The day Erin got her groove back
Well I think technically it’s the day after. So we can say that lately I’ve been in a funk. A cloud. A fog.
Then I got a happy pill. It’s an all natural happy pill called STR-J (the STR stands for stress). And Lawd, I love it! It’s like I woke up yesterday with a renewed sense of…um…something. Not words, apparently. But something. Vigor (did you know when you enter “vigor” into Thesaurus.com it comes up with “oomph”…I didn’t know oomph was actually a word in the dictionary. Interesting.). Where was I? Oh yeah, I’ve regained some energy. It kicked in sometime yesterday afternoon and I was off on a rampage.
Since 3:00 yesterday afternoon I have washed my bedding, done 4 loads of laundry and folded them AND put it all away (seriously, people, that’s a landmark event right there…that’s as much as I’ve done in a whole week lately!), washed dishes…TWICE (oh, yeah), cleaned my oven (okay well technically my self cleaning oven cleaned itself, but whatevs). I swept my floor, dusted, washed the insides of all our windows and the outsides of 4 (the rest are like a thousand feet off the ground, so it’s going to take a largeish ladder and a person other than moi to do that since I don’t do anything over 36″ off the ground). What else…I know there’s more. I can feel it. I wiped down about 6 1/2 baseboards before my attention wandered, cleaned out and reorganized my desk (archeology at it’s best), cleaned out the old/unused/too small clothing from the girls’ drawers, organized my books and took out all the ones I’ve read and restacked the ones I haven’t yet read.
(just a few more and I’ll hit the ceiling! The ones in the large stack are the “to read” books, the ones under them are some of my decorating and design books and then there are the beloved “Twilight” books in their place of honor. Did I mention the other day I read “New Moon” in 7 hours? Straight up! Not lying.)
While cleaning out my desk I found the supplies for a project I’ve been intending to do so I whipped up 2 shadow box art displays for Ella’s room with Barbie clothes (’cause I had some extra time on my hands). At some point when I get to a scrapbooking store I’ll buy pretty paper to put in the background of them, but for now white paper will do.
If you look closely at this next one you could imagine it being used in a C.S.I. episode…
“If we enlarge the reflection and enhance it we could probably get a clear match for the nailpolish color on the person taking the picture. If we cross reference it with all the samples we have in the A.N.I.S. Database (*snickers* she said…oh never mind) aka “Automated Nailpolish Identification System” we should get a hit.”
Catherine interjects with “Wait!! Isn’t that O.P.I’s ‘I’d Like to Thank’”?
Startled looks from the rest of the team. “What?!? I love O.P.I.” (and they always just have that sort of random information at hand cause they are smart like that and that’s why that show is frickin’ awesome)
Not to mention what they could have done with the crumbs that I apparently forgot to wipe up before taking the picture (shaking head in disgust!)
Anyhoo, I also read blogs intermittantly, possibly had a shower somewhere in there, went through 3 new cook books and made a list of healthy choice recipes (which will be another post) and all the pantry items that I need to buy to make them, and cooked a very nice dinner both days (my family thanks me because I think spring rolls and tacquitos are not really considered “dinner”…what!? Don’t be hatin’ on me, at least I remembered to feed them…most days).
I think that about sums it up. And if for some reason anyone thinks I’m bragging about my Martha Stewart like awesomeness in the housecleaning/crafting/organizational arena, can that thought. By the time I do any of that again, y’all will probably have cleaned your houses like half a dozen times. I mean, if I have to blog about it…really. Why do you think we move every 6 months to a year? Just kidding. Kind of.
Now I’m tired, but happier. My house feels liveable again. My conscience is clear. I think I pretty much cleared up the rest of August to waste my time doing whatever the heck I want. Now I think a glass of wine, a bubble bath and “Eclipse” are singing their siren song.
youve been busy
I like the shadow boxes
relax now and enjoy that wine and bubbles
Comment by jen — August 18, 2008 @ 11:04 pm
Wow you’ve been busy! Glad you’re feeling better. I love the shadow box idea. Where does a person get the boxes from? Will you be hanging these in her room? I’d like to see the finished, hung up product! And I also love the Twilight series. I haven’t got the final book yet, not sure what I’m waiting for!!
Comment by Jenn — August 19, 2008 @ 8:19 am
YAY YOU! So happy to hear that yesterday was a better day, and I’m hoping it’s just the start of a string of great days.
Was it enough to motivate me to tackle my projects that have been sitting around for months and months (and months)? Well, let’s not get *too* hopeful
I’d love to borrow your Twilight books sometime, if you can bear to part with them. I’ve been eyeing them for a while.
Comment by Lindsay — August 19, 2008 @ 8:31 am
This is wonderful news. After seeing how productive you have been, I’m off to buy some. Seriously. :o)
Comment by Denise — August 19, 2008 @ 10:27 am
So the Twilight books are that good hey? Well, I’ll just have to read em then.
So glad that you’re feeling better!
Love Ella’s wall art.
See ya soon.
Comment by Jen H. — August 19, 2008 @ 10:32 am
That CSI rift was so hilarious I had to read it twice!! It’s so true! Have you ever watched the show “Las Vegas” with Josh Duhamel (YUM). It’s even worse than CSI, I think its cancelled now. Anyway, loved the stories and just wanted to say that you’re wonder woman.
Comment by Jody — August 19, 2008 @ 10:39 am
Dude! I gotta get me some of that STR-J!
Cute shadow boxes. And I know I liked you for a reason–CSI rocks!
Comment by Ami at Writing: My Life — August 19, 2008 @ 11:13 am
What’s this stuff called again? Cause I gotta get me some of that. Do you know if it’s available in the US?
You’re a cleaning, crafting, cooking MACHINE!
Comment by Quirky — August 19, 2008 @ 11:44 am
is it sick that i spent minutes squinting at the enlarged version of your book pile just yearning to read the spines?
Comment by gloria — August 19, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
What is this called and can I get some? Somewhere?
Please? If I could accomplish all that in a WEEK I would be happy!
(And yay you for getting out of your comfort zone!)
Comment by Heather @ Desperately Seeking Sanity — August 19, 2008 @ 7:28 pm
Talk about being productive.
Maybe you can motivate me.
Comment by lil ole me — August 19, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
ahhh…happy pills! glad you’re feeling more like your old self again.
you go, girl!!
Comment by Andrea — August 19, 2008 @ 10:41 pm
Dang. I need that pill. My pill just sort of smooths out the wrinkles in my thinking, making me calm enough to think rationally. I keep explaining to people, “It’s not a happy” pill,” as in “take this, and you’ll have instant happiness,” but you seem to have found the source! My depression lasted a couple of years about 10 years ago. It’s a rough thing. No energy at all–I can relate.
Comment by Linda at 2nd Cup — August 20, 2008 @ 8:33 am
Welcome back
You are another person who has mentioned Twilight. Maybe I should check it out.
Comment by Alexis — August 23, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
LOL! The CSI reference was awesome. I LOVE the idea of the Barbie shadow boxes…
Comment by oh amanda — August 27, 2008 @ 6:11 pm