Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Jethro
Animals are sensitive, I think most people know that. They can get their feelings hurt, experience anxiety over separation and have other issues. My mighty and brave Jethro has a few personality quirks that goes beyond the average. Hysterical blindness! Now before you laugh, know that this is pretty serious stuff, but it has a…
Read MoreProgress!
It may be a long time before everything has a place and it resides there, but I can find the kitchen counters and walk through. Even the table is functional. We converted a coat closet into a pantry, adding storage for our food. I still own forty seven specialty baking dishes and at least that…
Read MoreWe Are Connected 😆
My wonderful mother not only arranged to have the house cleaned, the best housewarming gift on the face of the planet, but she made the appointments to get us connected to the web, cable, and phone. So here we are after sleeping in the house for the first night and already getting connected. Thanks Mom!…
Read MoreOrganizing!☹️
We arrived finally after stopping for the night, too tired to continue driving. Unbelievably my mother had the house cleaned and prepped for us, including cold water waiting in the fridge. Everything was clean and the house even smelled wonderful. Family was waiting on us, including my wonderful nephew David and his friend AJ. Between…
Read MoreTruck Day
We have reached the point where we need to start filling the truck in order to pack the last of our items. Fortunately this was the day we are scheduled to pick up the truck. My head is spinning with “do not forgets” and “focus on this first” messages, so naturally I sat down to…
Read MoreCollections
By now everyone knows we are packing and moving to the new house. Under normal circumstances I love my collections: pottery, blown glass, carnival glass, ceramics, crystal and even perfume bottles. I have a collection of flowers, vases, all kinds of bells and some really amazing pieces from all over the world. Packing them, I…
Read MoreMia and Pit
After the newly mated pair had recovered their senses once the bond was complete, Mia introduced Pit to her territory dragon, Konos. Pit had met him before, and he expected the older dragon to offer him a place in his clan if for no other reason than to keep Mia’s skills close. He did not…
Read MoreKind Words
The artwork highlighting author Julia Schmeelk’s NewEarth Series compliments her unique world building. It’s fun to see it happen! Julia’s dragons are atypical, powerful, intellectual beings. Their interactions with humans are very different than you might expect! The NewEarth Series is so unique, so detailed, and so well thought out, you will be quite impressed…
Read MoreA Cauldron of Candy
Aside from the cauldron of chocolate treats, we are not decorated for the holiday. Of course we have one of the best excuses, we are in process of moving, packing, going out of our minds. In some ways my house has been Halloweened for the last two weeks. Shifting items, furniture, disappearing items. You can…
Read MoreWhat’s Next
I look around at a sea of boxes, I have one whole room left which probably won’t take long, and then the last of the wall hangings. And then the collectibles. Wrap and pack! I started this entry this morning, got interrupted. We have jumped in and gotten more done, confirmed the pickup of the…
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