A look at New Year's Resolutions-

Actually I think I will steal an idea from Nester

I have a fabulous old door in my garage that I've been wanting to use in the house. I think I will put that door behind the big comfy chair and call it a day. Once that gets up there with the panel I think I'll be set. Aren't you glad I took the time to spell this all out for you?

Before After- After not quite completed

Well, I moved the cabinet to the other side of the room. I think I like it better but am seriously thinking about doing a plate display on the wall above the comfy chair. I like the flag turned the long way but need to get creative on the mantle. Trying to use what I have in a new way. I have a ton of things in the basement I can use it's just a mater of getting down there to pick things out. Still have an issue with the cord.... any ideas? I also have a great panel I plan on using behind the big comfy chair. Might be time to get rid of the quilt and do something completely different. Really, I just need the Nester to come over for tea and take over. Still struggling with above the the kitchen cabinets and probably always will until I just throw up some foliage to fill in the spaces and gaps. Feels so good to concentrate on home things again.

I broke my toe.

Do I need to say anymore? I'm trying to finish well and in the process dropped a brass tray on my toe, edge side down and from about waist high. Silly actually but now I'm trying to figure out how to function and finish rearranging furniture and knick knacks. In the meantime I moved the black cabinet over to the other side of the room. While it looks better I still need to add the curtain and get a new lamp shade. Something fun and fabulous. I'll post pictures later. Pictures of the room not my toe.

You know those moments when life truths

When life truths hit you in the head like a ton of bricks. I mean, they are usually moments not intended to hit you upside the head but do anyway. You know when your five year old says you look like Santa... ok, I get it! A few less sweets and few more hours on the treadmill.

I had one of those todays. One of those, "that pretty much sums up my life" moments. I posted on my facebook account that I was going to start a 2010 project today. Nothing wrong with that. In my mind I'm getting a head start on the new year. However, a friend posted back that it was actually the last of the 2009 projects since today is 12/29. Ouch a little because this is really the story of my life. I never finish well I always start well, but never finish well. I do great with the first 20 chapters of a book and then- well, skimming is faster and I can get to the end and move on to another book that I can read the first 20 chapters. Or another example, cleaning the house. I have to start at a different place each time. Not because it's more exciting that way or because it breaks up the monotony of cleaning but because if I didn't, certain sections would never get cleaned. I do not finish well.

So, this year, the year of 2009, I will finish well. I will complete at least two projects that I've been meaning to do all year and had just transferred to the next year.

So if you get any of those unintended moments in the next few days-let me know so I'm not all alone.

Finishing well in 2009!

Now I literally can not sleep

Isn't it funny how you just live with a problem and then decide to change it and then you can't wait to change it? I'm literally wringing my hands to move the cabinet now. Sadly, I will have to wait until Friday because Les is working and on top of that he has a cold. The last thing he wants to do is help me move my TV cabinet. This is why I need a brother/dad/uncle in town that can help me move things when I need them moved.

It totally makes sense to move it over there and I don't know why I didn't see it before. I think I limited my choice by how long my wire stretched from the wall to the back of the TV. Silly me.

I moved my bedroom around last week and really like the new layout. I'd prefer about 5 more feet to work with but this will work. Moving the bed gives us so much more room in here. I have a small sitting area for writing an reading which is absolutely fabulous for me.

Well, off to put away china and get the house back in order before the new year. Hoping 2010 is our year.

My big blank wall

For years I've wondered what to do with this gigantic wall in my Family Room. I like how the front of the room looks but the far side from the kitchen and the "wall" leading upstairs is just hard to decorate. For lack of a better idea and/or inspiration I've just put up a quilt on the wall. Now the quilt is too far over because of where we put the TV Cabinet. I'm just out of ideas. Anyone have a suggestion?

I could move the TV cabinet over to the corner where the stairs are and switch the chair location. The only issue would be figuring out how to make the cable wire longer. That might balance out the room more since that window behind the cabinet is so high. Still wouldn't know what to do with the cord. If I did that I could add another chair next to the cabinet.

Note: I took this picture while my boys were playing Wii. They asked me what I was doing and I told them I wanted to remember this moment for the rest of my life. My son said, "you mean me beating dad at Wii?"

Edited: I am going to do that. Move the TV cabinet over by the stairs. Then I'll get that window back and I can put up a lovely mistreatment. I have this fantastic panel that I've been wanting to use. It would totally pull the front room and the family room together. Now to convince my husband to help me move it, move the treadmill downstairs from the loft and carry all the Christmas decorations back down to the basement.

Merry Christmas!

Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

So to honor Him, pa rum pum pum pum,
When we come.

Little Baby, pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give the King, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum,
On my drum?

Mary nodded, pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time, pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him, pa rum pum pum pum
I played my best for Him, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

Then He smiled at me, pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum.

Lucy in the Sky

This is not my writing. I give credit to a fellow blogger named: http://uptothemoon.blogspot.com.


"Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies..."

Do you know the story behind the Beatles song, Lucy in the sky with diamonds? In 1966, Lucy O'Donnell Vodden made a friend in preschool. That friend was Julian Lennon, John Lennon's son. 4 year old Julian came home from school one day with a drawing he had made of a girl with diamond-shaped eyes. He showed it to his dad, and when asked about it, Julian said it was "Lucy in the sky with diamonds."


"Cellophane flowers of yellow and green, towering over your head."


The song is widely regarded as a psychedelic masterpiece, replete with haunting images of "newspaper taxis" and a "girl with kaleidoscope eyes." But listen to the lyrics now, with this story in mind, and you can see the world through the eyes of child.


"Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain, where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies."


Last week, Lucy died after a long battle with lupus. She was 46. Julian and Lucy lost touch after he left the school following his parents' divorce, but they were reunited in recent years when Julian tried to help Lucy cope with her disease. He sent her flowers, and upon learning of her love of gardening, sent gift cards for use at a gardening center near her home in southeast England. He also sent her frequent text messages in an effort to bolster her spirits. Julian said he wanted to do something to put a smile on her face. I'm not sure if he accomplished that, but I admire him for taking the time to try. Sometimes it's the little things. Just like the little picture that Julian brought home from school one day.

"Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, waiting to take you away. Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and your gone..."

The countdown to Christmas....

I'm absolutely ready for Christmas. Besides having a few gifts to wrap and cleaning the house up, we're ready. We are supposed to get a ton of snow tonight. I hope that's the case. I hope it snows and snows and snows.