EXPECT UNEXPECTED HURDLES

Hi Guys,

Well, I was on a roll and then WHAM, smack in the face and now come to a sudden stop.

Had been tracking nicely, as I am getting the home front ready for 'if' or 'when' the time comes that I have to put the home up for sale at a moments notice.  Getting ready is imperative, as it will have an impact on the potential price I end up with for sure.

I had a plan to get the items from the side of the house sorted and dealt with and then deal with what was in the shed and was doing that quite nicely till my back went out.

When last I wrote, I was dealing with the stuff from the side that I knew not much could be saved, if at all.  I had this casual job at the time that re-injured my hip and back 'big time' and highlighted just what I could no longer do!   This was a major setback in more ways than one that I needed like a hole in the head.  All the years of work and effort that I had put in to improve my mobility was undone within a few short weeks and back to square one.

This is when you have to just take the knock and concentrate on what is important and prioritise in that order.  For me now that was about getting my health back on track, so I could finish what I had started.

This is what we got done back in mid January.

Zigis and a couple of his friends volunteered to help and here they are going in to bring the many boxes out to the backyard.



I had set up to sort through slowly under some shade to keep out of the heat.



This is some of what was carted out.
                         

This is just a small portion of what was tossed away.



My Viking Hat did not survive.



And here is the side now clear of all boxes.



                     

I knew much would be tossed, but I had to sort through to make sure I did not toss out any precious items.  My biggest fear was my home videos that I had been looking for.  And that fear was realised unfortunately.  Much had to be tossed, but a few home videos still  seemed okay.

Unfortunately, ants had decided these cassettes made for a nice warm dry nesting area and had to get rid of the ants first.  This took most of the day for them to realise and scatter to another part of the garden.  They were not happy about being kicked out of their nice cosy home.

Have copied what was left onto DVD and will do several copies just in case as back ups.  At least some of the precious moments in time have been saved.  I must admit that I did shed tears that much of the footage was lost.  However, one video that I wanted to find was of a dear friends wedding that I had filmed from in the morning to getting ready right through to the ceremony and reception.  Thank goodness that one survived.  The reason being this was important was that they had lost their copy that I had given them and the husband and a dear friend had passed away and my girlfriend was asking if I had the master tape still.  I am so happy that I am able to replace it.

Much of my designer clothing perished, but this item survived.  My monkey Versace shirt.  Up on eBay it will go.  Listed as "VINTAGE VERSACE Jeans Couture 'Circus Monkey Print' Aqua sheer rayon Shirt 90's".

                                  

  

Also, saved a few books, but not many.  Some of the books that were destroyed were old and of importance and irreplaceable and brought me to tears.  Not much can be done when fire or water get to certain items.  My daughters high school pottery and some items.





Due to being in pain and not being able to move, my work in sorting come to a complete halt.

Extremely frustrating to say the least.

Also, not overjoyed at the constant pain I now have to put up with, and if that is not enough, having to seek treatment to try and get back to being able to move normally again is taking a toll.  I will get there, but this has come at a cost, as in time, precious time that I do not have.  Time needed to sort.  Time to get things done that are now not getting done.

Seven whole weeks of lag in fact.

Am taking the appropriate measures to get my back on track.  Doctor, Chiropractor, pain killers, back brace and yes, even a walking stick.  Casual job has had to stop and now back to finding more suitable employment that wont do this to me again.  Will face this hurdle head on and deal with it I must.  Time waits for no one.  And this home wont sell itself.

It is these moments that tests our metal.

One would think that all workplaces have measures in place to keep workers safe from further harm or injury.  But life happens.

In the meantime, I just have to suck it up and do the best I can.  But the longer this takes, the less I am getting done and I was going great guns till this happened.  Hence, my frustration.

Oh, well.

Such is life.

Will be back to selling more via eBay.  A vintage 1950s Patio Umbrella being one in pristine condition and not faded or ripped.  Just smashing.  Hope it sells.  But not selling this one for a song either.  There will be a few items of interest that will are sure to be had.

Here it tis...

.... it's a beauty!

It is at these times when unexpected hurdles get thrown in front of you, that you have to remember to breathe and keep your sense of humour about you.  No point getting hot and bothered, as that is not going to resolve anything either.  I am just going to have to make do till I am able to move again and do what little I can as I can.

So for now it will be slow progress.

Around that time when I was sorting, we had these huge summer storms and this was the result from one that I thought I would share.  Just caught the tail end of this magnificent rainbow before it disappeared.

Fingers crossed that my progress wont fade away with it.

My back is not yet good enough to start the sorting again what is left from what was dragged out from the side, but am starting to do just a little at a time to keep me positive.

I will get this done by hook or by crook, one way or the other.  

Here's to getting my back better and the stuff out.

Till next time.

Cheers

Anita