BE STILL...

"BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"

PSALM 46:10

Organizing My Laun....Oooo...a puppy!

So the hubby made a little remark yesterday about my (ahem) organizational skills....

Ok.....I will admit it.....I am not good at that.

But I am an Arteest!! 

 Creative!!

 And very much A.D.D.......had to leave out hyper...that I am not.

I have ideas!! 

Lots of them.....always swirling around in this head.

I have a focusing problem.

Let's scrapbook the children's entire life....yes...let's do that! (the "children" are 26 and 23)

Hmmm.....I need scrapbooks, stickers, pages, glue, scissors....now where are all of their photos....Oh yeah....I think in that closet, under the baskets and boxes....what's in this box.....awww....the boys gave me this necklace a long time ago....I thought I had lost it.......now what else is in this box?...batteries..I'm sure they are no good.....some change....I'll put that in a jug later...I'll just put it on the table here.....this box is cute....I'm sure it would make a good organizational tool....I'm so smart.....now the photos.....hey! there's an extra computer keypad.....I should throw that away because I already have one.....but what if that one quits then I can use this one....I'm so smart....so I'll just put it in the pile with the baskets and boxes....photos...hmmm...photos....wait a minute....here's some....but that is just some....awww...look how cute the boys were.....I sure wish I had put the date on the back of the photos....I wonder how old they were?....But I can't start scrapbooking because I know there are more photos and I want to have all the photos laid out so I can choose what order to put them in....I really should put these buttons in a jar....hey...there's an oil painting kit I was going to do but I can give it to someone as a present...I'm so smart.......

That...ladies and gentlemen...is just a very, small insight into this mind.

So poor, dear hubby said I really needed to organize the laundry room.

So of course I got mad first....doesn't he know that I feed all the animals, cut the grass, take care of the chickens, talk to the chickens, take photos of the chickens, my blog, my blog, my blog, do a little cleaning, pay bills, cook supper....I don't have time to organize....then again...he is right...it does need help....oh I know....let's look up blogs on how to organize.....oh wow...that looks good....that's a neat idea.....I can do this!!!  I will paint everything white, and make a place for every little thing and organize it in a very cute way...I'll show him!!

Eight hours later this is what has happened....

I pulled everything out of closets, drawers and cabinets.

Now I'm tired......my feet hurt......I ain't painting this stupid room.....where do I put all of this crap.....I should throw it all away.....but I really need some of it....I just want to go lie on the couch and watch t.v.

Tomorrow......yes tomorrow......maybe I'll just throw it all back in the closets!

Out of sight....out of mind.

Now let me get to the couch and get my ipad, turn on the t.v.....ahhhh...

Ooooo......look at this cute daybed on Pinterest......I think I have an old twin headboard.....that's it! I'll make this daybed!!!

Now......I wonder where I put that headboard?

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Coopville Diaries - Episode 5

Welcome to the latest episode of.........

Coopville Diaries!!

dumdumdum...

After the spa day last week the girls seemed to be very happy and relaxed.

Today was grass cutting day and they love grass cutting day!

They can't wait to see what jumps out of the grass as I go by.

Rod Stewart is carefully watching over his girls as usual.

He is very protective of them.

I think he has forgiven me for kicking him and he has not tried to jump on me anymore.

Natasha (who thinks she is a Russian spy) has convinced Tillie to go in the shed and do some dirty work for her.

Tillie.....don't let Natasha get you in trouble.

So everything was going great until.......

we started having trouble with the girls next door!

We think they are from California.....they're all young and tan and blonde....bleh.

Everything was fine until we heard them playing music...of course it was "they wish they all could be California girls"...and they played it over and over.

And of course our song would be more like...

"Fat Bottom Girls"

And their rooster.......we call him Dude....because he thinks he's a surfer dude.

He spikes his comb as high as it will go.

He was like "Hey Rod...dude....what's up with your hair?"  "It's like narly and so retro....not cool dude...not cool." "You and your fat girls probably like that 70's music too..haha...so old...dude."

But Rod played it cool and looked at "Dude" in his cage with his young, pretty girls.

 As  Rod was walking away he said.. "Hey Dude"  "have you ever heard of that 70's song... Free Bird?" 

And he walked away free into the sunset with a smile on his face.

