Seeking God Knows What

We are all moved in and starting to settle into the new place.  We have achieved the goal of NO BOXES left in the living areas and I finally got my pictures hung yesterday.  T and I spent the morning washing down all the walls and baseboards (woo hoo fun times!) since we are not allowed to paint- what a difference that made, kind of icky to think how dirty they were though!

Widget loves her new room at the “blue house” and since I didn’t have nearly the space for all the toys she had, I chose a select few for her room.  I tried to stick with less plastic, more imaginative play items.  All the noisy, light-up and plastic toys are currently stored in the basement while I determine if I’m going to set up a play area down there or not.  There is room but it is unfinished and very “basementy” if you know what I mean.  I find it very interesting that she actually plays with her toys more now than she used to.  I think she had so much stuff, it was overwhelming to her to choose and she just didn’t play with anything very much.  I still need to get some hooks to hang her dress up clothes and a small basket for the selected stuffed animals I picked from her giant pile but for the most part, her room is pretty well settled.

The house itself has some quirks (think weird shower off in bathroom off kitchen) and is a bit lacking in curb appeal :)  We are hoping that since they are going to put a new roof on this spring/summer, we can convince them to let us paint the exterior trim as it is in pretty bad shape.  They did say we could plant flowers and such, so I’m hoping we can “spruce up” the exterior without investing a lot of money since we don’t own the place.  The other thing I would really like to do is see if they will let us tear down the wall paper in the main bath, as it is peeling up in places and I can jsut see Widget picking away at it until it needs to come off.  The entryway also has a simple wallpaper but it is in somewhat better shape.

And spring is coming!  We are supposed to have warm weather the end of this week and I have a yard for Widget to play in!  The neighbors (an older grandparent-age couple) have a swingset and told us we could use it anytime plus there is a sidewalk where she can ride her tricycle!