totallyjeneric

I’m finally on summer vacation — yippeee! — which means, among other things, that a sense of order has been restored to our home.  The “magic dresser” is magically spitting out clean, folded, and ironed clothes again.  The fridge is (sort of) stocked, and its contents stacked in a neat, organized fashion (versus Eric’s haphazard manner ~ my pet peeve!).  A long list of home to-do’s are slowly getting done, one at a time, including things such as choosing/installing lighting, buying furniture, unpacking, cleaning, etc.  It seems to go on and on and on. Is this what they call nesting?  I kind of enjoy it — the variety, possibilities, envisioning and personalizing our home.  But at the same time, there’s a part of me that just wants to get it done with and move on!  Just pick one, Eric, I’m OK with any of them. Whereas I tend to rush into purchases, though, Eric’s strategy is to browse around and wait patiently for sales… which is wise, yet so aggravating.  Perhaps aggravating because he is so wise, hah!  In any case, we feel very blessed overall, in terms of settling into our new place.  We’ve lucked out finding a dining table in the clearance section, and survived running out of gas on an H1 on-ramp, on our way to pick up our dresser (thanks Kyle & Kris, lifesavers!).  Our desk, bookcase, and coffee table were all bought on sale… and now we’re just waiting for a TV stand to hit the Target ads, then we’re pretty much done with furniture!  The other big thing is getting curtains/blinds, which I’m hoping to do this weekend.  Right now we’re using brown paper to cover all the windows, which is kinda ghettttto, Eric….   Where you’ll find me during summer break — strolling the aisles of Home Depot