{"id":599,"date":"2013-09-14T04:41:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T08:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/?p=599"},"modified":"2013-09-14T04:41:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T08:41:08","slug":"well-hello-there-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/2013\/09\/14\/well-hello-there-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, hello there!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost a year of silence on this blog. Many of you noticed that it disappeared for a while&#8230; A lot has happened in the past year and I wasn&#8217;t sure what the future of this blog was, so I was hesitant to invest any time into it. However, I think this blog is good for me to chronicle just how far we&#8217;ve come in regards to this house.<\/p>\n<p>I am going to try to update with some of the projects we&#8217;ve done in the past year. They have mostly been decor-related and not anything major.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, we have tossed around the idea of selling this house and buying another that needed less work. We did a lot of number crunching and options investigating. We have tossed around a lot of ideas, talked about our dreams and goals, and did some soul searching. We&#8217;ve been uncertain for a long time. We contacted real estate agents and talked to our neighbors to get a feel for the current market. However, it came down to the fact that we need major foundation work and the market just hasn&#8217;t risen enough to support that. So, we have decided to stay put for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>When we were talking about selling, I made a list of all the little things we could do to help make the house more attractive. I was surprised at how many little and inexpensive items there were&#8230; it made me wonder why I hadn&#8217;t bothered to do them yet. I have really struggled with my feelings towards this house, and I think a lot of these little details would go a long way in helping me feel more positive.<\/p>\n<p>So, I decided to resurrect this blog. I am hoping to continue to chronicle our adventures, but I also want the reminder to be positive. I&#8217;ve been updating the before &amp; after photos pages (I&#8217;m about half done at this point), and I always forget what this house originally looked like, and how much better it is now. I think I just focus on the imperfections. Going forward, I hope to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not focus too much on the future. It&#8217;s fun to brainstorm, but I think I will reserve that for private off-line. If we&#8217;re actively planning a project, I&#8217;ll share that, but if it&#8217;s just hopeful &#8220;someday&#8221; dreams&#8230; I&#8217;m going to try to avoid doing too much of that.<\/li>\n<li>Not talk in depth about the problems of this house. For one, it gets me down. I want to explain issues that we run into, but I don&#8217;t want post after post listing all the reasons why this house is a fixer-upper.<\/li>\n<li>Be positive and use this blog to motivate me to take care of the small things. I might resurrect the Project Tuesday or whatever I called it. Or maybe I&#8217;ll find my own pace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And as always, I&#8217;m a busy mom of two little children. If weeks (or months!) go by without a post, I&#8217;m not going to feel guilty. Sometimes I&#8217;m not actively doing things to our house &#8211; I&#8217;m just trying to maintain the current state!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost a year of silence on this blog. Many of you noticed that it disappeared for a while&#8230; A lot has happened in the past year and I wasn&#8217;t sure what the future of this blog was, so I was hesitant to invest any time into it. 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