and now we are here
July 29, 2014 Hello hello! How are you? I'm sitting here in my new studio loft ... a golden sunset glowing through an undressed window to my right and a disorganized riot of boxes and unceremoniously shoved furniture behind me. I can't see the chaos as I sit, thank goodness, but I can feel it pressing against my back. I'm trying my best to ignore it, though. I'd rather chat with you.
The move went very well. We hired a crew of 4 professionals. Those guys were - in a word - awesome. The only thing that broke was a single ordinary drinking glass. And aside from losing a hard-fought, 2-hour game of "Find the Iron", everything seems to be accounted for. Besides, we were planning to buy a new iron soon anyway. It's probably hiding in one of those boxes behind me.
My life used to revolve around finding things to get rid of so I didn't have to pack them. Now I'm obsessed with emptying boxes, collapsing boxes, and taking them to the recycling depot. What a sense of victory it is to take the last thing out of a box and actually have a place to put it!
There are a ton of little/medium sized things that still need to be finished. The shower doors come tomorrow, the closet fittings later this week, the sink in the powder room needs to be installed, we still have to pick the light fixtures (tomorrow), I MUST get to figuring out the window covering situation - cardboard on the master bedroom isn't exactly the classiest look on the street ... and there is more.
But we are in. And settling nicely. Slowly. Not without a little frustration. But we are here. The hard stuff is behind us. We had not one, not two, but three "last trips" to the old house. I whispered goodbye as I closed the front door for the last time. My voice echoed quietly down the hall along the empty walls and bare floor. I may have had to blink back an errant tear that tried to slip away. But that moment was fleeting. I will remember it. But it is gone.
And now we are here.
I'm really looking forward to settling into a new routine. It will take some time to get organized. But I'm getting quite anxious to start sewing again.
I'll be back soon! Miss you. xo k
Reader Comments (34)
V x
Wishing you many happy and blessed years in your new home - and tons of sewing!
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your new sewing room.
Blessings.....
Can't wait for pictures!
But the good news is our brains are "trainable" I am told it only takes 21 days to establish a new routine/habit.
So just mark it on the calendar and see if reaching for your plates/bowls has become easier or perhaps automatic as in gosh I didn't even have to think about where they are
Of course it helps if you choose where to put thing and don't change your mind and rearrange the placement
Colleen who's been in her small house 20 plus yesrs and changed her silverware draw last spring and still has not got that auto pilot thing down.... But neither has my husband we are mid 63 and 75 do perhaps before we die haha but really changing one thing has been laughable changing the whole house is stressful
All my best smile often laugh daily it helps
Colleen
Re;' Hunt the Iron' game.......... unless its is for sewing purposes....forget about it ! BTW I bought an OLISO iron last year or maybe the year before that and I love it. Jenny Doan has used a yellow one on some of her videos. That is where I first saw it. Took me a while to track it down in the UK though but it is grey...sad face...you can leave it on forever and it lifts itself up for safety when you are no longer touching it. Also makes a friendly little noise as it does so. I thought you might like to consider it when you go a-buying for your new one?
In stitches, as always
Caroline in North Yorkshire. UK x