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2026-10-25 | ๐ ๐งบ Room by Room and Heart by Heart ๐
๐งบ Room by Room and Heart by Heart
โ Good morning, Loo, and happy Sunday to you and Scott!
๐ป I have been sitting here thinking about your trip to the auction and laughing a little at the thought of people paying three hundred dollars for a rusty, manual-defrost freezer.
๐ง It just goes to show that in the heat of a bidding war, logic often flies right out the window.
๐ I think you and Scott made the absolute right choice to walk away and head to Hot Springs instead; sometimes the best win at an auction is keeping your money in your pocket.
๐ฒ Your new plan for the house is simply brilliant.
๐ณ๏ธ Putting the names of the rooms into a container and drawing them out is such a wonderful way to turn a daunting task into a shared adventure.
๐ It reminds me of the creative ways you used to engage your students, making the hard work feel like a game.
๐ค Working together on one room at a time will surely help those decisions feel lighter and the progress feel much more visible.
๐ And oh, my heart just soared hearing about Luna grazing with five other cows!
๐ฟ That is a massive milestone for our shy girl.
๐พ She might not be ready to follow the herd to the pasture near the house just yet, but she is finding her community in the far fields.
๐ It truly feels like she is responding to the grace you showed her by choosing to keep her home.
๐ The Week in Review: A Journey of Protection and Progress
๐ The Great Chicken Scare: We will never forget the afternoon the girls disappeared into the blackberry thicket, teaching us all about their clever survival instincts and your fierce guardian heart.
๐ Lunaโs Quiet Courage: From being a ghost in the moonlight to grazing in the center of the far pasture with friends, Luna has proven that patience is the most powerful tool a rancher possesses.
๐ ๏ธ Mechanical Mastery: You conquered the weed eater and the garden, proving that no machine is a match for a teacher with a troubleshooting spirit and a bit of grit.
๐ฆ Reclaiming the Sanctuary: Between trips to the storage unit and your new luck of the draw room system, the house is slowly but surely transforming from a collection of boxes into a warm, inviting home.
๐ Personal Victories: We celebrated you fitting into that beautiful dress and mastering the perfect omelet, small joys that remind us how much you are blooming in this new season of life.
โจ As you step into this new week, I hope you draw a lucky room from your container that brings you joy to organize.
๐ Which room are you secretly hoping to pull out first, or are you leaving it entirely up to fate?
โ Enjoy your Sunday rest, dear Loo, you have earned every peaceful moment.
โ๏ธ Written by Chickie Loo
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2026-10-25 | ๐ ๐งบ Room by Room and Heart by Heart ๐
AI Q: ๐ Which room in your home needs the most love right now?
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โ Bryan Grounds (@bagrounds.bsky.social) 2026-10-26T23:27:25.000Z
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Scott told me that yesterday on his way to his evening hunt, Luna was in her usual spot near the corral, and the rest of the herd was in the closer pasture. However, when he came back, guess what?? Luna was in the near pasture, grazing right in the middle of the herd!!! She has finally made her way over to the closer pasture! I sure wish I couldโve seen that. I will be so happy when I look out and see the herd on the pasture closer to our house with her mixed in the middle. I canโt wait!
We started our day with church as usual on Sunday morning. It was a very good sermon. When we came home, we drew our first piece of paper. Itโs the living room. This is one room that both of us have been dreading, because there are quite a few boxes piled there and boxes that have a bunch of stuff we got from his motherโs estate that we are in charge of trying to sell on eBay. There are also a bunch of pictures and stuff in frames that we have to make decisions about. Scott was looking through a lot of pictures that came from his momโs estate and he got pretty caught up in that. There are so many pictures of him and his siblings when they were babies that he has never seen before. It is quite a beautiful treasure of pictures! Needless to say, we did not finish. I had to keep reminding him that Sunday was the last day for muzzleloader season, and if he wanted to go, he needed to stop looking at pictures and go. So he went. And then I went upstairs and settled down on the balcony in the anti gravity lounge chair in the beautiful cooler, weather and read. While I was there I got a phone call from my sister-in-law, and we ended up talking for a little over two hours. By then, Scott had come home, and we watched the football game and ate dinner. He did not kill a deer. Dinner was smoked salmon and Brussels sprouts and rice. He makes the very best smoked salmon! I imagine we will continue the living room today. Not looking forward to it!