Cleaning House!!!! (and other thrilling adventures) :)
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| A Semi-Brilliant Idea |
Today, I spent most of my day (the part I wasn't waiting on my poor sick hubby some more) cleaning out the workshop. AAAAH! It was a total mess! Beads, string, paintings, wooden boxes, and random junk EVERYWHERE! I WILL NOT be showing you a before and after picture...it's too embarrassing what the room looked like. The thing about my workshop is that it is also our second bedroom. That presents a lot of challenges, of course. This room will basically be a place for my in-laws to stay when they visit from New Hampshire. Matt's mother, who I absolutely love to death, is an extremely tidy person. I mean EXTREMELY tidy. Even everything in her closets is labeled and organized-IT'S AMAZING. I, however, am not that tidy. Now, I'm usually not a slob, and I'm generally pretty happy with the way I keep house. However, COULOMBE CLEAN is a whole different level of clean. It's like glistening clean, squeaky clean, pine fresh clean. Thankfully, my mother-in-law doesn't hold me to any unreachable expectations, I just always want to impress her and make her love me... you know, it's just a mother-in-law, daughter-in-law thing. Anyway, I had a rare flash of brilliance today when I was cleaning and organizing the pit of despair I call my office. Take a look at how I managed to cuten up a shelving unit with a few pins and a curtain we weren't using! Great right! It'll help the room be more guest friendly for sure.
When organizing my shop today, I found some things my mom had saved from my childhood. I put this picture up in the shop. It's from kindergarten! I don't know what my hair was doing, but I do remember that outfit-I loved it! It had matching pink stirrup pants, oh the 90's! So I put the photo up in the shop as evidence of my greatest achievement to-date, Kindergarten Star of the Day! LOL! Everyone got to be "Star of the Day" eventually. I remember thinking that it really wasn't that great of an honor, because it was just a matter of time before everyone got to be the star. Nevertheless, I also remember waiting on pins and needles for my turn to be the star... I was a strange, thoughtful child, always eager for attention. I guess I haven't changed that much!!! :)
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| Cute Baby Benny |
When organizing my shop today, I found some things my mom had saved from my childhood. I put this picture up in the shop. It's from kindergarten! I don't know what my hair was doing, but I do remember that outfit-I loved it! It had matching pink stirrup pants, oh the 90's! So I put the photo up in the shop as evidence of my greatest achievement to-date, Kindergarten Star of the Day! LOL! Everyone got to be "Star of the Day" eventually. I remember thinking that it really wasn't that great of an honor, because it was just a matter of time before everyone got to be the star. Nevertheless, I also remember waiting on pins and needles for my turn to be the star... I was a strange, thoughtful child, always eager for attention. I guess I haven't changed that much!!! :)
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| Rotary Phone Acrylic Charm Earrings by EastOfTheSun |
In other news, look what great earrings I received in the mail today! They are from another one of my favorite Etsy sellers, EastOfTheSun. Click on the link and check out her diverse and interesting shop. I also got a matching necklace as well! I love them-they're so unique and fun, just like all of her items! She also has some great new Maine photography in her shop that remind me of why I LOVE Maine.