Goals – July 2014

 

The month is already underway! It started off with me having no energy for goals but! I think I’ve left the exhaustion of early pregnancy behind and I’m starting to feel like my energetic self again; so good to see her, we have things to do.

Despite the heat my spirits are surprisingly high. Much credit goes to the glorious clouds, evening lightening viewing and fabulous storm we had just yesterday afternoon. I know it must sound strange but just to see clouds in the sky is a treat and even a bit of cloud cover makes being outside so much more enjoyable. 

I have two big reports due at work at the end of the month and I’m eager to put them behind me. So far so good but I’ll be breathing a big sigh of relief on August 1. With a nod to that and the fact that the month is already half way over, keeping my goals few and simple this month: 

+ Start moving our office to the guest bedroom. We’ve decided to turn our current office into Dashiell’s new bedroom and our guest bedroom into our office. We’re selling our guest bed and plan to purchase an inflatable bed for guests. I’m excited to get these rooms set up!

+ Sell Chris’s car! We’ve decided to try being a one-car family; we’re really excited. Details on Wednesday!

+ Keep my newly potted plants alive. I love tending to plants; I find it so relaxing and satisfying. So much so that I’m making a mental note that whenever I feel blah I just need to buy a new plant to pot and I will feel so much better. I recently re-potted my Christmas cactus and a few other things I already had and potted a new fire sticks plant, which I’ve been wanting for awhile. I’m checking on them daily and hope the ones living outside make it through the brutal heat.

Happy July!

P.S. The first episode of The Girl Next Door Podcast Book Club is live! We hope you’ll join us for a lively discussion of Delancey by Molly Wizenburg and Wild by Cheryl Strayed.

8 responses to “Goals – July 2014”

  1. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    I have been handling the heat here surprisingly well this summer. To be fair, it’s been so mild compared to years past, and it doesn’t get close to as hot as Phoenix, but I’ll take it!

    Can’t wait to hear about your decision to go to one-car.

    P.S. Just started listening to your podcast this weekend, and love it. I’ve been catching up on old episodes while I organize the house.

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    1. Kelsey Avatar
      Kelsey

      The humidity in Austin can be so brutal though, I actually think I prefer the more intense Phoenix heat to the humid Austin heat but neither are pleasant. Thanks for listening! I love listening to podcasts while I’m cleaning and organizing, so nice to have company!

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  2. Natanya Avatar
    Natanya

    Like Sarah, I’m also interested to hear more about the decision to go one-car. My husband and I would like to do the same thing one day (soon hopefully!). Hearing about your transition process will be illuminating for sure.

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    1. Kelsey Avatar
      Kelsey

      Great, I have a post ready for Wednesday about how we arrived at the decision and how we plan to make it work. And then I’ll definitely share how it’s going. I’m excited and a tiny bit nervous!

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  3. Nora Avatar
    Nora

    I’m excited to hear about your one-car life. Sounds great. We don’t have a car (also don’t have a kid), and I actually love bicycling to the grocery store with a bike trailer… Also, you will likely save a lot of money!

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    1. Kelsey Avatar
      Kelsey

      We’re excited about it! What bike trailer do you have and would you recommend it? We have been thinking we might want to get one that is specifically for carting stuff around (as opposed to babies 🙂 ).

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  4. Kristy Avatar
    Kristy

    So excited to hear about how you decided to become a one car family and how you’re going to make that work. We kept our nursery as a nursery too both times and liked moving ours to their “big boy rooms”. Have you thought about using your guest bed for Dash’s new room? Even just the mattress on the floor? Since we no longer have a dedicated guest room, I’ve been really interested in creative and functional sleeping solutions for guests like a futon in an office, pull out sofa, trundle bed, or our current system of having guests stay in B’s room which has a double bed and letting the boys have a sleep over in the room with bunk beds.

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    1. Kelsey Avatar
      Kelsey

      We did think about keeping our full size guest bed for Dash but our bedrooms are pretty small and a full bed takes up quite a bit of room so we decided to part with it. It was a great mattress so it was a little tough, just hate getting rid of something that is in great condition. But we sold it to a super nice guy so it will have a happy home 🙂 We are thinking of getting an air mattress for guests and as the kids get older maybe get them bigger beds or even have them share a bedroom so that we could have a guest room/play room – ?

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