My One Word

Happy Weekend Sweet Friends

I started this post on January 3, 2017
I believe I have already failed my Word

Accomplish is the word that has been
bombarding my thoughts for the past several weeks
So far, I have one project accomplished with
Many, Many more to go

It seems I Love to start projects but I am a
Procrastinator by nature
(Ouch)

This is the year, for numerous reasons,
I need to accomplish projects and set aside the
procrastination trait

For the first time since Mark's passing
(6 years)
I truly DO have goals and plans
Lists and desires
This is the Year to rejoice in today

The necklace I wear says: Embrace The Moment
The ring I wear says: Nothing is Impossible

With those reminders
It is My Year to Accomplish and move forward

I even went to church last weekend
For the first time in more than a year

Yes, it's a new day
A new year
A new attitude
And a new WORD

God is Able
Even in Me

Blessings~~~

Checking In...

Happy Sunday Sweet Friends

I hope you have enjoyed a Glorious Weekend

And pray the week ahead will be filled with Joy

First,

I'd like to thank my bloggy friend, Kris

Who sent me this sweet birthday surprise

My B~Day is tomorrow

But she wanted me to enjoy a few fall items

Over the past couple of weeks

Just an FYI Kris

I only ate 1 of the Belgian chocolate covered Oreos

Since I won't make myself a cake tomorrow

I will eat the other two for my Birthday Treat :)

The next 2 pictures are a little hint

About an announcement

I hope to make in the next couple of weeks

There is always a project

Going on around here

Finally

I have had my red bottle brush bushes planted

In the back yard for about 10 years

Although I've had many spring and early summer blooms

Today I found my very first Fall Bloom

New life makes me smile

Have a blessed week

Two Small Projects

Hello Sweet Friends

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today

I am always delighted to know you've been here

And honored when you leave a comment

You are so special to me

Today I'm sharing two small projects

That I did this weekend

I needed to run into Target Friday after work

To pick up a couple of storage bins

Are you like me?

You go in for one thing

And come out with so many others?

Well, Yes!

I spied this cute unfinished ladybug stepping stone

For only $3 and thought it would add some nice color to my yard

And would be a quick project

Although I used a few of my own colors

I love how it turned out

It took a couple of hours

But that is because I was also working on another project

And I kept going back and forth

While letting each color of paint dry

I'm not positive she will stay under my bottle brush

However, she matches so nicely

I thought she'd be happy here for a while

Super simple

Super inexpensive

Super cute

The second project I finished

Was this little table I share with you a week or two ago

I purchased this little telephone/bedside table

At a craft/antique show about 15 years ago

From day one, I wanted to paint it

HAHAHA

I've used it all these years

She Finally got her make over

I had a small pot of Annie Sloan discontinued paint

And plenty of wax left from another project

Because the wood is SO old and dry

It soaked up the paint quickly

And honestly I ran out

I just call it a Happy Oopsie

There are several places where the paint doesn't really cover

However, It looks very vintage/antiqued

I'm pleased with how the light grey color

Mixes with the bits of red and grey I have added to my bedroom

Someday I will learn how to take better photos

AND

Someday I will finish my bedroom

And share a reveal here

Until then

May you be blessed by all things Good

Look for Joy in the little things

And give someone a 20 second Hug

Many Blessings

Sharing At
What Meegan Makes

Days of Labor

Hi Sweet Friends,

I hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful 
Labor Day weekend
I hope you have had plenty of relaxation with family and friends

I have been SO busy the past few days
That I haven't really taken many photos
Of the list of tasks I completed during my
Not so relaxing Holiday Weekend

Saturday had me working in the morning at the office
After I came home, I had promised my son
That I would take he and his friend to Bookman's
Of course, they wanted to go to the store in Phoenix
A much longer distance than the one in Mesa
So, off to Phoenix we went
Once we left there, we went grocery shopping
And I came home to prepare dinner for them
My sister called so I met her at Hobby Lobby
Was so nice to visit while shopping
We don't get to hang out together very often
We promised to do it again next year - LOL

Sunday had me at my mom's 
I took her shopping (2 1/2 hours in Target)
She doesn't get to shop very often
Then we got lunch and headed back to her house
I came home in the late afternoon
Picked up my oldest granddaughter and took her shopping
I had promised to take her to Michael's 
To get all of the supplies she needed for her art class
I love spending time with her
We were talking about community service
So we decided to go by the office to feed the fish
I had her do it, her 5 minutes of community service for the day

Monday - today - was my day to get my yard cleaned up

The weed eater got a full workout

As did my arms :)

Three large black trash bags were filled

And taken to the curb

I'm so thankful that it was only about 

100 degrees today

And that the skies were a bit cloudy

And it was rather humid

Because, it could have been so. much. worse!!

