~what am I doing?~

hello friends!

what am I doing?

is a good question.....

truth be told....

I feel stalled....

yep, I do....

....it is an annoying feeling....

have you been there?

stare at what needs to be done,

but unable to decide what to do,

so nothing gets done??

oh would you like to know the weather?

well yesterday was 65 - 70 {not bad huh?}

today it is partly cloudy w/ a smidge of sun...

{still not bad.....maybe we're getting somewhere!}

ok...back to my issues thoughts...

there's too much to think about...

or in other words I'm thinking myself into circles...

you know it's sorta like the book

"if you give a pig a pancake"

let's just start with the flooring.....

well let's start with what needs done in our 2nd story...

and why I am stalled....

1)  flooring in 2 bedrooms & bonus room

2) all doors need painted or replaced

3) all trim needs painted or replaced

4) baseboards

5) paint in hallway & bonus room

6) paint in stairwell

7) let's not forget the stairs need finished!!!

8) and I'm not even going into the bathrooms yet

cuz they need re-done too.

but they can wait a bit.......

ya see ~ when we bought our home 6 years ago...

it had 3 different types of blue carpeting upstairs...

yup it was lovely...

and it smelled.

so I did what any diy type would do...

rip it up.  drag it out. 

we can't have stinky carpet right?

no.

we can't.

but living on one income~

{which is a choice we have made so I can

be at home with our girls...}

has also meant not a ton of money

for remodeling & such....

hence my need to be so thrifty & creative over the

years to re-do our home

ok...where was I?

whining about everything

explaining my remodeling adventures...

so let's get back to "if you give a pig a pancake"

or "if I start on _______ now..."

........if I start on flooring in Kenzie's room now..

 I'll have to move all of her stuff out and

into the bonus room....

and if I move all her stuff out & into the bonus room~ I will have more junk in the bonus room.

and if I have more junk in the bonus room

my brain will get more cluttered.

and if my brain gets more cluttered

I will continue to feel stalled...

and if I continue to feel stalled

I won't feel like putting flooring down in

Kenzie's room...

and if I don't feel like putting flooring down

in Kenzie's room

I'll stare at what else needs to be done and

not do anything

and if I stare at what needs to be done

and not do anything...

I will eventually sit down at the computer and

share my sob story thoughts with you!

btw....thank you so much for

your opinions on "to paint or not to paint"

if you can imagine with my

incredible mental clarity right now...

I have not decided....

but this I have decided...

to buy a quart of high gloss porch paint

and test it on a couple stair steps....

to see how it wears...

and

buy a quart of liming and try it

on a couple stairs to see how it wears

that will get me somewhere!

now, if there are some super expert

mind decluttering, stall eliminating,

clarity making ninjas

out there

who know how to bust through

these sorts of mental challenges...

drop me a note....

the rest of you ~ just tell me you

do the same thing. ;)

{even if on occasion..... qualifies you!}

xoxo,

Shellagh

{all images Atlanta Bartlett, except horse pic which if via flickr}