime.

Hoo-rah!

Happy Weekend: it’s Friday!

***Bonus…a new Simon’s Cat video. I LOVE these as they always make me laugh out loud…from the belly – good stuff!

The first of June.

I have a few things I’m starting – things I set as a June 1 start date. So, June 1 is seeming like a kind of clean slate date to me.

And just like September 1 feels like Fall … although official Fall usually starts September 21…. June 1 seems like Summer even if it is not official until June 21.

So.

When I bought my current house…on the road home…I had the thought that when I was 62-65ish, the property would be worth enough to either do a reverse mortgage or sell and move somewhere less “found”.

And then I did some things: Florida, return, married, divorced.

And Karl was ill and died.

Bear.

Bob.

Auggie.

And here we are.

Along the way, I’ve been collecting “small/tiny” house plans.

My house is certainly not large at 1200 square feet but the fact is, when I measure what I really use, I come in about 750 square feet and much of that is middle space air.

I’ve often said, as I left on a motorhome trip, I would be obliged to the Universe if trees fell on the house and then I would take the insurance money and build a little cabin near where the motorhome now sits and use the house foundation slab for a motorhome garage.

It would be my little dream home. Little. I had visions of a square house with a wrap around porch.

Meanwhile, I’m still collecting small house plans and looking at small spaces. And since I’ve lived in the motorhome (330 square feet when parked with slides out) for 7 months and 3 months and been happy in that space, I had some knowledge that I do not NEED a lot of space. And I do not NEED a lot of stuff. In fact, I am most happy with not very much stuff.

Off and on, I’d run numbers and think about selling. I had the house listed for a year from April 2011 until 2012…not a great time for real estate.

Then the construction next to me.

Not the whole reason at all, but it was a bit of a nudge to REALLY think.

And I did.

And last Friday, I had a bit of an epiphany. As a 1 human household, albeit a human used to making all kinds of solo decisions…sometimes things roll around and become convoluted and hard to sort out. For whatever reason, it occurred to me to ask myself: “If I won the lottery and could do all I wanted on this property…would I do it and stay ??? ” And the answer was “No”.

It is not that this is a bad place by any means…not at all – it is a beautiful place! But it is not my current “dream” and life is short.

As I watched the potential neighbors drilling their well and thought about this family building what I assume is THEIR dream house…it made me think about my dream house. And what am I waiting for.

So.

I’ve slept on the decision and told a few and am feeling good and excited. I am aware that just like in 2011, it might not happen. I will not give this place away, so all depends on if there is a person(s) who wants this spot for what I’m willing to give it up.

We’ll see what the Universe has in mind.

Meanwhile, I will continue to enjoy my little house in the woods on the road home…even with the yellow jackets and the construction. Life is too very short not to enjoy all of the good things that are right now even in the midst of pursuing dreams.

*** Here are a few of my favorite small places:

392 foot Escape Cabin The photos are high end materials which might not be in my future, but the floor plan with moderation in material – beautiful.

L shaped Cabin Now…not these materials either, but the floor plan and elevations…on the right property – PERFECT!

By a Summers, for a Summers and near my folks??? …Oh Boy.