Summer Bucket List and a Few Surprises

Sunday May 31, 2026

I started a new bucket list for the summer. I had to move a lot from our spring list on to this list. We have just been so busy with Mom’s health and setting up her move. Here was how our list shaped up for Spring:

I read 3 books, got my Acaii bowl, cleaned out Mom’s fridge, lost 6 lbs, went yard sailing with George, went to Salvo’s Pizza, had a nice Easter meal, went to Ella’s wedding, looked to declutter the basement closet (we already did it, lol), cleaned out Dexter’s toys, decluttered my unused filming equipment, Mother’s Day celebrations, used up our Starbuck’s gift card, cleaned the washer/dryer area, made orzo salad, made macaroni salad, and cleaned out the sunroom drawers.

The time period covered was only for April and May I believe, as March was part of my Winter into Spring Bucket list. So much of April was spent in doc offices, hospital, or in meetings regarding Mom or packing or whatever. So we did pretty good considering we only had an 8 week spring bucket list. I did not get to work on much of my hobbies besides YouTube. I really want to find time to make the earrings, work in the scrap booking, and work a puzzle. I truly have so many things I enjoy about life that it’s a good problem to have I guess.

I just haven’t felt it was good to get started into making the sour dough, with Mom’s projects and the unpredictability to be able to continue it. There’s also the weight loss factor and the questionability of my being able to lose if I make bread, even if it’s healthy. But I do have intentions of making some bread made out of each kind of flour that George gave me. I’m ashamed I’ve not taken the time to do it yet because it was one of the main things I really wanted to do this year in the first quarter of the year. And it didn’t happen in spring either. I have

The summer period will include June, July, and August. I truly tried to think about what is going to make me happy to do this summer for an activity out of the house and what I came up with is going to my consignment shop and doing some discount shopping in the rounds I used to do them in before Mom moved up here and before YouTube, and I had more time to shop and get out.

I’m actually surprised that I have time to blog tonight but it’s because I’m not working on a video this week since I’m ahead. It’s already done and scheduled. That’s why I had time to do the summer bucket list too. Plus we didn’t have to get Mom’s weekly groceries this week. We will be with her and will see that she gets a big meal every day and she’ll snack for breakfast foods. She only eats two meals a day now.

We took her Panera today. I was happy to discover they have a drive thru in Lebanon. That made it easy. Usually if something is easy, it’s not something she wants anymore, lol. She used to love hamburgers until we brought them to her every week and now she always says “no hamburgers”.

A Few Surprises

So I was a little upset today, but it’s best. She surprised me Thursday by saying she wanted to take her Gone with the Wind decor. And so I spent a couple of hours wrapping all that up very carefully. Today I get there and she tells me she has changed her mind. I nearly lost my mind. I’m glad she changed her mind though as people may not be too kind about it these days and will want to stir up something over it. So I wasted my time wrapping all that stuff up and tomorrow will waste some more time unboxing it because it has other stuff in it too that she wanted to take.

The days are very well planned and very specific on what is being packed and when and the timing, so this set us back and will make my day longer tomorrow or Tuesday, but it is what it is. I tried to tell myself it was for the best. I just wish she had changed her mind BEFORE I spent all that time wrapping up everything.

I was so angry that I walked a mile on my Walk Pad and then tried to watch some shows to get my mind off of it. I’m ok now but still a little miffed to have put all that effort into so carefully wrapping all those statues and figurines. Dang it. These are the kinds of things that absolutely drive me insane. The changing of the mind, or wants and desires on a whim out from left field – which is what this was in the first place b/c I didn’t think she wanted to take them and then when she did, I decided to be gung ho about it and get it done and out of the way.

That is what it was like working too. It used to annoy the liver out of me when I would get an email to do something and I’d spend an hour or two or three on it and knock it out and then something would change and it would be a waste of time. I’ve always been annoyed by having to do, redo, undo, do again, and again. Others are not a planner like me and not as “time sensitive” as I am. And it absolutely drives me bananas for people to flip switches on me back and forth. I don’t like surprises and quite honestly I do not respond to them very well.

So I was pretty frank with her today and told her I was dismayed at having spent all that time wrapping things up and I wished she had decided that before she had me do that. She just put her head in her hands. But I’m honest. She needs to seriously be thinking about what she wants to take and not pulling the rug out from under me and deciding back and forth on a whim. It’s not fair to either of us really. I know it’s hard but we only have a small amount of time because of the nature of the type of move. Most of her things she is taking are things she needs. And so tomorrow and Tuesday are supposed to be for me to pack her “needs” and now I’m having to back track and undo things. I may make the decision that I don’t want to be held back and just put that box in the garage and unpack it later and bring any dolls from that box she wanted at the new place, to her later. That sounds like a great idea and then I’ll be on track with the necessities for the move.

This is why I like blogging because I can vent and work through things in my head. So I’m going to be up early and going over and starting my day packing tomorrow and also Tuesday and then the move is Wednesday.

I just wanted to document my day while I could. See you again soon, one day. lol

On the fun side of surprises, Grandson Trace is potty training this weekend and he and his Momma called to say he “poop in the potty”. Oh how fun. And then he got to flush it. Older brother said in the back ground “it’s big and stinky”. lol lol. Sorry, TMI, but being grandparents is so fun! We love the little details. He got a cookie for reward, lol.