Slug

I am feeling a little more like myself only way more sluggish! The pain is mostly gone and easily subsided with mere regular motrin. After a full week of not much else other than sleep - it now eludes me! I am very sad for this fact. I am so thankful for my hubby and my mommy! They have been so wonderful and helpful.

Enough of that - I am sure you all are waiting for something more - something that will make you smile. The first day of surgery I obviously felt great! Having so much of the anesthetic still working in me - I thought "Wow! This isn't going to be near as bad as I thought!" Yeah! well the second day proved another picture altogether. They had given me one of those morphine pumps that I get to manage myself - and that first night after some of the "good stuff"was wearing off I started feeling a little of the pain. So, I thought that I would purposefully stay awake for over an hour so I could push the pump! Well, little did I know that I would end up feeling way out of it and nauseous. The nurse gave me something for the nauseousness and it put me even more out of it. I noticed I would be dreaming but awake (don't they call that hallucinating?) and I would talk out loud - I could feel myself doing it and even would laugh about it right then but could do nothing to stop myself. I think it would have been great if Sixbit had have had a tape recorder. Anyway - things are looking more favorable and less bleek starting yesterday - I think I just might make it!

Edited by my very own mother who claims I am still out of it!

Promises

I was downloading some pictures from our church's kid's camp and found this picture - It reminds me of God's promises to His people - of which I am one! On the eve of my surgery, I am comforted to know that He will be with me and that so many people are praying for me and that all goes well with no complications and that this is the answer to all my problems. One of the dear ladies at church crocheted me a shawl with a note that "I am wrapped in the arms of God" - Thank you, Janet for that sweet tangible reminder.
Kelly, recognize the car in the driveway?

High Dive

My little munchkins jumped off the high dive for the first time EVER this week at swim practice. All three of them - and the funniest thing was that #3 went first and 5 different times. I do have to say, that I was a little nervous knowing how far he would go under before popping back up! But . . . he, they all did awesome. Unbeknownst (is that how you spell it?) to me - that the practice before, Sixbit offered B $100 (no, there are not too many zeros) to jump off! But. . . B was not ready that day. SO he waited until Sixbit was no where in site to decide to jump! At least I had my camera! I made the comment to C that she is blurry in all the pictures and her reply to me was, "Mom! I am in motion!". So, there you have it. Nothing on the photographers part - all on the subjects part!

Tag, I'm it

I have been tagged (maybe a week ago!) by Laughter Thoughts - so here, finally is my three themed Meme

Three things I am doing right now: blogging, watching tv and trying to stay awake

Three nicknames: Pinky, Ediebug, and Pinkydots

Three people that make me laugh: Sixbit, Bergan Herd and Sillybug

Three things on my floor: A's shoes (well actually she put them away earlier - but they are almost undoubtly always under the kitchen table), kitty food (Jumps is a very messy eater), and the phone base - it always seems to fall on the floor and noone knows how to pick it up - not even me!

Three things I can do: make people smile, make an awesome bed, sleep all day

Three things that I love: Sixbit, all the kids, and daisies.

I guess the name of the game is "tag you're it" - SO tag Kandid Kiwi, More Water and Brandi!

Soccer Star

So, guess what! Soccer started back up today! Whoo Hoo! At least this year there is only one playing so our Saturdays won't seem so filled! Here is our soccer princess right in the thick of it! Thanks to our friend, Susan for sending this pic to us!

Mommies

If you happen to think about me and see that my posts are few and far between in the coming weeks - maybe you could pray for me! I am finally having my hysterectomy and haven't been feeling too well the last few weeks. I am not really anxious as much as just wanting to be on the healing side of things. My mom is coming to take care of me for quite a while and I am looking forward to that also - a girl needs her mommy sometimes.

Living Beyond Yourself

I started a new bible study today and I am very excited about it. This semester I decided to do something on my own and at home since I will be out for about 2 months. My mother and I are starting the Beth Moore Living Beyond Yourself study. It is a study on the fruit of the Spirit and it is online. It is a 10 week study with 5 days of homework in each week. If you are looking for something to study you should check this one out. You just download the homework and then after you complete the week of lessons then you listen to the video that goes with what you have just studied.

I haven't been very faithful lately with my time in the Word and so, today when I opened up my bible and started to read, my whole soul just let out a huge sigh of contentment! Don't you ever wonder why you let yourself slip in this area when it feels so good to be "in the Word"? I guess it is a little like exercise - something you have to discipline yourself to do but when you do it. . . you feel amazing.

