Thankful

  More often than not, I am asking Cory to do some kind of project on the house. Usually it involves re-doing something that looked perfectly fine in the first place. Nonetheless, I am starting to feel like I am becoming one of those people that think "nothing is ever good enough." I find myself complaining about our home purchase being one that I regret - wishing we would have bought a house with a lower purchase price, or bought one for more that needed less work.
  Then - I get a photo text from my Mother-in-Law, who has recently moved to a trailer in Florida. Suddenly my 1533 square feet seem like a castle. I have a room in my house that never gets used. I have real wood trim around my doors and windows. My halfway-done house is really not so bad. It's actually fantastic. We worked very, very hard to be able to purchase our first home, and I should be more proud of that instead of not being satisfied with the inside! I admit, I am a true perfectionist and decorating/designing is my hobby (so what do you expect?). Things will get done around this house, even if it takes the full 5 years that we originally planned to stay here (who knows? we could end up lifers!). I really feel thankful to have what I have. I never thought we'd own a home right now, definitely not in this end of town, absolutely not of this size, and 100% not in Arcanum. My husband must really love me. Ha!