WENT OUT TO THE STUDIO...BRIEFLY

I braved the dozens of boxes of 'miscellaneous' and walked across the yard to my studio this afternoon. I tentatively poked around in a few of the boxes and found 'Woodrow' who had been buried in that particular box since Andrew burned through the living and dining room several years ago, a couple of hours before Thanksgiving dinner, in a spate of guerilla decluttering. I also unearthed a few old art journals, some from 2004, even, plus a couple of newer ones that had gone missing. On the table is the background I had started painting a few days ago.
I also found 4 of my bottles of fingernail polish and painted my nails lavendar while I was at it. I added some grayish diamond shapes to my background too, although the plan I had for the painting I was going to do doesn't interest me any more. I don't know...maybe I'll still do it in a day or two. Or maybe I'll just change horses in the middle of the stream.

CUPCAKE SWAP

Look what came in the mail today! This was from 'CrochetCupcake' and it was way over and above the swap requirements. Needless to say, I was blown away with it all.

I have been trying to make some headway with my totally cluttered house. Ugh. You can't believe what a disaster it is...and how lacking in energy and motivation I am. :/ It all just seems too overwhelming. And even if I miraculously mananged to get all the clutter banished, it would still be deep in the state of disrepair. It seems hopeless. But today I did finally get the last of the art stuff and paper stuff off the floor where the bookshelf fell apart when I was struggling to move it a while back. And I cleared off much of the table yesterday...and put up the 5 skeins of yarn and two bags of stuffing from the living room, plus other miscellaneous stuff.

Zach is coming over to spend the night tonight, so tomorrow I'm going to have him help me get the scarecrows and their accessories put away. I'll need to wash their clothes, though, before those can be packed away in the attic for next year.

Anyway, it's almost time for Meercat Manor, so I guess I'll get the bills and checkbook and take care of that while I watch tv.