Los Porchs

Progress can look different depending on what one is pursuing... right?  For example, progress downstairs right now means that I tore all of the wallpaper off in a fit of joy and am now in the slow (s l o w) process of going back and removing all of the glue from the walls.  Upstairs, progress means getting all of the boxes out of the rooms and spaces set up with intended purposes... we currently have 3 bedrooms with beds in them and 1 set up as a semi-official office.  In fact, tonight's progress looks like me carrying a dining room chair upstairs to the desk so that I can sit here at type a quick update while Charlie takes her bath (Daddy is the King of the Baths). It's really hard to remember to be patient, that this is a forever home and there will be growing pains and changes and that this house will ultimately grow and change with us.  We are using the 4th bedroom as an office because I need my sanity and somewhere to doodle and read and blog and feel like a human, but

There is so much going on in my life right now that I feel like I'm holding onto things... afraid to let go.  Prime example, there's an empty bedroom upstairs that would/could become the nursery if/when we have another baby.  It pains me to move office furniture in there to make an office that I am super excited to have because it means there's no baby in our immediate plans.  We have so much space in this house that it feels like a constant reminder that someone is missing.  Our family is not complete but I have no idea how much struggle it will take to rectify that feeling. On the same note, I used to run.  I know.  Let that wash over you.  Long, long ago (2013) in a far away place called Chicago, Porch and I started running at Chase Park after work.  I was using a Couch to 5K program and just kind of chugged along while he did his workout.  I loved it.  I craved it.  And then, just as I was thisclose to finishing the last week, I had to stop running to do IVF.  Let me

We survived and are currently up to our eyeballs in boxes while looking at each other and debating what we need and what we can get rid of -- again.  We purged before the move but I think we're headed for another round.  Overall, we have way more space than we know what to do with -- we have several empty rooms including 1 bedroom, 1 living room, the dining room, and the entire basement. We did a walk through this afternoon and are headed to Home Depot to pick up some items to make immediate changes while we marinate on some of our bigger ideas. Charlie is doing awesome & seems to love her big bedroom with her favorite toys easily accessed! Pictures are coming soon, I promise.  I just have to find my camera ;) Mama Porch