Oh, hey there! Keep in mind me? ? I’m nonetheless right here. I hadn’t precisely deliberate on being away from the weblog for 2 weeks, however the week of Thanksgiving simply appeared like “take it straightforward” type of week after ending the monumental job of ending up the tile in our massive new bathe (I nonetheless haven’t completed the grout…ugh!), after which that “take it straightforward” mindset type of bled over into the subsequent week. ? And now, right here we’re, nicely into December with one other vacation (or holidays) and the 12 months’s finish proper upon us.
Do you’ve got a tough time staying motivated right now of 12 months as nicely? Or is it simply me? It’s typically that point of 12 months that I wish to hunker down underneath my down comforter with some scorching chocolate or espresso (regardless that our temps right here in Texas are within the 60s, 70s, and 80s this December), scrolling PInterest or Instagram, whereas watching tacky vacation rom-com motion pictures. (What’s it about these? They’re all the identical story line, and I can’t tolerate the ridiculous story strains at some other time of the 12 months. However come December, I can’t get sufficient. ? )
Anyway, I’m not fairly able to wind issues down fully for the 12 months, however I’ve resigned myself to the truth that I’m not going to get wherever near assembly my amended objectives for the 12 months, which had been to complete the grasp toilet (ha!! haha!!!) and the house health club (hahahaha!!!)
In order of this morning, the standing of the grasp toilet appears to be like like this…
And the standing of the house health club appears to be like like this…
And you realize what? I’m completely okay with that. Whereas I didn’t get as a lot executed on these rooms as I had hoped, I’m truly content material with the work I’ve gotten executed this 12 months. I’ve been enthusiastic about this fairly a bit during the last two weeks. This 12 months (2021) was my sixteenth 12 months of running a blog. Sixteen years! Wow! And whereas my first couple of years weren’t a lot to brag about, as soon as I discovered my actual love of DIY, I went full steam into transforming our little condominium, after which full steam into this home. And I remained at that full steam tempo for a number of years.
Then 2020 hit, and the world modified. I didn’t deal with that very nicely, and I retreated from the weblog and from my tasks. Final 12 months was type of a wash for me so far as residence tasks went. But it surely was a terrific 12 months for me in studying that downtime was one thing that I had actually missed in my life.
So this 12 months, I attempted to discover a steadiness, making an attempt to be in step with engaged on tasks, whereas having extra downtime for myself, extra time with Matt, extra time with household, and extra time for being concerned in issues and with individuals outdoors of the home. It’s been a extremely good 12 months for that, and whereas all of that different stuff makes my residence tasks take longer, I’ve discovered that there’s far more to life than engaged on the home on a regular basis.
So all of that thought of, and particularly following the madness of 2020, I’m actually very content material with the progress I’ve made on these tasks, and there’s no manner I’m going to beat myself up about not ending or taking them slower than I might have pre-2020.
And clearly the 12 months will not be over. There’s nonetheless time to make extra progress on them, if I so select. However are you aware what I’d actually prefer to spend the remainder of this 12 months on? Deep cleansing my home and getting issues organized and able to hit the bottom working on January third. I really like the start of a brand new 12 months, and there’s nothing higher than beginning off the brand new 12 months with all the things clear and arranged. And to be fairly trustworthy, my home hasn’t gotten a deep cleansing (the type of cleansing the place you truly wipe down the entire trim, mud off curtain rods and rings, take away the glass from lighting fixtures and wash them, and so forth.) since manner earlier than the lavatory rework even began. And that rest room has created a complete heck of plenty of mud and mess.
So beginning at the moment, that’s what I actually wish to concentrate on till it’s completed. I’m going to start out with the walk-in pantry, which was used as Cooper’s “den” the place he slept each evening throughout 2020 when Matt and I had been with no bed room, and which hasn’t been deep cleaned since then. It’s gotten the conventional cleansing — cabinets wiped down, countertop wiped off, flooring mopped, and so forth. But it surely wants a radical deep cleansing from high to backside, as does each different room in the home.
And alongside the way in which, I’m additionally going to deal with some little tasks that both by no means received executed, or want doing now. For instance, within the kitchen, the wires for the sconces on the again wall of cupboards have come undone and are hanging down in order that they’re seen. (These sconces are plugged into shops.) I hold taping them up, and the subsequent day, they’re again down once more. And I’ve a chunk of baseboard that evidently by no means received painted after I stained the ground years in the past, and one other piece of baseboard that by no means received nailed in place and retains falling over.
So I’m going to concentrate on issues like that, and get my home completely clear with all of these little nagging tasks fastened up and out of the way in which. That manner, our home might be cozy and comfortable after I take off that final week of December and spend some downtime with Matt, as has been our customized for the previous couple of years, and I’ll be able to hit the bottom working in January with a clear and arranged residence.
I’ll hold y’all up to date on the progress. How about some earlier than and after pics of every room after I get them executed? I’m undecided that every one of my mud and cobwebs will present up within the earlier than pics, however I’m at all times up for displaying off footage of my clear rooms after they’re executed.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You may be taught extra about me right here.
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