This is my bedroom:
This is also my bedroom:
but I prefer to ignore the second part of my bedroom. I don't do well with disorder :)
This is the family room:
We are currently in the process of priming/painting this room. The dogs and their kennel are somewhere underneath that brown tarp. So are about 100 books. The rest [!!] of the books are in boxes in the storage unit.
On the topic of disorder, I found a cool quote by A. A. Milne [of Winnie-the-Pooh fame], "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." I think this would go well in my children's bedrooms. Or maybe in my own bedroom over Jared's pile of things. He came into this marriage with a need to see everything he owns. :) I am constantly frustrating this need, by putting things away, sometimes while he is still trying to use them. Fortunately for me, he is pretty forgiving of this.
Gratitude List:
* Sunshine [and mud] today- lots of outside playtime for my three rowdy kids.
* DI drops [they're like Salvation Army] for the toys and clothing my kids have outgrown. Also for some of the purchases I have outgrown LOL.
* Good neighbors and friends.
* my kids and my husband [and all our relatives :)]
* God
* a living prophet
* I made the time to read my scriptures today
* We sold our big, heavy, old, HEAVY piano!!!!
* We made enough money on the sale of that piano to buy a [much more easily transported] keyboard- Hooray!
* No holes or scratches in the newly painted bedrooms.
* My washer and dryer work [one of the kids had a bathroom accident today, making this an especially good thing]
* toilet plungers that really work [see above]
* We did our errands today with our windows down, blasting the Barenaked Ladies on our radio [Seven ate Nine! Bwaaah-haah-haaaah!!!!]
* There are trained professionals who do nothing but install carpet into other people [like me]'s homes.
* digital books I can check out for FREE from my local library.
* that Jared is handy with all sorts of guns, including caulking guns.
* Lowe's. and Home Depot.
* Today I feel a little bit like a tulip, beginning to sprout after a long, cold winter.
3 comments:
I can relate to the "windows rolled down blasting 7 8 9." That sounds about like our day. That is Saxon's favorite song! That and pollywog. Thanks again for the CD! I love hearing him sing along to all the songs :)
Okay, your pictures are making me stress out....lol...seriously, you should see my basement right now. I have crap strewn throughout trying to decide what I'm going to put on Craigslist, what is going in the garage sale and what is going to be pitched. Thank goodness I don't have to look at it unless I go down in the basement.
Expanding on what Kris said...my own gratitude list would include having a basement:) Where the heck else would I hide all the "crap" as Kris called it! :) Your projects look daunting; great job meeting them head on!
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