The simple things…

It really is the simple things that can bring so much pleasure, contentment, peace.

Yesterday, DH and I stayed busy trying to get things ready for our family to visit soon.  That meant getting boxes out of the way and getting things up off the floor.  Yes, we did just put a lot of things in the storage room for now but it made our family room so comfortable.

I cleared off a lot of clutter in the kitchen, papers filed, counters wiped down, and then we finished up in their bedroom.  It’s not done by any means, but we have a nice start and I think they will be comfortable.

Unpacking is going slow.  S….L….O…….W……..

But that’s okay, I’m going through things and getting rid of a lot, plus there has been a lot of traveling going on while we’ve been unpacking too.

Anyway, back to the little things.

After we were done with all that, I sat down at my “new” puzzle table and started a puzzle, I looked over and DH was napping on the couch.  When I came upstairs, DD was sitting all comfy in an armchair reading, and my mom was up in her bedroom doing her thing and everyone was so content.

Sitting in my chair in my bedroom before my shower was so pleasant.  I wasn’t doing anything, just sitting there thinking, resting and petting the dog.

My shower was even very… I’m not sure of the word I’m looking for…relaxing?  Peaceful? I’m not sure, but I sure felt calm and content.

I’m finding more and more that it is the little things that make me happy.  Even now, sitting here in the kitchen typing this and sipping my tea, I feel peaceful.

I think it’s this house, our new home.  I have no idea what it is about it, but it just feels so easy to be here.

This is the first house we’ve lived in where I really went about blessing it BEFORE we moved in.  I had the time the day before the movers came to deliver our belongings and really just went at it.  

I walked though each room setting the intention that we would feel love, joy and peace here, I just kept thinking those words over and over and praying that any negativity would be banished from here and I’m telling you… I definitely feel a lot of love, joy and peace here.  Oh… we still have moments of frustration with things… the dishwasher doesn’t always start when I push the start button, DH can still drive me bananas and vice versa, but we definitely feel more peace than frustration.

I still love sitting out on our deck when there is a breeze or when it’s a little cooler, listening to the birds sing, or in the evening the frogs croak, and always the dogs bark.  I love waving to the neighbors as we are all out enjoying nature.

I’m finding the little things are bringing me so much joy, so much peace and contentment. 

Whenever DH and I would talk about moving, I always said that I wanted our home to be one that felt like vacation, like we didn’t have to go some where to feel vacation-y.  Someplace we loved to be that we wouldn’t want to leave and honestly, so far that’s how I feel about our new home. 

Don’t get me wrong, we will still go on little trips to see our kids or for a little get away when we can and we look forward to that, but I LOVE that our home feels like an oasis to us, a place we can’t wait to come back to, a place that calls us back home.

Until next time… ♥️