limbo-land

Yes.  We are technically unpacked.  But we have stuff hanging around where it doesn't belong, and pictures and mirrors leaning against walls, and half-day searches for that one little thing that doesn't have a place yet.  So we're in limbo-land.  What does not help the situation is that the littles and I are currently stranded without a vehicle.  ("We" forgot to renew the plate before it expired on Brian's car.  So Brian is driving my car.  And I am driving NOTHING.  But the littles are driving me CRAZY.) We have cabin fever.  Much, much cabin fever. 

We took a long walk around the neighborhood this morning, and that alleviated the problem for about a half an hour.  Rowan doesn't want nap, and has started having 3 hour conversations with God-knows-who in the middle of the night.  Since she's supposed to be alone in her room, I'm trying hard not to think too much about this.  She took an hour long nap today.  Not great.  It makes it hard to get any unpacking/organizing in. 

This is our dining room table.

Thank goodness we have a kitchen table, or we'd be having picnics in the living room.  I don't even know why half of this stuff is sitting here.  I didn't even know that a pro-doweling kit existed until I took this picture, let alone that we owned one.

We have only the very most important things organized in the house, but everything else feels like chaos.

YES.  Wineglasses qualify as the very most important things. 

And then there are the everyday things that are falling by the wayside.

Stainless steel appliances look beautiful.  Until a toddler finger stampede goes through the kitchen.  Every five minutes.

And now?  I'm trying to just enjoy what's going well.  Like the bulb garden my parents sent as a housewarming gift.  Growing fast!

Only a 2 day difference!  I can't wait to see the tulips, daffodils and hyacinth blooming.

And I'm trying to keep this at a minimum.

Not easy, my friends.  Not easy.