Worst decision I've made so far....

Was to take my daughter's old laptop.  I have been spending so much time stalking reading blogs and I've rediscovered my Pinterest account.

I thought this would be a great idea.  Paige received a laptop for Christmas 2009 and recently complained that it wasn't working.  We decided to get her a new one for her birthday (yesterday) and I figured I could get her old one fixed.  Luckily there was nothing wrong with it.  She just messed up the internet connection and I fixed it within minutes.  No big deal.  I really wanted my own laptop anyway and this works out perfect.

Except I have spent way too much time on it.  An obscene amount of time.  I just can't help it.  I thought this would be great especially for blogging, only I have my pictures downloaded on the main computer since we back it with Carbonite.  I hate to blog without photos especially when most of my posts wouldn't make sense without photos.  Hard to imagine how I cleaned out my office without visuals!!

I have a slew of posts started in Blogger, but need to finish the posts on my main computer.  I've really gotten back  to my cleaning and organizing obsessiveness, especially since the holidays are right around the corner.   Just have a few more photos to take and download and I should have them posted by midweek.

 

Only picture download on laptop- not sure who #4 is!

 

 

Oh, and Jeff and I cannot believe Paige turned 14 yesterday.  I am so shocked at how fast she's grown.  I seriously don't feel like I should be old enough to have a fourteen year old.  So sad...

New Blogger Program

I'm not sure how to navigate this new Blogger site.  Please be patient as I try to figure out where everything went!

Tablescapes and Vignettes

No. Not in my house. 

Lately I've noticed a big trend on blogs to feature tablescapes and vignettes.  Mantles and dining room tables decked out for each changing season and holiday run rampant among so many blogs that I follow.  Yes- most of the blogs that I follow are ones where decorating and organizing are the main theme.  But I just don't get it.  I could never leave a dining room table fully dressed with plates and cups.  For one, they would get dirty from dust and Chester would get curious and jump up to lie (lay?) on them.  And besides, where would my family dump all their papers/clothes/binders?? Not in the designated folders/clothes hampers/desks that they have.

I do decorate at Christmas time.  But even then, I only put a couple items on the dining room table because of the above. And the mantle isn't all that fancy. It's a money issue for me.  I just couldn't afford to deck it all out though I do try to pick up some new things each year. 

Maybe I'm just jealous and envious.  To have the time and money to decorate according changing seasons/holidays is just something I can't do.  Heck, I would just like to get my house in order and decorated in general at this point!  I could be in a funk also because I did start buying things for my home after I resolved to stop obsessing over debt repayment and now my husband's changed his mind and wants to pay off debt only. 

So I guess I have to say hats off to all of you ladies out their making your homes beautiful and stylish.  I'll still roll my eyes in envy/sarcasm.

Who am I kidding....I'm dreaming of my own tablescape!!