Slightly Overwhelmed

An article by Rachel    4 Comments

If I calculated correctly today is day 11 in our new house. Wow! That’s almost 2 weeks. I love our new house. In fact, I don’t think words properly describe how much I love our house. It feels so right. I’m surprised how different this feel compared to our condo. While our condo was apartment like, we still owned it. So I thought owning a house would feel similar. I was wrong. It feels better. I really care about the house. I want to fix things that are broken.

Week One in the house exhausted me. A major project waited for me everyday when I came home from work. I couldn’t find so many essentials. I think it took us 5 days to find the flatware and cooking tools (spatula, spoon, etc.). I thought for sure they were lost forever. Fortunately it was just a matter of a miss labeled box.

All the projects seemed less daunting when I made an actual to-do list. The list helped me relax. Instead of thinking I had to do everything in one night, I pick just one small to-do per evening. Of course I have enough projects to keep me busy for several months. Right now I’m debating between blinds or curtain in our family room. It’s a basement room. The windows are completely above ground. Blinds would be quick and easy. Curtains would add more color and texture to the room. I think the room could really use the curtains. The window wall is a deep red. I think a multi-colored print could really add life to the room.

So what’s stopping me from making curtains? An assembled craft room. Current condition:

I really don’t want to start organizing until, I paint the walls. Oh, painting. Another project.