It's 1500 and I have already deviated from my plan!!

Well hard to believe but my plans went out the window shortly after I posted this morning.
MY plan was to get the computer area cleaned out packed up and looking good, what really happened....

I found the cutest little wrapping paper organizer:) It is of course red (one of my favorite colors)


The new wrapping paper organizer~





This is what I was using to store wrapping paper in~




The inside of the new organizer~




This is the top part of the organizer~




And did I say it was RED!!

But I didnt' deviate too badly, I did actually get some things done other than sit here and look at that pretty RED wrapping paper organizer :)

Here is what the computer section looks like right now,~




I haven't used the vacuum in here yet to get all the dust picked up but it's the first time in months that I have seen the table top in this part of the room!!


This picture is just funny, it's of some of the books I have on cleaning/organizing both your home and you life and so far I haven't had luck with any of them. Oh I love all these books especially the ones by Elizabeth George~



And here are the boxes~




I loaded up with "stuff off of the table top" luckily Jennifer is now selling Avon and gets lots of boxes, they will come in mighty handy I think!

Well I better get going, still need to make a salad for dinner. I am not liking Roger woking over time as he isn't even getting home until around 8pm or later, he leaves at 4:30AM and is gone so many hours...I just hate that he has to work so far away.
Mattie comes home this Friday!!!

Hope everyone's Monday has gone well for them, I got a wonderful package in the mail today from a very nice lady I met over at the Sugar Pie farmhouse forum. We have been pen pals for a few months and she is oh so generous. When I opened the large box it smelled like cinnamon~ Just like Christmas time~ very wonderful gifts she sent, thank you very much Vivian:)

Blessings,Joann

0420 and I have started....

Okay I am ready to get this room done...I have assigned each area in my craft room a section number and letter. All the table top sections are labeled 1-6 A, under the table top is 1-6 B, and the shelving is labeled 1, 2 and 6 C since there are only 3 sections with shelving.

Today's objective is the section 6 A, B, and C~





It is a big section but it's where my computer is so figured I should start there. I am thinking of moving my computer to another area but will have to see if it will work out. So today I will be packing up everything in those sections into these bins and boxes~




I won't actually pack up the computer or printer as they are too big, but everything else has to go!!I seem to have lots of clear plastic small bins that either have nothing in them or very little so will have to decide wether to keep them or maybe find some that are smaller.

I am hoping it doesn't take all day :) If it goes smoothly and doesnt' take too long I will move onto section 2 A and B, that's right below the window
I am also making a trip to the library to pick up books on hold.


Okay onto the actual working on the room, will be back with an update if I make any progress

Blessings,Joann

Major, Major cleaning going on....

Starting Monday the 14th I will be doing a major deep cleaning and organizing of my craft room. This room started out so nice, my husband did so much nice work on my table tops and painting and it has gradually turned into a crap room not a craft room. I bought some bins at Walmart and plan on just boxing up everything I can and cleaning out the entire room, then I will clean everything really good and then go through the boxes and the only things coming back into the room are things that have a spot to go. Everything else will either go to giveaway or the garbage. I am so tired of this room being the dumping ground for everything that doesn't go anywhere else.

I will try and post daily my progress with pictures if I can find time.

Hope eveyone has a wonderful week

Blessings,Joann

What faith can do....

I just love this song and wanted to share it with everyone. YOU have to listen to the lyrics.

I've seen dreams that move the mountains, hope that doesn't ever end even when the sky is falling
I've seen miracles just happen
silent prayers get answererd
Broken hearts become brand new, that's what faith can do

This and That

I did the last of our Christmas shopping this past weekend and yesterday now i just need to wrap everything, I really don't care for wrapping presents but will do it anyway.
Yesterday I also got to talk with my very good friend, she moved to the midwest a few years ago but she sends me lots of pictures and we talk all the time so it's nice.She will be having all of her grandchildren home for Christmas this year and she is excited about that, so I am excited for her.

I finally remembered to a take a picrture of our front porch


I also took a picture of my craft room shelves, boy do they need to be organized~





I have a whole bunch of cotton yarn and have been making some dishcloths for Christmas presents~



ANd of course I am still counting down the time until Mattie comes home, today marks 10 days till he comes home :)

Blessings,Joann

MY weekend....

