Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF

~ John W. Howell

 

 

The front yard deer
“But Mama. Those folks are having a TGIF celebration.”
“You don’t want to get near that house, sweetheart. An author lives there.”

Here it is Friday again. This week has been the week of notables. The fence guys arrived and finished the fence in three days. The pups can now cavort in safety with no sightline to deer. Twiggy’s bark-a-thons at the deer are now confined to only brief sightings from the house.

Our bed arrived after three months. So nice to be up off the floor. We need to accomodate Lucy’s arthritic hips with a bench. (Yes she needs to be on the bed) Twiggy’s life is unchanged. She could not get up when the bed was on the floor so she still gets a lift.

My desk arrived just yesterday.  The office is pretty much done except for a bench. The dreaded futon is in there now but has an appointment with Goodwill.

The outdoor furnature arrived in eleven different packages on four different days. I mentioned to the FedEx guy, “I bet you hate us.” He responded with “Sometimes.” I had to laugh out loud and agree. He was stuggling with a box weighing 132 pounds (60Kilos)at the time. The fence guys had blocked the driveway so he was forced to go through gravel to get to the porch.

The call is out to two landscapers. More on that later.

Today’s JohnKu talks about after all the projects are done. I hope you have a great weekend.

Finish by John W. Howell © 2019

The rush is over,

The termoil at last is done . . .

What do we do now?

70 thoughts on “Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF”

  2. Happy that so many things came together for you this week, John. We, too, are in the home stretch, with anticipated closure in late June. Getting settled into a new home is definitely a marathon rather than a sprint! 🙄

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  4. Looks like we could be moving out in the first few days of June. The other end, according to the papers lodged with the solicitors, will be at least three weeks later. Good job we have a motorhome – perhaps we’ll call it a holiday.

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      1. I wish we could tow the car – it’s all the thing can do to pull itself sometimes. We’ll cross to England with the dogs and me in the camper and Clare in the old Astra. The Twingo will stay behind and be sold. Both the other vehicles will come back later to be sold, too, and we’ll buy a car in UK when we can. We aren’t moving any furniture to UK, it cost £4000 to come down 13 years ago and the cost now would be more like £6000. That will buy a decent starter set of stuff when we move in. The things we want to take but can’t fit into the car will go in a friend’s barn and be vanned up to us a couple of weeks later

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    1. Every morning five or six deer are in the front. The Mama and fawn come a little later. The mother puts the fawn in a safe place and goes off to eat. We see them all every day. Twiggy is finally accepting them in the yard.

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  7. Wow, amazing progress! With your desk in place, do you really have a choice as to what to do next? 😀 I sense the next best seller on the horizon. Have a fantastic weekend, John.

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  10. “An author lives there.”

    I love that, John. Glad to see things are moving fast and furious. sorry about the FedEx guy. Ours gets a good workout, too.

    I’m happy to see you accommodating the girls. I hopeyo all have a great Friday and roll into the weekend strong.

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  13. Love mama deer’s words to her fawn. 😀 You had a very busy marathon of a week. The FedEx guy must be overjoyed that the end is in sight. Best to you, John.

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  14. What an eventual week. So much activity! I bet the girls are happy being able to roam about the yard.

    And what an adorable photo of the doe and her fawn. I love the caption you put with it. Everyone knows you have to watch our for those authors, LOL!

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  15. Having that deer and her fawn wander through would be the highlight of my week. Of course, having the FedEx guy wander through’s fun, too, but I’ll bet he’s not as cute as that fawn.

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  19. What you do now is congratulate yourselves on surviving the upheaval, enjoy your new surroundings, and live life to the fullest!! Glad things are taking shape, John. Those deer are darling, but I’ve heard they can be mean. Probably meaner than an overburdened FedEx guy!

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  21. What a sweet picture of the mama and baby deer. That is a productive week for you! I’m pretty sure our FedEx and UPS drivers hate us….lol. i have heavy dog food and cat pellets delivered and Petco puts it all together in heavy boxes. Ive found them by our garage doors, and way out by the street (long driveway). Never by the front door. Then there’s the bigger items….

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  23. I can relate to your poem, John. When you have so much going on and then it all gets sorted, you’re left with that, ‘What do I do now?” feeling. I’m sure sleeping on your new bed is going to feel like heaven. Have a great weekend, my friend! ❤ xo

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  26. How awesome that things are finally coming together! Yes, it’s great to have a bed! It’s the little things in life for sure! What to do now? Settle in and enjoy life!

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  27. Haha! At this point, me being on par with the ending of the Johnku seems like the next century. Ya’ll are making great progress with the new digs, John. Good going about Lucy’s bench.
    I had promised Crystal window seats in every room of our new home. Well, I’ve managed to rig things, “steps” to the top of the scratching post, etc. But the only thing she trusts is the love-seat-to-window route in the living room. (She’s never been a jumper.) So I gave up and ordered a chair for the bedroom. It arrived yesterday — hopefully not too many pieces to put together… Hugs!

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  28. Late is better than not at all, eh? I’m like your furniture arriving in four days and so many boxes!
    Glad you’re off the floor, so to speak. I’ll be there in two weeks. Sigh.

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