Also, I feel like I'm making a little progress in our life as well. Talked to my mom this morning, and it certainly helps to have someone to bounce ideas off of :) Like, figuring out if we really need to rent a u-haul, or try to borrow someones truck. Do we need to buy an air mattress to make this two household thing work, or has Mom conveniently just bought two of them for camping? Hehe, thanks mom! I'm very excited that I'm finding we have so much stuff that we can donate. :) Over the past 6 years, Fletcher and I have acquired(pardon my french) A LOT of shit!! I'm sure that most of it has to do with me haha, I sort of take over once we move in somewhere. What can I say? It's what I do! Anyone who knows me probably knows that I have an amazingly love for animals...so I'm pleased to say that anything we can't sell is being donated to the
New Beginnings SPCA Thrift Store on SE Stephens! :) It will help the shelter earn some much needed money. I also challenge all of you to join me in, what I'm now affectionately calling, FALL CLEANING!! Go through those clothes in the very back of your closet, you know the ones I'm talking about ladies, the ones you haven't seen in years. ;) Men, go through your tools, get rid of the 50 screwdrivers you DON'T use. If you feel, that un-like me, you need everything in your house, then maybe you can donate a bag of cat litter, or cat food. Of course, you can always donate your time as well. There is always a need for help sorting, cleaning, and pricing donations. Even cleaning litter boxes or holding a kitten for 15 min would do a world of good. If you have any questions about the shelter or volunteering, please don't hesitate to ask me!! :)
While talking about the thrift store it reminded me that a few days ago I got word on facebook that one of my favorite cats has been adopted!!! I'm so thrilled that someone has found LILY to be the cat for them and hope that they love her as much as I have. She definitely has some attitude haha! But that is why I love her so much ;) any girl knows that she's gotta keep it real. Am I right? I feel that while I am writing about her I must also post a before and after photo. She did let herself go a little bit when she got used to the comfy shelter life haha! There is definitely a little more to love than there used to be, but I'm sure once she gets settled into her new house she will become that playful girl I knew before. :)Also, I'm very excited to say that my friend Sam finally made it to France!! Let's still keep sending her good thoughts and good juju because last I heard she was frustrated with the train issues after getting off the plane haha!! It nevers fails!! There is always something to to challenge you when traveling, but I have faith that she will manage.
Just her smile alone could probably get some unsuspecting french man to give her a ride to where ever she needed to go. ;) I hope you are in fact where you need to be when you read this Sam and are settling in nicely with your host family.
Vous êtes Sam stupéfiant! Montrez la France qu'ils ont manquée.
Well, I think that's pretty much it....except for my debut performance with the Eddy Ross Band is tomorrow afternoon. Followed by another performance that evening...I'm super excited and have family and friends stopping by. I learned yesterday that this is an all ages welcome event, so please stop by the zoo tomorrow and support this benefit for Camp Millennium. There is a $5 cover for a full day of bands and lots of other fun stuff.
Love to you all,
Amanda
P.S. I just found out that the apartments we are moving into are going to let us have my piano!!!! I'm so thrilled....now we just need about 7 or 8 strong men to help us move it. :) Keep that in mind everyone, we will probably be moving all the heavy stuff up to Portland sometime during the last week of September and would really appreciate any help.
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