This week marks one month - ONE MONTH! - since we've been homeowners. It honestly feels like our settlement was just yesterday! The overwhelming shock of being first time homeowners and fear of the unknown has slightly diminished over the last month - just slightly. We're now in a new phase of shock called wowzers, this house and all its projects are expensive with no end in sight! But we're having fun and we have our very own space to put our stamp on, and that is priceless.
Some things I'm still adjusting to:
- Long-term renting has conditioned me to think all walls are shared and to be considerate of noise, volume, etc at all times. I was playing music in the house and for a brief second forgot that our walls are no longer shared. Not waking up to screaming kids and/or people talking loudly is both amazingly peaceful and strange... like there's an empty space that desperately wants to be filled with noise.
- Lots and lots of doors. Little space, fewer doors. Bigger space, more doors. In and out, out and in. Dr. Seuss would have a field day with all these doors! ;)
- Having a garage door. It's an on-going relationship full of misfits and tweaking, but I'm determined to make it work.
- The kitchen. It's definitely spacious but not very functional. I'm still figuring it out.
- Random noises. Some of them aren't so mysterious anymore but with every one I can label, a new one appears. It's like a game.
...documenting our journey as new homeowners, and all things homey...
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