October

 Another month done and dusted!

The other house is almost ready. I did more in the bathroom, need to get a long brush to reach the top of the walls and the ceiling (or ask David). I started on the toilets, totally disgusting! The dust was so thick it was more like soil than dust. I need a few toilet brushes to do the bowls, there are two toilets and I still don't understand why!

The upstairs storage has been done, a couple of boxes of old clothes to be burnt, downstairs is almost done as well. 

That leaves moving stuff from here. David is pushing himself to go almost every day to drop off stuff, I'm really worried about him. He has lost weight again, he looks gaunt!  He has very low blood pressure, so after we move he has to go to the doctor to get a check up.  Christopher and I have the opposite problem!!

As this house get emptier the sadder I feel! I really don't want to move! I know no choice but I wish we had one.  I know that not paying rent will save money but not having a way to make money doesn't help. I can't teach from the other house, it's too small and remote. I don't drive so even if we could get students at a nearby community center it would be impossible for me to go there. I'm looking at sites that connect teachers to students online but the sites either have too many English teachers or they ask for a university degree, which I don't have.

I'm looking to make a web page to get students online and maybe make some materials to sell. I'm not looking to get rich but just to be able to pay bills, travel a bit and help my family when I can!  Surely I can do that!

We will be out before the end of November.  Not happy but I'll deal with it somehow!

I was saying to Christopher how unhappy I am, his answer was that Costco is opening in November, just 20 minutes drive from the other house. I guess that is something to look forward to!!

One thing we need to do is take down some of the trees in the yard!  A lot have died and are a bit dangerous!  Christopher managed to cut one down and take out the stump!

An old tree stump

completely dried out

what was left after it was taken out

The weather is finally a bit cooler, todays high will be 22C.  I'm the only one who is happy!

I know it's getting cool when the cats start to cuddle up together!

Toast and Steve snuggle buddies