Monday, August 18, 2014

Oh, The Chaos!!!

Ever have one of those weeks?

Let me begin this post with a little insight to my "ever so crazy" life.  We have a small ranch in Northern Idaho, and it's a wonderful life.  We have MANY rescued animals here, ranging from a tiny 3 or 4 pound Chihuahua, to several 2000 pound Draft Horses and honestly, everything in between.  It's a lot of work, but I truly love it.  What I don't love is that I'm a bit of a clutz!  I seem to fall down more then most people.  I've landed on my knees with great force, at least 5 or maybe more, times, ending up in permanent damage.  Don't get me wrong, I still get around just fine (most of the time).  The reason I mention this is because during one of our severe thunderstorms a couple weeks ago, I was blown clean off our hay trailer's upper deck.  I was trying to cover the last little bit of hay that hadn't yet been unloaded, and the wind caught the tarp, and off I went.  My husband was on the other end of the tarp, and he got knocked down too, but luckily, he wasn't injured.  I, on the other hand, landed right knee first, then forearms, and then, without thought, I did what my husband calls a "Baretta Roll", and managed to avoid any other hard impact to my joints.  The whole point of this long winded tale is to give some background as to the choices I've made in the last 2 weeks that have caused me to live in a state of complete and utter state of chaos.  

Because my knees have sustained SOOOO many injuries, getting up and down from my desk to grab supplies has become very difficult.  My darling husband and I talked about the options, and decided it was time to get a "counter height" desk so I could stand most of the time, and a comfy stool for when I wanted to sit.  In order for this new desk to fit in my teeny tiny office, I would have to remove the craft armoire I've used for several years.  I also need to remove the writing desk and office chair to make the proper amount of room .  While we are at it, we are putting new flooring in, and I'm going to paint the walls.  At the moment, I have the super cheap paneling in the office, and to be quite honest, it looks like the inside of a trailer on a construction site.    Here's a couple pictures of what it looked like a few days ago:


See what I mean about the really tacky paneling?!?!?  (The purple bowl is for my kitties)  This is the view from the door.  The second picture is the view standing opposite the bookcase:


And this last picture is the wall the door is on:


That all being said, my office is now scattered ALL over the house in boxes, bins and to be completely honest, piles!  I am hopeful that by this time next week, I will the "after" pictures.  Because all my supplies are scattered throughout my house, I can't work on any projects for the blog.  Not to mention the complete "time suck" redecorating my office is going to be!!!!  No worries though, I have some pictures of projects I've made in the past that I plan to share.  There won't be any "in progress" type pictures, but if you have any questions about any of the pictures, feel free to either leave a comment, or email me.

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