The turtle moves.... slowly

South_coast

astrocytic_kitten said:
Then several years later you sell the home and suddenly do all the things and have about a week of living in a fully done place wondering why you waited so long? 😂

That reminds me of the super deep-clean you always do when moving out of a rented place, and then kick yourself for not keeping it like that while you were living there 🤦‍♀️!

astrocytic_kitten

I used to move between rented places so frequently that about 3 years after buying my flat I realised lots of grot had built up because I’d never had to do any deep cleaning outside of move-in and move-out. It just wasn’t on my radar as something to do for reasons other than moving house 😂 

savingholmes

I think we can all relate to the half finished projects and the lack of deep cleaning!!

girlatplay

astrocytic_kitten said:

killerpeaty said:

If your home is anything like mine, it's a nesting process where you buy the things and have the best intentions and then you hang out with piles of not quite started projects..

Then several years later you sell the home and suddenly do all the things and have about a week of living in a fully done place wondering why you waited so long? 😂

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South_coast said:

astrocytic_kitten said:
Then several years later you sell the home and suddenly do all the things and have about a week of living in a fully done place wondering why you waited so long? 😂

That reminds me of the super deep-clean you always do when moving out of a rented place, and then kick yourself for not keeping it like that while you were living there 🤦‍♀️!

These are the exact place I am in right now.  My vision for my flat has finally come together but I've only got around to it because I'm selling. I am also planning to pay for a deep clean.  Why was that never good enough for myself?  Next place I'm going to do it for LMG and me because we are worth it.

Here's to happy times ahead AK.

Merlin's_Beard

astrocytic_kitten said:

I used to move between rented places so frequently that about 3 years after buying my flat I realised lots of grot had built up because I’d never had to do any deep cleaning outside of move-in and move-out. It just wasn’t on my radar as something to do for reasons other than moving house 😂 

I feel this on a deep level! Same with checking cupboards for wildly expired food 

astrocytic_kitten

I appreciate all the validation that I’m not alone in this, though obviously this doesn’t apply to me in my new place and I’ll absolutely get the interior design sorted to a high standard now instead of in 20 years when it’s time to sell 🤣

killerpeaty

astrocytic_kitten said:

I appreciate all the validation that I’m not alone in this, though obviously this doesn’t apply to me in my new place and I’ll absolutely get the interior design sorted to a high standard now instead of in 20 years when it’s time to sell 🤣

When you're done with yours, can you start on mine please?

twinklie

Mine too please.

astrocytic_kitten

killerpeaty said:

astrocytic_kitten said:

I appreciate all the validation that I’m not alone in this, though obviously this doesn’t apply to me in my new place and I’ll absolutely get the interior design sorted to a high standard now instead of in 20 years when it’s time to sell 🤣

When you're done with yours, can you start on mine please?

twinklie said:

Mine too please.

I feel pretty confident agreeing to this, knowing that despite my hyperbole the situation will never come to pass 🤣

I’m making progress on the unpacking etc, though the place is still a mess and I’ve reached the ‘chucking stuff in drawers and planning to properly organise them later’ stage. Had one unplanned spend, on some bookends that I was planning to stock up on gradually to get to the number I need but they’re constantly going out of stock so after noticing they were back in I bought the lot at once. It’s one of those spends that seems really trivial but there’s nothing more annoying than flimsy bookends that don’t hold the books up properly and these are also very low profile and unobtrusive. I’m hoping that this year I can direct more money to that sort of spend that will solve a day to day annoyance and make things a bit easier when the making do solutions aren’t really working, and less on random clothes. 

In the online sewing communities it’s referred to as making cake (the staples that you need to wear day in day out) rather than frosting (pretty dresses you’ll wear twice a year) and I love that idea.

joedenise

It may have been an unplanned spend but it makes sense to me to get them all at once whilst they are in stock.  It would be awful if you got some now and then later on were unable to get matching ones!  Well that's how I look at it.