Midafternoon M and I talked about printing out the drawings and looking at them together. There were a few more things we wanted to think through – about how everything goes together around the fireplace, the materials we were using for that, etc. And as Sundays often do – they fill up with the frenzy of things that didn’t get done over the weekend but that need to get done before the work week starts. That’s the part of the weekend that I try not to let happen. I don’t like to feel like I didn’t get enough “done”. Didn’t I just live it – didn’t we have a few days to set our own schedule? To sleep in (as late as a two-year-old will let you)? To shower or not shower, get dressed or not get dressed? Eat pizza and cupcakes and watch movies and walk in the park? I looked back at the list I have sitting on my desk – the one that I made at the beginning of the year. The one that I was determined to tackle (at least a bit of) this year. The one that hangs over my head and represents the things that I’d like to do or want to do or that make life easier or more fun – and that all too often get pushed to the back burner, falling victim to laundry and vacuuming and bills. What was on that list? Find chairs for the living room. Order rug samples. Work on F’s party. Get photos out of the computer and up on the walls. Spend more time with just E while the little one naps. Find some entry way solutions. Go through the girls’ closets and pass down the clothes they’ve outgrown. Make good food. Eat good food…
I did those things. I did all of those things. In bits and pieces, but with a lot of joy and at a relaxed pace. I need to cut myself a little slack and remember not to be so tied to a list. The whole point is to make time to do the things that I really want to make time for. And to find that at the end of the year I had a really good time doing it. So this week dabbles in a bunch of those list items:
Some I was so excited about I couldn’t wait to share (like the chairs) and others I’ll cover this week. What a colorful, enjoyable week and weekend, full of lovely odds and ends.