Ah! Sweet Victory

I only wish I had more of it. But that's beside the point. This is about what I do have!

Did I mention that I finally decided what color to paint my bathroom? You know it took me longer to decide that than it took me to decide whether or not to go to college? Anyway, it's done. Whew! And the paint is on so I can't change my mind. Now for my bedroom . . . .

I am also working on putting the Christmas stuff away. Now, before you laugh, I must tell you that there are reasons that it's February and I still haven't done that. 1) I have a bad memory, I rarely spend much time in the rooms wherein such things were located, and I am often unobservant. Thus, I didn't think of it very often. 2) I wanted to do it right. You know, organized so we can actually find things when we need them. It has never been that way before. There were numerous boxes of miscellaneous stuff and it was hard to find things. I designated this year the year to get everything organized because now that we're in the house I have room and this was the first year we had all of the Christmas stuff together (although I honestly think there is another box hiding somewhere). 3) I need more storage containers so I can get my own stuff organized and I can't afford to buy many, so booting family stuff out of my personally owned plastic storage containers that have been housing Christmas stuff sounded like a great idea.

The good news is, the stuff is getting booted--at least as much as will fit in the large blue plastic tubs Mom and I retrieved out of storage. She emptied them of the old food they contained (think rancid flour and old pasta, not old refrigerator contents). I scrubbed them up. Progress is being made. I may still have to use some of my boxes. At least it will all be organized and away. Some of the stuff belongs to me personally anyway.

There is hope. :-)