Share Four Somethings - May 2026

Each month we're each invited to share things in these categories: something we loved, something that sustained us, something we're carrying forward from this month to the next, and something we're making space for. I usually like to include a little bit of a bonus: Some Things I  Read and a little of What's Coming Up Soon. 

Some Things I Loved:

Well, it feels like a long time ago now, since a lot has happened, but I did love our first Sunday of the month visit to Franklin Park Conservatory. (Right up until I tripped and banged up my knee anyway)

On the Mother's Day weekend, I was allowed to "choose my adventure" so we went to Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs. Gorgeous day and we had a good workout on the hike! We ended the day with dinner at my restaurant choice, Ye Olde Trail Tavern, and it was delicious.

I loved the Mother's Day wishes from my kids, and got a chuckle from this card my daughter sent.

On the next weekend we explored a nature walk up in Delaware County, and walked around at the O'Shaughnessy Dam park a bit as well. I loved that I could get pretty decent pictures of the egret perched high up in a tree. I'm definitely old enough to remember cameras with film that needed developed before you could see your photos, and amateur photographers like me just didn't get photos like this! So I love the ease of use of our cellphone cameras and how powerful they are, and we often take them for granted.

And finally, I love that we bought a house! We closed the deal yesterday and will be moving in next week, so these photos are from the listing and are not my furnishings. We are so excited! I also love that I have some money that was gifted to me that I've set aside to purchase the new furniture that I want for the house, although I doubt I'll have time to make those decisions until late June or maybe July. So, I guess stay tuned for a series of chaos photos as we move in and eventually photos of us settling in with our things old and new.

Something That Sustained Me:

Just moving along one step, one day at a time. It's been twenty-five years since we last bought a house, so we might as well have been first-time home buyers. We just kept plugging along, doing the next thing, and we are beyond grateful for our wonderful real estate agent who has been guiding us through. Everyone we've worked with has been so good. And friends and family have been so excited for us and that is really encouraging.

Having deadlines to motivate me was sort of a sustaining thing too. We knew we had the deadline of when the lease runs out so we had to plan ahead and make sure we'd be able to make settlement and get moved on that timeline. But another "deadline" is a powerful motivator too - we have the family vacation coming up soon and want to be reasonably settled into the house before we head up to the Niagara Falls area for a week. We'll be visiting hubby's sister for a couple days, and hopefully get to see some friends in that area, then we're picking up my Mum and Dad who are meeting us in Ontario, and heading back to New York state to the vacation house we have rented. All the kids will be meeting us there for a huge family vacation. After that, Mum and Dad and are coming back to Ohio with us to spend a bit more time and obviously I want to have the house ready to show off!

Something I'm Carrying Forward:

There is still a lot of packing to be done. I feel like we've barely started on it, but the good news is that we don't have to do the entire move in one day. We will be moving carloads of things over starting in the middle of the week, and then have Saturday with a moving truck to do the furniture and the rest. And still have almost all of the following week to finish clearing out of the apartment and cleaning it.

I also have a lot left on recent to-do lists that isn't completed so I have to carry forward those checklists into the beginning of June. Somehow I'll find time to get it done - I don't have much choice!

Something I'm Making Space For:

Technically, I'm gaining physical space rather than making it as we move to a house with one more bedroom, lots more closets, a garage, a full basement, a much larger kitchen, and our own little yard with a deck! We'll have to figure out where everything will fit into all that space, and make sure it doesn't get cluttered or overfull immediately. I've observed in the past that the amount of stuff we have seems to magically expand to fill up whatever space is available, and hopefully we will keep that under control. I'd prefer to keep the new house feeling spacious and definitely don't want it feeling cramped or cluttered.

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Some Things I Read:

Finished and reviewed these since my last SFS:

Life From Scratch: A memoir of food, family, and forgiveness by Sasha Martin

Oracle of Philippi by Catherine Ensley (ARC)

A Tarnished Canvas by Anna Lee Huber

 

You Never Know: A Memoir by Tom Selleck with Ellis Henican (audiobook)

Here are the books I'm currently reading:

The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 

 

All of my reading news is at Just A Second if you're interested.

What's Coming Up Soon?

I hardly need to mention it again, because it has largely been the theme of this post, but the actual physical move into the new house is still coming up. And the family vacation in the Niagara Falls area is coming up right after that!

What's been keeping you busy or keeping you going? Share something in the comments, or share four somethings with the rest of us in the link party!

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