Wow. No wonder I'm so friggin' happy. So far, I've nailed almost all those little goals in that last post.
1. Curtains: 3 out of 4 windows, thanks to Hubs, and 4th will go up later today, because Mom and Meara are visiting from Charlotte.
2. Plants: falls under the "it's a start" category. We trucked the big aloe up here, and I began methodically trying to kill it the second we moved in. Left it outside, and we got snow the very first night. We kept it covered for like, 2 weeks while the temps fluctuated between 40s and 20s, and with a stretch of mild days coming up, I uncovered it yesterday. It doesn't look great, but I'm willing to bet it'll come around. If not, I'll remove the areas that have had it, and try to salvage what's there. It's a royal PITA plant, but it also has great medicinal qualities that I'll be studying now.
Mom J. got us a philodendron that's parked on our kitchen table for now. Once spring hits, I'll probably put it outside.
There's not enough room to start seeds yet, which is fine, given we're having sort-of winter here. I'm itching to buy a rake and hit that mulched area in front of our place, but remind myself that the ground might be half frozen, and it's OK to wait. I put the extra plastic shelves out in that area, and when it's time to start seeds, I'll begin them in the 2nd bedroom before hardening them off out there.
3. Cleaning once a week...so far, so good. This place is old, but everything inside is remodeled (reasonably new cabinet faces, new appliances, more room to move around in), so the urge to keep it clean is very much there. Today with family coming, we're hitting the floors and doing a quick dust...the test will come when we don't have family on the way.
4. Bookshelves, glorious bookshelves! We caved and purchased a couple of cases at Target. Filled them up in the living room last night, and effectively killed almost all the excess in the 2nd bedroom. In the throes of unpacking, I had set up a very utilitarian, but seriously tacky-looking area of books inside sideways-facing boxes in the 2nd bedroom. Got the job done, but looked heinous. We could easily use 2 more bookcases, probably...that will come in time.
Also on the furniture end was a bit of a gem...we were hemming and hawing over the concept of an entertainment center or TV stand. We had purchased some of those little media shelves, but wanted something more. Hit a local furniture place that's purging old inventory to revamp their business, and found a rather ancient entertainment center (the thing had metal rings on the bottom shelf suitable for storing vinyl records!) for $59!!!
There's not enough work, so I'll hit the job hunt seriously next week. Can tell Hubs is worried about that, us blinking and it's March and we're outta money and meds. No way I'm letting that happen. Love it here, so much!
Image from here.
