I'm here!
Just realized I didn't copy/paste this here Monday morning. So - a day late. More later :)
I was going to say "details" later - but as I have nothing else to do at the moment. Details now!
Ok.
So-- left home around 5:15 a.m. The car was packed! Michele and Anna came over the day before to help me get it all in there.
The drive was really good for the first 10 hours. Then we hit northern Indiana and they were doing some kind of road construction and that toook forever. Then hit Chicago. oh my word. Some kind of street festival going on this weekend? Biggest one in the midwest or something. and a Sox game. So many cars! It took me an hour to drive 16 miles :-p At least most of that was up Lakeshore Drive - where you get a nice view of the lake shore ;-)
Got to the house and got keys and such. Lugged a few of my things up the two flights of twisty stairs to my room. UGH. Then brother and I walked over to a restaurant to meet my cousin for dinner. It was fun. sat on the patio chatting for a while. Nikki dropped us back at the house and we loaded more junk up the stairs. ;-)
I can't really unpack at the moment as the carpet cleaners are coming and everthing has to be off the floor. I'm going to rearrange the furniture later so I don't really want to load the dresser up with clothes. So, at the moment, everything is on top of my bed.
They bought me a bedspread as my "welcome" gift - which is sweet. But, I already had my whole color scheme planned out and brought curtains and pillows and accents and such to go with that. (stuff from my old guest room) - and, the bedspread really clashes with all that. So - trying to figure out a way to be polite about all that. . . . It's VERY important to me that this not feel like a sorirety house/dorm room - at least in my bedroom.
I've got some good ideas though. I think there's a way I can make a little craft nook for my sewing table and such. The clothing situation is going to be. uhm. interesting. I have far too many clothes. I think I may put bed risers on my bed, storage under, and a long drop bed skirt to hide all that. It's going to probably take me a few months until I get it how I want it. I DON"T want a bunch of cheep plastic storage things. I know that's easy and inexpensive. But I don't know - it may seem silly - but it's so important to me to make this one room of "my space" home to me in a way that is beautiful. I think it's going to be a big part of my mental health and I don't want to just "make do."
Ok - cleaning crew is here and I guess I need to find some breakfast. I'm not sure how the "board" part of the "room and board" is going to work out until the girls get here and things have a schedule - but I'll deal with that tomorrow - today I'm hanging out with Adam!
I was going to say "details" later - but as I have nothing else to do at the moment. Details now!
Ok.
So-- left home around 5:15 a.m. The car was packed! Michele and Anna came over the day before to help me get it all in there.
The drive was really good for the first 10 hours. Then we hit northern Indiana and they were doing some kind of road construction and that toook forever. Then hit Chicago. oh my word. Some kind of street festival going on this weekend? Biggest one in the midwest or something. and a Sox game. So many cars! It took me an hour to drive 16 miles :-p At least most of that was up Lakeshore Drive - where you get a nice view of the lake shore ;-)
Got to the house and got keys and such. Lugged a few of my things up the two flights of twisty stairs to my room. UGH. Then brother and I walked over to a restaurant to meet my cousin for dinner. It was fun. sat on the patio chatting for a while. Nikki dropped us back at the house and we loaded more junk up the stairs. ;-)
I can't really unpack at the moment as the carpet cleaners are coming and everthing has to be off the floor. I'm going to rearrange the furniture later so I don't really want to load the dresser up with clothes. So, at the moment, everything is on top of my bed.
They bought me a bedspread as my "welcome" gift - which is sweet. But, I already had my whole color scheme planned out and brought curtains and pillows and accents and such to go with that. (stuff from my old guest room) - and, the bedspread really clashes with all that. So - trying to figure out a way to be polite about all that. . . . It's VERY important to me that this not feel like a sorirety house/dorm room - at least in my bedroom.
I've got some good ideas though. I think there's a way I can make a little craft nook for my sewing table and such. The clothing situation is going to be. uhm. interesting. I have far too many clothes. I think I may put bed risers on my bed, storage under, and a long drop bed skirt to hide all that. It's going to probably take me a few months until I get it how I want it. I DON"T want a bunch of cheep plastic storage things. I know that's easy and inexpensive. But I don't know - it may seem silly - but it's so important to me to make this one room of "my space" home to me in a way that is beautiful. I think it's going to be a big part of my mental health and I don't want to just "make do."
Ok - cleaning crew is here and I guess I need to find some breakfast. I'm not sure how the "board" part of the "room and board" is going to work out until the girls get here and things have a schedule - but I'll deal with that tomorrow - today I'm hanging out with Adam!