A Lefty Crochets: Moving Upstairs what will I manage?

A Lefty Crochets: Moving Upstairs what will I manage?: "Today holds a challenge for me ... to get upstairs & actually work. I managed to clean our bedroom without putting all of the work on John ..."

Moving Upstairs what will I manage?

Today holds a challenge for me ... to get upstairs & actually work.  I managed to clean our bedroom without putting all of the work on John (as has been my habit) so I don't know why I feel so reluctant to get up there & face the mess I created.  OH there it is ... facing the mess I created.  How often we hide from dealing with our messes?  I mean we get into a situation & then don't want to admit our part in it ~ thinking we can ignore it & it will just go away.  Hahaha poor planning that's for sure!  

There is a verse in the bible that states be sure & know your sin will be found out (again my interpretation please read the bible for yourself & see what God reveals to you) .... my mess upstairs should not be so intimidating but for some reason it has been.  But no longer!  Today is the day I will ... you heard me I WILL go up there & make some progress before I have to play with my grandson :)  He's coming this afternoon & I look forward to spending time with him.   But in order to really enjoy our play time I have to make some progress upstairs.

Thinking about this makes me think of making some progress "upstairs" in the thinking process.  I need to make progress with my thoughts.  I need to think like an "organizer" and 'see' things the way they can/ should be and then go from there.

I'll take some before & after pictures.  maybe ... I might even share them with you ;)

I am “brand new” in Christ Jesus

So I have lived my life fairly consistently in that I have a faith in God, believe in Jesus Christ His Son, that He (Jesus) died for my sins (and the sins of everyone in the world) … and yet I have failed to grasp the reality of this concept that I am made new in Jesus.

In this my 50th year of living I feel that it is truly my year of Jubilee ~ in the Bible the year of Jubilee is a time (and it happened every 50 years) when debts were forgiven and you were allowed to have a fresh start. (my interpretation please read the bible for yourself and see what God reveals to you).

As I was saying, I believe this is “MY” year of Jubilee.  I feel as if I have been given a fresh start.  All my debts have been forgiven (that is those debts I had with God not with man) and now looking at my way of living I realize it is beyond time to “step it up” and make the changes in my habits that have been holding me back from living life to the fullest.  I admit to the fact that I do not or rather have not lived my life to the fullest.  I admit that I settled for the bare minimum, with the occasional abundance.

Looking at my living room today, knowing I still need to finish furnishing it, I can see how vastly different living will be in this room!  Before I did not have a “place for everything” and therefore did not put “everything in it’s place” instead my room just got cluttered up and then piled up and then overflowing piles took over half of my living room.   The truth is that “Knowing” and “Doing” are two separate things!!!   I may have known my clutter needed to go but actually making it go didn’t happen!

In fact right now my kitchen is housing the majority of my clutter.  The remainder is upstairs along with a lot more “stuff” that needs organizing, evaluating, and eliminating.    My goal is to have my house in order before I travel this November.   I need to seriously look at things and decide will I really miss it if it’s given away?  Will I be able to replace it?  Will it cost me more to keep it or replace it should it really be needed at a future point in time?   Yes, I am going to be brutally decisive with all of my “things” and I will “possess my things” and not have “ my things possess me”. 

I was looking at the kitchen table, currently covered with stuff.  Half of the table seems to be holding old VCR tapes, empty CD cases and items that were filling my old computer desk & hutch.  Why? Why did I keep the old tapes?  Why did I keep the empty cases?  Why … why… why.   Why ask WHY???

Instead I chose to look at today as a new day and instead of asking why to all of the above (and so much more) I will chose to evaluate the stuff and if I’m wondering why I have it in the first place you can be sure it will not be in my house much longer!  

  So in this my year of Jubilee I now have a fantastic incentive to break the old habits that inhibited me from truly enjoying life the way God intended.  Now I will look at things on a different level.  I will evaluate things with a different standard.  Work smarter not harder ~ which means maintaining the clean rooms instead of putting off until tomorrow what I can do today!   Yes I’ve declared war on my old habits.  Knowing I can change because of Christ in me. Becoming what He wants me to be in all ways not just the comfortable ones.  I am no longer going to call myself a “clutter bug” nor will I refer to myself as a “pack –rat” !  Instead I will simply be and continue to be a new creation in Christ.  Thank you God for your mercies that are new every morning

Finally a long over due repair is getting done :)

Years ago I started writing about my crocheting and various patterns I was trying or hoping / planning to try ... also shared about my designing dreams ... then that blog was moved here to Blogger and my writing became more hit or miss to eh every so often to hey did I want to share that with someone ... anyone out in cyber space??? 


So if you read my blog whenever I actually write something you may be well aware that I have shared how my 'pack rat' habits and  "clutter bug" habits have left my home really messy.   And after so many years of complaining about my procrastination and my mess it looks like I may have a chance to break the cycle ... we've emptied our living room (well almost, we had no place to move the tv, my chair & one of the loveseats so they are still in the room) ... and our son in love (law) has taken on the job of repairing our damaged ceiling, archway, & wall and then painting our entire entry way, living room & hallway. 


Now I have to figure out how I really want my room to be set up ... the saying : "A place for everything & everything in it's place" has been running through my mind for years now ~ the only problem I seem to have (besides being a pack rat & a clutter bug)  is that I've almost never had a "place for everything" in order to have 'everything in it's place!!'    Just how does one have a place for everything???  I mean I have been in homes where their occupants seem to have a grasp on this concept but really how does one manage to maintain this way of living ???   Oh yeah ... they don't have more stuff than they need in each space... which means perhaps it's time for me to actually let go of some things. 
Let go ... give away or throw away or find a "place" for it if it is to remain in my home  :)


Usually I can 'picture' things in my mind's eye ... makes life a bit easier for me when I want to shop for yarn, when I want to decide how I want to arrange the furniture etc ~ however I have no clue how I want my living room to be once the work is done. I can't seem to picture my living room completed.  I know I need to get a clue and move with it but I want our living room to basically be empty.  Just the really necessary items in it ... if only I could figure out what they are ??? I mean do we really need anything more than our t.v ., my chair, and table, and a desk or table for my laptop & printer??? LOL oh sure we'll need a couple of seats for when someone comes over but we don't need wall to wall stuff ever again :)