Lots of Changes Here
By Shellyann36
@Shellyann36 (11385)
United States
May 2, 2018 8:33am CST
Hello everyone! It has been six months since I touched base with anyone here on myLot! 
I am so sorry for just leaving with no warning and not coming back for so long. We had several things happen here at Lovejoy Junction. Keith started his new job in November and it has been great. We packed up and moved in December and we really downsized. I had to get rid of so much stuff. You never know how much stuff you have until you move. Now, I know exactly how much stuff I had to get rid of to make the move a success. I was rather heartbroken over several of the things I had to get rid of but such is life. We are all settled in now at the new house and things are as normal as they can be for a family of 5. My dad had a bad health scare a few months ago but last week we got some good news on him. My mama finally got everything settled with my aunt's estate so they are no longer under that pressure. Now it's just the normal everyday things that are happening. Of course, that still leaves me crazy busy at times.
I hope that things are going well for all of my friends here on myLot! I look forward to seeing more of everyone!
I am so sorry for just leaving with no warning and not coming back for so long. We had several things happen here at Lovejoy Junction. Keith started his new job in November and it has been great. We packed up and moved in December and we really downsized. I had to get rid of so much stuff. You never know how much stuff you have until you move. Now, I know exactly how much stuff I had to get rid of to make the move a success. I was rather heartbroken over several of the things I had to get rid of but such is life. We are all settled in now at the new house and things are as normal as they can be for a family of 5. My dad had a bad health scare a few months ago but last week we got some good news on him. My mama finally got everything settled with my aunt's estate so they are no longer under that pressure. Now it's just the normal everyday things that are happening. Of course, that still leaves me crazy busy at times.
I hope that things are going well for all of my friends here on myLot! I look forward to seeing more of everyone!24 people like this
26 responses
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
2 May 18
Even if your still crazy busy it sounds like things are calmer now after all the craziness the past 6 months. I'm glad to see you have popped in here to update us. 6 months away was a long time. I was happy to see you comment on my post and came to your page to see what you have been up to 
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@shaggin Thank you so much. I was away for a long time. Moving sucks and when you move and have to get rid of so much stuff it really takes it out of you. Then since our house is so much smaller the things I did keep I had to find unique arrangements for be it in the house or the storage shed. I am glad to be back and I can feel the love!
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@LadyDuck yes way too much stuff but I was sad to see some of it going.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@LadyDuck Good luck. It took my parents and my aunt months to get rid of my Aunt Helen's stuff and my Grannies stuff as well. Aunt Helen had all of her stuff as well. I hope that you don't suffer that same problem.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
3 May 18
@Shellyann36 I know, I am in the process to empty my mom's apartment, we want to sell it and there is so much to get rid of.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
2 May 18
Welcome back to mylot.Happy to know things are settling down at last.Hope to see you around more.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@silvermist Thank you so much. I am glad to be back.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
2 May 18
Glad to hear things are going well for you but it certainly sounds like it's been a busy 6 months. Good luck with the new home and yes, downsizing can be stressful.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@Marilynda1225 thank you very much. I wish I could get back half of what I gave away.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@Marilynda1225 It is very hard but it had to be done. I could not afford the storage fees in our area and we just did not have the room.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
2 May 18
@Shellyann36 It's hard to sacrifice stuff we want to keep when we move to a smaller place.
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@just4him (306354)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 May 18
Good to have you back. I'm glad your move went well. It's always hard to downsize and get rid of things that have been part of your life forever. I'm glad your husband's job is going well. I'm sorry about your dad, but glad, he's okay. Also good news for your mother getting your aunt's estate settled.
What is normal? Welcome back!
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@just4him I don't know what is normal anymore. LOL 
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@just4him Thank you so much. We have found a nice church that we go to now. I can literally see it from my front porch. Things are looking up for us.
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@just4him (306354)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 May 18
@Shellyann36 I don't think anybody really does. I'm glad things are going as well as can be expected. 
