I wrote earlier about the big transitions going on at the Iliff house. Two of our children moved to their own apartment. For the first time in nearly 30 years none of our children are living at home.
We made the decision to turn one of the bedrooms to Stephanie's activity room. So, a week ago, she spent much of the day painting. One of the bedrooms had a color scheme heavy on orange and blue—our younger daughter’s choices. We opted for a more conservative look—cocoa brown. That was completed and several furniture items were moved in. It looks nice, even if the walls are a little bare at present.
While she was concentrating on the paint job, I had four jobs:
- Cleaning the garage. I made a good start on this, but there’s still a lot more to do. The first task is getting the workbench into shape before attacking the various piles. I'd hoped to get a car in the garage before the first big snowfall, but that was too optimistic. But I’ve got all day Thursday and part of Saturday to attack it--maybe I can still make it happen.
- Buying desks for each of us. That’s one project I’ve completed to everyone’s satisfaction. I found desks, both on sale, that should serve our purposes very well. Of course, they needed assembling, my project last Thursday evening.
- Fix the light. There is a very nice ceiling fan with a light in that room, but the pull-string switch no longer worked. I took it apart with no difficulty and found the broken part. The real trick was getting it back together with a new switch installed. I had to undo quite a bit of my work when I’d discover I left out some part or did the steps in the wrong order. I eventually got it all together again—and the light even works!
- Find window coverings. We found new blinds at Menard’s, but we’ve had a hard time finding a valance. I guess Steph is taking this job away from me. She said she was going to start looking online.
So on Thursday, it’s back to the garage (unless Christmas decorating, office cleaning, laundry, yard work, etc.) gets in the way. I do have a knack for starting a job and not finishing it. But at least we’ve made progress!
The physical rearrangement of our house has been fun, but it’s the emotional and relational rearrangement that’s actually been more interesting. I’ll delve into that in my next post.
