Tonight was one of those nights...the nights when your mind races a thousand miles a minute and sleep is elusive. So far I have done laundry, written emails, worked on homework that I have been avoiding, and now I am blogging. I really need to sleep.
I'm not sure I mentioned this before and am way to lazy to go look it up so I will mention it again. When we sold our house, we knew we needed to upgrade. We (hubby and I) had a couple of things that we wanted in our new house. I wanted room to expand and a large yard. Hubby wanted a ranch and wanted to be able to do some stuff himself. We probably looked at (and bid on) 20+ houses. Something always went wrong--the house sold while we were bidding, the yard was too small, something didn't feel right, you get the drift. 3+ months of looking, 2 real estate agents, and lots of tears left us searching. When we were 3 weeks away from being homeless we found our house. Loved the neighborhood, loved the yard, loved the house and really, most importantly, we were able to negotiate what we thought was a good price. Okay who am I kidding a great price.
Now 3 months later I am looking at a house that needs new floors, new paint, new counters, new appliances, new everything. I am also looking at 2 months worth of classes until I graduate, a hubby who is starting his MBA, and kids who need mom and dad (but if you ask C she just needs grandma lol). We still love the house, I just don't like the timeline.
Maybe it is because we can't seem to get a project 'completely' done. We got Z's room painted and the furniture in, but it needs to be rearranged and the carpet needs to be replaced and the wall stuff needs to be hung. C's room is painted and the furniture is in, but nothing is on the walls and she still needs outlet covers. They are small stuff but we can't seem to find an hour to get it done. Well actually we had an hour tonight, we spent it playing with toys and reading to C...pretty sure that was more important. (And yes we would have played with Z too, but the kid goes to bed at like 6 pm--and sleeps til 7:30 or 8:00 am. Man I'm lucky!!)
So tonight, as I am sitting here, I decided to visit my favorite blog on home stuff The Nester. I swear she wrote this post for me. It was front and center when I got on and man I think I needed to read it.
Home Wasn't Built in a Day. I think I am going to make it my mantra. I am also going to start cataloging what we need to do, have done, and will do on here so you can all see my progress. Plus it will let me show off pictures of the before and after. This is not an all inclusive (are they ever?) list and does not include hubby's outside stuff, well except for getting the flower beds in. And remember I'm not in the least bit creative so if you have ideas for me, feel free to share.
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