Reclaiming Our Home

Now that Mother has moved out, Bryan and I have started to rearrange thigs a bit to make this house our home. 

Just to be clear, we are NOT throwing anything of Mother’s away – we are simply moving it all into her rooms, to be delt with at a later date when she is in her permanent place at the Home. We’ll either move her stuff over to her or sell it at a Garage Sale (the proceeds of which will go into her bank account).

The very first thing we did was to take down the curtain. Mother had placed a curtain across the opening to our “suite” in order to block the “cold breeze” from chilling her as she sat at the dining room table. What this actually did was block all the heat from getting to our side of the house. Not a horrible thing exactly, but I hated that curtain as it was constantly getting me tangled up as I tried to carry things back and forth.

The second thing we did was to turn down the thermostats and let the fire in the wood stove die. She had the house hovering around 80 degrees most of the time, and Bryan & I just died on a daily basis. I have more shorts & tank tops than sweaters now! Since we no longer need to worry about keeping her warm, the house is at a much more comfortable 67 degrees. The cats are not impressed, by the way. They spend their days hugging their heating pad in the bedroom.

This weekend we have begun the process of rearranging the kitchen, making it easier to work in. The pantry still needs attention, but the kitchen is looking good! I had to apply a generous amount of elbow grease to the windowsill: it was in desperate need of the Murphey’s Oil soap. But I think it cleaned up nicely!

We also hung a few pictures up to fill the holes where Mother’s pictures used to be. I finally got my polar bears out, as well as a few other odds & ends.

Next on our list is the bunk room. Bryan is going to turn that room into his office, giving me the space he’s currently occupying to use as a quiet sitting area. I imagine the whole switcharoo will take us a couple months before we can say it’s officially done.