Suddenly *Not So* Single Journey

Sunday door day?

Author: thenicknick

Our house is a work in progress, just like us.  And I like that.  I’m a project person, with a focus on results.  So for us to spend the day remodeling…well, it was relaxing for us.

The day started late…mostly because Saturday night ended late.  I wouldn’t have changed that for anything.  We spent the evening with some friends.  They recently purchased a fixer-upper and HE was helping out and offering advice from time to time.  It’s an occupational hazard.  Lawyers get asked for legal advice constantly.  Doctors are expected to offer up free consults to friends.  And contractors get asked to go over to friends’ houses under the guise of hanging out with a little remodeling thrown in.

We knew we were going to be working on the ceiling.  It was the main part of the plan.  And I was dying to see the new house, see what they had already done, and hear about their plans for the place.  I really love the slate tile that was laid in the entryway and that is going to be continued in the bathrooms and kitchen of the house.  I’ve always loved slate and it gave me the opportunity to ask HIM about using it in our house.  After a brief discussion, I’m cautiously optimistic that we’re on the same page with that.  (Most of the time…we are.)

Maybe that’s what prompted us to work on our own place.  Three more doors were installed.  And I love love love these doors.  They make such a dramatic improvement to the home.  We’re finally bringing it into the 21st century.  The home is a 1980s contemporary ranch.  It’s the same floor plan as my home, so it was a win win.  I get my dream home and my dream man.  How many people can say that?

And I so enjoy working on projects with him.  I love seeing our visions for the home coming to fruition.  We’ve done so many projects around here already.  I remember asking him when we broke up and I looked around at what I was leaving behind, at all we had accomplished together, how he could live here without me.

me: How will you be able to look around and see all of our memories?  How will you stand it?

HIM: I have to.  This is where I live.

Together we had touched every room in the place, but there was still so much more that we had planned to do.  And I really hated not getting to see it through.  His place had always felt like home to me, he had always felt like home to me.  So, moving back in felt right.  And being with him has always felt right.  And working together to make this place our dream…was simply right.

We stood back and looked around after we finished.  And I was smiling.  We had teased each other during the projects.  And we had joked.  There were no tantrums from my fiery red head when things didn’t go perfectly…which they never do in an older home.  It was downright boring.  It was so relaxing and peaceful.

The best part?  I think we finally have come to an agreement on the paint treatment for the great room.  It looks like there will be a nice Tuscan accents finish in a gold for the top portion of the wall.  Under the chair rail we’ll be using a taupe.  I can’t wait.  It’ll be so amazing once it’s finished.  And I know he plans on doing a three piece crown around the entire place.  I can’t wait to get started.  And it looks like I might not have to wait too long.  We’re working on a remodeling plan.

So, while we’re having more difficulty in coming up with a wedding plan, we’re making progress on our home.  And I can live with that.  Either way, we’re building a future.

Quick Karma:

• life is short; there is no time to waste

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