Projects

When we bought this house, we thought, wow, pretty much move-in ready, just a few things we would want to do....and then our list grew and grew.  Until we realized that we need to chill, take it easy, hang out with new friends, and be okay with the "undone."

So I quickly found myself saying...

It is okay that our dining room has half wallpaper still up and half stenciled grapevines.

It is okay that our half bathroom has cheetah print wallpaper and a border of little Africans hunting tigers.

It's also okay that our garage is completely unorganized.

And that hardly any pictures are hung because I'm afraid to do it and then not like it and want to change it and for some reason, holes in the wall feel like serious commitment.

It's even okay that there is half carpet/half linoleum in our master bathroom (carpet that is also semi pulled up from when we wanted to see what kind of sub flooring was there.

And that we have barely touched the backyard (although it is super low maintenance HOORAY!).

And that there are toys in every room (because it will probably be like this for the rest of our lives that we have kids under the age of 15...)

I find it funny that I am the one that usually forces us to sit back and relax.  I have always considered myself somewhat of a type A personality, but let me tell you, I have never met a harder more motivated worker than my husband.  If something needs done, he gets it done.  Then on a random evening after installing a new toilet, sealing tile floor, cleaning up the kitchen, you find him opening up the patio solar lights he ordered and putting them together at 9pm.  On a weeknight!   Ah hem, husband, that's 30 minutes away from when I would like to be in bed falling asleep.

On rainy Portland days, doing house work is fine.  But we have been finding a balance.  When it's time to work, we work hard.  When it's time to relax, we know how to get our Netflix on, order pizza, or get out of the house.