I have to remember that homemaking is a process. A seriously long, sometimes hair pulling, process. Stress hit me like a ton of bricks this past holiday weekend. I had to stop and take deep breaths a lot of the time to refocus myself and I still felt seriously overwhelmed. I cannot wait to get my house all done and pretty and organized and functional. I feel like once that is done, then everything else will fall into place.
But then I sit and think about everything that needs to be done...and I'm overwhelmed again.
I wish I lived in England, so I could make the comfortable jump to whelmed instead.
Anyway. My craft room is currently being redone. We ripped out the carpet and tore out the ugly tile that was under, then put in this awesome purple metallic epoxy and powdered glitter....it looks like the Milky Way. It's fantastic and beautiful and soooooo hard to photograph with my iPhone. I had an old Harry Potter book whose binding broke, so I'm mod podging the pages to the wall. I've painted the closet doors in chalk board paint so I can keep track of project deadlines, to do lists, and shopping lists. I've painted the other walls "Barely Pink" which is the perfect compliment to the floor.
The unfortunate thing is, I still have to scrape the popcorn, repaint the ceiling, paint my furniture white (which will be a huge undertaking itself, as it's all cheap Big Lots shelves and Ikea tables), and replace the window and door. What makes this unfortunate? I can't finish it right now. I HAVE to get back my craft room into working organized order. Like right this second.I have too many projects I need to start and finish within a relatively short period of time and I can't wait any longer....it kind of sucks.
AND THEN! Christmas happened. Which has halted everything. I had grand plans of cleaning, unpacking, and decorating over my long 4 day weekend, and it was thwarted...by lack of planning on my part. Last minute shopping, relatives, cooking. You name it and it probably intervened. I hosted my first family dinner ever (it was only 6 people total...), and while the I made a delicious dinner, I ran out of paper towels and had to use dish cloths for napkins.....horror. I will now be making cloth napkins (and the to do list gets longer!). I didn't realize I don't have a rolling pin until I had my pie crust already mixed together, and I've lost our ladle and had to use a teapot for a gravy boat...which worked out pretty well, mind you. I was finally able to stop moving about 6 pm on the 25th and promptly fell into the turkey coma at 7 pm.
I just want my house to be pretty and functional. I crave it...but can't seem to get a handle on it. I think my problem is that I don't utilize my evenings. So maybe I'll start there?
