Meri's Musings

Please forgive me. Holiday weekends mess with my mind  and I'm convinced it's still Wednesday so I'm late posting. I have to admit that lately, with all the getting-the-house-ready-to-sell and trying-to-make-the-new-house-mine- even-though-I'm-not-living-there-yet, I've lost touch with some of the things I love most. I'm not writing. I don't keep a camera close by. So the road trip I mentioned last week was a joyous blessing. I drove to the eastern part of the state -- Pullman specifically -- home of Washington State University, where I started my higher education. There was some material in the university's manuscript collection that pertained to my mother's family's trip by wagon train to Washington Territory in 1862 that I wanted to peruse. Once that was done, I meandered about the two-lane highways and dusty lanes with a map of photo ops. It's farming country, as you can see.

I'm away on a road trip -- woo hoo! Nothing so divine as this or this but a chance to I'm actually heading to the library at Washington State University where the manuscripts collection holds journals from my family's trip by wagon train to eastern Washington in 1859. I've been wanting to do this since I learned of the treasure trove, so I'm overjoyed with anticipation. What's on your mind this week? How are you cultivating joy?  Celebrate it. Share it.   1. do a post that tells and shows what gives you joy.   2. capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into  the Mr. Linky box along with your info. 3. Visit other players and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment because everyone  enJOYS getting positive feedback. Let's keep the epidemic of JOY going!

If you've been dropping in to Share the Joy over the past few weeks, then you know I've been getting my house ready to put back on the market. Well, I'm overjoyed to announce it's now for sale. To see the virtual tour, click  HERE. Now, the next step is harvesting the perfect offer. (Stay tuned!) What's on your mind this week? How are you cultivating joy?  Celebrate it. Share it.   1. do a post that tells and shows what gives you joy.   2. capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into  the Mr. Linky box along with your info. 3. Visit other players and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment because everyone  enJOYS getting positive feedback. Let's keep the epidemic of JOY going!

Did you notice I was missing in action last week? The painters needed my input on putting furniture back in place in the rooms they had completed so they could paint the rooms that had been reserved for furniture storage. And the dust. . . . . . . oh my! Did I mention that I don't have a computer in the house that's almost ready for sale? Now, with the exception of the toilet area in the master bath, which will be put back together today and tomorrow, everything looks splendid. The photographer came and took interior photos a couple of days ago and will photograph the exterior tomorrow when the sun shines, and it'll be on MLS on Tuesday. So next week, I'll link the sales site to Share the Joy so you can see what I've been up to for about a month. It's all fancied up ! So I took a field trip with a friend yesterday (sans camera, unfortunately) so she could show me some of her favorite shops in Seattle and