Me

I was thinking I haven't shared a whole lot about me. I am a stay at home mom. Some days I am successful at it and other days not so much. There are lots of times where I want to pull all my hair out and there are times I want a grown up job with fantastic shoes. But for the most part I really enjoy it. I have 3 kids. 1 girl 2 boys, pics of them are burried in a post below and they are pretty darn cute if I do say so.

I am interested in interior design, photography, sewing, fashion, travel, and cooking. At any given time, if I am not helping/playing with the kids or cleaning up messes, I am immersed in one of the above. I am shy. I love a corny joke. I can't dance (but I don't let it stop me). I love my husband. I can be indecisive and stubborn. I have a tendancy to be un-organized, scatter brained and an all around mess.

Struggles with possesions.

Does your family give you their unwanted items? Stuff that they don't want anymore but have some sort of sentimental attachmnent to? Everytime my parents or Grandma M visit they bring along a car load of stuff and happily put it in my garage with a smile and why they thought I should have it. Now that I am trying to organize our house I am going through these mountains of boxes and have just now realized that not all this stuff is mine.

Your thinking how bad could it really be? Lets talk Christmas decorations. A couple weeks ago I attacked the garage with relish sorting boxes and organizing them into piles. Gardening equipment here, kids outside toys here, outgrown clothes here, Holiday decorations here, etc. Imagine my suprise when I counted Christmas decorations boxes and it was 17. Now I love Christmas just as much as the next guy but 17 big boxes worth? Looking through the boxes I became overwhelmed. What was I supposed to do with all of it? Some of it was stuff I had bought, some was things I remembered from my youth, some was just stuff. So I boxed it all back up and shut the garage. Because that is waht I do when I get overwhelmed, it was either that or throw myself down on the pavement in fustrated tears. I have now since edited the vast amount down to 8 boxes. The other 9 boxes are sitting patiently waiting for a new home. Along with some other cast off's.

Updating and changing directions

I haven't kept up with this blog as much as I had hoped. I think it is cause I am too random and lets face it erratic. I have decided that I am just going to type my thoughts and ideas with abandomment.

Welcome to the new Notion's & Novelites, pull up a comfy chair and refreshment. I hope to hear from you in the future.