I love that quote by Michelangelo! It is so true that the great work of this world is not done by geniuses, but by ordinary men and women that are simply hard working and dedicated and who strive to achieve extraordinary things.<\/p>\n
We are in the final week of completing the construction of our new home.\u00a0 The result is incredible\u2026breathtaking.\u00a0 It\u2019s funny because when we take people through the house to see it as we are finishing construction several have mentioned the genius that went into the home, yet when they say that I immediately want to recite that Michelangelo quote:\u00a0 \u201cIf you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn`t call it genius.\u201d<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 This last year and a half of building this house has been an all-consuming effort to say the least. It has been more hours than I could have ever imagined.\u00a0 The level of detail is so tremendous and painstaking that it is mind boggling.\u00a0 The number of decisions that have had to be made every single day on everything from furnaces, to hinges on doors, to light fixtures, to insulation, to the color of grout to use between tiles.\u00a0 It is truly a crazy endeavor to just plan the house out let alone build it.\u00a0 It has felt like being sucked into a dark abyss of despair in a never ending construction nightmare.<\/p>\n But tonight we have finally reached the point where we are starting to see the faint light at the end of the tunnel.\u00a0 The light is still about a month away, but at least we see the glimmer of light off in the distance for the very first time.\u00a0 As my husband and I sat down after another long day he looked over to me and said, \u201cI feel like when the house is done I won\u2019t even know who I am anymore\u2026all I am is this house every day!\u201d\u00a0 I totally understand that feeling\u2026we have been so buried in the house that it\u2019s hard to remember what our life was like before we started this project.\u00a0 The thought of coming home and not having to order anything, decide anything, blue tape anything is a magical dream!<\/p>\n The funny thing about life is that the projects that are the most difficult, the projects that we dump our heart and soul and energy into, the projects that make us the most stressed out and miserable \u2013 those typically end up being the projects that mean the most to us when we complete them.\u00a0 Those end up being the projects that make us proud and give us that moment for others to think we are a genius\u2026.so let\u2019s just keep it between us that it isn\u2019t genius at all, just a ton of really hard work!\u00a0 That can stay our little secret \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Have an amazing day and remember that the harder the project today the more genius you become!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love that quote by Michelangelo! 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