Unearthing My Creative Space (230:365)

My creative space has succumbed to an avalanche of chaos and I spent my "free" time unearthing it today. Kind of a bummer job, but it helped me feel a little more motivated to start getting on some more projects.

I also made a giant list of all the projects I want to work on.

Giant.

Here's to motivation and focus!

And, today Dee read "sat" and "am". Woohoo!

Finally, Shelves (169:365)

Watch out, this is scary!



I finally put up some shelves in my crafty area.

Now I can breath and create without stuff all over me.

Ahhh...

Decluttering (162:365)

You all know we got a garage yesterday. Well, today we started filling it up! Our house is becoming more zen-like. I can breath a little easier. We aren't done yet, but we cleared out a lot of stuff so far. I can already imagine all the space we are going to have and how we will be rearranging furniture and toys. 

Scott did all of the grunt work, carrying everything out like a mad man. He was so into it though! We are both really excited about having a more comfortable and inviting home. 

Hooray for calmer and cleaner spaces!

Garage, Garage, We are Getting a Garage! (161:365)

We thought this would never happen, but it has!

We need a place to store our stuff like we need more junk, but still,

it will be awesome to empty out our house a bit so we can breath (and move around)

better (and put the car in I guess...).

Yippee!

And it's our 6th Anniversary today. Hooray!

Love you Scotty.

Coffee Table into Shelves and Other Things, Part 1 (143:365)

With the help of my friends Sara and Jacob, I was able to do a little wood repurposing today.

We have a coffee table that was cracked along the bottom support, and which takes up too much room for our newly arranged living room, yet it felt wasteful to just toss out. I knew it still had some life in it somewhere. 

I needed shelves for my out of control fabric stash and crafting zone...

I needed to get a new piece of wood to fix our rocking ottoman that someone manly sat on and broke in two...

To the rescue come Sara and Jacob!

They have a circular saw, and they are super cool and nice, so they let me bring my table over and saw it up into tiny little usable bits!

There was a high of 32° today, but I'm sure it was more like 17° while we were outside sawing up the table. It was so cold, my face went numb, and while I was carrying wood back to my car my hands felt like they were flash frozen! I can't believe how nice my friends were to cut up my wood and do it all out in the frigid weather while their kids were jealous of me taking them away. 

Thanks you guys! I owe you one!

Cleaning the Chaos (123:365)

My mom is visiting so, of course, we went to Target
to celebrate (yesterday).

She bought us one of these sweet little things.

Now the toys in the living room are in here
 instead of under my feet.

...ahhh...

Much better.

Thanks grandma!

Chaos into Organized Matter (74:365)

With the party over, Scott's Comprehensive Exams done, and my problem with bringing too much into our home and taking nothing out...our house has turned into a chaotic disaster this week.

Today's project was to clean the pantry and cupboards and toss expired stuff and organize the good stuff. 

It probably took an hour or two (in mommy time, so I don't really remember how long I was working on it), but it was well worth it. I now know where everything is and what we have so I can plan dinner for the week and know what foods we need to use up asap before they go bad. 

That's one thing that really steams me up. 

When food goes bad before it gets eaten. 

I know that as the homemaker it is mostly my fault, but there are other people who live here too that could find food if they tried. 

Ahem.

But I digress...

Anyway, the cupboards are (mostly) organized and ready for efficient use.

Bravo.

Next it's on to organizing fabric and sewing projects.

Sigh. 

P.S. Does anyone from here know where the local food bank is and their policy on donations?