The Irony

So, I wanted to post some pictures but I have no idea where my card-reader is in all the clutter right now. Here I'm having a blog about creating order and eliminating chaos and right now things are very chaotic. I guess it will just help to show the journey that I'm on.

Yesterday one of our friends delivered a whole bunch of furniture, most of which belonged to his grandmother. It's just beautiful. It has made me realize, though, that a space looks much bigger when there's nothing in it. Tomorrow K is going to pick up bunk beds for the girls' room - yay!

Early next week he'll be picking up our belonging from the storage unit. That is when the real fun will begin. We have an attached garage where much of our belongings can go while we're figuring out how to order everything. We're also not using the basement as living space right now. I'm somewhat dreading having all of our stuff come. I know that there are some things that I want. Over the past couple months while it's been in storage I've realized that I can live without so much of it. Fortunately, I know where there are some donation drop boxes and other places to donate things. I knew when we moved that much of it would be donated. One of the issues about where we were living is that there was no place to donate things and I didn't want to just send everything to the dump. It will be interesting to see just what makes the cut.

A New Beginning

It's been a very long time since I've visited this blog but the time has come to start again. We have recently bought our first home and we moved in a little over a week ago. A move right before Christmas wouldn't be too bad if it was a short distance or if the house was move-in ready. We had neither of those condition. However, things worked out well and we all had a great Christmas and we really didn't need all of the things that we used to 'need'.

With the festivities over (well, we still have New Years) we've been busy making the house into our own. Starting with the easy things, we've been painting - a lot. We have been taking before and after shots and the plan is to share them here.

Over time our plan is to paint everything, refinish the hardwood flooring, install a new furnace, install an airtight fireplace insert, move the kitchen, redo the bathroom, re-insulate the exterior walls, finish the basement. (Some work was already started but it looks like it was improperly done. We'll be removing what needs to be removed and starting over.) Of course, I'll be doing gardening too.

It's going to take some time as it will depend on finances and the time we have available to do the work. It will be exciting to see the transformation. I can tell you one thing, I'm so glad I got rid of a lot of my clutter last year. There's still a lot to get rid of but it could be worse.