Why this will never be a home decorating blog.

I know I am spending way too much time reading and browsing through the many delicious home decorating blogs that are available when I start to feel discouraged about my house.  I look at the lovely photos of rooms all put together with nary a toy in sight.  Sigh.  If only I could have a room for a day that didn't become littered with this.

 

I have one child who is obsessed with tying up my furniture. There is always a piece of string or rope tying a table to a toy are a chair to a pet.

 

Monkeys sometimes live in domino cases and Fisher Price stables are not just for plastic horses.

 

Build a bears can often take up residence on our one sofa.

What can I say about crafting. It is everywhere, almost all the time.

Tops of tables, buffets, counters are often littered with school in process, clay projects that need to be cooked, perler beads that need ironing and always much more. 

Sometimes, I am discouraged.  But when I get this way I have to remind myself that one day my girls will be gone. My house will look put together. Show ready. Decorated. Clean.  However, when that day comes  I know I will long for the days of tied up furniture and toys underfoot.  So today I choose to be thankful for this mess that is often in my home because I know this mess is here because I have my precious children with me. 

Susan