This was a post that I had started late last year... and obviously as I wrote I had no idea were were going to move.
But letting go of the old and embracing something different is always hard. We've let go of lots of stuff this past year. We have totally painted and updated our upstairs. Gone are old children's bedrooms to be replaced by a study and guest bedroom, The outside of the house has been repainted, the landscape updated. And yet memories from the past were discovered as we progressed through change. Side drawers in the bathroom had children's drawings from felt markers probably out of boredom from sitting on the potty too long. Weeble wobblers, old bibs and miscellaneous toys were found in the front landscape as we dug out 25 year old bushes. But I have discovered while changes have continually been made to 3605 Monarch Circle memories just kept getting made. That study was a son 's room that was once a tribute to his love for K-State. Before that it housed a bunk bed and a train set and before that was his nursery with a rocking horse and before that it was a nursery for our second daughter and before that a nursery to our first. So change is inevitable and it is good!!
On June 27 this happened:
That is right, 8 weeks...8 weeks and were were in another house, just like that! I could add all sorts of comments, but I do not know where to start. It was 30 years of memories that needed to be boxed and packed. There were times my heart hurt so much I just didn't think I could do it. Many tears were shed as I cried over old pictures, vacation journals and children's preschool drawings. We had a yard that we poured our heart and soul into... roses bushes, peonies, hydrangeas that were Mother's Day presents. Four children, 30 years... how do I say good-bye to all of that?
But here we are, our house sold (actually it sold twice..but that is for another day) to a nice couple with 2 young girls. Hopefully those girls are making new memories on Monarch Circle as they go off to school at Amanda Arnold.
We are making new memories in the new house and meeting new neighbors. Dan has the yard he has wanted for so long and a riding lawn mower. Me... well I have this to look forward to every day:
And now that I have given it my own touch of home and I surround it with my family's memories...I can finally say "I think it's going to be alright".
But letting go of the old and embracing something different is always hard. We've let go of lots of stuff this past year. We have totally painted and updated our upstairs. Gone are old children's bedrooms to be replaced by a study and guest bedroom, The outside of the house has been repainted, the landscape updated. And yet memories from the past were discovered as we progressed through change. Side drawers in the bathroom had children's drawings from felt markers probably out of boredom from sitting on the potty too long. Weeble wobblers, old bibs and miscellaneous toys were found in the front landscape as we dug out 25 year old bushes. But I have discovered while changes have continually been made to 3605 Monarch Circle memories just kept getting made. That study was a son 's room that was once a tribute to his love for K-State. Before that it housed a bunk bed and a train set and before that was his nursery with a rocking horse and before that it was a nursery for our second daughter and before that a nursery to our first. So change is inevitable and it is good!!
Fast forward to May 1, 2016 and this happened:
On June 27 this happened:
That is right, 8 weeks...8 weeks and were were in another house, just like that! I could add all sorts of comments, but I do not know where to start. It was 30 years of memories that needed to be boxed and packed. There were times my heart hurt so much I just didn't think I could do it. Many tears were shed as I cried over old pictures, vacation journals and children's preschool drawings. We had a yard that we poured our heart and soul into... roses bushes, peonies, hydrangeas that were Mother's Day presents. Four children, 30 years... how do I say good-bye to all of that?
But here we are, our house sold (actually it sold twice..but that is for another day) to a nice couple with 2 young girls. Hopefully those girls are making new memories on Monarch Circle as they go off to school at Amanda Arnold.
We are making new memories in the new house and meeting new neighbors. Dan has the yard he has wanted for so long and a riding lawn mower. Me... well I have this to look forward to every day:
This sewing space is wonderful. It's hard to believe that all of this furniture (execpt for the couch and stand up table) all fit into my previous work space.
And then there is the "fireplace room"...
And the "formal living/dining room", but hopefully very "informally welcoming"...
And now that I have given it my own touch of home and I surround it with my family's memories...I can finally say "I think it's going to be alright".
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