I finally finished painting and organizing my craft room. With all my worries of not being sure how the colors were going to look together, I think it came out amazingly good. There is still a few things I need to sort through and organize and dejunk but over all, it’s done. I want to get some cute vinyl quotes for the walls and add some curtains.

I also finished the 20 CDs of the book on tape, “The Undaunted” that Dandy Dancer and I started on our drive for her grad trip to California and Arizona. It took us a long time to finish it but we really enjoyed it. We liked how parts of the story were relevant to our lives.

I still feel like I have lots of things to get done. I picked apricots with my dear friend, Katrina. She was picking them to eat. I wanted to make jam out of them. I picked some that were more green so I would have time to get to them. Katrina was able to make fruit leather and her husband made some jam. Mine went yucky fast and my husband helped me by throwing them out. Well, that is one last thing I have to worry about getting done.

I haven’t taken the time to write in the last few days. We went camping as a family which I was forced to do against my own will.

I’m still in the middle of my project painting and organizing my craft room. When I’m in the middle of a project, I want to keep going until I get it done. I don’t want to stop to do other things because I don’t want to lose momentum. Getting ready to go camping alone takes lots of time besides going away from my house which is somewhat clean, has a nice comfy bed, and warm, running water. Camping was just interrupting my schedule so I had Dandy Dancer and Tumbleweed get the family ready to go camping. They made the shopping list. I sent them to the store with a fistful of dollars. They got the little kids packed and made some treats. I’m sure that if they hadn’t done this, we would not have gone camping.

The family had a wonderful time. I didn’t sleep much. Every time the wind blew and knocked something over that we had left out, I woke up.

I was able to get some fun shots of the kids playing in the river. Ninja Boy didn’t want to get wet, just his feet, but, so sad, he fell in face first. It was a traumatic experience for him. I had to suppress my laugh while I was taking pictures. One of my kids inevitable falls into the water and is so sad about.

My craft room is almost done. I have way too much crap! What do I do with it? I have a bigger stash of supplies for the kids to use up and basically, waste. The charity pile is big. And there is still too much! I’m making cards for the service day camp that my friends and I are doing to gather for our girls. I hope that will eliminate a lot of stuff and for a good cause.