We are settling into a rhythm this week, our first “normal” week in our house. Josh is back in the UAE, figuring out his job, the kids are walking or riding to school every day, and I’m on my gym in the am, library in the pm schedule instead of unpacking every morning.
We spent 95% of our weekend finishing up the house — Josh and Carter installed lights (replacing the single bulb hanging from the ceiling with some brighter, more homey looking options. The jail cell minimalism look wasn’t doing it for me. Good thing we bought them before we went on our essentials-only spending plan or I would be learning to embrace the single bulb right now. 
Ah, my Turkish lamps. They always make me smile. In the background are free curtains that came as part of Camille’s canopy bed, but we stole them to screen our windows that face the street. 
Clearly the last 5% of work to be done needs to take place in this room. Ugh.
Inventive storage solutions — take that IKEA! (though this ended up being temporary as I found a better shelf from the living room and moved my cardboard box masterpiece to Camille’s room where she can stuff it with all of the knick-knacks that she can’t bear to part with. It’s nice to feel settled and I’m amazed by how much we been able to repurpose without buying anything else. 
And miracle of miracles, someone asked me this week, “Do you need a wardrobe? Because we have one that we need to get rid of.” God providing, right and left. This wardrobe is huge, and it holds all of the boys’ clothes, turning their room from a disaster of piles into a streamlined space that doesn’t make me want to weep when I walk through the door.
It took me all week to compose this post and thankfully, I find myself at the weekend again. We have been moving through life non-stop and I need the break. There is nothing on the schedule for this weekend (other than that last 5% of house organizing) and I’m happy to stop and catch my breath!