The Rooster's Last Hurrah

 

Over the last month,

I've been purging and cleaning closets and cabinets every spare chance I get,

accumulating a large pile for a yard sale I hope to have in October.

Sounds like a lovely way to spend a Saturday night, right?

When we first moved in the house,

roosters and chickens were a popular trend,

and I was all too happy to jump on that bandwagon.

I must admit, I went a little overboard,

...my kitchen for a time, looked like a bona fide hen house.

"Too much of a good thing, can be too much!"  ha!

I've since weeded through the chicken and rooster decor,

selling a lot of it when I had my "junk booths,"

storing a few items, and still displaying a piece of two.

I found the long forgotten set of eight salad size rooster plates

tucked in the back of a kitchen cabinet.

Thought it would be fun to put together a little tablescape,

"one last hurrah," before they hit they hit the yard sale stash.

The cute dishes were paired with The Pioneer Woman towels,

 square white dinner plates, and green lucite handle forks.

A casual setting for two at the kitchen island...

The one rooster that will remain, is the lamp!

It was the first item I bought for my kitchen twelve years ago,

and I still adore it!

A new TJ Maxx find, below,

holds a few blooms and fern from the container gardens on the porch.

  

I feel somewhat like a traitor,

trading off my chickens for a new love... cows!

But I've vowed to not obsess over them!

...all in moderation!  :)

So if you're wondering the need for purging our home...

We've decided to sell our house.

I suppose if you announce it on social media, that makes it official, huh?

It's been the plan for years, that when our youngest reached driving age,

we would sell and move to our farm.

 "Our baby" just began his senior year in high school.

And a big incentive, moving will put us 30 minutes closer to work.

The farm, which is now in Mr. Ramblings' hands,

 has been in his family for over 100 years, and on it sits an old farm house,

 where several generations were raised.

Long story short,

the farm house is far from ready to move in,

this house is not ready for the market just yet,

so during the transition time, we'll be living at the lake.
We'll be moving there after our summer rentals are fulfilled.

The process seems a little daunting and overwhelming, but in the end, 

we think it'll be well worth it, and we're pretty excited!

My uncle has a saying,

"How do you eat an elephant???

...one bite at a time!"

So goes this journey... stay tuned!  :)

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