Workaholics Anonymous

So yeah, I'm a workaholic, just ask my hubby. If there was a group he would send me to it, I'm sure. Anyway, I've created a list of things I really want to get done by the end of this month. Basically, the workshop, the babyroom, and the stairs/hallway. I broke the tasks down, and have about 31 of them, so as long as I complete at least one item daily I'll finish by the end of the month.

I've already completed a bunch of my workshop tasks. Mainly, helping hubby put up the shelves, and then putting my crafts away (some needed to be organized into pails and such as well). Today I put up all the electric components (and plumbing, and hardware, etc) and took much of the stuff out of my spare room. That room isn't cleaned out completely yet (that is also on my list) but it's pretty close!



I've als been working hard on the babyroom. I have the ceiling painted a very pale blue color (called polar sky) and the walls a nice light yellow (named buttermilk). I wish to paint the clouds on the ceiling very soon, and need to figure out what I'll need to do the sponging technique for the walls. I think a gallon of glaze and a quart of yellow one shade darker would do it. I already have a sea sponge. I love that thing. Anyway, if you can see it, the blue doesn't go all the way to the wall. I'm going to be putting up trim to frame in the ceiling area. It will make the room look like it has a really large skylight.



Besides that, on Canada Day I spent most of the day at my parents helping with the garage sale. Not too many people came through, and I didn't sell the large items I really want to sell. Nobody was interested in the big things really. We're planning on redoing it on the 10th, and since many of us still had things in the house we didn't bring last time, we'll be getting them there for then, and my aunt is also adding things to the sale, so it won't be the same.

I'm looking forward to finding the material I want to get for the baby room. I can't wait to start working on the curtains and stuff (I also wish to sew them for the dining room and kitchen). I haven't done any sewing in awhile.

Things have been a bit stressful lately again, mostly in dealing with certain people which I won't name here. We got a rather nasty message on our answering machine from one particular person regarding something another person told him we had done(that is another rather lengthy story which occured over 2 weeks ago). He called us names and mock screamed at us on the message. We are sincerely thinking of blocking his number. He's done this sort of thing before, and about 3 months ago we quit communicating with him due to how rude he was being toward us. This is the last straw. No way I want these sorts of things continuing after my child is born. I was thinking of trying to record the message and send it to him so he could hear how he sounds. Maybe he just doesn't realize it. Sigh. Anyway, it's stressful, and I'm tired of dealing with it. I just want to quit communicating with both of these people, not allow them on my yard, everything. I can't handle this anymore, and I almost want to get back at them, which is something I've not dealt with before. It's not the way I usually am. I'll just keep praying about this.

Again, doing all sorts of work keeps the mind off of all the stressful and emotional matters right now. I'm still trying to deal with them, but there is so much outside my control that I can't do anything about, so I'd rather keep my mind on something I can do something about. Plus, getting things done feels good. It's so nice to accomplish things.

Baby is getting bigger too. I can hardly believe how much this little one loves to squirm. Yet, apparently I'm small for 6 1/2 months. We'll see. I can't believe appointments are only 2 weeks apart now. And I only have 11 weeks till due date! Scratch that, 10 1/2. Aaah! I gotta get that babyroom done!

Anyway, that's all for now. I'll be posting more pics when babyroom is closer to finished. I'll also post in-between pics when I finish the room, and before-after's. I'm so excited! :)