I guess what I’m saying is, I can tell, just from the shear amount of thought that I put into this new job of mine, that I love it, and it’s something I care deeply about, but staying home is hard!I’ve been seeing all these garden posts around blogland the past couple of weeks so I thought I’d throw ours into the mix as well.

The more I learn that this is true (and I’m still working on this), the easier the whole process gets on my mental state.. 2)Learn your own preferences for which “state of unfinishedness” you’re most comfortable living with for a long time if you have to.You probably will..

I’ve been living in distress over the state of my house pretty much constantly for the last 2.5 years.And before that, in the old house, I was like that for a long time too.I always find a lot to love about my home, but the bad kind of outweighs the good a lot of the time.

There’s just a whole lot of ugly going on in terms of old finishes, damaged walls and floors, half started projects and things that just need love.The fact is though, when you’re renovating, you’re going to have to live with all kinds of ugly when you run out of time to get something done right away.

If you learn which state of ugly you’re most comfortable with, you can plan a little bit for where you can stop and take a brake without losing your mind and feeling like you need to give up sleeping to get a project done.

I’ve discovered that I’m really comfortable with walls ripped back to the bare studs, or even just plain drywall and plywood floors.That’s a real honest-to-goodness wheat field in all it’s golden glory.. There’s my (already) beloved barn out across the creek.. And a corn field!

All I really wanted was to have a house with a cornfield behind it.Of course next year it will be soy because of crop rotation and all that, but still… let me have this.. Chris and I were able to ditch the real estate agent for a few minutes and we took a walk around the property and along the corn field.

He showed me how to de-tassel the corn like he used to do when he worked in the fields growing up.Is it completely strange that I found that kinda romantic?.