I have a confession: I am not “joy in the journey, enjoy the process girl.” I’m “before and after, get it done girl.”

The bear and I LOVE to host. We love it so much that we made it a priority to create a guest room that feels like a boutique hotel for our over night visitors, complete with in-room coffee maker.

There are many relics of a distant past that come with buying a house from the ’80s. Phone jacks, for example.

Do you need a meal that’s gluten free, dairy free, and quick? Well, I got you covered for two out of three.

Then the cat decided my project looked like her new favorite lounging spot.

At least my living room is balanced even if the rest of my life is completely chaotic.

Me: Can’t you just let me have this one thing?!

Also me: Ok, bar bathroom girl.

I must be an adult now. All of a sudden, things that never had any appeal now seem indispensable. Like cloth napkins.

In preparation for an upcoming girls night, I asked one of the ladies whether I should make tiramisu (kinda my thing at the time) or mousse. “Um, both?” she replied. I don’t think she realizes her own brilliance, even to this day.

“How long do you you think it will take you to finish the bathroom?” asked SCM near the end of his portion of the job. “Um, I think three or four weeks,” I replied optimistically (delusionally?).

I excel at one thing: underestimating the amount of work that a project will take.

And then reality came crashing in and I remembered, “Oh, yeah. We’re not that family.” You know that family, the modern day Von Trapps with a cello, guitar, violin, ukulele, and banjo displayed prominently in their living room and actually play them. The only musical device I play is the radio.

My favorite part of this, honestly, was making that wreath. I’ll take a glue gun over a nail gun any day.

The Bear’s love language is quality time. So much so that we have to be standing next to each other while brushing our teeth. I had no idea this was an issue until we moved into this place.

Who knew that Tolkien could be relevant to interior design?

(Written August 15, 2016 in an attempt to identify and push through all the negative emotion I was dealing with surrounding the bathroom remodel.)