What I Learned this Week
- My family could survive in a two-room apartment, if absolutely necessary. It would take some adjustment for us to do it happily, but we could do it.
- People can survive just about anything when they know it’s temporary. Think about labor. It’s deathly frightening until you remember that the kid will eventually come out and all the pain will come to an end.
- When two dressers, an armoire and a secretary desk reside in my kitchen, my family eats a lot of take-out.
- Empty rooms make great singing spots.
- Kids love to cuddle when their mamas sing in great singing spots.
- When a floor refinishing company advertises “virtually dust-free,” it means there will still be plenty of dust, but probably less than usually accumulates in my house between dustings. (That may say more about how often I dust than anything else.)
- Nothing is ever “odor-free” if it requires four hours of drying time.
- Considering #6, pay close attention to the weather when scheduling these things. It’s not easy to air out a house when it’s 40 degrees.
- If you must stay out of your house for hours at a time, it is almost guaranteed that THAT will be the day your kids want only to be at home.
- Don’t wait too long to do home improvements. I wish we had re-done these floors years ago. They look SO MUCH BETTER!!! It is definitely worth the price.
Posted on March 30, 2010, in home. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Our happiest days were when we lived in a two room apartment for three months in between house closings. I was happy to not have so much to clean, and the kids were happy for their near constant meals in a bag.
Oh girl! This makes me tired just reading! I hope your weekend was more restful!
We are a family of four living in a one bed apartment! We have the kids in a bunk bed and our sofa bed hides behind the sofa downstairs. It’s just such a lovely place that we had to try it out. I won’t lie, there are issues, especially when my mother in law comes to stay, but I wouldn’t swap it for the farmhouse we moved out of! It’s lovely to always be near everyone and the cleaning is so easy!