Fort Wayne - Michele is that you?

Okay, so one of the fun blog toys I have on my blog is a blog map. If you have a blog, you really should get this. Click here to find out more. It tracks recent blog hits from various places. I have had visits from Egypt, Nairobi, Iceland and just recently I had a hit from Ft Wayne, Indiana - Is that you, Michele? If it is - I miss you! Leave me a comment so we can reconnect!

Post Swiper

I am stealing this post from Laughter Thoughts. She must have way too much time on her hands (hard to imagine with her monkeys). She found this site on the internet that will generate slogans for you. Here are a few of the slogans that it generated for Pink and Green Polkadots

• There Ain't No Party Like a Pink and Green Polkadot Party


• Fill it to the Rim with Pink and Green Polkadots


• The Ultimate Pink and Green Polkadot Machine

See what you come up with!

GET OUT!!!!

I have it on good authority that Sixbit is finally updating his blog! Check it out!!! I am not going to add what we are all thinking . . . it's about time!!!!

If anyone is wondering about the picture - well, if you knew Sixbit enough, you wouldn't have to ask! His prized bike and wheel set - the one that allows him not to get passed by those other triathletes with the number 60 written on their calves!

Way to go Sixbit! We welcome you back to the world of blogging!

Embarassing Moments

Here are those funny pictures I promised! They are of me with my head out the window trying desparately not to yack! You can see my face in the mirror on one of them. I know that I have a smile on my face in bothe pictures but I must assure you that it was one of those very painful smiles - remember my friend wouldn't stop laughing at me and I had to assume that I was a very funny site indeed, not to mention if the tables had of been turned there is a good chance I would've done exactly as she was doing - laughing my head off! Also, notice that my Lazy Scrapper is naked and I am about to use it improperly (in a manner that it was never intended to be used! Sorry Sillybug and Sandy). Enjoy and bring on the comments!

Winner

Alright, looks like Jazzy won my little contest. Email me your address again because you got a souvenier from the Pier!

Although we did try to find the Full House house but could not locate the info on the internet. We did make it to San Fran for a whopping total of 30 minutes. Here is why - I got carsick on the way over there! It was absolutely horrible. I had my head sticking out of the window and there was soooo much traffic! People were driving by laughing at me - not to mention Mar had the camera in one hand and the steering wheel in the other. She was just waiting to get the actual "yack" on film. I never did - and I am glad to rob her of that pleasure. She was just brutal in her lack of sympathy. I guess, what are good friends for? Seriously, once we parked we only had 20 minutes to get out and find souveniers and run back to the car and drive to the airport. Once we got to the airport only had time to pee and then get right on! We really cut it close with our little 20 minute splurge!

We worked our little fannies off once again and only once was I ready to get up and walk out. It was soo very crazy. I suppose that is what you are looking for when you are just starting out with a new company.

I am having trouble uploading pictures right now - so check back later for some funny pictures.

Another Day Another Prize!

I am headed to San Fransisco later this week to help my darling friend, once again, sell lazy scrappers! We will have at least one whole day to sightsee and am wondering if anyone has any good ideas for me. Let me know - if you have been there or heard of something totally worth seeing. For anybody's suggestions that I actually do and think it was so totally awesome I will send out a prize! So bring on your awesome suggestions!

60's Bash

So this is what happens to you when you turn 60! Your friends and you - who are normally very respectable people - revert back about 40 years. that is my mom in the Cher wig and my dad in the Elvis wig. I guess that means that when I turn 60 we all be heading back to the early 80s! That could be a blast! I am glad that I have such fun going parents! Dad, I am very very proud of you!

Ends and Beginnings

The end of summer is here! School starts back on Monday. All the kids are looking forward to it and I am glad they are happy about going back. We had such a fun summer although I think we all are glad to get back into routine. There is really alot to be said for routine.

We are going through a change here with some of our friends moving away. We are so sad to see Kelly and Grant go, but glad they have a blog to keep us updated on their lives and then Mandy and Egan (as C likes to call them). Megan is pregnant and is moving before we even get the chance to see her sweet little baby. We will just have to be planning trips across the country. It is so much fun to get to make a clean/fresh start - it is just hard on those that stay behind. I just have to look at this situation as a time to make new friends! So bring it on!!!

Anyone sick and tired of leapord man?

