settling in

I don't know what it is or why but as of this morning I feel good. I mean really good. Nevermind the fact that I am lower abdominally sore and stepped on an upright nail today. I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I guess I have been stressing out about neatness and how our house isn't. In fact we just tore up the tile floor in the bathroom, I am still missing all the trim in our kitchen, there is a basement wall missing panelling and the storage room is a complete disaster.

I've spent a few days organizing a few things in a few rooms. Which basically means I cleared off the kitchen table, made all the beds, got all the laundry out of the living room, went through the kids toys in the basement and got the bags of Christmas gifts out of my room and into their hiding spot. Not a whole lot given the overall state of the house.

I think a lot of it has to do with the season. I love Christmas and the start of the winter season. And with today's continual snowfall it's been blissful here. I spent my day today puttering from room to room spot cleaning as I went. I planned and executed a wonderful crockpot made meal. I started and finished all the laundry. I spent time playing with Coco-baby. I even managed to let the dogs roam through the house without incident all day. Even Coco-baby seemed at peace most of the day. He grazed his way through the day's meals, fell asleep all by his lonesome on his big brother's bed watching Baby Mozart (for the 3rd time today) and got along amazingly well with the dogs. Of course he had to wake up from his nap all crabby but all in all a great day for him.