I got home from my trip to Houston on Sunday afternoon.  My husband met me at the door and leaned in to tell me that my boys were hiding in our room and wanted me to come find them.  That’s a pretty normal thing in our house.  I walked through the house, back to our room.  On my way, I noticed a sink full of dishes, a messy counter top and some furniture out of place in the family room.  Oh well.  When’s mom’s away, that’s what can happen.  I rounded the corner and… “SURPRISE!!!” Two little boys were sitting on our bed announcing the brand new wood floors my husband (with a bit of their help) had installed while I was away.  (I’ll just insert here that there wasn’t one complaint from me about those dishes!)  I had no clue and was so overwhelmed that this huge project I

I have been working hard the past few days to get some things done around my house.   Most of the week was spent catching up from the lack of work time over the holidays.  That included organizing my office to get it super functional.  There’s still a long way to go, but I’m only in phase one, which is sorting and organizing the stuff.  I shipped off a couple boxes of fabric to Sutton Place Designs, have a buyer for my Cricut and have another pile for local girls who want to buy some of my craft supplies.   Phase one is messy.  It’s getting there…   We also installed the hardwood floors in our family room yesterday, which is why I was absent from all social media.  (And why I can hardly walk today.)   It was a day of ripping out carpet, padding, staples and tack strips.