Well played Rod Stewart......well played.


And that concludes this episode of.....

Coopville Diaries!!!!

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Before and After for $100 Dollars

My nephew and his wife are young and newly married and expecting their first baby.

Remember those days?

You are so very in love and happy and usually broke...lol.

They are renting a very nice and spacious mobile home and she had asked if we could help her decorate.

And as usual with all of my family's projects, decorate with very, little money.

That is what we do....we go to flea markets, the Salvation Army, we never throw old furniture away...we just reuse and recycle.

Spray paint is our friend.

Renting meant no painting, but we were lucky the walls weren't too bad.

Everything was neutral.

Someone had bought them a dining room table and it was o.k......(it really needed to be bigger) but it is what it is.

So how do you fill a very large space with very little money?

A lot of "custom" which means hand made by us....items.

We also only had two days to do this.

We only have a few before and after photos but I think we made it better....I sure hope they think so too.

Before and after of their fireplace.  (We found the large picture on the 80% off rack in Hobby Lobby)

The sofa wall

She took the before photos with her phone and sent them to me.

We remounted their name plaque on a wider board, the two bird prints were wedding gifts, red frame and metal star wall art were a few dollars at a flea market.

My mom made all the pillows from fabric we bought to make curtains and pillows.

The entry is my favorite.

My sister had an old dresser they weren't using.

I had collected old mirrors every time I went to a yard sale.  We took an old brass and green lamp and spray painted it red and I painted the chevron shade.

We didn't take before photos of the kitchen/dining area but it was a large space to fill.

She still needs a dining room rug and maybe more panels....we ran out of fabric.

We made the picture gallery ledge and made most of her art.  She is going to paint the brackets later...we ran out of time.

The kitchen had no color so we found clearance curtains and we cut out some of the flowers from the dining room panels and glued them to the kitchen curtains to tie them in.

I know this is not the usual fantastic makeovers but we were proud that we did all of this for around $100 dollars and a lot of hard work.

She was so very happy and that was worth it all.

Coopville Diaries - Episode 4

Due to last week's episode not being aired this episode will be extra long.

As you all know, last week was a holiday week.

This seemed to throw the girls and Rod into a tizzy.

They were all running around like........(dare I say it).........like.......chickens with their heads cut off!

Acting all crazy!

No....Natasha.....this is not where you lay your eggs!

Ever since I named her Natasha she thinks she's all mysterious.....like a Russian spy or something.

Natasha......leaving your eggs in the shop does not make you mysterious.......just dirty.

And one day last week I was walking to the coop to feed them and Rod Stewart attacked me!!

Well.....to be honest....I didn't know they were all following behind me and Rod had actually gotten right in front

of me and I accidentally kicked him.

It was really funny because he puffed up like a cotton ball (I guess I embarrassed him in front of the girls) and he jumped on me like white on rice.

It didn't hurt and I was mad at him for doing it but I couldn't do anything but laugh because he looked so funny.

But now......I feel he is stalking me.

I can see you Rod Stewart!

Don't even think about it!

Even the wild Tom cat that comes to visit was all paranoid!

So I said....that's enough!

Tomorrow we will have a spa day!

The girls thought this was a fabulous idea and settled right in.

Oh...they preened and napped.....

And enjoyed having a girl day....

I think they gossiped a little....

and Rod.......being a typical male.....thought the spa was the stupidest idea....

he paced back and forth...muttering...."how long does it take to fix your feathers?"

But it totally did the trick because the girls seemed relaxed and happy and back to normal!

Rod was so happy the girls were finished at the spa he crowed

"spa day is overrrr....rrr...rrr...rrr...rrrrrrrrrrrrrr."

But ....on the other hand.....I think he is still a little miffed at me.....:)

And that concludes another episode of 

Coopville Diaries!!!!

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Dog on a Leash..........sheesh!

A dog on a leash equals no fun.....none....nope.....I'm telling you it's ruff! 

(heehee...ruff....get it....the dog...ruff...you know how he barks...ruff....ok sorry about that...moving on....)

We live outside the city limits and normally our dogs do not have to be on a leash but Breesy...oh she is a bad one.

She will run off and not stop until she is miles and miles from home.....sometimes on the other side of town.

Thank goodness we had collars made that has our name and phone number on them.

