One.
I think it's been almost five years now since Ryan and I traveled to Virginia Beach as part of a vacation. Our friends Mark and Lynnette took us to Colonial Williamsburg one day, and we really enjoyed seeing so much history! I stumbled upon
this article this week - about a gentleman who makes a living as an actor portraying Thomas Jefferson
in Colonial Williamsburg, but he also lives there in one of the historic homes. I enjoyed reading about what it's like to actually live there full time!
Two.
I'm so pumped that we have tomatoes turning RED on our little plants - but if you want to see a truly impressive garden,
check out this post! I don't know that I could ever produce anything of this caliber, but it's a beauty!!
Three.
Our new living space is actually quite generous in size, especially for an apartment! But it is a different layout than what we have here, and one of the biggest changes we'll have will be in closet space. We will have plenty. That isn't the issue. (We don't have a ton of clothes, anyway, in my opinion.) But we will be saying goodbye to our walk in closet and setting up clothing-camp in regular sized side-by-side closets. I loved some of
these ideas for functionality in smaller closets!
Four.
We ended up rescuing a couple of things out of our garage sale last weekend. One of the treasures was a rickety old stepladder that I deemed unsafe for practical use. We couldn't believe no one snagged it for decorating, so
we decided to snag it ourselves!! Found
this post with some fun decorating ideas for old ladders!
Five.
Packing and prepping to move has definitely provided us both with a fresh appreciation for being willing to let go of things we don't need or use. (I love this line a friend of mine recently used: "I'm not currently in an acquisition phase of life." YES!!!!) But if decluttering and downsizing seems overwhelming to you,
check out these ideas for some inspiration!
Six.
I will admit I have not made these myself, so I can't speak to the ease or deliciousness, but they sure do intrigue me! Anyone else grow up on brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts?
These homemade versions look so yummy - and it's not just because I think it would be fun to add extra frosting...
5 comments:
Closet space was a requirement in my search!! I had 2 closest (small small ones) in my first apartment and hit the closet jackpot here. Luckily my new one is well endowed!
I purged LOADS and realized a few things are going once unpacked too!
I had a carload full of decluttered items to take to the thrift store. Because they were closed for so long, they are not able to take anything and everything. No baskets, no picture frames, no vases, no candles....So I still have a trunk full of stuff. I am thinking of setting the boxes of stuff at my curb and putting a free sign. People can come take what they want.
Okay, that garden is amazing. I can't imagine how much work it would be but how satisfying!
Now I want an old ladder to hang a million lanterns from. That was my favourite use of ladders in that post.
And aside from the day the library opened, one of my happiest days of quarantine was being able to take things to the thrift store again. Whooo hoooo!!!
Loved the story of the man living in Williamsburg. Who knew that people could do that? Also thought the pop tarts look amazing. I, too, loved those things in my younger days!
Tamar - Yes! There are some things we didn't know if we would need/want/have space for, but we decided to keep them just to see and we can always get rid of them after the move if needed!
Tracy - I was waiting to see if ours would decline anything we took - but they didn't!!
Natasha - I thought of you because our new town has (what we've heard is) an AMAZING library. People rave about it.
Karen - I KNOW!!! I knew people lived in those houses but I never thought about any of them being people who worked in the colonial part!
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