Week 206: The Sleepingless Beast

I had a nightmare last week that we built our house and then there was no place to put my sewing machine. There I was, moving things into the finished house, standing in the hallway, crying, holding my sewing machine that didn't have a place to be.

As if it really needs a place to be. Right now it sits on the floor of our closet.

But right now--as we are waiting for the final draft of the house to arrive in our mailbox any day now--the gravity of the situation struck me: I have to make sure there are places for all the stuff we own because how totally freaked out will I be that we build a house, and then as we're moving in, we realize we forgot to include a spot for the fridge. The fridge! Then it ends up in the garage! And I spend the rest of my life trekking between the the kitchen and the garage holding gallons of milk.

Good thing we have a spot for the fridge.

And good thing I flipped through a Better Homes and Garden magazine in the middle of the night and found this photo (which I plan on replicating in some fashion in the house's laundry room):

Oh, of course! A drawer for my sewing machine! Where it will sit and be happy across from the washer and dryer, except for occasionally wishing that someone in the household sewed more often than she did laundry. But life isn't perfect, especially for sewing machines.

Dreaming of the house has been only the beginning of my sleepless adventures; most of the others involve the two daughters who have conspired against Jason and me to make our nighttime routine miserable. It isn't the sleeping through the night that's troublesome, it's the actually getting to sleep.

And we're not happy about it.

I will, in fact, write more about it...tomorrow. Right now, I have to figure out where we're putting our wooden filing cabinet.

PS: I'm starting a new page of Creature Bug that will chronicle the adventures of building the house, so that it won't usurp all the space for the day-to-day stories that I parade through here. Stay tuned!

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Comments

[Rachel]

Now that is a cute cabinet! And I despise those nights where you worry about something and can't sleep...only to realize later that is was something that was already taken care of....I'm sure your new house will be perfect and beautiful and it will be big enough to find room for your sewing machine cabinet!

[Margaret]

Oh, gah, I remember those days. I couldn't wait for the girls to go to bed since I had to get up about 6 for school. But they had their night time issues, and it was stressful--not getting enough sleep, dealing with fearful kids, etc...I love the cabinet!

[Karen]

Come build one in our house first. I promise to test it out...and let you know if it works well.

Mine is on our closet...cuase boxes are were I want it. But Noah's teacher asked me to help with a table cloth...SO HAPPY!! to be using it again. Insperation. (SP?)

[violetismycolor]

Brace yourself...things will not be perfect, no matter how hard you try. But don't worry, you will figure thingss out (as I know from my ongoing bedroom remodel...). Good luck, bug...

[Sarah]

hmmmm, getting ideas for my someday dream laundry room...and five years ago i never would have thought about it. also, i guess i could always walk over and just enjoy yours :)