Clean House

[singing] "Who's got a clean house?"
I will -- after today because it is cleaning lady day!!  Yeah!!!

No, I do not clean before the cleaning lady comes, but YES, I do pick up my own messes.  I want her to do the things I hate to do such as dust, scrub floors and do the bathrooms.  I don't expect her to know where I want a book that has been left out or put away the mess I made in the dining room.

I am still such a newbie at this blog thing that I did not take before or after pictures [yet].  My dining room was a mess.  I do mean a mess!  I had stuff everywhere, mostly craft room overflow as my craft room is attached to the dining room.  I decided that I had better do something about that before our house is cleaned today.

I have removed all but a few things that do not belong in the dining room.  The items still left on one chair are a few pictures and easels I use for photos.  I'm going to move more items around in the next few weeks so those I could handle.  She will just have to clean around those.  I've decided it is time to freshen up my dining room a bit so I will take a before photo and then do an after of how I have rearranged knick knacks and other items to just give it a bit of a new look.  I'm thinking of redoing quite a few of my window treatments around the house too (and keep in mind, none of mine are very expensive).

Enough babbling!  The coffee is done and I am dying for a cup! 

Christmas in July (Holiday Happenings)

Happy Birthday United States!!  Here's hoping everyone is having a great Independence Day.  I'm afraid that we will not be seeing fireworks tonight.  The day has been wet and rainy and the radar does not show that it will be clearing up anytime soon.

I am working on my latest obsession, scrapbooking.  I have completed the 3 page layout I showed in my post from yesterday and am working on another 3 pages -- all still from the 4th of July last year.  I am bound and determined to get caught up.

Of course, being so obsessed with my scrapbooking is leaving me little time for my other crafting and I must say that at times I do feel I'm being a bit maniacal about it.  Bwah-hahahahah [my evil laugh] - I just cannot get enough.  However, I will have to move on to something else and soon.  I have a dead spot coming up soon.  Let me explain.  I have this lovely little pre-lit evergreen tree I purchased a number of years ago at Target -- for the purpose of having a smaller Christmas tree because we do have to celebrate Christmas at odd times.  I now decorate the tree for different seasons and occasions.  It is currently decorated for the Independence Day Holiday.

My holiday tree unlit and lit.

I will now have to get up off of my dead, lazy bum and figure something out for the rest of the summer.  I really do not have anything until I start to decorate for fall.  How I have managed to not get a summer theme going all these years I have no idea.  I do have some ideas on what to make and yes I am going to make something.  I have enough craft supplies to feed a small army of crafters ... OK I really don't but it sounds good.  Either way, only a few more days and the 4th of July holiday items will have to come down.  I really do like this tree.