My focus for month 7 of my year-long happiness project was getting our house ready to put on the market. Check it off the list! We've sold our house! The buyers need to move in May 30, and we have been able to push our moving date up to May 25. There's still lots to pack up around the house, and we'll spend a good few days doing a thorough cleaning after all our stuff is moved out. It's super exciting that we're now 3 weeks away when this move has been anticipated for almost a year!
At the same time, I'm very sentimental about leaving our current home. We've put a lot of hard work into this house, and it's very sad to say goodbye. I've already planned to make a book that will include pictures of every room in the house (and how they have changed through the years) as well as several pictures of monumental things that happened while living in the house. This house represents our hard work in saving up to buy it in the first place, we grew our family here from 2 to 5, all the hours spent working together inside and outside to beautify our home, and many, many other happy and cherished memories. As I've been doing my regular cleaning lately, I can't help but think I'm winding down to the last few times I clean these bathrooms, or mop these floors, etc. I know there are many more bathrooms to clean in my future, but I feel like I know every nook and cranny of this house as I've cleaned it over the last 6 years and in many ways it's difficult to say goodbye. I'm sure I'll have a good cry at some point as we get closer to shutting the door on this chapter of our lives.
Besides getting our home ready to sell, I made a small goal to stop biting my nails. I made some progress, but overall failed miserably. Ha! Some habits are hard to break! I did index 200 names, and I started The Continuous Atonement by Brad Wilcox. I'm learning a lot and plan to finish it in May.
May's happiness goal is to do my part to improve my marriage. I've attempted this goal in a previous month, but I didn't feel like I was ready to commit to this goal fully at that time. Especially since we're coming up on our 7th anniversary on June 2nd, I thought May would be a perfect month to put a little more focus on my marriage. I'm using the book, The Love Dare, as a guide throughout the month. A part of me feels it is sad that I have to make a conscious goal in order to be more patient and loving to my husband, but adding children to a marriage adds a whole new element to the mix. I'm no longer just "Haley" or "Matt's Wife." First and foremost I am "Mommy." My children's needs always come first. Hopefully I'll create several habits that carry over long after this month is over!
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