TRUTHFUL REALITY...

 

Even though
 you saw some pretty sweet sights
 on my last weeks' posts 
such as...

...this stack of

 cute dishes and...

...this cute sign and...

...this bright, shiny object.

I forgot to take photos right at the beginning of the clean-up, so this is only half or what it looked like!

In reality,

 this is what was happening

 in and around the Cottage

 behind closed doors, so to speak. 

 She never complains

 when she is abused in this manner

 and, believe me, 

this doesn't happen all the time,

 but this is the situation

 we are in right now.

One summer,

 a few years ago,

 we changed up a 

pretty, little sunporch

 off of the guest bedroom 

into a pretty, little craft/sewing room. 

 It was used in the early morning hours

 but it became too hot during the day. 

 When winter set in,

 it felt like a freezer, 

so it became a large box

 for stuff waiting 

for the right time to be put away

 where it belonged. 

 Over the years, 

for one reason or another, 

the right time was never found 

and it became 

a long haul storage situation...

When I picked up the bug for painting,

 I moved my craft paints

 into the library.  

Without going into too many explanations,

 before long 

the pretty room seen above

 turned into this...

...no other explanations 

needed or wanted!!

Our pretty, little Cottage

 has too many small spaces,

 hidden behind doors, 

that are too easy to shut

 and then taken advantage of,

 so to speak! 

 I am not making excuses,

 this is just the truthful reality 

of life here at the Cottage. 

 I don't have a problem 

keeping the main living areas respectable,

 but it is way too easy 

to just lay something down 

"just for a minute" 

and then just shutting all those doors.

When it came time 

to pack up all the Christmas, 

we stacked up the boxes

 in the dining room. 

 As it rained a few days

 during this project, 

we waited for it to dry out 

before transferring the boxes out

 to the garden shed 

which should be a receptacle

 for garden tools, right? 

 Long story short:

  Since I wasn't using

 the craft/sewing room 

except for storing stuff,

 let's take out all the unusable stuff

 and put the Christmas stuff

 there so it is easier to get too

 when it comes time to use it.

 Good deal! 

 Now we can 

close the door 

and not feel like losers! 

and I can still get to my sewing machine.

As far as that library/art studio goes,

 we are still working on it. 

 Hopefully,

 we can get it done

 in the coming week.

I am making myself happy,

 I am making the Captain happy

 (he has space once again 

for his garden tools), 

and I am making the Cottage happy. 

 That is my story

 and I'm sticking to it!!

And while you are waiting

 on pins and needles 

to see the outcome...

  ...here is a

 little funny, bunny business

 to remind us that

 Spring/Easter isn't far behind.

Stay Smart

Stay Well

Get Your Vaccines

"My interest is in the future 

because I am going to spend

 the rest of my life there".

Charles F Kettering

Wear Your Masks.

...Judy...

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