New post just to satisfy all - actually, I understand the disappointment that you are met with to sit down with your set aside time and read THE BLOGS - only to be met with the same post you read the day before and the day before that. (see SixBit's blog for extremely old posts! - something about accomplishing the mission .... I guess he figured he had accomplished his mission so no need to post anymore!) So, here is a new post - also am hoping to be better since school is getting back in session and life is settling more into routine.

My new big endeavor is Turbo Jam. I am turbo jamming my way to a leaner meaner me! It is so much fun and I find myself dancing through my day. My sister and I are doing this together. Always better to have someone to do it with.

Chicago

Tonight is our last night in Chicago - CHA is over and Across the Street ROCKED!! Everyone loved them! YAYAYAYAYAY!!
We drove into town tonight with some new friends Sophia and Autumn. We had so much fun with these two new friends - laughed and laughed and then laughed some more. We walked the Miracle Mile and I reminisced about a day 13 years ago when I shopped in Niketown and bought my sweet boyfriend (SixBit) a really cool Niketown hat. I was so stinkin excited to have such a cool present to bring back to him and then I ended up leaving it on the stinkin airplane and he never ever even saw it!

Anyway, as we walked around we saw this! Really, there is no words to describe it so . . . I am just going to let the pictures speak for themselves! ENJOY

So, this guy actually got all the way inside this box and completely shut the lid - but this little girl went up to put money in his bucket and she was in the way - so I couldn't get a picture with the lid completely closed - big stinkin bummer!!

Where in the world is Pinks?

Just a quick note to let you all what the heck I am doing right now!

I am at CHA (a trade show for the crafting community) with my dear dear friend Marchelle. We are having a BLAST. Don't get me wrong, it is soooo much work! We unveiled Across the St.'s new product. It is called Lazy Letters and it is a organization tote for all those stinkin' scrapbook letters that are just all over and everywhere. There isn't anything like it out right now and so there is a HUGE response to it.

I miss everyone and am looking forward to getting back to posting more regularly. Pray for this trip and that we will continue to be met with so much enthusiasm.

By the way, the kids are with my folks on the annual Cousin Cruise on Southern Cross (my parent's sailboat!) and SixBit is home holding down the fort - I miss you SixBit!!!

Big Winner

OK - I am a day late. But... there is a clear winner here. The number i picked was 695. I wanted to take a picture of the prize, but I am feeling way too lazy for that. The prize is very person specific. I picked out the prize yesterday after I knew who won. It is a cute little red scrapbook with gingham red ribbon to tie it closed and a dog chew toy - hmmm who could the winner be? You guessed it (or maybe not) - it is you, Kelly! I will get it to you soon.

I like doing giveaways. I'll have to do another one someday. Be watching!!!

Put on the Brakes!

This is Sixbit after a really long week and it is only Wednesday night! Actually, it is him after a really long week but . . . he and his dad put new brake pads on my car tonight. They were saving money - the car shop wanted to charge us about $300 to do it. They did it for only $30! Way to be thrifty Sixbit! I don't know much about cars and have never seen brake pads so I took a picture to show how used pads look and how they probably shouldn't look!

I was walking through the mall the other day and saw this ad for a t-shirt design contest for a store called Zumiez (which I have never heard of - does this mean I am officially an old goat?). Anyway they wanted people to come up with a design for a snowboard, surf board, skateboard company called volcom (also, never heard before!). I am so enamoured with my new illustrator program and learning all the wonderfully amazing things it can do - that I thought I would give it a try. I am looking for thoughtful criticism on this one. This is what I came up with minus the black! Let me know what you think.

Here are some really cool pictures that my dad took of SixBit at his half ironman a few weeks ago. I can't really blog much about that trip because I could be accused of stealing SB's thunder. He has said that he will eventually blog about it. He just doesn't

have as much time as it appears I do.

Formal Apology and Fun Game

First and foremost, I apologize to my friend Summer for calling her a slacker. I didn't even make the connection because I have been so slow lately. So, Summer consider yourself apologized too!

If you read my other friend Kandid Kiwi's blog then you will see that I also am a copycat. I really liked her little game about picking a number and posting on her blog. In honor of her and her little game and the fact that Mrs. J says that this is official "come out of the lurking closet" day, I am also going to play a little game. If you post a comment on my blog and get closet to the secret number I have written down then you will win a prize. I will pick the winner in one week - July 13. So, you have seven days to play. Ready, set, GO!!!


