All settled in

It's been a few weeks since we moved into the new place, and this weekend we finally got around to cleaning up the last odds and ends. We'd had everything stuffed willy-nilly into closets and lying around unused floor spaces, until a last-minute plan for my parents to come visit us on Saturday threw us into action on Thursday and Friday :-)

We spent most of those 2 days tidying, sorting, organizing, re-arranging, and finally, when everything was put away where it belonged, we were able to do our weekly cleaning of dusting, mopping and vacuuming. The house was spic and span in time for my parents' visit. If they hadn't decided to come up this weekend, we might have found excuses to postpone it even further, especially since a lot of the mess was simply out of sight, tucked away in closets, an unused desk and the balcony outside. But now I feel better that we actually got our butts kicked into gear and just got everything out of the way this weekend. Now we can truly put up our feet and enjoy the new place :-)

The rest of the weekend was pleasant-- Saturday we all ate lunch together and went downtown to the courthouse to climb up to the bell tower and get a grand view of Santa Barbara. The winds had pushed most of the clouds away, so it was a gorgeous, sunny, blue-skied day, and we could see for miles in every direction-- from the ocean to the mountains and all the landmarks in between.

Anyway... yes, we're all settled in now and I'll have to find my camera and take those "after" pictures soon. Hmm... funny that we put everything away neatly and I can't seem to remember where the camera is ;-)

So what motivates you? When you're dragging your heels and procrastinating doing something that you know you should be doing-- what gets you off your duff?