Card Party

This post is a little out of order but I still wanted to get it posted. A couple of weeks ago, I had some friends over for a card party. We ordered lunch and then got right to work. We all picked up a card magazine, someone stated a page number and we had to use that page as the inspriation for our cards. Page 53 was pretty good to us! There were only a few complaints about this method but it ended up being a lot of fun. Thanks for a great time girls!

A new toy...

Well, it isn't really all that new. I purchased myself a mixer on the day after Thanksgiving sale at Wal-Mart. It was a great deal and I had been thinking of getting a mixer for a while. I don't usually spend a great deal of money on myself and this mixer was kind of a random purchase. It had been in my garage...yes, the same garage the gives me anxiety...since I purchased it. Well, in the midst of my organizational rampage this weekend, I opened the mixer. It is a nice fixture on my counter and I hope that I will be able to report on the use of it sometime in the near future.

Decorating

Did I mention that I have been in my house 8 months? Did I also mention that I have not hung very many things around the house as far as decorations go? It honestly took me 2-3 months to put the first nail hole in the walls. Well, in the midst of organizing this weekend, I put a few things up on the walls. Here are a few pitures of what I did. Nothing huge, but something!


This is hanging in my entry-way hall just before entering the living room.


This picture also hangs in the hallway but across from the garage door.


I have had this mirror for a while. I love it and it finally hangs on the big wall across from my couch in the living room. I need to find someone who will do some vinyl for me know!

Organization

I have been in my house for 8 months now and I am finally getting a few things organized. On Saturday, I spent the better part of the morning cleaning out a few closets and finding things that needed a home at the DI.

One of the biggest thorns in my side about my house is the amount of stuff I have in my garage. Since I left the classroom last year, I have had to store all of my school stuff in boxes and bins in my garage. I don't know that I am ready to get rid of it yet, just in case. However, I get anxiety every time I pull into the garage becuase of all the stuff.


On Monday, Mark Lowe (Lisa's husband) came over and built shelves in the garage. He worked all day. I know that it was a big undertaking for him and probably not the way he wanted to spend his day off. The shelves are GREAT! I love them! Thank you Mark (and Lisa) for helping me get the shelves in my garage.


While Mark was working on those, I worked inside. I made a huge mess in the house in an effort to get a few things organized. I turned my spare bedroom into a workout room...just in case anyone wants to come workout! I organized things in my computer room. It feels good to have gone through things even though there is more to do!

This is my computer room after the organizing. Can you even imagine what it looked like before?


My workout room...open for business!


A closet...organized...AHHHHH!