Photo via Domino by HEATHER HAWKINS
Hey guys, did anyone ever tell you moving is hard? Physically, financially, emotionally…
Physically, goes without saying. Boxes of books are heavy and even if I’m pushing furniture around the house on a towel it is real-life CrossFit. I don’t need one of those silly giant tires, I have a solid pine German armoire I can push around the house.
Financially, holy cow they are bleeding me dry. Car shipping, deposits for the new house, tuition for the new school, and oh yeah that packet they sent home for the school fundraise on THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Emotionally I have been moving for the last four months and I am exhausted. You know this when you burst into tears because the school sent home the emergency contact card. You know, the card you’re supposed to fill out saying who the school should contact if they can not reach you in the event of an emergency. Well, when you have absolutely no one to put on it, it tends to send you over the edge. Half the time I end up putting some person I’ve met once through my husband’s work, who my child would not know even if they did show up, and hope they are not a sociopath.
But wait it’s Friday and I’m supposed to be sharing my high-five moments, right? So on a happier note, I shared some of my paintings earlier in the week and since then have finished painting our large living room. That means all the living areas have a fresh coat of paint and are ready for decor. I am excited for this part so I’m trying not to get too overwhelmed by the amount of work that still needs to be done and all the things that need to find a place. I am getting a little done each day and finally have one room almost complete, granted its Chuck’s man-cave but still, high-five for that!
Here are a few more I ran across this week…
- The photo above from Abbe Fenimore, of Studio Ten 25 was recently featured on Domino.com in an article titled A Fearlessy designed Home in Dallas. I love everything about this house!
2. Bellerby & Co. Globemakers one of the only handmade globe studios in the world, take a tour.
3. Collected, Living with the Things You Love by Fritz Karsh is a beautiful book I ran across in Germany (in German) but last week I ran across a copy in English and had to have it.
4. The 1962 TWA Flight Center at JFK airport is about to be converted to a hotel but before it does ChronoPoints is using three-dimensional terrestrial laser scanning to document the historic building. Totally amazing technology, and architecture!
5. Photographer Jane Long‘s collection Dancing with Costică features colorized old photos that she has given a new surreal twist.
Have a great weekend guys, I have to get back to work!
