I Blame Junk Mail

as i sit here with my warmed over cup of coffee from sometime this early afternoon (and it is now 9:20pm.... hmmmm), i feel my body screaming from the past three hours of activity. i took our wooden bed frame - build by "bob my builder" - apart. and he had rigged it together so i feel fortunate that i was strong enough to get it back together again, but i am jumping WAY ahead. (oohh that coffee is hot - can't drink it yet - and i wonder why i can't drink an entire cup of coffee while it is warm. the fine line between scorching and icy is so fine...) anywho, i took the bed apart and moved it down the hallway (which is partially blocked by a dresser, which is stationed right in front of a door handle....). i then put the bed together, struggling only a bit, and somehow one of the corners is all twisted... not sure if i did that or if it was already that way. (because i have been somewhat asleep and unaware of reality since 2:30)

i went to the garage and brought in a side table (that i am painting also), took off the hardware so i can clean it up. i primed the side table ( strange surfaces and i didn't want to chance it). i painted the frame a dark blue and will match the table to it. i think it will look nice. (but seriously, who puts colors together thinking they won't look good? so it may be my imagination and the entire room will just look thrown up.) i hope to get two coats on the table and one more coat on the frame (need to get the legs and other places i could not get with the roller brush..) tomorrow. then i can take out the plastic on the floor, and set up the room. i suppose i should finish the closet so i can put stuff in there soon. it takes a bit of time for the closets here to cure - not enough air movement i suppose. but i don't want to start putting things in there that will just end up peeling paint off the shelves and destroying the items.

today has been long. late nights are adding up and i just feel wiped out. not to mention the screaming in my body from hefting and moving stuff around. i keep chanting "lift with your legs" but find that i am using my back instead. and when a person is tired it is hard to be careful and alert... hehehehehe sleepy has nothing to do with alert. (i am sorry, stating the obvious here....). remember i am a bit tired. actually by now i am fully asleep with my eyes open. i am dreaming this blog.... (not really i am awake but my eyes are twitching and i feel a little draggy.)

i can see all kinds of piles around the house again. it took me a FULL day to clean and organize the living spaces. i junked up the office and our bedroom, but the other places were unmarked (you saw the pictures, right? remember how nice it looked????). it is amazing how quickly it all builds up... i blame junk mail.

in fact i blame junk mail for the fact that we have stuff sitting around everywhere. who wants to go through personal stuff when there is so much mail to sort in the evening? wears a person out is what it does. ;)

actually i keep listing all the things i am doing, trying to make it look like i am making up for not having a job. but i don't really need to do that. it is amazing what has gone on in, and out of, this house in the past six months. we bought the house on july 13th (oops four months.. hehehehehe.. common, laugh with me.... heheheheheheheeeehe, it feels good when you are tired and it energizes your life. try it with me......) and have put a lot of work into it. bob has done tons to the inside, attic, outside growth, the cars..... etc. and he has helped me with the rooms as much as he could. i have redone two rooms with paint and accessories ceilings to floor (except we still have the carpet in both rooms... but we are putting down our throw rugs ..... ) the place looks like ours. it is beginning to feel like it should.

now to just find places for all these things that are piled up in our bedroom and office area. oh and the garage (easy to forget because i am not out there often, too cold to just sit out there.... lol), i very much want to get the garage done too so bob has a space to feel at ease while working on - well - stuff. oh yeah, and the cars :).

that is perfectly enough rambling for tonight. i hope you are blessed with peace in the midst of storms, and that you see the goodness that only God can provide. He is good to us.