First Post

Hello!



I'm not new to bloggy world; I read ten to twelve (ok, more like 20) blogs a day...mostly about home design and crafts. I've never met any of the amazing women I follow, but I am so inspired by their creativity!



I've decided to start my own blog - just posting about day to day things, thoughts, and projects. It's a fun way to keep up with family and friends and maybe even make some new friends. I've found that naming your blog can be difficult... I will have to thank my daughter Kristen for The Crafty Hen. Her blog is titled "Nerdy Bird" so I guess I can follow her rationale of me being the hen. I'm not going to think about it too much ha!



So what have I been up to? Finally put the last Christmas decoration up today! How sad is that? Actually, I thought I had them all put away, but I had so much junk on my dining room table that when I cleaned it off I uncovered my Christmas centerpiece. How could I have missed that?? It was 3 feet tall for crying out loud! Oh well, it's done now. I've also been working on my niece's wedding. She is getting married June 4th. I think everything is coming together pretty well, but one of the challenges is that she lives in one town about 350 miles from me and the mother of the bride lives another 650 miles (or so) west of the bride. Thank goodness for facebook groups. Greg and I had a pretty quiet day at home and went to church tonight with our son Jared and his girlfriend. The praise service was wonderful as usual and we really enjoyed the message. Then afterwards went to the square to Beth Marie's for ice cream and Jupiter House for tea.



We are about to resume work on updating our home. I spent the better part of 2009 and 2010 working on our daughter's wedding and when it was all over found myself with nothing to do. The first couple of weeks in the recliner were great, but it didn't take long to see where that was going! So....we spent the latter part of last summer and most of the fall redoing our kitchen and den (I'll post pics when I figure out how). Next will be the formal living/dining and then we will start on the upstairs. I absolutely love working on home projects...keeps my mind busy and my body out of the recliner. And it doesn't have to by MY home...Kristen and I just finished her kitchen last weekend and I got to help my lil sis Lisa with hers. Fun stuff!



Well, it's late and I obviously have a lot to learn about writing a blog so I'll say good night for now. One of my New Year's resolutions is to go to bed earlier and I'm not doing so well with that.

Goodnight!