Since I’ve been “home alone” for a while now, I’ve spent considerable time ruminating over the state of my house. My intent has been to assess what we need done to the house in order to make it viable to a potential buyer. At first, I think my husband B didn’t want to budge. That is until his “man cave” disappeared and became our room.
Our children shared a room for about four years which displeased me although I knew it to be temporary. B moved his computer down to our small living room and purchased me a laptop, getting rid of the old clunker I used in his “cave”. Now J resides in our freshly painted former room, and our daughter E’s room reverted back to single occupancy.
However, I’ve noticed when our family is all home, especially on a rainy Saturday, that we feel cramped and invade each other’s space. B sits at his computer while I park myself on our couch with a book. Our kids fight over the limited space in our back den. B gets riled up by the kids loudly playing or arguing; I spy him playing an adults-only video game and reprimand him; he snarls at me; and the kids beg for a snack or camp out on the couches, squishing me into the cushions. No one seems to get the privacy and space we need. [Read more...]
