Welcome to the last leg of our journey...a journey that ultimately brought us right back to where we started!
Home.
Ahhh....it feels good to be home!
And I am, again, back on-line. We completed the bulk of the move last weekend, but were told that it would take close to a full week before our local phone company could flip the switch to re-activate our internet. And what a long week it has been! One thing I have learned during this topsy-turvy couple of months is that there are many things I can do without. The internet is not one of them.
As we've unpacked, rearranged, and settled back in, we have been intentional about coming up with new uses for the various spaces in our home. The rooms have been put back together slightly differently than they were before...more practical for the stages we are at right now. One of our favorite makeovers is the master bedroom. In the past, it has never been a place where we have spent a lot of time. In fact, I must admit that it was often a place where baskets of laundry and an occasional un-made bed would disappear by the magical act of closing the door.
When staging our house to sell, we knew that the master bedroom needed a transformation. We did not go to any extravagant expense to make this happen, but simply cleared out furniture and items that were no longer practical, rearranged the hodge-podge collection of furniture that was left, added a few vintage linens from my collection along with the gorgeous pair of antique lamps that my grandmother gave me, replaced our ten-year-old bedding, and changed some of the artwork on the walls.
And the best part is that now we get to enjoy it!
Part of our goal upon returning home was to make our bedroom feel like more of a place of retreat. It is the one place in our home that is, well, ours. While the kiddos are always welcome and love a good morning snuggle as much as ever, they also know that the special things that we have in here are mostly off-limits to them. (Or, at the very least, the girls have learned that asking permission before going through my jewelry box and nail polish is a wise thing to do.)
The biggest addition to this room is our computer and work station. In attempt to minimize the amount of furniture downstairs along with the distraction that the computer brings, we felt that our new "retreat" would be the perfect place to tuck it away.
Now, when we're homeschooling or cleaning or cooking or crafting, I am no longer tempted to swing by the computer to 'check' something. And walking up a whole flight of stairs for those quick 'checks' of the e-mail or a favorite blog just won't do!
So tonight I write my "first" post from home, and also from our cozy little space that feels practically brand new on one hand and yet so completely familiar on the other.
There is truly no place like home!