Feverishly........

I have completed painting my dining room and putting it somewhat back together. Moving furniture and reorganizing as this renovation hits its final stretch......I put Christmas away and regained my living room too......I found the perfect pillows yesterday to tie the two spaces together nicely.....and I just worked and worked since Christmas to do what needed to be done.....cleaning out clothes, and closets, and just making our home ready for the new year too....and got to spend some amazing quality time with my kiddos, as we cozied in too.....they love adventuring, but also love relaxing in our space too, and I love that we all love that:) It was a quiet week, not like I had thought maybe.....but what was needed for sure....and having the time off of work to do what I needed to was a blessing.......this renovation has taken longer than I anticipated, no question.....and the delay was for lots of reasons....and getting caught up in it is not really the way.......I am reaching the end of my ability to deal with the disarray some, so that was what the last few days were about.....making some semblance of order around the inevitable disorder that will remain until it is fully finished, if that makes sense:)......and my contractor has been great to work with, and it has been a lovely experience.....in so many ways.....watching this kitchen come to life.....quite literally......like a beautiful birth..........and the pieces are falling together. I found bar stools the other day that I think will look great....that has been more daunting than I thought too lol:) Who knew......and the painting of the dining room took lots of time.....lots of cutting in, and going from a burnt orange color to a white.....took lots of coverage to make that happen.....so again I say I am grateful to have had the time and energy to make it happen......I had hoped we would hike yesterday, but Gabe started feeling sick on Sunday.....so I am not sure how that will unfold...... he wasn't up for it.....so I ran a few errands, and then we finally just relaxed some more yesterday.....I got to workout in my workout room yesterday after moving stuff out, and making room again, which felt great......so I guess I write all this to not only express it all....but as another reminder in patience and acceptance of things not being as we would like, and accepting them for what they are.....I desperately want to be cooking in my kitchen, and entertaining and being done, and have the rest put away.....and instead of attaching to the desperation I am attaching to the anticipation and the excitement of the journey to this finale......the moment when I stand in it will be truly something......another looking out point that I write about......climbing the mountain and taking a moment to check out the view.....and what a view it will be:) EEK!!! Attaching to the gratitude and blessing that IS MY NEW KITCHEN!! I am a blessed woman indeed and just wildly grateful for all the provisions that have found my life:)AMEN:)