Over labor day, instead of living it up by the pool, we moved out of our house into a rental down the street.
Why? Because instead of building a house, we decided a while back to just renovate the house and make it the home that we want and need. Our location is ideal and the house is great. It just wasn't OUR house... it was my parent's home. That's one of those weird things that I never thought about until living in the house I grew up in as an adult and parent!
So, while the start of the school year is the absolute worst time of the year to start a home renovation, we are doing it. I really started back in the summer with the girls rooms and have been slowly building to the level of insanity we are at now.
But we are surviving. Primarily cause we are good at living in chaos. ;) But more than that, we are surviving because we have a plan and a rallying cry!
A what?
A RALLYING CRY!!!
Doug brought home the book The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family by Patrick Lencioni
This book was the difference maker. I read it in one sitting and then ran out to staples and bought our white board!
Doug and I bounced ideas back a forth a couple of days and ended up with this as our family board.
It was a great experience and really got us on the same page so that we could move forward together. I often feel like while we are on the same path and absolutely on the same journey, we are often taking turns leading and following, rarely walking side by side.. hand in hand. And maybe that is exactly what we are supposed to be doing within the the give and take of a relationship, but I truly enjoyed hashing out our family rallying cry with Doug!
With "Make the House Our OWN" as a rallying cry, it was easier to walk into the insanity of packing our entire house and moving us four houses down the street for 4-6 weeks. I want to see our plans and dreams fulfilled. And how do we know that we are on track? Well, the defining objectives are things that we want to accomplish along the way.
The kid's rooms are done: CHECK!
Because the moving out to renovate we used this as a chance to simplify and sort for a garage sale. So CHECK and CHECK!!
The only piece that we are struggling with right now is the Plan the Week objective. That will get better, but it is hard to plan the week and prep meals in the middle of the start of school and moving!
And since I am sure you are wondering, the Standard Objectives are things we want to do or continue no matter the goal or rallying cry. These are the things that we value as a family and don't want to neglect.
Tuesday morning the renovation started.
Why? Because instead of building a house, we decided a while back to just renovate the house and make it the home that we want and need. Our location is ideal and the house is great. It just wasn't OUR house... it was my parent's home. That's one of those weird things that I never thought about until living in the house I grew up in as an adult and parent!
So, while the start of the school year is the absolute worst time of the year to start a home renovation, we are doing it. I really started back in the summer with the girls rooms and have been slowly building to the level of insanity we are at now.
But we are surviving. Primarily cause we are good at living in chaos. ;) But more than that, we are surviving because we have a plan and a rallying cry!
A what?
A RALLYING CRY!!!
Doug brought home the book The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family by Patrick Lencioni
This book was the difference maker. I read it in one sitting and then ran out to staples and bought our white board!
Doug and I bounced ideas back a forth a couple of days and ended up with this as our family board.
It was a great experience and really got us on the same page so that we could move forward together. I often feel like while we are on the same path and absolutely on the same journey, we are often taking turns leading and following, rarely walking side by side.. hand in hand. And maybe that is exactly what we are supposed to be doing within the the give and take of a relationship, but I truly enjoyed hashing out our family rallying cry with Doug!
With "Make the House Our OWN" as a rallying cry, it was easier to walk into the insanity of packing our entire house and moving us four houses down the street for 4-6 weeks. I want to see our plans and dreams fulfilled. And how do we know that we are on track? Well, the defining objectives are things that we want to accomplish along the way.
The kid's rooms are done: CHECK!
Because the moving out to renovate we used this as a chance to simplify and sort for a garage sale. So CHECK and CHECK!!
The only piece that we are struggling with right now is the Plan the Week objective. That will get better, but it is hard to plan the week and prep meals in the middle of the start of school and moving!
And since I am sure you are wondering, the Standard Objectives are things we want to do or continue no matter the goal or rallying cry. These are the things that we value as a family and don't want to neglect.
Tuesday morning the renovation started.
It's going to be very different. I'm not sure yet if that is good or bad...
but it will be OUR home.
So I guess mid October we will be looking for a new rallying cry. Hopefully this next one won't involve a move!
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