Yesterday, Kim drove home to Calgary.
I felt more heartbroken than usual to say goodbye to our youngest daughter and her dog. If I need to ponder this further, it's probably because I don't have 12 or 15 dogs to finish caring for (distraction) as Kim makes her way away.
My parents were never as attached to me as I am to our grown daughters (and their spouses and pets), or if they were, they didn't show it. 🤷♀️
On Christmas Day, we received delivery of three horses for boarding. We have a lot of pasture available and need only provide water until they need hay. At that point, the guests can be moved back home.
Rascal, ?, Finn
Other than our own pets and chickens, we have only the rescued ginger cat and the parrot Max to care for. Oh, Rocky might arrive …
Max yells, "Here, kitty kitty kitty" and "Meowwww", also an astonishing repertoire of other expressions.
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We are enduring high winds here: it has kept up for weeks with very few calm days. At our acreage, we're okay other than "annoyed" and kept awake at times, but we know people who have lost eavestroughs, roofing, buildings and other objects. Having a "brown Christmas" was less of a concern, though I have heard some complaints about that, too.
Okay, so … onward and upward. I need to get back at the bookwork and cleaning/downsizing. I even need to tighten my financial belt, so to speak, because of retiring.
As far as that goes, it was a measured decision to retire and we had looked at those angles. It is still unnerving to be without those well-paying days, though physically I feel much better.
I had been saving like crazy and being pretty frugal for years. I kept sending funds to my own TFSA and RSP. The new car made a huge dent in the fund, but we might never need another.
So, unnerved about the "dent" or not, we will be able to get by and I have no real regret. As I said before, this is a process.
Gary said that if I was truly feeling worried, I could open back up with limited boarding. I feel like as limited as I am right now, it's enough: it's gotta be. There will be freedom to get away from home with few boarders or no boarders.
I'll carry on just this way for now. Our own pension fund is not obliterated and we still have limited CPP and "Old Age Pension".
You carry on too. I wish you wellness and happiness in the New Year.
Love, Ann
Our friend's property at Tete Jaune Cache ~ Sharon Diamond photo
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