Getting my stuff done a little at a time

I have been obsessed. Really.  Since Ben and Tiffany came to stay w/us, they have been cleaning the house. It has given me the opportunity to do things that have been waiting in the wings for over 4 years.

Yep. Getting my decorations up.

The big problem now, is that some of my decorations are hiding in the Garage and I have been shopping the DI and Craft Stores to make more decorations. 

But I am excited to get this going. I have gotten my snowman painted, sealed, and lights in. But I discovered to my dismay that the lights don't fit tight. So I still have to glue them into the holes. I do a little at a time each day, so it will be done by X-Mas.

I have also gotten my shot glass holders up. I bought 3 thinking I had way more, but this is all we have found. I guess Dan and I will need to travel more.

These are my sconces. Aren't they beautiful? I bought these just after Dan and I bought our house with the sole purpose of hanging them right here.  4.5 years later they have finally made it to where they belong. I am STOKED about it.

I still have to do the shelf in my kitchen and have also gotten up the shelves in the Dragon's Den. I am working on a few other projects and Dang it! I'm so excited to get my house decorated.

Halloween treasure hunt

I'm going on a Halloween treasure hunt today.  I am way behind in my Halloween decorating this year. Usually I have everything up by the end of the first week of October. But between getting other things done, getting the living room clean (which it still is not) and getting out the decorations, I am just totally out of luck.

Today I am treasure hunting because the garage, where my decorations are stored, is a mess. The boxes of Halloween and Christmas are in the corner and all of Elaine's stuff is piled in front of it. Dan is being a bit of a wuss and is complaining that he's not in the mood to move stuff.  I understand. I wouldn't be either if it wasn't very important to me to get them up. The holidays are upon us. I need to enjoy them. It's really imperative that things be normal as I have lost so many loved ones this last year.

So I will be digging through the garage today. I have so many other things to get done. I need to finish staining the kitchen shelf. (sorry I didn't take progressive pictures. I thought about it after my hands were covered in stain). I want to get the kitchen cleaned up. and I need to just get things going.....

I will make a trailing maze in the garage to the holiday decorations. Then I can pull them out and Dan will carry them upstairs.  I need to move my Goldminc collection somewhere though.... I guess the craft room will be the catch all this year. I really love the idea of my shelves in there. They are going to be Very handy.

I'm getting very excited for Halloween and for Fall.  It's kind of odd because the cold spring lasted so long last year and I couldn't wait for it to be warm, and now I'm happy for the cool air and the changing of the leaves. I'm nesting like no other. I have made hamburger soup and put it in freezer bags. I plan on doing the same with chili, and spaghetti sauce. I have plans to make more zucchini bread and Banana bread, and cookies. I found Lorie's mom's recipe for the sugar cookies. I am way excited to make those. I'm sure they won't be a good as moms, but with her recipe I'm sure they will still taste good.

I'm getting stocked up for T.G. and for Christmas. Some shopping has been done and some lists have been given. We are having the Yeates Family over for Thursdays T.G. It will be very nice. I'll cook a big Turkey and maybe even ham.  I think I will make Turkey noodle soup if there are any left overs. I've never attempted that before, but hey, what can it hurt?  Brandy says that Pecan Pie is her favorite, and Dan loves it too, so I'm thinking I may even attempt that. (of just buy one. LOL)

And then Christmas. I need some Christmas cheer. Some reason to believe that everything happens for a reason and I need to feel a family spirit around me. It's awful how effected I am. I'm not sure I have realized how sad and blah feeling I am.

So I am looking forward to my treasure hunt. Halloween, here I come!

Shiny new toys

We finally got the second set of shelves up in the craft room. It took long enough. They look really good. After Dan was able to get them up and ready he decided to play XBox w/Ben and Tiffany in their room. I guess I had a funny look on my face because Dan came downstairs while I was on the computer and gave me a hug.  He said to me: "you know I love you more than anything and I always will."  It was really sweet. I said; " I know." and then he told me: " I'm not ignoring you just because Ben and Tiffany are like shiny new toys."  I had to smile and looked confused at the same time. I guess I gave him the impression that I was irritated because he wanted to play games with them instead of being with me. It wasn't that. I just didn't want him to put the XBox in their room. LOL

Last night we got the games on the shelves. It looks great. I have big plans for that room. Especially with Ben there. He's been really awesome cleaning my house. I really appreciate it. They have some of their stuff in the living room, but Tiff said that they will try to get it out today. I hope so. It's October now and it's time for HALLOWEEN decorations to go up. YEA! Plus I have so many plans. I want to get some Halloween material, (in all my material, I have no Halloween. It's so strange) to make table clothes for my end tables. Although I was thinking maybe I would just get some Fall kind and then I can leave them up through November. 

I want to get all my sconces and such out and hung on my walls. I bought some spray paint and plan on painting my bakers rack black. Brandy's husband Matt cut out my kitchen shelf for me. I need to stain it, seal it, and get it on over the sink.  I need to buy more wood and stain it and get it on the walls in the kitchen.

Ohhhh I'm excited.