three months

Today marks 3 months since we closed on Carver. We've officially lived there for 2 months. Wow, time flies when you're having fun! Right after graduating college my dear friend Nicole received a readable graduation gift "The Go-Girl Guide: Surviving Your 20s with Savvy, Soul, and Style." During our celebration cruise to Mexico we both read it and one thing that stuck through our 20s and will probably stick even when we are well out of our 20s, is to measure important life choices/events/careers, etc. in three's. So let's say you aren't so sure about that new job right off the bat, you need to give it three months to really sink in and settle. It has actually been a super helpful tool in life. Anyway, enough about that. I want to dedicate this post to measuring all that we've accomplished in the past 3 months. Sometimes it doesn't feel like enough, but really it's a lot.

1. We closed on our first house that we are making a home. In a neighborhood we fall in love with more and more everyday. Where my runs consist of incredible ocean views. 'Nuff said.

2. DEMO. Wow, what an accomplishment. The body aches. Waking up with your hand clenched like it's a hammer. The nifty goggles and face masks.

3. Changed out most of the windows.

4. Designed our kitchen and got to work researching and buying all new appliances.

5. New plumbing in the entire house.

6. An updated electric system complete with redoing the entire downstairs and installing lighting.

7. An unexpected shower remodel.

8. An unexpected new toilet remodel, too.

9. Turning a regular old closet into a laundry room.

10. Knocking down some minor walls and changing the position of the closet door under the stairs.

11. We packed up our apartment and moved. Ouch again.

12. Setting up Carver to make the upstairs feel as organized and as much of a home as possible.

Bedroom 1 = bedroom, living room, dining room

Bedroom 2 = makeshift "kitchen" and lola's sunroom

Bedroom 3 = storage

Garage = more storage

13. Gutting most of the plants and trees from the backyard and planting grass for the bean.

14. The many hours spent researching by watching HGTV and web surfing.