2013 in Retrospect - Life Anew

We moved on the last day of winter. The first day of spring was spent unpacking and organizing. I needed to get the bathroom, the girls room, the cot ready and the kitchen. I still had work and so didn't have a lot of time to sort through everything. The place was much smaller and more expensive in rent but... we got to move to an area I felt safe in, near the school and near my job. I knew I would have to tough it out financially. But it was fresh. It wasn't tainted with bad memories and the kids were near their friends. We managed. I managed. Juggling full time work, homework, time with the kids. Slowly, I worked through each room to make it feel like home. I would celebrate each room with a smoke and a glass of wine. I only had one day a week where I was children free and that was how I spent my Saturdays. Facebook played a part of my time with friends messaging me on how I was going, reassuring me that life would get better. Pinterest was another new find that played a part in all this providing me with design inspiration on how to create and design a home I wanted. Needless to say, my couch got moved around several times till it finally settled to where it is now. The same place it started! Haha. I bought new artworks to put on the wall, New York and Paris. The two favorite places of my daughters. One day, we will go there. I took out old photos in frames and replaced them with new fresh ones of the kids. And on the day that I finally finished sorting through my bedroom with a new quilt cover, Mr Alabama came in to my life. By way of Facebook of course!