A Place For Everything and Everything In It's Place

Before we go any further and before I show you any pictures I’d just like to say that by nature, I am not a slob. But in my desire to complete a task I can sometimes leave a path of destruction behind. When I weigh “get ‘er done quick” against “get ‘er done perfect” quick always wins.

So when one of my sweet little dumplings approaches me while the phone is propped between shoulder and ear as I set up a babysitter for next weeks much needed date night, and I’m stirring the spaghetti sauce to keep it from burning while simultaneously balancing on one foot as I close the cupboard door with the other, and little dumpling is holding a glass framed picture precariously in his grubby little hands and demands to know where to put it…….my answer lately has been, “STICK IT IN MY SEWING ROOM!!!!”

And for some strange reason, every summer, I get this urge to be crafty right about now. I’ve been pouring through quilt books and craft magazines and now, scrapbooking stuff. I’ve marked pages and made plans and created lists of supplies. But when I walked down into the basement yesterday and crossed the threshold into the sewing/exercise room this is what greeted me.

Yikes!

I spent 8 hours yesterday sorting and tossing and organizing and ended up with a peaceful place of solitude….and the only truly clean room in the whole stinkin’ house especially when you consider the fact that while I was making a mommy-haven in the basement, the kids had free reign over the main floor of the house and it now resembles the before picture of my sewing room.

Big Sigh

So today, when the stress level had reached epic proportions as I vainly tried to figure out how to work my oldest son’s MP3 player after 3 hours of internet searches and unsuccessful downloads, I quietly grabbed a bottle of water, tiptoed down the stairs locking the basement door behind me and sat in my neat and organized room staring…..just staring at my orderly rows of folded fabrics and color coded drawers of thread.


Ahhhh!

No chocolate required today!