We have bulk trash pick up this week

So I knew I really needed to get the yard taken care of

I gave away a patio table with a fire pit

To my dil's sister - so nice that someone can use it

Some of the other items we are not using

Were put out to the curb as well

I'm hoping someone will come by and get the bigger pieces

Otherwise, they will get picked up with the garbage

I am realizing how tired I am
Even while typing, my arms are starting to ache
Must be all the weed whacking I did

So my Labor Day Weekend
Hasn't offered any rest or relaxation
But it did offer some time to help a few people Shop
Hmmm....Maybe it was relaxing after all :)

Praying you have been blessed
And have found bits of JOY in your day

Blessings



My Creative Space

 
Hi Friends


I am so excited today to be joining
Karen at My Desert Cottage
For her 7th annual
"Where Bloggers Create"
Link Party

 

This is my first time joining in


And I've had fun getting my space ready


So, Let's take a quick tour of My Creative Space


My home is decorated with taupe walls,
Black and very dark brown furniture
White and Red accents


So You will see some of that red in my space


However,
I painted this picture this past spring
Which lead to a change of colors
In my office/craft room
 

My creative space is now mostly white
With touches of Beachy Blue
And those left over bits of red that I will phase out over time
 

As I have prepared for this post and cleaned up my creative space

It has become Very clear to me

That I like to work in a clean low key space
 

I've always used a curtain for the closet 

Because I do not like sliders

I purchased this soft white ruffled curtain for my space

And love how it keeps everything hidden from view 

What's behind curtain #1?
 

My ugly 20 year old file cabinet (but it works)

An 8 cube stack and my photo albums and photo boxes

I am definitely a girl who likes neat, tidy and organized

So, in the cubbies I keep small stackables with 

Many of my scrapbooking items like scissors, markers,
tape, punches, etc

I also have my 12x12 papers stacked on trays

More photo albums, all of my project life supplies

Important paperwork, books and manuals

In the red bins are all of my rolls of ribbon

Yarn, glue gun and glue, CD's and a few misc items

The top shelf holds my ancient photos albums

And most of my photo boxes (filled with photos and CD's)

This wall is in progresss

It will be my inspiration wall

Right now it holds a few photos
A couple projects that need to be completed

A sweet shovel with a super beach scene painted on it
(Thank You Celeste)

And the heart hanging basket has

Lace, embroidery thread and other misc pieces

I absolutely LOVE this dresser I purchase many years ago

It holds so many items I can't list them

But I'll add just a couple photos below

On top of the dresser I put my desk hutch

My desk is in front of a window and I didn't want to cover it

So, this piece fit perfectly on the dress and makes another

Great space for storing small linenes

small paints, all of my glitters, paint brushes and other small items

I love things to be containerized so in the drawers I have used 

Many small bins and containers

The containers above hold all of my tiny scrapbooking bits

As well as beads and other tiny items

I have a fetish for crochet hooks 

The box is full and I have a few full sets

Don't ask :)

This is my desk and storage area

I absolutely LOVE to sit here

And just dream while watching the lizards and birds

Play along the block wall outside the window

I attempt to keep my desk cleared off

So I can create anytime I want to
 

On each side of the desk

I've added cabinets with closing doors

The above is the left side

I keep games, paper and a couple of projects t
hat need to be completed

One of my nieces sends me scriptures and notes

I post them on the side of this cabinet

 For inspiration and encouragement when I need it
As you can see
I also love using ironstone and milk glass
To store pens, pencils, markers and brushes

Behind the doors on the right side

I keep my camera bag and supplies

Paints and painting supplies

Stationary, bows, rubber stamps and ink

As well as folded wrapping paper and ribbons

Here's a bit of that red

I use cute boxes for storage that can also be displayed

Here I keep my 5x7 papers and small tag paper

In this box I keep small note pads, 3x5 cards

Check boxes and other small paper items

I also use lots of glass jars for

Buttons, ribbons, spools of colored wire 

And some sand and sea shells from California :)

 

 

 

So, there you have it

My creative space

Always a work in progress

This has been so much fun putting together

I can't wait to come visit your space

 

Blessings to You

Happy Creating

 

 





There's Always Something To Do and Someone To Love

Hi Friends,

I thought you might be tired of seeing my Pool Wall Reveal

Check it out HERE if you missed it

So, I figured I had better put up a new post

I've been a busy girl since finishing the Wall

Thursday is granddaughter day

This past week we did art work and made pictures

K~Baby happily using scissors

 

And created a fun picture

Love her sweet face

 

 K~Bel was focused on glue and strips of paper

She also found the paper punches

And some fun stickers

 

K~Bug is always looking to create a card

 

She made this one for her Aunt

But I couldn't post until After the party

~~~~~~~

Since the pool wall is complete

I decided it was time to attack some of the 

Very Over Grown Weeds

When I saw some sticking up over my 6' gate

I quickly moved to get them down

As to NOT get a 'nasty' gram from my HOA

 Some of those weeds were 7' high

You can see that the 8 pool filter cartridges are still there

Bulk trash gets picked up next week

So everything will be placed on the curb next weekend

The weeds got so bad

I could not even come out my side garage door

 

Luckily this is the side yard that nobody sees

However, now that we are swimming it needs to be clean

 

After many hours of hoeing, shoveling, and raking in the 108 degree weather

This side is 90 % complete

 

And this side is 90 % complete as well

Now I just have to wait for the pile to dry out a bit

And bag it up for next week

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Another fun thing I had the pleasure of doing

Was to do a photo shoot of my nieces oldest daughter

She will be 10 in a few days

And loves Softball

So her mom wanted to get a few nice photos

I only took 142 so hopefully she can find a few she likes

Here are just a few I edited last night

 

She's an amazing young girl

And a great subject to photograph

~~~~~~

If you are not following me on FB or Instagram

Then you didn't see this

I found this Super pretty Christmas Quilt

Queen Size

On Clearance at Kohl's

With my regular discount

I walked out of the store with it for only $14.72

Ummm...Yes, I think I will

Well, that's it this weekend for 

Something to do, Someone to Love

May you be blessed this week with

Finding Joy in the Everyday things of Life