I am sitting in our "office space." It was suppose to a bedroom for one of the boys, but it is too small. This whole house has a shortage of space. It is taking some interesting solutions to fix the problems.
The house is two levels and you would think there would be enough space. Technically, mathematically, there is enough space. The problems and issues arise when you take a look at the way this space is divided up. it is choppy to say the least.
Take the master bedroom. We have a closet, not a walk-in, but a closet. We have NEVER not had a walk-in closet. Where do we put all the clothes? In a dresser, you would think. Ummm, yeah, unless you notice that our master bedroom is only 10x11. That is it. We have downgraded our bed to a queen sized one in order to free up more space, but still. We only have one dresser right now. We are going to have to go out and buy a second one.
This bedroom, that we are now using as office space is a direct result of the choppiness of this place. There is no other place in this entire house that will work as an office space that will also be able to be used to store my sewing stuff.
The positive thing is that there is space downstairs that can be used for the kids living areas. The girls are sharing the largest room in the house down there. It also has access to the outside and I am not thrilled about that, but they need the space. There is an awkward space down there that the boys are going to use for their overflow stuff. They have their own "office space" now. There is a large area down there that they will be able to use for a family room and rec area. So that will be helpful.
The move has been positive, but there have been pitfalls as well.
It seems that after all of the new deductions that will be taken out of my paycheck I will actually be bringing less home that I had before. I am not thrilled about that at all. Scary, actually. It is more expensive to live here and I had thought that the increase in pay would absorb the increase in costs, fully. But it isn't. I tried to lower some of our expenses before we left. For instance, the Rav. I traded in the truck for a more economical form of transportation. Our monthly payments are going to be less and it definitely doesn't eat up the amount of gas that the truck did.
During the move we had to leave behind a great deal of things. They just wouldn't fit into the moving van. We had to purchase everyone new mattresses once we got here, oh and bed frames. Only person who had a bed frame still was C. We think we got a pretty good deal though. Everyone has a bed and a mattress and it cost us about $1100. Now, that is $1100 we didn't budget for, but it was money we had to spend.
Ker says I have been happier since we moved. I feel moved at ease right now. I am feeling stress, but I feel more at ease about things over all. I am not sure how to explain that.
The house is two levels and you would think there would be enough space. Technically, mathematically, there is enough space. The problems and issues arise when you take a look at the way this space is divided up. it is choppy to say the least.
Take the master bedroom. We have a closet, not a walk-in, but a closet. We have NEVER not had a walk-in closet. Where do we put all the clothes? In a dresser, you would think. Ummm, yeah, unless you notice that our master bedroom is only 10x11. That is it. We have downgraded our bed to a queen sized one in order to free up more space, but still. We only have one dresser right now. We are going to have to go out and buy a second one.
This bedroom, that we are now using as office space is a direct result of the choppiness of this place. There is no other place in this entire house that will work as an office space that will also be able to be used to store my sewing stuff.
The positive thing is that there is space downstairs that can be used for the kids living areas. The girls are sharing the largest room in the house down there. It also has access to the outside and I am not thrilled about that, but they need the space. There is an awkward space down there that the boys are going to use for their overflow stuff. They have their own "office space" now. There is a large area down there that they will be able to use for a family room and rec area. So that will be helpful.
The move has been positive, but there have been pitfalls as well.
It seems that after all of the new deductions that will be taken out of my paycheck I will actually be bringing less home that I had before. I am not thrilled about that at all. Scary, actually. It is more expensive to live here and I had thought that the increase in pay would absorb the increase in costs, fully. But it isn't. I tried to lower some of our expenses before we left. For instance, the Rav. I traded in the truck for a more economical form of transportation. Our monthly payments are going to be less and it definitely doesn't eat up the amount of gas that the truck did.
During the move we had to leave behind a great deal of things. They just wouldn't fit into the moving van. We had to purchase everyone new mattresses once we got here, oh and bed frames. Only person who had a bed frame still was C. We think we got a pretty good deal though. Everyone has a bed and a mattress and it cost us about $1100. Now, that is $1100 we didn't budget for, but it was money we had to spend.
Ker says I have been happier since we moved. I feel moved at ease right now. I am feeling stress, but I feel more at ease about things over all. I am not sure how to explain that.
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