Well this weekend was a kind of lazy one for me. I have been working on s few Christmas presents while watching tv. I watched "It's a wonderful life yesterday while Roger was putting brakes on our van. We are thinking of taking a small vacation next weekend. It may or may not happen so I am just praying and hoping that it does.
I got to talk with my son today. We were out at the mall and he called, said he was packing things because on MOnday morning at 3:00AM they are headed out to the field for 5 days. It will be very cold and they will be doing the tear gas thing again so he isn't really wanting to go but he has to. Any prayers for Mattie would be appreciated. He is excited about coming home!! So am I, his flight gets in on Friday the 18th at about noon unless there are any delays because of weather.
Speaking of weather.They are talking about the possibility of snow here. Very little chance as the last time I remember there being any snow here was when I was in 8th grade it was Valentine's day 1976!! They~The weather people say that the town my sister lives in may get 6" of snow, I would be suprised if they got any at all. Even 1/2 inch would suprise me.

HOPe everyone is enjoying their Decembers so far.

Blessings, Joann

Catching up....*very photo heavy*

Well so many things have been going on since my last post. November is always a very busy month for us. We have 6 birthday's in the month of November, our anniversary and then Thanksgiving and then onto the getting ready for Christmas.

So let me back up to where my last post before Thanksgiving left off

Roger and I got a new comforter set for our bed, we had been looking for one for the longest time and we just happened to see this one at Walmart one day and it was a King size, most comforter sets out here are California King size and they are different sized than a regular King. We just love it, the picture doesn't really show the real color it's a beautiful chocolate brown with some pretty gold accents on it and I loved the fact that it came with some accent pillows. My favorite pillow is the one that is a roll, it is so nice to see the bed all made with the pretty pillows on it.

New comforter set~




close up of the pillows~




On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving I drove over to Brentwood where my daughter lives to go to a little play that Dylan's kindergarten class was doing it was called "No Turkey for Perky" it was real cute, they sang lots of songs and I was so happy that I was able to attend and so was Dylan.

My drive to Brentwood started with fog,not bad fog but a little~




The whole class~ (sorry they are so dark)









Dylan with his Turkey hat on~




Katie with Dylan's hat on~




Katie in front of their Christmas tree~




Katie in the ACU outfit from Mattie~ (he actually sent it for Dylan but we put it on Katie cause it was just too cute)



I also did my Christmas decorating before Thanksgiving this year, normally I do it right after Thanksgiving but this year since I am very paitently waiting for Mattie to come home on the 18th of December the quicker I put the decorations the quicker I think the 18th will come, I know kind of dumb but hey all I have to do is fool myself into thinking the days are going by quicker and I am pretty easy to fool :) :)

Our Stockings on the fireplace~



Our living room decorated~



Our tree~



The garden window~




The dining area~




Thanksgiving

As I mentioned I do a very easy, non stressful, basic Thanksgiving. Roger loves it and so does our family. About 3 years ago we (Roger and I) decided it was time to start doing our own family holidays. We had up till that point always gone to someone else's house for Thanksgiving and Christmas. So we did our first Thanksgiving at our home and it went well, the turkey even turned out pretty good for it being the first time I had made one :) we had Jennifer and Matthew over for Thanksgiving at our home and then we went over to my Mom's for dessert, that was nice in two ways, we still got to see our family and have yummy pie but we also had no left over pie at home!!

Then came Christmas, we had our first Christmas morning at our home when Dylan was little, we did kind of the same thing as Thanksgiving, we had breakfast at our home and present opening and then went over to another family members house for a late lunch.

This is what our Thanksgiving consisted of this year~



Our Turkey ~ Yes it was over 23 pounds but I did not pay $23 dollars for it, I got it for $8.99








Our Homemade?? rolls and butter :)~





Potatoes and Homemade??? Gravy :)~




Things to make green bean casserole~



And of course some Homemade??? stuffing :)~




all served on this fancy dinnerware :)~





Here is the Yummy turkey~



Our Table all ready for Thanksgiving~



Everyone sitting at the table~





Like I said it was very easy and basic!!



I took this picutre of Jennifer and her family for her so she could get some Christmas photo cards made~




This is Roger with Katie at my Mom's house~




Yesterday the 30th was Roger's 50th birthday, I bought him one of those GPS Thingy's~




And I also got him some new DVD's~





We had pizza and salad for dinner and watched New Orleans beat the Patriots on TV. It was a very nice Birthday for Roger~ any day when the patriots get beat is a good day for him :)

I also received in the mail yesterday a new book to review from Thomas Nelson it's called NKJV Greatest stories of the BIBLE~

Front cover~


Inside pages



I just read one part so far and really like it, I will post my actual review later but it does seem like a very nice book for a gift.

Well I guess that is all for now, didn't mean to end up writing a book but wanted to make sure I included all that's been going on. I hope I remembered everything and put them in the right order.....

Blessings,Joann