Trying to Move On

I have a long post about the events of the past week but I don't think I'll post it. Everyone has been saturated with the coverage. So, to the victims and their families, may God bless you. You all have long and painful roads ahead of you. I wish you the courage and strength to deal with your new world.

It feels weird going on with our usual lives but that what we need to do. We're on vacation this week. Happily spending our first real stretch of time at the house in Maine and have we been keeping busy! We have a long list of chores and we're chipping away at it. The floors were finished last week and they look fabulous!! We have more contractors coming in tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. There is furniture to be picked up on Wednesday and lots of things that haven't even made the list yet will be jammed in there somewhere.

Needless to say, April has been an expensive month thus far. I'm trying to get the guest rooms furnished without holding a bake sale for my cause. What to do, what to do? Pinterest of course! My "success" with the mason jar spice containers has emboldened me to consider refinishing a night stand and a bureau or two. There are multiple sites that say it's so easy, that even I should be able to do this. Ha! As I've mentioned previously, I have ZERO experience with home improvement arts and crafts. ZERO! But somehow, I'm convincing myself that this is a good idea. We've scoured the local antique and thrift shops to no avail. My guess is that in a beach town there are few furnishings going cheap. Or if they are, they are immediately snapped up by folks trying to furnish the hundreds of rental homes lining the beach.

We had Red Sox tickets for Sunday night ( game was rescheduled due to the city being shut down on Friday) so we hit a few out of the way places in New Hampshire on our way to Fenway. Bingo! We scored an old sheet music cabinet that is going to change professions late and life and become a night stand, for only $25! In theory anyway...

So, I'm adding another project to the list this week and if all goes well, there may be some bureaus in our future. Or a bake sale.