Slowly, but surely

Today (or this weekend) should be the last day of actual UNPACKING.  Only my books are in boxes and I figured out the BEST plan for them.

I gave away bookshelves from my old office because they always drove me nuts.  They are very narrow, top heavy and on pitched slightly forward on carpet (even with a tie to the wall and something under the front foot).  Great for smaller spaces though (my son took one and another young man took the other).

We have a set of 3 bookshelves that I like a lot.  I thought we'd keep them together in this house (they push together nicely or can be used individually), but turns out the two smaller ones go perfectly in the office.

I have shelves for my books (it makes me HAPPY to look at a bookcase full of books).  I thought I'd be without a place for the books.  AWESOME!

Interesting note -- we've had these shelves for years and years.  It's the only furniture I can't remember buying.  I got nothing in the old brain.  They are nice quality and it must have been a big purchase at the time -- still, nothing.

I'm excited to arrange them.  And, NO, I'm not doing that trendy thing about color matching books on a shelf.  The first time I saw it, I liked it -- now EVERYONE does it.  Overdone.  Not for me.

I messed up boxing class today.  I forgot hubby was playing tennis and I set up for someone to pick up boxes this morning.  She has an appointment out this way and is coordinating with that time or I'd ask her to change it.  Oh well.  It's hard to REMEMBER my old routine!

Internet install scheduled for Tuesday.  (Then I'll post some pictures.)  Fingers crossed.  I don't have a confident feeling about it.

I'm settling into CHANGE.  Things are feeling more "regular" now.  I can find the spoons on the first try now - hah.  I have a better sense of direction from this house too -- so many backroads.  That's helping.  I need a few more things to come together this weekend.  Organizing books and organizing cleaning products (they are in plastic bins in the garage since we moved them ourselves).  After that, it's all little things that will take under an hour to do.  Drawers in bathroom need to be tweaked, pantry could use a bit more help ... things like that -- easy, quick and not urgent.

We're waiting on a few things to be delivered which will help too (aside from the furniture and rugs). I ordered towel racks for the master bath and front door wreaths.  The wreaths are important because the way people hang them with our style of door, it blocks a direct sightline into the family room.  I'll post a picture to explain better.  It's pretty -- hung midway on the door because the top is decorative.

We started hanging a few pictures that are FOR SURE going on a particular wall.  Everything else has to wait until the furniture comes.  That suits me just fine.  Hubby hung some blinds on a few windows (bathroom, closet).  We're pricing out plantation shutters for the front windows and something else for the main floor back windows (have to see options).  I'll contact the blind company next week.  This is the last BIG expense coming.  We still need some runner rugs, towel racks for other bathrooms and a few miscellaneous things.  It's been more enjoyable than I expected.  I usually get overwhelmed and impatient pulling a house together.  Progress for me, I guess.

Later gators.