[AT] FW: Misc.

[charlie hill]

Here close to the house the best price is $2.089 and up to $2.189 but about 
50 miles up the road it is $1.919.  That is because a Sheetz store opened up 
(first one in eastern NC as far as I know).
I sure hope they come here.  When I go to western MD I always stop at Sheetz 
stores.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "FrugalRuralLiving" <FrugalRuralLiving at yahoogroups.com>; "At" 
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:01 AM
Subject: [AT] FW: Misc.


>
>        Gasoline is $2.07.9 here now. A few stations in Indy are at $1.97.9
> "finally".
>
>        Diana and I feel like we have been moving forever... Someone asked
> me recently if we were done. I said "no, but at least it seems less 
> horrible
> and overwhelming now". When you move from 2,500 square feet that was 
> stacked
> to the rafters with stuff into 5,000 square feet that was absolutely 
> crammed
> with stuff (some good, some junk) and reduced to paths, dealing with the
> stuff just takes over your life. The actual moving of our furniture and
> clothing etc. is not a problem. Still a lot to do and the now "empty" 
> house
> is filling up with stuff that does not have a home. Some of it is stuff 
> that
> my sister is supposed to come up from Florida and take home with her. Much
> of a whole lot more of it will end up in an antique auction somewhere that
> specializes in them. A van load of "stuff" recently went to the Salvation
> army and they will get more. One room of the other house is full of 
> Diana's
> mom's stuff. She recently said to get rid of all of her stuff that she 
> does
> not have in the home with her (she had lived with us for 3 years). That 
> will
> involve Diana's 7 siblings and we may have to push that process a little 
> to
> make it happen. A couple will drag their feet mostly due to denial.
>        I should maybe mention that my mother is still living, sort of...
> She is in a home and has little conception of the outside world or even 
> most
> of the small world she is in. Advanced Alzheimer's is not your friend.
> I had more books in the other house than a 12' wall of shelves would hold.
> My mother had thousands... They are going to take a lot of sorting... At
> least I can wait until this winter to do that job. There are hundreds of
> them that I have absolutely no interest in. I have not read fiction for 
> many
> years. Other than technical stuff and a lot of "how to" stuff I tend to 
> lean
> toward history and biography. My mother had a lot of collectable books 
> like
> first additions etc. I have accumulated quite a few books that I just 
> bought
> because they were well over 100 years old and selling at some yard sale 
> for
> a dime. I figured that unless I bought them their next home would be a
> dumpster...
>        Happily my sister took my mother's extensive stamp collection. I 
> had
> no interest in it or in the process of properly selling it off. I believe
> one of my nephews will end up with it and my mother would have liked that.
>        Diana has been going nuts sorting out kitchen stuff and dishes. We
> of course have a 43-year accumulation of our own and my mother had latched
> onto stuff from her mother as well as stuff from a couple of my father's
> sisters. She also used to go to auctions and bring home boxes of stuff. 
> She
> kept "everything"... Lots of the stuff is the type of things that 
> absolutely
> do not fit our chosen lifestyle. We just don't do fancy or formal. We have
> several sets of good china and nice stainless flatware and any visitor we
> might have that doesn't think it is good enough won't be in my house 
> long...
> :)   Most family dinners are served on high quality paper plates.   :) 
> If
> you dine in my house expect to only find one knife, one fork and one spoon
> per person.   :)
>        Disappearing for a day or two for antique tractor shows or family
> function has been a big aid in helping to maintain some level of sanity.
> Hopefully we can deal with all of this excess stuff now and "simplify,
> simplify, simplify" so that it will not drive us mad in our later years 
> like
> it finally did my mother...
>        Things are finally shaping up and hopefully will be somewhat 
> settled
> by about Halloween. Thanksgiving should be fairly organized. BTW, I was in
> Wally World yesterday and it is now Christmas there...   :)
>        I am really getting excited now about being able to work in the 
> shop
> most of this winter. It's the first time I have looked forward to winter.
>        We will drop down to the Brookville IN tractor show this weekend...
>
>
>
> "farmer"
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
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