THE CURTAIN ARE DONE - DAUGHTER IS SMILING!

I did it! I am so tried, but the curtains to my daughter's living room and to my guess room are complete. On top of that, I still was able to prune 6 roses and move one very large tree to it's new home in the from yard. I only had one problem, I fell, on my knees, of course, it is always the bad knees. So tonight, I am doing the ice and heat thing. I hope I can walk tomorrow. It is a pain to get old.

I also managed to help my son, Kyle, enroll in his classes next semester. The best part of the day, was a quick visit to the thrift store. I found jewelry, to my delight and a funky lamp. I only took pictures of the jewelry, tomorrow I will show you the rest. It was very exciting. I have also included more picture of the "white house" and will soon be the "pink & red house".

Sorry for the short post, buy my knees are throbbing! Not a good sign, I have to lay down. Did you notice I am trying to stay focused? Thanks for your prayers. I believe I am in the middle of a real change here!

Don't forget my give way. You can read about it in the post below. Blessings my dear friend! Enjoy your day! Martha

CELEBRATING WHITE WEDNESDAY!

Hello Ladies: Hope you are having a good week. I have been very busy doing Martha things. Things like pruning the roses, working on my craft room today (pictures will follow soon) and starting to redo my guess room, taxes, laundry, Noah, Ebay, helping my son with this year's college classes. I get tried just thinking about what I have been up to. The best part of today was a visit with my mother. We went to the thrift store together and did some grocery shopping. The two pieces of jewelry were today's finds. Most important Mom and I were together, something we both love.

I still have not gotten to the sewing of the curtains, I know my daughter will start complaining soon, so I better get it together. Like I said, I tend to bounce around a lot. Pray that I get focused would you?

This post celebrates White Wednesday! So here are a few pictures of the white in my house right now. I love the clean feeling it gives. If I wasn't so crazy, I would keep white up all year long. Alas, I know that is impossible for me. February is just around the corner and pinks and reds are calling my name!

Thank you ladies for all your support and your kind words. As you know I am having a give away for my one year anniversary. To celebrate, I have planned this give away, that will end January 31, 2010. Since I am a book-a-holic, what would be better than another book? Rachel Ashwell is my favorite designer. This book, The Gift of Giving, I believe is her best! All you have to do is leave a comment, the more you leave the more chances you get. (I love getting to know you.) If you choose to follow, I will give you two extra points and last but not least, if you add my button to your blog, you get three chances. It is just that easy. Just let me know what you have done and Noah and I will do the rest!

Have a great White Wednesday! Remember to reach out to someone this week, you will never know, until Heaven, who you could bless! Martha

Tomorrow is Monday and the week starts again. We are already into the second week of a New Year, can you believe it? So much has changed and yet so much feels the same. I have been out in my yard this week. For me that is always a good sign. I feel the presence of the Lord in my garden. Like the old church hymn "In the Garden". He walks with me and He talks with me and He tells me I am His own. That is how it makes me feel. I am in rose pruning mode. I have so many, my goal is to have them done by the end of the month.

Spent a lot of time with Noah this weekend and I will have him tomorrow. We went to Descanso Gardens on Saturday, it is right by my home and he rode the train. He was so happy, it made my heart glad. That is so easy to do with Noah.

I have so many projects going, I need to finish. Please pray that I stay focused. It seems I start one thing and see something else that needs to get done while I am working on the first project, so I do that and go back to the first. It is a never ending for me. Does anyone else do that? Currently, working on taxes and my guest room, plus I promised to sew some curtains for my daughter. I better get in gear, they are not going to sew themselves.

Here are a few more pictures of more changes inside my home. Hope you do not mind the hymn, I like so many different kinds of music. Sometimes nothing says it better than an old hymn. The song reminds me of my Mother-in-Law, Twila, it was her favorite. I have been missing her a lot these days.

Don't forget, my give away. What to do is in the post below. I am going to do the 100 things about me, in honor of my 1 year anniversary post. Hope I don't lose you all, after I write it! Have a great week! Blessings, Martha