Pink Cottage in the future...

 Since my termite inspection on the Cottage and

seeing that it not only needs a good outside cleaning but has a few pieces

of wood rot, I have been thinking maybe it is time to give it a new face.

Which brings me here after searching Pinterest for ideas on 

Cottage Colors, I come across the scheme I think would be perfect for the Cottage:

Light pink, with white/creme trim and some type of blue for stripes

on window overhangs.

I pass these colors by the besties and after a few texts and pics

I share with them, they are on the same page as me.

But this morning, this morning, I see and read this:

"I ALWAYS SEEM TO NOTICE PINK HOMES.

PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE RARE.

WHAT SORT OF PERSON LIVES IN A PINK HOUSE?

CREATIVE? CONFIDENT? ARTISTIC? FUN?

GENTLE? CARING? CONTENT? BLISSFUL?

LOVING? SWEET?

... and now I know without a doubt the Cottage will be painted pink.

No doubt about it. Why?

Because even if I don't hit all these marks I strive to be each and

every one of them.

Pink it is!

Living alone is not the same as being alone.

 October 16, 2020

A good friend of mine, sent me an article about

"learning to enjoy being alone"

He sent it because he knows how I love living alone.

It had me thinking that I hope people don't think

I am lonely because I choose to live alone.

So let me give some insight into this thought.

I love living/being alone but I am not lonely.

Sure, there are days I miss my parents, grand girls,

boo, and I am a very social person.

Yet the solitude I receive from living alone in my Cottage

is something I never take for granted.

I lived alone for a part of my nursing school days

and it was my first taste of living alone independently.

It was short lived as soon after nursing school, I moved back

home to help my Mom care for my Dad.

Then I married my high school boyfriend and stayed married

for thirty years. During those years, my ex worked 7 and 7

so I had some independent time but I was also a Momma to

two amazing kids. Once they grew up, people spoke about

"empty nest" stuff. I never felt it. Of course, there are times

I miss my children being little and having to be with me 

but the fact that we raised two children to be independent of us,

well I consider that having been a good parent as it is our job

to raise them to be this way.

Then, after thirty years, my ex and I decided we were going 

for divorce. I did not think so much of living alone...

Until I did that, lived alone.

I bought my cottage, the type of old home I have always preferred.

Decorated it as I wished, invited friends and family often,

have the grand girls over for sleepovers but mostly,

I live at the Cottage alone... and I love it.

Yes, I have a boyfriend who I enjoy spending time with

but living alone is the right choice for me.

I have always said I love my own company too much.

Fact of the matter is, I really do.

I love getting up early, having my first cup of coffee

talking to the Boo via phone.

I then have the day to myself, I can paint or clean house.

I can cook or not cook.

I can read or play a game, I can bathe when I want and

not bathe if I choose to. I have no dirty clothes except my own

and that goes for dirty dishes as well.

I love the solitude living alone gives me.

Not having to be responsible for anyone but myself and

my two cats is reassuring for me. I love a clean Cottage,

but I don't over Obsess if I choose not to do house work.

If I want to paint all day or lay around and do nothing all day

is not judged by anyone else.

So, for me, living and being alone is not the same as lonely.