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Spring Organization.

March 2, 2012 by April

Another party is coming & you are invited!

When:  starting March 26th
Where: starting at Organizing Made Fun
Why: to celebrate spring and organization

This is one you need time to prepare for so you can be prepared to participate, or just take really good notes :-D.  There are nine Organizing bloggers who are going to parade their organized homes:
Becky from Organizing Made Fun
Jen from Iheart Organizing
Anna from Ask Anna
DaNita from Delightful Order
Lesley from Goodbye House, Hello Home
Becky from Clean Mama
Toni from A Bowl Full of Lemons
Leanne from Organize and Decorate Everything
Laura from I’m an Organizing Junkie
Some of these blogs I have been reading for awhile and some are new to me.  I’m so happy to have the next three weeks to get to know these ladies.  
The parade starts on Monday, March 26th, at Organizing Made Fun.  On day #5, there will be an opportunity to link up your organized space.

I LOVE things organized and put away in their right place.  I can’t wait to see all the new ideas for my home.  Go to A Bowl Full of Lemons or Organizing Made Fun to get your button for sharing the invitation. 

$40 Bathroom Re-Do

February 26, 2012 by April

My son’s bathroom.

$19.99 shower curtain (from Sears, on sale)

$10.39 shower hooks (from Sears, on sale)
  $2.50  main wall color mistint paint from Lowe’s
  $2.94 (x2) sample color paint from Lowe’s
   $free 1/3 can of primer
$38.76 total spent – YES = one happy momma :-D!!!

Our timeline:
Feb 13 – took before pictures
Feb 14 – primed, painted, and made color decisions
Feb 15 – did main painting
Feb 16 – did touch up second coats, took final pictures
So – it’s not that the bathroom was horrible.  It was great six (or eight?) years ago when my sister-in-law redid the bathroom for my mom.  It was cute for all the grandkids.
However, that bathroom has been mainly my son’s bathroom since he moved into the downstairs bedroom.  It is also the guest bathroom when people come to stay.  For a couple years he has wanted to re-do it, but I was doing school and didn’t have the energy or health to do anything.  So, last fall I told him we would re-do the bathroom after all family was done staying here and it could be new and his first.  I didn’t want to re-do it and have others using it before he got to enjoy what he picked out. (Also, I didn’t want to throw off my brother’s kids since they’ve been gone two years.  They are young enough I didn’t want to mess with their memories by changing something they’d talked about.)
Vince loves the outdoors – bears, moose, fishing – but didn’t want a themed bathroom.  To him that was too cutesy.  So, we searched.  He had specific colors in mind.  I was thrilled to find the main paint color in the mis-tints at Lowe’s – $2.50?  Yes, please! (this bathroom is so small [33.2 sq. ft], the one pint of mis-tint did double coats and we still have about 1/4 of the can left over-the two samples did multi-coats and I have about 1/4 of one sample left over)

As you can tell, the lighting in this room is horrible.  There is never the possibility of any direct sunlight or daylight, and there are no windows.  You can tell it was painted a very bright spring green, with white.  I was concerned when Vince started talking about browns, reds, and no more white bead board.  When we started painting I didn’t know he was wanting the white bead board to go.  It took me a couple hours to agree – only because I was afraid this little room would become a dark, cave like, smelly hole — not cool in a boys bathroom! (I do not clean this bathroom, it is totally up to him to keep it clean.)

  
And one last close up.  On the hooks, I just used the foam roller and dabbed the ends and around the edges to give some dimension.  Not sure if it will stay or not, Vince said it looks like an open mouth…
I’m linking up to Donna’s Picture Perfect Completed room for 201.
Jeremiah 29:11

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December 21st is the shortest day of the year. As December 21st is the shortest day of the year. As a lifelong Alaskan my body & mind are very tuned to this date - we now gain daylight each day. Living WI has had many benefits & blessings - the least of which isn’t even how I will see the daylight before I get to work. 😍😍😍 I am not sad about this in the least!

I’m so thankful for this morning’s living/dining/kitchen views. I love the glow of Christmas lights & the way they immediately stop my thoughts in their tracks and cause me to remember to be thankful.
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😍😍😍 Como Park Conservatory = eye candy ev 😍😍😍 Como Park Conservatory = eye candy every time. {{sigh}}
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Just a tiny note to share how much I am absolutely Just a tiny note to share how much I am absolutely LOVING the sunrise pink at 7am in mid-November! 😍😍😍
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Hi guys! April’s daughter here. Due to an unkind Hi guys! April’s daughter here. Due to an unkind comment and a hard week behind the social media wall she deleted the post. After a good talk and encouragement I am here re-posting with permission. Remember that what’s seen on social media does not reflect what goes on behind the scenes. The intention of the post was to share a personal struggle and encourage others who may feel the same. A difference of opinion does not require a comment. 

The repost:

Are you an American? If so, voting is your civic duty. 
🇺🇸To not vote is the same as voting against your freedom.
🇺🇸To not vote is the same as voting against your right of citizenship. 
🇺🇸To not vote is the same as disregarding every American soldier and his/her family’s sacrifice for you. 
I promise – no matter what you think – YOU ARE NOT TOO BUSY to vote! This year especially, they have made it so easy (not interested in debating the right/wrongness of this, just stating fact) and it’s not as if the deadline has been a surprise date. If you choose to not vote, there is no excuse other than being lulled into apathy by the privilege you take for granted. Don’t be lazy.

For those who think I’m being too harsh – these are the things I had to remind myself of in the not so distant past as I was overwhelmed by figuring out the simple-yet-not-so-simple-process of how to register as a new resident, where to vote, and who to vote for. And then again today as anxiety joined me when I’d parked at my polling place & it was time to actually stand in line with all the others.

Side note, 2020 brought yet another first for me: I’ve never voted on a non-Alaskan ballot. Instead of boroughs & districts, I navigated counties & wards. 
Even so, the ballot looked the same. 😊 

And then I went for a beautiful country drive through harvested fields and looked at barns. Feeling thankful & blessed for the freedom and ability to do so.
A little crisp & foggy outside, but perfectly cozy A little crisp & foggy outside, but perfectly cozy inside.🍂🍁

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So...not exactly a surprise!😊 Take your own qu So...not exactly a surprise!😊

Take your own quiz at holleygerth.com/introvertquiz
 
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I’m too often in my head, processing all I’m trying to remember to do/get done & short of smiling in passing, there isn’t a ton of other interaction. BUT the 2nd photo is evidence of while not having more than a handful of non-work related conversations, I have a co-worker who knows me incredible well! On Tues, she brought me one Pantone color book & yesterday she brought me SEVEN more!😍 
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It’s no small secret I’m a hard-core introvert It’s no small secret I’m a hard-core introvert & not by just a little bit. Social distancing has always been my norm. I can’t say I’ve seen this as a blessing in life 🥴. 

Ironically, while 2020 has required so many social appreciators (extroverts) to stay at/work from home, life in 2020 has required me to learn how to work out of the home full-time. After working from home for the last 20 years, this has not been a small adjustment!

I have lived in WI for 8 months now, and I’m just starting to feel semi-human in daily life. I totally & completely underestimated the toll an unexpected 2nd large move, traveling over Christmas, wrapping up my senior year of college/degree, having my oldest graduate college, and working on a team of people out of the house full-time would have on me. #notenoughhourstorecovereachday

You will likely see me in this space more as I’m on the book launch team for The Powerful Purpose of Introverts, the latest book by @holleygerth. I’m really looking forward to learning how being an introvert can be a blessing & strength.

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