Baby’s bed is in there somewhere:<\/p>\n
My house is a disaster.\u00a0 It might look good when you walk in the front door, but peek in the closed bedroom doors and it\u2019s a whole other story!\u00a0 \u201cDecorating\u201d is not my strong point. \u00a0The furniture is placed and trinkets put away. \u00a0What is missing is curtains, paintings (which we have but are currently awkwardly hung on preexisting screws) and all the other things that make a home look put together. \u00a0I have good intentions of getting things \u201cdecorated\u201d and have lots of projects started (which in my world means lots of raw supplies sitting in bags that I dream about actually putting together one day) but finding the time, energy and patience has been nearly impossible.<\/p>\n
I keep blaming it in on the fact that we\u2019re still \u201cjust settling in\u201d.\u00a0 Trying to make it seem like we haven\u2019t been in our new home very long, but realistically we\u2019ve been here over 6 months and have had plenty of time to get things done.\u00a0 We\u2019ve still got boxes of stuff that needs to find a home and while I have tons of stuff to hang on the walls in my girls\u2019 room, for some reason I\u2019m terrified of actually putting it up.\u00a0 I guess I\u2019m afraid I won\u2019t like what I do or I\u2019ll get something to add and will have to move everything leaving holes in the walls and no matching paint to touch it up with (and I have no plans to repaint myself and can\u2019t justify the cost of hiring someone!)<\/p>\n
I guess I need to come up with a new excuse for my piles of unfinished projects.\u00a0 The real problem I have when I\u2019m home alone is as soon as I sit down to do something my children lose their minds and I have to stop in the middle or what I\u2019m doing and go intervene.\u00a0 This makes even starting a project overwhelming.<\/p>\n
When we were in Dublin we had 5 floors of house (yep, something like 42 stairs from the kitchen to the top bedroom) and I kept my sewing machine in the very top bedroom so I could easily sneak off for an hour or two when hubby was home and get things done.\u00a0 When we first moved into our current house (all on one floor) I was sewing on the dining room table which invited little fingers to explore my pins, scissors, thread and other miscellaneous mess making and dangerous items.\u00a0 I now have my sewing machine in what will be the baby nursery with the hope that I might be able to get some quiet alone time to do some of my projects for the house.<\/p>\n
Two problems with my current set up: 1) I can\u2019t see the floor of the nursery so laying out fabric is impossible.\u00a0 2) I have some kind of mommy magnet or homing device where no matter where I go in the house, my children find me!\u00a0 Even if hubby is home and doing his best to entertain them they can\u2019t seem to manage to be away from me (even though they spend all day when he\u2019s at work screaming \u201cI want my Daddy!\u201d).\u00a0 I\u2019m also on a deadline as I know having three kids will change the game and unfortunately Honeybun’s\u00a0Pre-K program will end shortly after the arrival of the baby,\u00a0 just as all the new baby help heads home, and I will be strapped all day, every day with three children.<\/p>\n
Guess I better put up the writing for now and get started on a project. \u00a0Kitchen curtains maybe?\u00a0 Sugarplum keeps pulling down the makeshift ones I put up to hide her potty training<\/a> nakedness. \u00a0I just hope I’m able to at least dig out the needed baby gear from underneath the chaos before little one arrives!<\/p>\n Baby’s bed is in there somewhere:<\/p>\n
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