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
2 May 18
Welcome back! I was wondering where you disappeared to. Glad to hear that everything is well.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@Happy2BeMe Oh yes, I do. It will be fun.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@Happy2BeMe thank you so much. I am so glad to be back.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
2 May 18
@Shellyann36 You have lots of catching up to do
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@AmbiePam No it was December when we moved, no garage sale. I gave away everything that I could find a home for and then donated the rest to a local thrift shop.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
2 May 18
hope the new home works out well for you and great that your dad's health has improved. Welcome back
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@arthurchappell thank you so much. I am so glad about daddy's good screening. We were really worried about him.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@arthurchappell It is a big relief. He has smoked so long and I was truly thinking the worst and preparing myself for the worst. I think the rest of the family was feeling the same way.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
2 May 18
@Shellyann36 it must be a relief for all of you that he is ok
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@Juliaacv Thank you so much. I hope to be on here much more.
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@Juliaacv (48447)
• Canada
3 May 18
@Shellyann36 You're welcome. I hope to see and read more from you as well.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 May 18
I know exactly what you mean about down sizing when we move. I moved from the northeast to Florida. We stayed for a month at a relatives and got a storage unit to put our things in until we found out what we were doing. I got rid of so many things and gave away most of it as I didn't start packing up until a couple months before we left. It was an experience and one I do not want to do again.
Good luck with your new surroundings to.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@ramapo17 thank you very much. I really wish that I had started earlier and tried to sell some of the clothing that belonged to me online. I think I would have made a nice chunk of change off of some of them. Live and learn.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
7 May 18
@Shellyann36 I wish I did it to as I had so much crystal from my mom and mother-in-law. We just did not allow enough time to get everything done.
@Iam_jauntyjen (4951)
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3 May 18
I can totally relate to you about moving in. We have moved from Philippines to Korea. The downsizing and packing gave me a lot of stress.If could only bring all them here.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@lam_jauntyjen Oh gosh! That was a big move. I am glad ours was just up the road a bit.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
3 May 18
glad he started a job and things are going well with it!
how far away did you move?
sorry your dad had a health scare! but glad hes got good news recently.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@Courtlynn Thank you we are so happy. We really didn't move too far away. It is only about 6 miles from where we were to start with but we do have a different zip code. Thankfully, the kids still go to the same school. We are very happy about the good news with my daddy.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
5 May 18
@Shellyann36 oh that's good then. would've sucked for them to start at a new one at this time.
@anamika161088 (11868)
• India
3 May 18
Glad to know that your father has been recoverd.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@anamika161088 thank you very much.
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@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
4 May 18
Hope everything goes smoothly in your life. I am new here. Hope to see you more around here
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@arunima25 thank you and welcome to myLot. I am sure you will enjoy it here.
@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
7 May 18
@Shellyann36 Yeah!! So far enjoying my time here with all the Mylotters.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
2 May 18
great glad to see you. yes i know about having to let go of things. been hard since i lost my house 12 yrs ago. down sized and moved so much i don't even know what i still have any more. but onward from here right?
but onward from here right? 1 person likes this
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@bunnybon7 It does really suck to have to let things go. Yes, onward from here.
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@xstitcher (30305)
• Petaluma, California
3 May 18
Hello and welcome back ! My life has been pretty crazy lately, too--but I manage to get a post in on myLot now and again.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@xstitcher Thank you and I am glad to see that you are still able to get here too!
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
2 May 18
Its good to hear from you, and congrats to the hubs( and you and your family) on the new job. I feel for you, when we were younger we moved whenever a better jobs showed up. ( we rented back then for that reason). My husband had a goal and about 25 years later he got what he wanted and we moved to Canada and life is good. Now we are both retired and both still working only because we love what we do. It wasn't easy to move with the children when they were small but we certainly did down size with stuff...I hope your are enjoying your new home and new life.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@PainsOnSlate thank you very much. We are really enjoying things. Hubby really likes this job and I hope it is one he can retire from in the future.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
4 May 18
@DianneN thank you so much. We are much happier at our new home and I hope to be here at myLot to stay!
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 May 18
Welcome back! Im happy you're alright. I know - getting rid of things can be difficult to say the least. Maybe at some point in time you will be able to have those items replaced.
It sounds like you got a lot of the stressfil stuff figured out. I'm happy to hear that
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
@FayeHazel thank you so much. I am finding a peace with things.
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