Before Eden's birthday, our goal was to finish our basement so that we could use that space for her party. Everything HAPPENED! I was so proud of my husband for pulling through and getting everything he could--done. We had been using the basement as storage since I moved in and he had 5 years of use before I moved in.. so we had a lot of STUFF! Combining two households has been an adjustment and for whatever reason we hung on to a lot of it. Which meant two or more of EVERYTHING! Totally unnecessary. I'm ready to live like young starving college students that are freshly married and scraping by to have the necessities. I want to be a minimalist. I really really do!
Those years of storage and accumulated stuff.. had to go somewhere, so during Eden's party.. it ended up in the garage. Urgh! So now we not only have a garage full of stuff but our basement is somehow full of it again too. My goal for the rest of the winter is to go through everything piece by piece and either donate, throw-away, organize, or sale. End result.. more space and less to pick up! Awe a dream.
We are having carpet installed in the upcoming weeks and we need to clear out the 4 rooms so that this can happen. We also need to finish the closets (hanging bars and building shelves). My goal for this is to have it all done and organized or gone before new baby southworth is born. Wish-us-luck
Mike is what I call a dreamer (optimist). I on the other hand am more of a realist (pessimist). We create balance. ;) He has an idea and spends a lot of time talking himself into them, figuring out numbers, internet searches, comparison, and unfortunately rarely fruition. I haven't figured out if it's because I squash his dreams or if it's because an other idea pushes the first one out before we reach an end. His head is constantly in motion. Either way, it happens OFTEN!!! It really drives me crazy because I eventually invest emotion into his ideas.
His latest idea is to move... again. Last summer we spent a great amount of time finding a lot, meeting with a designer, and dreaming up our custom home. In the end, the realist trumped the dreamer and we backed out of the lot and decided to refinance and wait 5 years. 6mths later.. he's back in dream mode and wants to buy a new house. This time I am on board and ready to move. Not because I don't love our house or yard or location, but because our current home only has two bedrooms on the main floor and I can't picture putting either baby in the big empty basement. I want us all to be nestled together on the same floor or at least have the littles off ground level. STRANGER DANGER!
We have been looking at houses and lots and I'm feeling excited... Mike has recruited me into his dreams. I just hope to get rid of half the stuff we own and start my minimalist lifestyle. Less to clean and more time to play with my babies!
I'm ready to throw out the old and make room for the new!
How could these pictures not get me excited?
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| The master sitting area |
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| Master bath |
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| Spacious Master BR |
Dang.. for whatever reason I couldn't upload the rest of the pics. But they are worth seeing so I will try again later.
