good news!=20


let's give a hand to the world, for everything it can do!!=20


i am trying to be a patient, kind mom.


trust me, you'll want her working her magic on you.=20


i am craving some sunshine.


interested? i think it would be so fun.=20


you've gotta love people with humor like that.


really really happy.


like this one, from sweet mary, that she left on the clean room post: "Your=
 house seems so organized.=20


What are your tips for clearing clutter so you can focus on such a project =
as sewing?" well mary, let me answer your question by showing you some exam=
ples of how i deal with clutter in different areas of my home:


4. i don't worry about a little "creative clutter" in cate's room. i say, a=
 good dress up/ barbie mess day better than watching tv all afternoon, righ=
t? pretty soon i will just put my 'kerchief on again and go to town. (yes, =
that is what cate's room looks like again, just over a month after the big =
clean. i tell you, i'm fighting a losing battle with that girl). does that =
answer your question, mary? i hope it helps! wink.


3. i think that packages stacked all over the house are a nice decorative t=
ouch (and they remind me how good people are to donate to project 31) happy=
 things!=20


she's amazing.=20


she wears birkenstocks to fashion shows.=20


and you eat with your sunglasses on


my homekeeping secrets


i LOVE this picture and am so inspired to keep the needles moving.=20


and you are happy.


doesn't she look like lucy from chronicles of narnia?=20


she never looks like a senator from krypton on the red carpet.=20