The New Normal

The New Normal...

That's what I've been calling it in my head anyways. Life is honestly SO much better in the house. This is the first time in my adult life that I have actually felt stable. When John and I first got married, I went to grad school and lived on campus. We knew that wouldnt be permanent. After grad school, we moved to Miami. We knew that wouldnt be permanent either. After we moved back we knew we wanted to buy a house eventually, so we knew the apartment wouldnt be permanent either. But now, NOW I feel secure. I know that sounds crazy. BUT unless the Lord has different plans for us, we will not be moving for a long time. lol. The sense of stability that provides is simply amazing. I love it. 

I love our house. I love everything about it. I love turning off on the exit to go to our house. I love how remote it feels, but yet not too far away. I love pulling up in my garage and shutting the door behind me. I love walking into MY home, with Carter at the door wagging his tail at me. I even love cleaning it. Mopping gets exhausting since there is so much hardwood to mop, but I still dont even mind! I feel just so lucky, so incredibly blessed :D

Before we moved- I never commuted. In my adult life, I have always lived where I worked! When we moved I was going from no commute to a very long commute in terrible traffic. haha. Luckily, I knew this way in advance and I got it in my head that it was just going to be the way things were from now on. Now, honestly, the commute doesnt bother me. Now, the terrible drivers that almost kill me sometimes- they drive me insane. BUT I do my best to try to remember that it's all worth it for the house. So far in 2 months (AH! IT's BEEN 2 WHOLE MONTHS!) I've only let it get to me two or three times. I think I'm doing pretty good :D 

I've also had to adjust how do I most home related things. Since I spend A LOT more time in the car now and am just exhausted by the time I get home, I need to have dinner prepared ahead of time. I've been doing my best to cook everything on Sundays for the entire week! Some weeks have been better than others, but it's really quite simple. I just throw on a show I like to watch and spend about 2-3 hours in the kitchen getting meals ready. Some I freeze and some I just stick in the fridge. During the week I'll either pull them out to thaw or tell John where they are and he will cook them. Voila! Dinner is ready quick that way! AND it's cut down on how much we eat out- which is just fantastic!

Clothes are another thing that has changed. I HATE trying to figure out what I am going to wear each morning. So, I have tried getting all my clothes ready for the week. Then I can just pick out of those which outfit I want to wear. I need to get better about ironing Johns shirts. I've been leaving him hanging. Yikes! haha.

I still need to get in a better cleaning habit. I have been putting together a daily cleaning schedule that I would like to try to stick to. That way cleaning isnt so overwhelming during the week. I'm still working on it,but when it's finished I plan on hanging it in the house so John and I can make sure we tackle what we need to for the day.

Anyways, enough rambling for the day. I love my new normal and am VERY happy it is just that- my normal :D