Day 103

This morning we spent about an hour and a half picking out our lights for our new home. I was really stuck on what light to put out on the veranda, as that is the front of our house and everyone will see it when they come over. So I wanted something that was going to compliment our beautiful door but that wasn't too expensive because we only had a certain budget to work with. We decided on some more inexpensive but pretty lights that will match our garage lights, back deck lights, all around the house. Then we went to the show home to look at where are selections will go and honestly, we had to consciously LOOK at the light or else we would have missed it. My inner struggle picking the perfect light went out the window. It's just a light.

Being in the show home made me so excited as it always does. I always look around imagining our own things in the home and where they would go. Now that we've picked out most of what we have control over I'm imagining what our selections will look like--the appliances, the colours of the cabinets, hardwood, carpets, tiles, counters, fireplace, walls, windows, lights, even down to the door handles. We have a say in most everything in the house and at first it's overwhelming trying to make a decision on everything but the builders send us to their suppliers and we pick and choose what we want. At times it's painful because there are so many choices and we are not interior designers. We've relied a lot on our gut instincts and the suggestions by the designers who have been invaluable. I do always worry that we should have picked one thing over another and did we pick the right one, but once the change order is signed off, it's a fresh breath of air because we couldn't change it if we wanted to anymore. It's been really fun though picking everything and then we don't even have to do the work putting it in!

Our current home is a different story though. We've still got so much to do and the house should go on the market in the next 6 weeks or so. Stressful. We've still got so much to do--declutter, clean, put up baseboards, paint. I guess we're at the end of where we need to be but these last projects have hung over my head for 4 years now. It's scary feeling like it will never be done. 'And how dumb that we'll just get it done in time to NOT enjoy it. I guess the house we're moving in to will be payment enough. I can't wait!

Meals
3 slices Panago pizza (l/o all Hawaiian)
2 cups of water

3/4 smoked bratwurst from Edelweiss Market
3/4 large cabbage roll
approx 3/4 cup mushy potatoes
approx 3/4 cup red cabbage
3/4 can of Coke
1/2 chocolate, cherry, cream eclair

chicken, potato, corn TV dinner
4 cups of water

1 cup of strawberry swirl ice cream cup (approx 1/3 cup)
1 Oreo ice cream sandwich

Exercise
None

Notes:
-This was another huge day of not being at home that I didn't plan meals for and subsequently bad eating or eating out. Vacation got me out of the habit. Must get back into meal planning.