We've since moved out from Carling Park area, and into the Craig Henry area. The move was super slick, and we had amazing help. Everything was moved within 3 hours, and the guys stayed for a while to do stuff like put together the crib and beds and arrange our furniture how we wanted it in each room.
I've had the past week to get things in order, and am left with half a dozen boxes in the basement to go through, the storage room to organize, and things like pictures, decorations, and curtains to get up. During this move, we basically lived out of a few boxes for a few weeks. It's amazing all the STUFF we can go without! However, there were four things that really stuck out to ma that I missed during this time.
The first would have to be color. Our apartment was done in a warm sundial shade, with a super drum beat red accent wall, and Jesse's room was a gorgeous green shade called rejuvenate. We had to paint it all back to white, and the new house is currently all white as well. Man...the white really bums me out. It feels kind of depressing day in and out, and I can't wait to get these walls done up. I've been playing with a paint visualizer program on the sherwin williams website, and haven't decided 100% on our colors. But we're thinking an intense blue for the kitchen, a subtle warm green for the living, and then maybe a dark taupe for the dining room with a lighter complementary taupe for the hallways. I like lots of color and variety! We can't afford new furniture or decor at this point, but paint is a great (and cheaper) way to liven things up and make it feel a little more your own.
The other thing I really missed was my white board. My white board hangs in the kitchen, and has a little bulletin board section on it which I tack important addresses, phone numbers, pictures all stick to it. I use the white board to jot down things I need to get done each day, or things we run out of. And while I also love my pen and notebook, I REALLY missed having my white board out and about. I finally found it a few days ago, and putting that thing up in the kitchen just warmed my heart.
I missed my cook books!!! I love trying new recipes, and have been working my way through an entire GF cook book the past few months. I really missed having them out to flip through, and got sort of bored of cooking things off the top of my head. I'm starting back at it tonight with a pecan-espresso shortbread cookie. Yummmmmy. Can't wait.
The last thing that I really missed, was my teddy. I've never been much of a stuffed animal person. I usually hugged a second pillow growing up. But, Jesse was given this stuffed bear by his Aunt Katie the Christmas before he was even born. It looked a lot like this little bear that my brother Jacob grew up attached to, named Vavaldi. Jacob called him Babaldi. Anyways, this bear sat in my room for a while as a reminder that little Jesse was on his way, then made his way to the bed, and now I have a hard time sleeping without him. I sort of strangle him curled up on my side. Dave is a little jealous of Vavaldi, and I think was secretly happy when I couldn't find him. But, he showed up a few nights ago, and now I am sleeping much more comfortably. I don't know if I can give the teddy bear back to his rightful owner. Sorry Katie.
Well, that's all the ranting for now. The house is feeling pretty good- varnish smell and white walls aside, it's crazy how much room we have now! Even if it's a little messy, the mess doesn't feel as intense because it's spread over so much more space. Anyways, As mentioned, I have some cookies to bake, some swatches to look through, and maybe I'll tackle one box tonight?? Thank you all for reading. I'm off.
If you like lots of color and variety you'll be related to Rob. He just bought himself a red chair for the living room,and has the blue room looking lovely. The other spare bedroom is soon to be an amber gold color. I'm not sure about the bathroom! I wanted to make an afghan for the living room and he says make it bright...well, I've picked a medium shade of green, brighter than the walls, but not too bright. Have fun and check out BM maple syrup!!
ReplyDeleteHahahahhaha :) I'm glad someone is loving the teddy! I once bought a lovely stuffed bear for use as a homesick bear when I worked at camp. About one week in, I discovered how awesome it was... from that moment on, it was MY bear - and I gave the kids a blanket instead. Yep. I can relate.
ReplyDeleteI sent Jesse's birthday gift off to him today! It's sent express, so I hope it gets there around his birthday! Many hugs and kisses to the little guy :)