Monday, January 30, 2006
Wow. All's I can say is that once the construction dust settles, the moving party arrives and the construction loan rolls up to deadline time, it's disconcerting to realize that this is all over. I mean, here we are -- at last -- living in Mabel. And loving it, too.
I'm astonished how much natural light beams into the place, so much so that we don't need to turn on lights in the daytime. And I just love the feeling of moving through such clean (albeit now cluttered with moving boxes) spaces, which seem to signal, even encourage the next steps of life.
There's still plenty of stuff to do, however. The cabinetmaker, a wonderful one-guy operation, will end up practically living with us for the next month. I'm so excited to get doors on the cabinets that I can hardly stand it. It would help empty some of those aforementioned boxes.
The new neighbors, the ones who bought the spec house, threw yet another party Friday night, and it was wonderful. I love the huge canvases they have hung on the walls -- one's so perfect there that all I could do was stare at it. And I love to see people enjoying the space and making it their own. I couldn't have imagined better neighbors, and here they are.
I feel so lucky!
I'm astonished how much natural light beams into the place, so much so that we don't need to turn on lights in the daytime. And I just love the feeling of moving through such clean (albeit now cluttered with moving boxes) spaces, which seem to signal, even encourage the next steps of life.
There's still plenty of stuff to do, however. The cabinetmaker, a wonderful one-guy operation, will end up practically living with us for the next month. I'm so excited to get doors on the cabinets that I can hardly stand it. It would help empty some of those aforementioned boxes.
The new neighbors, the ones who bought the spec house, threw yet another party Friday night, and it was wonderful. I love the huge canvases they have hung on the walls -- one's so perfect there that all I could do was stare at it. And I love to see people enjoying the space and making it their own. I couldn't have imagined better neighbors, and here they are.
I feel so lucky!
Comments:
Post a Comment
