So the other day my hubby says I can't believe you are not blogging about all of this... Like I said SOOO many changes and exciting things happening in our household the past year. Literally it has been a roller coaster ride that has several ups and downs but has been on an steady incline that I think we have finally reached the coasting speed of the ride. More of that later, I promise.
First we did move 3 times with in a year and a few months....only 2 were planned and I was not thrilled with packing our life up. I think I have come to loathe it even though I can be very good at and have it all planned, labeled and packed up very well the last one I just was over it. We moved from Charlotte, NC to Wilmington, NC for my husbands job so we got a rental house because well we only had a few months(actually ended up being weeks) to pack and move. My husband loves his job and is so passionate about it that it is inspiring which makes me in awe of him. Plus when we met he talked about moving back here so we jumped on it when we had the chance....HELLO living at the beach...YES please. So he was familiar with the city as he went to college here and has lots of friends here plus his parents live here. So living in a rental was the best choice for us and well the only thing I miss about that place is the killer old huge fire place and the garage. We planned on staying there for at least a year or two and then would start looking for a place to live more permanently once I knew where I wanted to live, plus we still have the bachelor pad town home in Charlotte. Well you know when you least expect it, it happens. We had been just looking around at houses aka fixer uppers in an areas we both liked and found out that we could buy another house....HOLY COW 2 houses in two cities we might be nuts. So we took the plunge after much negotiating and deals falling through we found our house a ranch with lots of land for the hubs, room to grow/expand, water access for the hubs, nice size kitchen and a semi working garage. This house has great bones and as my hubby promises we can eventually put my craftsman front porch on it and a fire place my only things that were on the list that didn't make it to the house we bought. We have BIG plans for this place and it all started with gallons of bleach, vinegar, mops, sponges and paint. The inside is finally starting to look put together and now that it has cooled off we are moving to the outside for things that need immediate attention.
I have had lots of projects and I will post about those since I had time to kill and the rental had all white walls and we had a lot of wood furniture and it was blah. I discovered Chalk paint I used Annie Sloan and fell in love with this look. I like chabby chic or painted furniture as well as taking old pieces and making them new again, repurposing them. I really liked Annie Sloan but there is a learning curve and well I just learned as I went and googled as well as you tubed a lot of video tips. The wax is the tricky part or can be also learning that peoples definition of things is different or relative. I and wanted and planned on taking a class here in town but have yet to do it but I still want to. I got a book of hers for my bday from my parents so I have some new tricks and techniques I want to try now. I also found a store that well I love and they have great stuff for gifts and to decorate your home, they started selling CeCe Caldwell chalk and clay paint. Let me say I LOVE her colors she has some that Annie is missing, well that I don't have to mix together several colors to get (can be costly) and different hues. I just purchased my first CeCe can the other day for a few projects more on those later. Hopefully I will be able to start one this weekend and try it out, plus they aren't as pricey as but these paints go A LONG way honestly so the investment is not really an issue unless you have a small project. I can always find something to spruce up.
We or I should say I have had some personal struggles to deal with and some medical ones and all while dealing with buying houses, moves and life in general. It is no secret that we wanted a family and we started trying shortly after getting married. Well what I thought would be an easy thing to accomplish turned into a far more complicated situation than I was prepared for or we ever thought it would be. Fertility testing and countless doctor appointments and no real answers time just kept passing by as well as my hopes for getting pregnant. It wasn't until I started having health issues that affect fertility that I became alarmingly more aware of how much time and money we wasted on these doctor appointments that were getting me no where just seemed to be throwing things at the wall hoping they would stick. I finally had to become my own advocate and be that loud and angry person that had to escalate things in order to get any help even then it was pitiful the lack of patient care and crappy medical providers that I had to deal with. My personal thought is the healthcare system is going down the drain from the office staff, providers on down to insurance companies. Sorry I digress, eventually I got a diagnosis that explained what was going on and that I researched found out they do have treatments for. I jumped the option for treatment since it had been 6 months of trying to get my OBGYN to do anything and time was wasting. This was not a good thing according to the research and my symptoms needed to be addressed. So after begging insurance company to let me see the specialist here in town I also scheduled one in Charlotte in case insurance fell through. I was determined to get help no matter the cost and inconvenience to me at times doing the job of insurance company and the referral coordinator should have done at OBGYN. I was happy to have an appt with REACH around Thanksgiving to talk about being scoped for endometriosis and finding out about our infertility primary, to set up surgery appts and what our options would be. I actually had the diagnosis and it was not where I thought I would ever be. This was an emotional roller coaster that certainly can cause couples to grow distant but it brought us closer and made us stronger, I can see where it can go bad. That is not to say it was easy peasy there were days that I wasn't sure it was going to be okay. After lots of soul searching I had made peace with the diagnosis and what it meant for us as possible parents and for me. I promise I will post more on that later. The ending is not where one would think it ends up, certainly NOT what we expected.
Things really are good for us still can not believe all the things that have happened so far that brought us to where we are now. It is not the way I would imagined going but then again we normally don't follow the rules. We do things are own way and I honestly could not imagine having gone through any of this with out my partner, plus family and friends support. I know this post maybe a bit of ramble but you will have to forgive me as I have pregnancy brain....yep we are having a BABY!! I told you A LOT is going on in this household. I plan on posting more frequently and have even made post outlines, I just got a desk in order to get more organized and make a home central location for information. I am looking forward to being able to journal about my pregnancy and all it's glory, still waiting for that! I won't forget about the food, crafting, beach living, anything else I can think of and decorating as I have one last room to decorate the nursery!!! We also have plans for painting the last few places kitchen, hallway and nursery to get rid of all the shiny paint and traces of the former owners, at least inside for now. Talk to you soon.
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