In any house, whether you build it or you didn't, there will always be things you wish were different. I'm sure after a few more months living here I'll have a short list of things I would have done different but thus far we love every part of it, (except maybe our master bathroom floor because I see the 100s of strands of hair I lose every day on it, but I still love it!).
We live in our kitchen, living room and toy/office area which I knew we would. We've entertained a few times already and love this living space for entertaining.
We are thankful for the neighbor's pond and fountain which lights up at night and is quite peaceful from our front porch or Alena's bedroom :).
I've watched the sun rise every morning from my bed and our sunsets have been beautiful from our driveway.
There are no street lights in our neighborhood so star gazers could spend all night looking for constellations. Caleb especially love looking at the stars.
I knew we would love our neighbors, and we haven't been disappointed. The two older kids are over often playing and Alena rides the bus with their daughter. A few neighbors have welcomed us with goodies and others we have met while strolling through the neighborhood. (I'm looking forward to the get together this weekend where we will hopefully meet even more people).
One of our favorite places to visit is Jester Park. I can't believe I had no idea this was even here 6 months ago. I love to run through the park, stop at the shore of Saylorville Lake for a little yoga, and then run home. It is incredibly beautiful and peaceful. We finally checked out the outdoor play scape this past week and couldn't believe how close to the animals we could get. I thought the kids would be itching to go to the "real" playground but they had a blast. This park is beautiful and I can't wait to take the kid's pics in a couple weeks when the colors change a little more.
Justin and I both LOVE to organize. In fact, if I wasn't an ARNP, maybe I would be a professional organizer. Not because I'm great at it, but because I love it. Organizing an area is incredibly calming for me, similar to going out for a run. We both like order and neatness and I would be lying if I said we haven't had mini arguments over who was going to organize what! That being said, I haven't been able to organize EVERYTHING the way I want but at least things are getting into the correct spots and I can work on organizing later. My next project: A command center in the office to organize Alena's school stuff and our master calendar.
It's very exciting to get in a new house but it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of buying new things for every room in the house. I have really tried to back off from doing this. There have been a few essential things we needed, like bar stools and place mats (I have messy kids!), but I have really limited many of the other purchases I'd love to pull the trigger on. Our dining room table is beautiful and in excellent condition but just doesn't match our house any more. However, that is one expense I will not be making for a long time so it will just have to do. I do not plan to buy new furniture for our living room, mostly because we have 3 kids and although we limit food and drinks to the kitchen, messy hands can still make their way to my couch cushions!
I also told myself that I couldn't buy anything without selling some things. So back to the swap site I go and I've had pretty decent luck lately. I've been using that money to buy little things I've wanted. Like a new rug (that will hopefully be in new week), new towels for the master bathroom, etc.
I still haven't made a single hole in a wall. I just can't bring myself to hang anything yet...
We are having family over for dinner tonight, celebrating A's birthday party at the house this weekend, and I am hosting BUNCO this month so I better get to decorating (or maybe I'll send out a warning to the ladies that my house is halfway put together?).
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