OOPS - forgot to tell you to pick a number between 1 and 700.

Summer Slacker

Sorry about the lapse in new postings. I am thinking that the ole blog is on summer vacation. We have been busy with swim team and getting up early and being tired all the stinkin time! Ok - so maybe I am the only one having a hard time with the early wake ups for swim team. I really love the sleep!

SB's big half iron man is coming up this weekend. He is saying that this is his last long distance triathalon. (we'll see!) So, if you think about it - send a quick prayer for him. He is thinking he is gonna be hurtin when he finishes this one. I on the other hand think he will do fantabulous! (new word - ok not for me - but am farely certain it isn't in the dictionary)

The kids and I are going to see Shaggy Dog this afternoon. We had a small glitch in our plans for the day and had to scramble to find something "fun" to replace it. I have wanted to see this movie and now is my chance. B wasn't very excited until we found a trailer online for him to see. (isn't the internet awesome?!!) Hope you enjoy your day and just know the postings will be fewer and longer in between.

I have been working on a new and exciting venture! My friend and her friend have started their own scrapbooking manufacturing business and I am designing papers for them. I am so stinkin (hee hee just to bug you Kelly- she thinks I say stinkin way too much!) excited to be doing this. They want to have a paper line for the CHA trade show this summer. I have been playing around for a few months now and have finally come up with something I am truly excited about and inspired by. Of course I can't show you what I am talking about at this moment but hopefully in the very near future I can unveil my first scrapbooking masterpiece.

Domestic Diva

Well the verdict is finally in and it is looking glum. I always thought that once that you had a laundry line hanging in your backyard that life was over! Not to mention being excited about having one - I have actually been wanting one all summer! Every morning we go to swim team and then come home and hang the swimsuits and towels over chairs. I just kept thinking how wonderful it would be to have a laundry line - so I found one at Lowe's that is retractable! (and I am so thrilled to have it!!) Notice the underwear hanging at the far end and the clothes pins in the lower left side (eek! did I really just say clothes pin?) Okay - at least it isn't in the front yard!
I think now I am an official Domestic Diva. Or maybe not. . . you decide!

Bahama Mama

Ok! I am back after a brief respite to the Bahamas. I know, it was really rough and mean of me to be gone for so long on the ole blog. I am back and rolling - so to say! (hee hee)

Anyone interested in our scuba trip and what we did? Well I will tell you anyway. We had a great time. We saw boats and planes that had been sunk for one reason or another (mostly to film movies - they say that most movies with underwater scenes have been filmed in the Bahamas.) On one of our dives we swam amongst the fish - our dive guide was on the boat feeding the fish - they were parrot fish and seargent majors. I think that was one of my favorite dives. We got to dive deep, I went 85 feet and Sb went 101 feet (shame on him). There was a wall (that is when the coral drops off from about 45 ft to 6500ft!) That was a little eerie but cool at the same time.

We also saw the fence that surrounds the area where Sean Connery's Bahamas house is! We also saw lots of rain - but we didn't mind it. We haven't seen rain or thunderstorms in ages! One night we even woke up to the loudest thunder ever - it shook our room. Not to mention that when you scuba it doesn't matter if it rains because you get wet anyway.

We went with a big group of about 65 people. Loved, loved, loved the people. Met some fantastic peeps! Wish I could've gotten to know them more.

I don't have too many pictures to post right now but will have tons in a week or two. The pictures here are the view from my poolside lounge chair and the hotel with stormy rain clouds behind it.

Sixbit's 35th Birthday

Today was Sixbit's birthday. We had a nice slow and easy day (unless you were Sixbit - who biked 50 miles and ran 9 miles!). Boo wanted to give SB something very special for his birthday so he gave him Puppy! SB said that he couldn't possibly take puppy - maybe for a sleepover for a night - but not forever. A gave SB her special caremello candy bar she got from her teacher for "caring so much" over the year. C wrote SB a special birthday poem and made him a card.



His favorite kind of cake is a chocolate roll up. I have made these in the past and are really yummy. I set about making this for him today and seemed to have major problems. It turns out that it was way toooo thin and stuck to the towel and wouldn't release. Therefore you couldn't roll it up. The comments were:

• Culinary treat
• Dessert never looked so good
• Place your orders now
• That is the best cake ever
• Very tasty
• Something about a new recipe that should be in all the cookbooks

Would you say they were being nice or sarcastic. We ate it anyway and SB was excited because he thinks I need to redeem myself tomorrow and make another one.

