Projects

Getting things accomplished is a 'high five' for me!  I love when they get crossed off the list and completed!  I live with a husband that likes to cross things off too, but it takes a reaalllly long time to get to that point!  Our basement bedroom is painted, carpeted, boards on the wall & stained, but not cleaned up or things moved into place.  The desk that belongs in that room still remains in the garage!  Patience.  The mower got to the service guy but now waits to be picked up.  Patience.  A lamp that our puppy Ginger chewed the cord through, needs dropped off to be fixed.  Patience.  However, even though I want my things done yesterday rather than tomorrow, does not mean that I am this super picky organizer.  There are certain areas in life and things in my house that must be organized or I am not happy.  Other areas are not so much a priority (like ironing clothes).  Mike is like that too.  Business, finances, his kids (and wife) are high on his priority list and small projects around the house are not so much.  That's OK ... because that to me is living 'real life'.

There were a few things that did get done recently around here!!!  We are getting our mulching, trimming, edging and all that spring work done by a landscaper this year because of me having a spring baby!  We always did all this work ourselves and so having a crew of 4 men come in and totally kick butt, is so much fun to watch!  So far they trimmed all the roses and plants, raked out all the winter trash from the flower beds, trimmed the bottoms of the pine trees, and made a really nice edge all around the flower beds.  Something that takes us hours of labor, they had done in no time!  Weeding and mulching will wait for a few weeks yet, but that is a wonderful feeling too knowing that it's not up to me and other helpers to scoop 16 yards of mulch!

Like I said before, I have some projects that take a really long time to get completed too!  Our living room curtain was one of them!  What do I want?  Nothing outrageously expensive!  Something rich and classy.  I went to different places and looked at options, but always left saying no.  Well, just yesterday, I had a new curtain hung!!!  It looks so nice and beautiful!  It's 'hand sewen' (not by me goodness)!  After the blinds are bought and hung, the white curtain behind the new one will go!  Take a look ...

I need to get blinds yet for the windows and I won't promise that will done in the near future (smile).

Here are some other projects we have going on right now around the house ...

These are some school projects Hadassah has going.  Last week in art (her fav!!!) they made an a map of the USA out of some peanut butter mixture and made mountains, etc..  She's doing a project on the state of Tennessee and it needs to be completed by next week.  She takes piano lessons at school.

More spring came blowing indoors the other day.  This little flower rests on my pregnant belly just fine.  Plenty of room!

Then I placed it in Matthew's small hands ...

"Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?  And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.  For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.  But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you."  Luke 12: 27 - 31

Have a wonderful day!