I actually have not "been" decorating....we are not going to think about decorating or hanging pictures here. What I have been doing is buying "bins" and putting everything from clothes to books in them. We don't have much closet space or storage so you do what you can.
(Boys watching our previous cities baseball team)
Something interesting has happened over the last couple of days.....I'm not feeling as homesick. I think the hectic month and being exhausted caused my body/mind to collapse. Seriously. My arms and hands still ache. But enough of that....I feel like I've been sort of in a fog...or down in the dumps....something? So, part of moving forward is walking out of the fog and climbing out of the dump.
I'm embracing apartment living....if you could have seen me today. I do believe that I'm the strangest tenant our maintenance guys have ever come across. They really don't know what to make of me. I'm somewhat of a squeeky wheel. Our unit was not in the best shape....so as I mentioned....I requested a new washer/dryer. Thankfully, today it arrived. The junk and muck underneath it was disgusting!! I got on my hands and knees and cleaned the junk up....layers of dust and who knows what (from 8 yrs of renters!). They said that I was the first resident to actually clean it myself. I'm pretty certain that they would have just put the new washer/dryer over the caked in muck???
I'm thrilled to have a new, clean washer/dryer. I'm missing our house less and less. I'm liking the small space. We are trying to make the best of it. Now I just need to work on getting the playground repaired!
That's where the lemonade comes in......trying to turn some negatives into positives.
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Would you look at those smiles on their faces...too cute!
I would have been another one on my hands and knees. Sometimes you got to do things yourself and not wait for them to do it for you.
Enjoy the new washer and dryer!
Oh yeah, I would have been cleaning it up too! And if the maintenance people were actually men...no doubt the new appliances would have gone right in on top of the yucky. I'm comforted in knowing you got something new to wash your clothes in. That should make you feel a million times better. Now get back to squeaking about the playground.
My knees ached for two months when we moved. All that carryiing things up and down and up and down and up and down...
Yay for a new w/d!
Mimi, it sounds like you are really and truly turning those lemons into delicious lemonade. I also just read your post below. We are still hear in NJ until Monday morning....I don't feel like driving in this wind and rain with the boys so we will wait it out. Anyway I'm betting you are the girl who is going to get that playground in tip top shape!! Go Mimi!!!
xoxo
Bunny
check out a little French pastry shop called Coco Luxe in Gladstone if you get a chance...or we can meet there, there is a great park nearby.( when it stops raining of course).
I would have been on my hands and knees cleaning the floor too. I even make Troy move ours periodically to clean under there...yuck!
Glad you are feeling better, keep thinking positively!
For some reason your posts have not been showing up. I just thought you hadn't been blogging anymore. I have a lot of catching up to do!
Miss talking to you!!!! Hope all is going well. I know that you are going to be so blessed!!!! Love you!!!
Keep us posted about everything that's going on....
Those smiles are priceless. Keep looking forward. What sound advice.
Your pictures are precious. How cool to find a forgotten treasure.
Thinking of you and sending warm thoughts.
Melissa
You have the BEST attitude!
Turning lemons to lemonade, that is the best way to look at it. I feel like I am doing that a lot lately, but we really have so much to be thankful for
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