House is on the Market and Other Updates

House is on the Market

Here’s Mom standing in front of her house right before moving in. What a whirlwind of activity the 4 to 5 years have been. I’m not even sure how to classify how I feel about it all. Tired might be appropriate. Spent, is another good word. I’m not trying to be negative, just honest.

But it is with great pleasure that I am able to say that her house is now up for sale. It was listed today. I can share the link with you here.

So it’s been an interesting few days. My end of the deal has been in working with the realtor (my daughter’s mother-in-law, Julie) and George, bless him, has done all the labor (carpet cleaning, spackling, paint touch ups, etc.). Very excited that it is NOW listed and so I pray it sells and sells appropriately – meaning for the right price and also timely.

Everything is officially out of the house, except for the dining room table which can be used to write a contract, :-). I’m learning it takes an average of 51 days for a house to sell in Wilson Co, TN, if the price is right and conditions are favorable. So now we wait. I’m signed up with the software and will know when it is shown as it will ping me. Interesting.

YouTube

Well, I’m very happy to say that the first sponsorship was successful with last week’s video. I have already been paid, so that is good. I told George any sponsorship money would be “extra” money in my book and could go toward my hefty insurance payments. So that is relief money I guess. I still have my regular YouTube $ from the video ads (thanks if you let them play, it helps me out, but I understand if you hit skip). I use that to cover monthly expenses, buy new cameras and equipment, etc for the Less Hustle More Coffee “brand”.

Because of the sponsorship and I didn’t know how long it would take for them to approve it, I also had another video ready, but the sponsor was quick and so I had two videos done. So now I can use the other one this week and I decided not to vlog this week so that my videos won’t be too far behind real life. Not only is it not good for the viewers who like fresh material – not 3+ week old material, but it’s confusing for me if I have too many videos lingering around in various stages (memory cards to be transferred, files to be set up, numerous things to be edited, memory cards finished and ready to be formatted, etc. I try to keep it all organized but I’m sure I’ve confused myself more than once – doing thumbnails with the wrong message, etc when more than one is being done at the time.

So I am enjoying the week off this week of filming. And honestly, I was getting burned out. I have had so many irons in the fire lately. I have had a lot to catch up on that I am behind on. I’ve been catching up this week on things in my office, and paperwork and house cleaning, filing, etc. This house has taken more time than I ever imagined and almost daily requires something be done, more paperwork, or more changes. But we are about to see the fruits of our labor, I hope.

In General, My Feelings Currently

I’m ready for this chapter to be over. And I’m almost numb by the last 5 years and all we have been through physically and mentally. And if I’m being totally honest, the toll that my entire life has taken, is just catching up to me now. I’m just so incredibly exhausted. I am ready for happiness, travel, and good times. I am ready to see something I’ve wanted to see that I have not seen or haven’t seen in a long time. I know that God is going to allow some amazing things. And I will cry tears of joy when those things come to fruition. I want to cry a river of tears, of all the disappointments and pain. I want to experience joy and peace. I honestly just want to be left alone too. (By anyone that is demanding, asking me to do anything, or anyone accusing me of anything). I’m kinda done with the whole lot, if you know what I mean. I will take apologies, but I know that they won’t come, as the narcissistic persona(s) won’t allow that, as it will be too painful for them.

I feel like God will heal me, his beautiful nature (breezes, oceans, forests, wildlife) will be healing to me eventually, and new experiences will be healing. Til then we will plug along and do what we can, keep up with the responsibilities we are given, and do what God has called us to do, and we will trust that good times will come again.

I have the next few weeks of vlogs planned out. And life will be starting to get busy again as we decorate for fall and do our planning for the quarter, do some excursions, do some shopping, decorate early, and prepare for Christmas early as company may be coming in December, if they feel like coming this far now that Mom has moved. Our Jacksonville family normally stay with Mom but they will likely stay with us if the come up. And we will be glad to have them, if so. But we’ll want to be ready for Christmas early so we can enjoy them being here. I may even have to take some time off YouTube to make all that happen. I don’t see how I can pull it all off, to tell you the truth. So maybe then I’ll have to get some videos ahead just for latter December. Most creators take a week or two off anyway. So no big deal. Everyone will be too busy to watch anyway so maybe it will just all be fine.

Going to go an enjoy my evening. Hope you all are having a good week. Just popping in here. Please pray for us and the house. Thanks ya’ll. And is anyone else getting excited for fall? I mean just this morning I was thinking how I am looking forward to winter storm watches and sipping tea and just being inside in PJ’s all day, with a book, my iPad, and YouTube, and ya’ll of course, lol. TTYL