Wondered what would be resting there when the cushions were lifted.
This time there were cheerios and crayons.
It is amazing how quickly this stuff grows in the dark.
Company came over Sunday evening and I wanted the Family room to look like humans lived here.
I have struggled to tidy the house. I am praying that in mid August when Lil Miss goes to school that with my free time during the day that some of my old habits will return.
Praying for stamina and strength to get this 'ole house looking better. Being better. Dust grows here for sure.
Our friend Deb brought us irises that she had dug up. Can't wait to get these in the ground and see what colors they will be next Spring! When they bloom it will be like waking to Christmas morning to see what Santa brought. As the buds form and open up.....i will take pictures. We'll be planting them around the bases of some trees. Excited in my old age. It is so nice to be excited about something in life!!! Looking forward to this treat.
Though she was wearing her crash helmet, Lil Miss took a spill and tore up her knee. As she was crying, she said she was never going to ride her bike again.......she will. Her first bad spill left her knee scraped and bloody.
We had brownies, the children played and we looked at the Sunday eclipse in a shoebox.
Last week I shopped Salvation Army and bought the nestest book for 40 cents.
MINIATURE ROOMS
THE THORNE ROOMS AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO.
Mrs. James Ward Thorne's miniature rooms are truly State of the Art. Through photographs of these rooms, I admire their superb quality of displaying what an actual room may have looked like in days gone by. I am amazed at how lovely these little rooms are. Amazed.
Mrs. Thorne had collected miniatures and eventually had miniature rooms created to put her collections in. It was a team effort that would go on display for the world to see. It's easy to be transformed into a different time era through these visual examples.
Gathering ideas on how to decorate my own home. Making a room lovelier to live in and enjoy can be a labor of love....I know cleaning is a labor of love! Taking the emotion out of cleaning makes me a happier person and when I actually get it done.....I do feel better.
It calms my nerves to see a room tidy. It's like EYE CANDY to me.
I ended the night by watching Part One of Season Two: Downton Abbey. Someday.....someday, I'd like to see in person actual castles and estates so large that it takes a crew to operate. This will be a dream come true.
Do you still have dreams that you'd like to see come to fruition?
At times I have been afraid to dream or think about these dreams for they seem like they will never happen. So why bother. I have been surprised before when God allows a dream to come true. It's truly wonderful when it happens! So I will dream and have thoughts of things to come.
Jeremiah 33:3 states in the old testament, Call unto me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.
Lord, I know this to be true. You have so much you will show us if we call on you. You have shown me wonderful things. Things that are far more wonderful than eating brownies.
~d~