But she has that figured out.......she runs all day until she gets tired and then she gets on someone's porch and  

rings the doorbell. (you didn't know she could do that...did you?)

They come to the door and she says "could you call my mom and dad....the number is on my collar...yea...right there.  And while we are waited for them have you got anything to eat?"

Smart dog....I tell ya.

This has happened at least 3 times!

So now if she leaves her pen she has to be on a leash.

And then I get to feeling bad because she is cooped up all the time so I decide to take her for a walk to the creek.

I realize this is not a walking leash...this is the leash that we let her outside on sometimes...and there lies the problem.

The leash.....oh the leash......is a nightmare!

I go on one side of the tree......she goes on the other.

She tramps through my flowerbeds and then I have to tramp through the flower bed.

Next up we go through the mud hole......haha... I can go around the mud hole but somehow she manages to flip the leash up and gets me wet!

And Baby Kitty walked with us and he was chasing the leash the entire time.

What about  the squatting and peeing and pooping............on the leash?...:(

(aren't you glad I don't have a photo of that)

It snags on every........single............little........thing.....

And the thing I hate the most.......

After she has gone left, then jumped to the right, ran behind you, back left, turns around ... you are desperately trying to untangle yourself and

she hears a dog barking and takes off like a Blue Angel jet...........

spinning you around and giving you a rope burn everywhere that she has managed to wrap the leash around you.

These are my days.....this perfectly describes how I do everything......

set out on a mission with all the wrong tools.....

do it anyway....

get wet, poop hands and rope burn....

yep.....

that's me...

in a nutshell...

where the nuts belong....:))))

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Ramblings on a Rainy Day

It's another rainy day.....gives me time to think.....that should scare you all.

Here are some things I've been thinking about....

*  My thighs have not NOT rubbed together since..........never......I was a chubby baby.

*  I blame Pinterest for this basket of lint.......it is to be used for fire starters...pinned on homesteading or camping?....you have to add melted candles and put it in egg cartons....but I haven't finished this project along with 1,999 others.  

*  I've been saving it for months now......because that's how I do projects.....slow or never....and yes...I'm sure it's a fire hazard.

*  I rearranged the lint 5 times before I took the photo.....again I blame Pinterest....photography board.

*  I don't know why I'm making fire starters.....my thighs would probably work.

*  I don't like how facebook has turned into Pinterest.

*  I want to be nosy and see what kind of mess you have made of your life (like I have).... not the latest recipe.

*  Why can't I throw things away?

*  And when my husband and I go for a day drive and we stop by the gas station and he asks me what I want....why do I think I need enough snacks to last a week in case we get stranded....we don't live in the mountains.....or the desert.....or without communication.

*  I desperately crave to be organized.......I buy all kinds of organizing stuff......and promptly lose it.

*  I have 1000 diaries and calenders with one entry in them.

*  I own a machete.......why?.....my husband doesn't know.....zombie attack?

*  I'm really trying hard to let my hair grow out....just so I can put it in a ponytail.....which makes it look short?????

*  Why don't they make caulk black.....so I could just say I bought it that color.

*  I use 409 or Lysol cleaner to clean my garden feet....not my shoes.....my feet.....doesn't everyone?....oh really?...sorry....tmi

*  It makes me sad that the year in the movie "Back to the future" is 2015 and we are not even close to flying cars.

*  Does Sheryl Crow have a fountain of youth serum?

*  I do not like mega mansions......who needs that much space to live in?.....give more to charity...wasteful!

*  I love, love to get the bathing suit edition of People magazine, or Star.  Even movie stars don't really look great in a bikini...........I would say only 1% of the population really has a perfect figure.  Yea!!!!

*  My other vice......all the Real Housewives shows....my husband hates for me to watch them.   They all may be beautiful but they are so vain that it ruins their personality....therefore making me feel good about myself...which.........................makes me vain?....uh oh....

*  I still cringe inside when another adult calls me Mrs. Lisa.....at first I think why? and then I realize that they are 20 and I.............................am not...:(

*  Due to rainy weather and the 4th of July, Coopville Diaries will not be shown this week....tune in next week to see what kind of sparks (ha.ha...4th of July pun) Rod Stewart has created now!

And this concludes my rambling on a rainy day.....:)