This kitchen shelf is my crowning achievement from the last two weeks (yes, I'm a total organizational nerd). Don't worry, only the stuff that's safe for the Gravy Baby baby to play with is on the lower shelves, and the hubby strapped the shelf to our wall so it won't tip.
It's taken us two weeks, but like a phoenix rising from the ashes, we're finally starting to see some order around our new Casa del Gravy.
Top: the spice drawer I worked so hard to create in Malaysia has become a shelf in our new kitchen; bottom, left; the Gravy Baby enjoys a snack; bottom right: it took me two weeks to make sense of the 42 kitchen boxes we had
The kitchen was my first priority. After three months on the road, we were ready to start eating some good ol' fashioned home-cooked meals. Plus, not a single member of the Gravy family functions well on an empty stomach.
Clockwise, from top left: our dining room table showcases pieces we picked up at Peter Hoe and in Sri Lanka; as of three days ago we still couldn't see our living room floor, so this is a marked improvement; we're still playing around with the art we picked up in Asia, like this oil painting of a Hong Kong streetcar and a terra cotta garden fish sculpture from Sri Lanka; our sofa is the same but thanks to good ol' America, we have new pillows
The rest of our house is still a work in progress. I'm arranging things here and there, reveling in the availability of places like Target and Lowe's to make our house feel like home. The hubby and I have been laughing in delight at how easy it is to replenish our basic supplies again. It makes a distant memory out of our first night in Malaysia, when we walked for what seemed like hours to find a light bulb to light our pitch-black bedroom.
All three of us are breathing a sigh of relief these days. We're still undergoing a lot of exciting new changes and getting ready to explore our new city, but for now, we're just happy to be able to come home to a nice little house in a nice little neighborhood.
I finally feel like we're living in America again.