I've been doing a lot of thinking and dreaming lately. I've been exploring some blogs that are full of creative ideas and inspiration - some craft projects, beautiful photographs, color boards and ideas. And I've been thinking about our condo and the balance that comes with turning a house (or in our case, a condo) into a home. And I have a plan....well, not exactly a "step-by-step, here is what we are going to do plan" that Fr. Ron might expect from me, but at least a thought process that I think is heading me in the right direction.
I was telling someone recently that I feel like we have completed Phase 1 in our condo, where we have unpacked everything we use and have most things set up to carry on our daily lives. But there are definitely a few more things to be done as we settle into our place. We still have some boxes of random things that need to be gone through and sorted to know if we even want them anymore (along with some things still at my parents' house that I need to attend to), we need to get all of our paperwork in order, which is quite an organizational task, and we need to start the decorating process.
I'd like to repaint a few rooms and I am hoping that we can get to those this summer, particularly when we can open the windows to get the paint smell out. Once that is done we'll be able to add some of the extras to the rooms - some new bedding, a nice shower curtain, drapes, etc. I most certainly know that this all comes with time and I am in no major rush, but I also don't want to just put it off either. I am excited at the idea of making this home and in adding some touches that show it is our place.
Once we get through some of those boxes and paperwork I mentioned above, I am really hoping to organize our second bedroom to make the most of this space. We are using the big closet as storage, but the room will be an office for us and a place for me to do some art and other projects. I am so excited at the idea of working on some creative things again. I don't know that there will be any major masterpieces necessarily, but in reading all these blogs of people being creative and such, it has gotten me inspired to see what I can do too.
Between 2 weddings, a job I took with my dad, and a dinner for my parents' anniversary, "my plan" might have to wait until June. But I am OK with that though, because in the meantime, I am just glad we have a place to call home together.