We arrived home last night from our holiday trip North. It was a nice few days with my family, especially my Nana who we hadn’t see in a while.
I surprised C with a gift even though we said our house was our joint gift this year. Luckily, she liked it enough to to not be upset with me and is already enjoying it (in our new home, so that makes it even more okay).
We had some lovely meals and movie watching. One of our tasks while we were there was for me to discuss our curtain making plans with Nana and get the rest of the materials. The night we left I picked out the fabric for the basement curtains. There are five windows and the curtains down there will all be a nice dark, but not quite navy, shade of blue cotton. So, we went to a fabric store up there picked out fabric for our room. I was really excited because it was on sale, but unfortunately, they only had about a third of the amount we needed and recommended we go to another bigger store to try to get the rest. While we were up there I was also able to prep the material for the basement curtains. One our way back, we stopped at two more stores and the second one was huge and had just the fabric we wanted. We also found some for the guest room (/future nursery) –also in the bargain section–that we both really like, and we purchased the blackout lining that will go in all the bedroom curtains. So the plan is basement, guest room, our room, and then once we get those made, we can move onto the kitchen. I’m looking forward to the projects, even if it’s just a panel or two made each weekend. Nana may also be coming down soon to visit us and help me make some of them! If not, I’ll bring my machine up next time we go and we can bust some out.
Today my BGF D came and visited us. He lives in Hawaii now, but was in the state visiting his family–in my hometown–for the holidays. It was fun to show him the new place and all the updates. It was especially nice because he had seen the listing photos and could see all the progress we’ve made. He and I went out to pho for lunch, walked around Capitol Hill, sat outside and had coffee and chatted and then went and got some fresh produce before picking up C downtown. We then headed home and made a yummy dinner and some cookies. Based on either our new home or how I am with Kai, or both, he pointed out that I really need to have kids soon. It was a nice day and then he headed back North.
Back to work tomorrow, but this week only has three hopefully two–if I can make it back down to IK.EA on Thursday instead of the office–before the next three-day holiday weekend.