Rose Colored Glasses

Our neighbors are moving (no, no, no, - not the desk moving boys!) and so we had them over for home-made pizza, chocolate cake and ice cream last night. We had a great time and of course wished we had done that more. She brought me these beautiful roses for my table. I love fresh cut flowers adorning my kitchen. Flowers just seem to brighten it up! I can't help but to smile whenever I walk through the kitchen and see them sitting on the table!

Taxi Cab Driver

I am gonna copy Kk and Miss Miss with my post about the meyer's and briggs personality test. I just took it and think it is probably right on the money. I tested as an ESTP (extraverting, sensing, thinking, perceiving) and here is the description of that:

Caring, generous, cooperative, and enjoys helping others. Friendly, gregarious, energetic, vivacious, and charming. Often the life of the party. Tolerant and accepting of self and others. Has practical common sense. Accentuates the positive. Enjoys new experiences and has zest for life. Really like the charming part!!!

And then it has a section on typical jobs that might fit with my personality (how they came to these conclusions is way beyond me!)

• animal groomer or trainer, occupational therapist, special events coord. athletic coach, performer, teacher, physical therapist, transportation operative, designer police officer dietician professional athlete, travel agent, fitness instructor, public relations specialist, veterinarian, fund-raiser, real-estate agent, medical assistant, recreation worker, musician, salesperson, nurse, social worker

I think this is a funny list and especially like the transportation operative (does that mean a taxi driver?)

What a great waste of 15 minutes. If you have 15 minutes to spare why don't you take this extremely insightful test!!

YAY Neighbor Boys!!!

Neighbors are the coolest!! I love my neighbor. She has 2 sons who are in high school (well, actually one that just graduated last week) - anyway they helped me to move my big desk from the office room to the "red chair" room (which doesn't even have a red chair in it anymore!). SO, I give a BIG shout out to you 2 - Peter and Ben - your ice cream gift cards are on their way! I suppose I need to mention that these boys had been out working in their grandparents yard all day in the heat and they came home to me requesting their help! I also need to mention that my desk is all wood and all one piece. They had to take the door of the frame to get it outside so we could bring it through a big enough door to fit.

See, I was so stinkin inspired this past weekend and decided that I needed an inspiring place to continue to be inspired. I am still working on my space and this was a much bigger job than I had anticipated. (aren't they all!!) I have some really fun and great ideas and can't wait to get started!

Girl's Weekend

I got to take a long vacation this past week - which is why my blog was soooo quiet. I met up with my very great friend from California to go to CKU in Provo, Utah. (CKU is the ultimate scrapbook convention - in case you haven't heard!) My girlfriend has recently started a new scrapbooking manufacturing business (Across the St.) and so we also got to promote her new product the lazy scrapper. We had sooo much fun. We met some really neat gals and gleaned some really groovy tricks and tips. I am very much inspired. I have to give a big shout out to Sixbit for letting me go at such an incredibly busy time. I also give a big shout out to Sixbit's mom and dad for picking up my slack!

My favorite project of the weekend was this book that we made. It is totally awesome. It is meant to be a self reflection activity. Christy Tomlinson of Chatterbox was the teacher and she told us to look through magazines to find phrases that describe ourselves. Ooops I forgot to mention that the title say "A woman has 3 hearts..." and then on the stems it says "One she shares with the world" then "one she shares with her family" and then "one she shares with only herself". I just gotta say I love this because it is an inward reflection of who you are and it gets you thinking... Anyway, then you journal about each phrase and why it means whatever it means.

Thanks DAD!!

My dad bought me this new toy. It is a pencil mouse. It enables you to create on the computer in a whole new way. I just called my dad to ask him about his and within the week - I had one sitting at my door. What a DAD!!! I can't wait to get some time to play. Isn't it cool!!!

Runners, Bikers and Swimmers

I wanna give a big shout out to all my triathletes! Not to mention, Sixibit won 2nd place in his age group! Good job all 4 of you! You all earned your Frontier breakfast this morning!

Pigs and Horses

The other night, Kandid Kiwi came over early before Survivor. It was a beautiful night so C, A, KK and I all played horse and pig. Well, actually I watched while KK and C played a monumentally long game of horse where C won! This picture is of her victory dance. So, then I wanted to play and we all decided we had better play something shorter. Pig it was! Unfortunately, I was the first one out! This seems to be a pattern. See the chicks poker article! I want everyone to notice how low the basket is. How pathetic for me, huh?!! Also, I want everyone to notice KK's big dunk. Isn't she awesome! Well, we had a great time anyway.

