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Showing posts with label Organization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Organization. Show all posts

Sunday, October 21, 2012

PROJECT: Craft Room


This week I will be working on putting my office/craft room back together. So I thought I would share with you the before pictures, the really terrible, embarrasing before pictures.
The truth is,  I've been lacking in motivation lately which really blows as I have so many things that I want to do. So many half finished projects. So many Pinterest pins! 
 
Having Ulcerative Colitis really puts a damper on finishing projects around the house. Just when I finally get around to starting a project I'm sidelined by a flareup that puts me in bed for days at a time. Unfinished projects start to pile up and then I find that I am overwhlemed by the thought of cleaning up the mess.

So here they are,  I am happy to report that the photos are not current. I have gone through it all and have it divided into more manegable piles. I can even see the floor. It's pretty amazing.
 
 


It's terrible isn't it?



 Suitcases, an old printer & art supplies. There is even a small christmas tree, elliptical machine & three sewing machines. It's horrendous, I know.

 Well, there it is. My truth. No use in hiding it or pretending that it doesn't exist, no matter how much I wish that were true. I wish that every room in my house was as well organized, sparkling clean and meticulously decorated as my Pinterest Boards claim to be.
 
Someday. Someday it will all be sorta, kinda, perfect in a really imperfect kind of way.

Just the way I like it.
 
Next up, Inspiration!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Bice Family Adventure

Things I want before our next camping trip...

  • clothes pins (no more picking up dirty clothes after a wind storm for this girl)
  • double tall air mattress ( all the cool kids have them)
  • new tent if not "car camping" ( I threw the old tent in the trash at the end of this trip)
  • BETTER KITCHEN SETUP (this will make me a much happier camper)
  • battery operated fan ( for when the wind is not blowing everything out of camp)
  • books about local minerals, stones and gems and edible wild plants and mushrooms ( because I am a nerd)
  • a camera (so next time I can photograph the lightening storm, the boats sitting on top of each other and the kids all hopped up on Nature and Dr. Pepper)

On Camping with Kari...

I'm kind of a handful. I have a certain standards when it comes to camping. These standards
include Comfort, Cleanliness, and Comfort.

Comfort
I'm big on comfort. Camping is not free, it sometimes costs more than let's say, oh.. I don't know... a weekend away in a hotel with a bed  and  free breakfast?
Yes, its nature and beauty and time away from my phone and computer. Its time away from the xbox and the computer and the phones and the TV for my kids. Its time to just hang out with Hubbins all day. I love it. I love all there is about camping, as long as I am comfortable. My kitchen set up is directly related to my comfort level.

So Hubbins bought me a lovely kitchen table set up like this one.
Coleman Pack-Away Camp Kitchen
It's like this one, but it's not this one. So you see my problem. I now want this one. Bad.
It even has a carrying case, which mine does not. Guess whats going on craigslist?

Cleanliness

Cleanliness when camping...I know, I know. You're camping, get dirty and deal with it. Well...No. I won't. I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to germs and bugs. I need a hand washing station people. So a hand washing station I have. And. I. Love. It.

Now, back to Comfort. This time though I mean the comfort that is robbed of us when we decide to hang out and then sleep in the woods, like our ancestors. The ground is not natures mattress. Mattresses are natures mattress. I love a good one, hate a bad one and envy thy neighbors double tall air mattress. I want one like this!
Coleman Queen Double Tall Air Mattress
Give me a nice warm set of flannel sheets and heavy sleeping bag and I am set. Hubbins is rather tall and his big feet will probably hang over the edge, but I cant help that.

Next...

The Great Tent Search of 2012

                       ( I am in no way affiliated with Coleman...I just think this the stuff is cool. )