a wish (happy birthday, miki!) and a goal (project time!)

Mikelle is two years old.  The B's had us over for her little birthday party last night.  She was just fun to watch, as she discovered her stack of gifts and walked around passing them out to everyone in the room.  To me, Miki looks like a little Hummel figurine.  She's a doll.  Doug and I were discussing with Stott and Wendy just how how amazing it is that two years have gone by since we sat together in that hospital room, praying for all to go well with the birth and adoption.  And go well, it has.  Doug and I give thanks each and every day for Stott and Wendy and the love that they have shown Miki, as well as our family.  She's spoiled rotten!  And we wouldn't want it any other way.  It makes Doug and I laugh everytime we see her.  She's starting to talk up a storm and my favorite thing to hear her say is "Grampyyyyyy!"  She drops everything when she sees me to ask, "Where's Grampy?!?"  It's precious.  I don't mind playing second fiddle to Grampy at all!  Many of our other friends comment frequently that this was one adoption where two families, literally, adopted each other, not just one family adopting a baby.  So so true.  And So So wonderful!  We love the B's.  We love Miki.  We love being family and are grateful to this sweet little girl who brought us all together as family.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MIKI!!!

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So.  I wonder.  If this were my laundry room, would it always look like this?
 

 I know me.  And I know that if this were my laundry room, no one would be allowed to put any dirty laundry in it because I'd want it to look this perfect all of the time!  I have a friend who's laundry room is larger and more beautiful than even this.  It. Is. A.MAZ.ING.  She has eight children.  They built one of the most beautiful homes I've ever been inside.  It is meticulous.  When we walked into the laundry room, my first words were, "Does it always look like this?"  Her answer was "Pretty much."  She then explained to me that each of her children had laundry responsibilities and it helped her with keeping up on things. 

I have five (well, six, because I wash as much of Zaylee's laundry as I do my own) people to keep up with.  My laundry is the bain of my existence.  I do keep up with it.  I do keep the laundry room functional.  BUT.  It's tiny.  It's crowded and, because I'm so anal about keeping the house company clean, the laundry room tends to become the "catch-all", requiring more attention than a place for sorting and folding laundry.   And for the record, company is never welcome in my laundry room.

SO. I have a new winter goal.  I'm going to go through my laundry room, do some serious dejunking and then do some actual decorating.  Currently, it's the only white room in our home. I don't have new appliances.  I won't be getting them anytime soon. And it won't end up looking anything even close to the room above.  But, I can do better.  And I will.  And I may even take a picture when I'm done and share it. We'll see how it goes.  A public self-challenge.  Nothing like it to get motivated, right!  Besides, it's winter.  And I needed a little something to keep my busy, right?  Enough said.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Comments

[Connie Bingham]

I just want you to know that I have dejunked my scrapbook room and made it my bedroom. I moved my queen-sized bed myself and am happy for the change. I just need a new comforter for the bed, a couple of blinds for the window, have Vikki help me finish that old window in my basement for the wall a couple of other wall hangings and a light fixture. Tomorrow, I will make my old large bedroom our family / scrap book room, still working on the orgnization. Not as fancy as you but I am getting there. I have been itching to paint my laundry room. I think I will do it in the Spring and put in some shelves and maybe hang a picute or two. It is in the basement and no one goes down there much but me, oh well, I'll feel better.

[Holly F.]

Hey, I'm painting and fixing up my laundry room right now too! I'm checking your blog to see if the bug your family has is the same nasty one we have had. Icky! Hope you all feel well very soon.

[Nicole]

Happy birthday Miki! She is adorable! I need a laundry room like that... I have seen so many beautiful laundry room on Pinterest, sometimes I wonder if people live in that house!