Painting Expectantly

Sunday, she said goodbye.

Honestly, she had mixed emotions - 

sweet and sad.

She said goodbye to the Red door and 

window in my now neutral living room. 

(well, it will be pretty much neutral

when she gets rid of the now mauve and blue

plaid upholstery on the $60 sofa.)

But for now, the red is pretty much gone.

No more of it peeking out behind

the industrial grays, whites and taupes.

She remembered loving the red SO much when 

she decided to go bold instead of white. 

It looked so cheerful against the yellow-beige walls.

At least until three and a half years ago...

Then I came to live here...

She says I have a vendetta against the post man.

He is SO rude - he drops mail INSIDE our HOUSE!!!

I keep trying to get at him to make him stop!

He just doesn't get it.

And hey, I'm bound by the good dog

code of ethics to stay on top of things

and protect my home and my people.

I think she gets it, but she doesn't like it.

So she needed to repaint. 

She is waiting for us to move out. My boy said

we would move last February, 

then it turned into May, now it's August,

which is almost here...so she painted expectantly.

The first coat. She said she will do the second when

we get our own place. We want a mailbox that

keeps the mail outside and has cool blinds

on all the windows so the new postman can't

taunt me persistently. I will finally relax. Maybe.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the old girl will miss me.
No one will be there to bark at strange yard men,
or perform the rinse and hold on some of those

yummy dinner plates. And my boy will 

sleep in the new place, too. At least that's

what he keeps telling us.

Word for the Day:

Isaiah 30:18
 Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

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Dusty Little Secrets

I am a demi-hoarder. 

I am somewhat embarrassed by this fact,
and I'll tell you now that I have no intention of EVER showing my hoarding garage. It's my cram-packed, 

cluttered, dusty little secret.

One of the good things about becoming a woman
"of a certain age"  is that you know what you like.
No matter what's in style.

Some stuff you bought in college is still great looking to you.

Other stuff is not so much.
But you probably got rid of that in a garage sale already.

But some of it is just plain cool, and it speaks to you.
Maybe it's the material from which it's made.
Maybe it's the color, or the style.
Maybe you plan to use it in a project.
Or maybe it's the memories attached to this stuff.

Whatever the reason, you keep it. 
It's not on display in your home.
It's somewhere in a box, waiting...

 

Then you start blogging. 

And you make connections to
other people who like the same 

kinds of things that you like.
And you see cool projects

they make with the cool stuff.
And you remember you have stuff like that,

packed away in your hoarder garage or shed or attic.

And your creative juices start flowing.
You start making projects in your head.

And the urge to create becomes so strong,
it pushes you into your hoarder garage

on a day when the temperatures are over 100 degrees.
And you find a crumpled, unassuming, dusty
cardboard box that says "Art Stuff"
or something like that on it.

So you bring it into your house,
make yourself a nice cool drink,
and begin to rediscover those things
you thought were worth keeping once before.

Some are keepsakes given to you by your children.

Others are things you might use to create.

And you know there's a community of people
out there who might click on your post
to see your treasures. And they'll like them, too.

So you photograph them, and post about them. 

You keep them accessible until
you can begin to create new things with them. 

And you experience that amazing feeling you get when you make an item that someone considered to be worthless
junk into something a complete stranger would 

like to purchase, and it display in their home. 

And you still like it. You like it very much indeed.

So you decide that maybe being a demi-hoarder 

is not such a terrible thing after all.

Word for the Day:

Psalm 103:12-14

12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.

14 For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

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