Hoping to get a little work done today; time will tell. The girls keep me busy and the younger dog wakes me up earlier even than I get up but she should soon settle or if not they will soon go back home only here for awhile; one or the other. But they are good company for sure.
Cleaning all accomplished once again and today will be a quiet day as I generally do do my usual exercises but otherwise a quiet day on Wednesdays. Outside if the weather is good and I see it is cloudy and 16 degrees celsius at the moment. I am now up to running for 15 minutes on my way to 30 minutes which I usually run every day.
Selling the house does seem to be something I will likely do this year or next year. It is just too much upkeep for me. I do not want to have to deal with repairs and getting that organized and done. But the alternative of living in a condo or apartment is unappealing as well. I do like some space around me. I shall have to contemplate all of this over the next while but definitely I need to continue my downsizing both in furniture contents and boxes. The project for the picture binders will begin in early September as I combine the binders that Edward created of our family story removing the pictures which are not of us but they are all scanned so not a big problem as most things that are looked at are online these days anyway. Plus I have the original slides and a slide viewer still. The original indexes will still give the flow of the pictures. But 40 binders for the period from the mid 1960s to the early 2000s is just too many for anyone to keep.
So moving forward today with the matches to a certain extent but spending time with the dogs which is good for them. Although I enjoy their company I do not mind the quiet of my usual life. I remember the psychiatrist saying to me at the time of my release from the psychiatric ward when my eldest was just six months and a bit old. He said that I needed to rest and eat whilst enjoying my baby time. Not become involved too much in anything for awhile; no work. My mind and body needed to mend and time would help with that; I had been very ill. I did follow his cautionary note all the time when we first moved here but did get distracted from that by my new family doctor who thought I should welcome people to the street (it was an all new street and we were one of the first few families there). But I did begin to realize after a bit that he had not listened to my story of my health and drew back from all of that but Edward did volunteer me to be Church Secretary at his United Church (I had been at my Anglican Church here but Edward wanted to be a family at his United Church; he did contemplate Dominion Chalmers but I wanted my children to go to Church where they lived as I had). It was more involvement than I really needed as my phone always seemed to be ringing with bulletin notices and the like and I had to call to verify things with people involved. Resting was my most important thing and I gradually withdrew from things so that it was my primary thought although I did help at school one day a week for a number of years whilst my eldest was there but had to give that up when my youngest was born although did go back after a year or so and help out when she was about two and then helped at her school as well. Going back to do my masters was top of mind before I became pregnant with my second child but that didn't happen as I was concerned about her health when she was born and felt I should be with her 100% of the time and gave up on that idea. Edward was busy with his cousin Gordon Riddle going to the OGS meetings before my second pregnancy (can not remember how long they went together). I only have a vague idea of how they were related but it was on the Kipp side as both were researching their Kipp ancestry at the time. For the most part I tried to stay away from everything though and these past six months have proven to be difficult for me once again and I have tried to withdraw as much as possible as the psychiatrist told me to do whenever I feel so pressured. I did find a different walk to do every day all those years ago as well which was helpful as Orleans Boulevard was developed and not just Fortune to walk on easily to make a good walk about. But I digress. Attending Church online has been the best for me. I love it.
Weeding is top of mind and I plan to do that whilst the dogs are here. They like me to be outside with them and there is lots to do out there. This year I shall chop everything down and let it rot on the ground. Where it was left fallow this summer I will slowly move some of the extra dirt from the garden on top of the chopped down material. That way in the spring it will be ready to plant although I do not intend to plant a garden here ever again but perhaps I will have sold by then; certainly it is in my mind.
The front is a little overgrown and will work on that in the fall. Although I have kept it chopped down for the most part. But it has been so very dry; the grass is burned up for the most part. I have not watered.
Anyway on to the day as it is nearly 6:30 and dogs will soon be up and looking for breakfast. The little one went back to sleep after I told her to come away from the window and go back to sleep as it was too early.
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