Taking Stock

Oh man, guys. I miss you. I’m lining up some good stuff for the blog, but I’ve got to get through this last week of the One Room Challenge first. I spotted Maggie’s ‘Taking Stock’ post, inspired by this one, and I’m in too. Old-school blogging fun! Huzzah!

Making: Progress on my One Room Challenge space. Wallpaper is going up! The stair runner is going in! Go, go, go!

Cooking: Pumpkin pancakes. Pumpkin muffins. Pumpkin everything.

Drinking: All the coffee.

Reading: Grace Bonney’s new book, In the Company of Women.

Trawling: I’m looking at all of the holiday decorations that have come out, thinking about how I’ll mix up some new pieces with what we already own.

Wanting: This brass laurel wreath.

Looking: For something special to hang in the hallway.

Deciding: Where the wallpaper should stop in the hall. Round the corner and up the stairs? Stop at the bedroom door?

Wishing: There were seven of me to finish everything on my to-do list.

Enjoying: The frantic pace of life right now. Kids! Home! Work! Everything is going in a million directions right now, but honestly, I like the frenzy of activity.

Waiting: To do a thorough fall cleanup outside. It’s gotta happen, but I have so much inside to take care of first, and then I’ll be going out of town next week.

Liking: My home. This old lady of a house is a lot to keep up with, but I’m so happy we’re here. It’s finally starting to look like I’ve wanted it to all along.

Wondering: What’s the next big project?

Loving: Halloween pictures of the kids. They look so serious! And Calvin is at cuteness level 1000.

Pondering: How much pink is too much in a house?

Listening: The Chris Loves Julia Podcast w/ Preston Pugmire and Young House Love Has a Podcast.

Considering: The Making it Lovely Podcast. Kidding!

Buying: Fake flowers for a project.

Watching: The Cubs’ World Series parade!

Hoping: Hillary will be our next president.

Marveling: My house has been a mess for the past six weeks, but it’s finally shaping up. Quickly!

Cringing: How much damage are we going to cause when we go to fix the new leak upstairs?

Needing: New shoes for the kids. We like to keep rain/snow boots and two pairs of shoes in rotation for each of them.

Smelling: Wet paint. (I like it.)

Wearing: Old tee shirts and sweatpants. Work clothes.

Following: All of the other One Room Challenge spaces. There are some amazing transformations happening!

Noticing: Some of these are really hard to fill out. Attempting to do them all.

Knowing: Lots of people will skim over these anyway. ;)

Thinking: I’m going to skip, like five of these. Delete! Move on!

Disliking: Pop. I used to love it and drink a can of Diet Coke everyday, but I’ve been working on cutting back and now when I do have it, I don’t like it as much. That’s a good thing.

Opening: Roll after roll of wallpaper.

Giggling: While flipping through Reductress’ How to Win at Feminism.

Feeling: Tired and accomplished.

Hearing: Pounding. That carpet is being installed right now!

Celebrating: Chicago. We’ve been in the news for our faults, but this is a pretty happy city right now.

Pretending: I can pull off culottes. I can’t! I will continue to wear them anyway! So flowy.

Embracing: My age. I think 36 is my favorite yet.