Ma'ams and Homeless Men

I know I said I would blog about my weekend - but my day was too blogworthy not to blog about it instead! I am going to try and recap.

First off, I took B to the dr - he has had a goopy green snotty nose for about a month now. I kept thinking it would just go away and it never did. Turns out he has a sinus infection. Well, no big deal there. We go to Target and fill his prescription (never used their pharmacy before) - and did you know they have colored rings to color code family members! That was just one of the highlights of my day. I know - it doesn't take much.

I take B back to school and help out in his class and then come home and start on my list. I had everything all planned - mind you. While I was starting on my list, I hear a loud thump above my head in the ceiling. Now, I have to explain that last night I heard the loud thump at 11:30 and B and I investigated and found nothing - although we did not look in the attic. So, this afternoon I was totally freaked and convinced myself that a homeless man had moved into the attic. So, I grabbed my stuff and left very hastily, I must say. After much consideration, I came home and called my neighbor who came over to stand guard while I - well - used the facilities. ;0) She looked in the attic and GUESS WHAT!! To my surprise - there was NO homeless man. She did not find anything! Go figure.

Anyway, I was out and about running errands and some high school punk asked, "Can I help you ma'am?" Can you believe it?! I don't think I have ever been called ma'am.

And then tonight was my first PTO meeting as president. I was so prepared and had door prizes and agendas and you name it - I was so organized. But. . . I blew it. Our meeting started at 6:30 and we didn't get out until 9:00! I had to email everyone with a sincere apology. I promised never to have a 2 page agenda again. I guess, chalk it up to lack of experience.

In spite of it all, I actually got most of my list done. Just not the watering, vaccumming or cleaning for 45 minutes. Oh well, I will just try again tomorrow.

New Header! YAY

A and I played around tonight and figured out how to put a picture for the header background. We had to try and try and try . . . finally we figured out the right combination. Of course, there are still some small glitches. But. . . I am tired and don't want to fool around with this any more tonight. I am off to bed and maybe someday soon I will play around some more and tweak it to perfection. I like having all of our pictures in the title. The picture was something I just threw together - I didn't want to put too much effort, in it in case it didn't work. I would have been extra fustrated!

Hopefully, the weekend was good for everyone. I am going to blog about my weekend tomorrow. So, tune in if you want to hear about our first Saturday at home in over 378 million weekends (or so it seems!).

Shameless Plug

I have been playing around tonight and found CafePress. So, as you can imagine - I set up shop. It is a pretty cool place because you can upload your artwork and have it printed on a variety of products. I think this might be my new hobby. We'll just have to see. It could also be one of those things that just never comes to fruition. I guess only time will tell. You'll have to check it out and let me know what you think.

New Pillows and Fresh Starts

I have been searching and searching for just the right accent pillows for our new bed ensemble. At last, I have found something that excites me! Now I need to find some curtains and some new blinds. We have been working on this for quite some time now. I even have an interior decorator friend who has offered to help me decorate in there (which I need - I need someone who is taller than me and can stand on a chair to get higher still!) Not to mention I can buy stuff I like, i just can't seem to place it just so!


Tonight we took our oldest to her new middle school for the 5th grade tour. I am not as sad this time around (I dropped her off last month so she could take the enriched math test and when I left her there it just tore my heart! I sobbed and sobbed! And I thought kindergarten was hard!). It doesn't seem as big - maybe because I saw some of my PTO moms there and so I don't feel so lost! At least I have the summer to gradually grow into this change.

My Closet

I have this closet with folding doors in my hallway and one time (a long time ago) I cleaned it out and put built in shelves and my father-in-law helped me to install a small table top, too. I had high hopes of it becoming my craft room. All it ever did was collect JUNK! Go figure. I never really have time for crafting so it just became a junk closet.

This weekend I cleaned it out and managed to find an entire black grabage bag full of trash! Remember a few posts back when I said I couldn't find fly lady and needed to desperately to find her - well she was so kind to come out of hiding for a few hours to help me with this enormous endeavor! Any way, now my junk closet has high aspirations once more - this time to become my office! I think it has real potential. I will have to keep you updated on its progress. Make sure you notice the cool little pencil holder and mail holder!