And so it begins......

 

So I have been focusing obsessing on my new vision for the Living Room.....mostly just shopping for new couches and rugs and inspiration from shops I love.....I imagined it being a calm and relaxed project, totally care free and vowed to enjoy every minute!  I know all too well that things out of place affects my OCD, control issues and anxieties....I am already at my threshold lately.....a good nice calm project might be just what I need to refocus and enjoy!

 

But it never ever ever goes to plan!  The flooring arrived this week; however cannot be installed until next week.....all the cars have to stay out of the garage except the pony....me no like that....

 

....we were at a neighborhood 'Frat Party' last night and the neighbors on the corner decided to have a yard sale today....we decided to take advantage of getting rid of some of the furniture we are replacing.....however we could not for the life of us figure out how to get this 42" couch out a 36" door.  Above our pay grade.   Thankfully one of our neighbors is a set designer and he came down and in about 30 seconds had it moved outside....he is a magician!

Then I was not going to move anything until Tuesday in prep for install Wednesday, but we had to move some things to get the couch out so I had to pile it in the dining room....I am already twitching with angst.....me really no like this.....

 

I still have all this to move but no room in the house so will have to move it outside....let me tell you that cabinet is stacked and will take hours and lots of room.....another pile....ugh



 So I do what I normally do when things are out of control....start a craft project that I can finish!  This looked fun and I have years of old Christmas cards and thought my mom would enjoy helping!

 We traced and traced and traced and cut and cut and cut.  Somehow in our busy work the count for how many sides we needed to bottoms got doubled so I ended up with a stack of sides and not enough bottoms!....obsessive gene must have exact amounts you know...ok, now I feel better!

 It was fun to lay out all the themes and colors and make them mixy matchy....

 I worked non stop to finish one, just because I knew it would be good for me to complete something with everything else torn up.....

 It turned out pretty good....1 down, 200 to go.....a good road trip project!

 Best moment of the week:  Friday school pick up...Rocky is just as happy to see these sweeties as we are.

When I look at this, all is right with the world....just will close my eyes around the house for awhile!  I asked for it!