Today marks one week since we officially moved to Fayetteville. Even though we’ve only been here one week and things are chaotic, it’s a fun chaos. Stuff is spread everywhere. The whole process is a jigsaw puzzle. What fits where? This house is a bit smaller than Worth Street. Smaller is good.
Yes, that’s a cornucopia in the middle of my table…
We should have been caterers. Seriously. We have every style and type platter, serving piece, decanter, pitcher, crystal, china, candlestick, mercy… and for every season. Luckily, we have a fantastic pantry. This is my first official pantry ever. There’s great storage for all that china we never use, because in reality we aren’t caterers and probably never will be.
With each unpacked box, the house feels more like home. Especially the book boxes. And even though I was the person who packed the books in Dallas, there are more than I realized. Today I hope to finish the library. Yes, we have an entire room devoted to books. You know I love love love that. (Reveal coming up.)
We’ve carved out time for fun too. Saturday afternoon, we walked to the Razorback game. Being able to walk to the stadium is a huge bonus. No parking worries!
In fact, we’ve walked to the grocery store, lunch on Dickson Street, post office, farmer’s market, etc. The early fall weather is perfect. Trees are beginning to turn with splotches of bright orange in uppermost branches.
We sleep with the windows open and the attic fan roaring overhead. The sky is painted with stars, yet our neighborhood is dark. Much darker than Dallas. We go to bed exhausted, sleep all night (including Lucy and Annabelle who are typically up and down and up and down) and awake to a chilly forty-nine degrees. Love it!
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
Sounds like you are enjoying your chaos. Take a breath this week and make a clover bracelet. Lol
sounds heavenly!
Lots of perks! At least you have the Halloween decorations at the ready. I want to see pictures of the library after you have all of your books on the shelves. I would love a huge pantry. Maybe in my next life.
Sounds wonderful. Especially that whole ‘dark’ part and the ‘attic fan’ part. 🙂
Oh it is!
Sounds like you two are having fun. I love the idea of being able to walk so many places from home. Hope you enjoy the process of getting organized in your beautiful new place
I love Grace Grits and Gardening. I am from Dyess, Arkansas the same corner of the world Tayla is from. Reading her blog makes me want to buy a older home and move to Fayetteville, Arkansas.