A sense of accomplishment

The loveseat saga is over, and yesterday, it finally arrived. Melanie helped me to decorate around it, and except for a few pictures that I have to have framed, the Katrina Cottage finished. It is absolutely ready for use. I LOVE it out there. Melanie and I sat and listened to music and just enjoyed the space for a while after everything was done.

I am sore and tired this morning. I climbed up and down hanging pictures and moved furniture and toted items from my foyer to the cottage. It was a lot.

But I am so proud. The vision of this room being actualized is a very big thing. This was supposed to happen years ago, no need to go into all the reasons it never happened. But it has happened now. This room is the pool cabana, it is an extra guest room. There is a two piece bath, so anyone using it as a guest room would have to come into the house to bathe or shower, but it is a nice private space for a visitor.

If anyone in my family had such a space, I would certainly use it. I decorated with pictures of family, including my dogs. The bookcase is filled with plaques that I have accumulated over the years. The "Children Live what They Learn" wall hanging came from Mary Dunn when Melanie was a baby. The room is like a hug for me.

I hope in the future that I use this room as a meditation space, and that guests enjoy the ambiance. I'll give it a little time, but I am thinking of putting a Keurig and a small microwave back there to make it a really self contained guest space.

I will figure it all out in time. For right now, I am going to bask in the fact that I have accomplished a big thing. It was really important to me to have a big check mark on my life list to prove to myself that I can still set a goal and achieve it. This room will always represent that.

One day at a time, one step at a time. Building a life without Cecil is hard. But when I go out to the Katrina cottage, I now have tangible evidence that I can still set a goal and reach it. And that has proved to be far more important than I ever realized.