Flipping the HOUSE...EASIER than MOVING!!?? Right!?

We just had a few days of MILD temperatures...it was HEAVEN...but it gave me a FALSE SENSE that Spring is around the corner! Snow melted, the sun was out...we wore Hoodies and I started to plan what needed to be done this Spring.  The shed was going(tattered and old) and  a new shed would be bought and placed closer to the house, fix the pavement, patch the BALD spots on the lawn .....it was a GREAT FEELING.....new beginnings!! See this is what I meant about false sense that Spring is here...cause this morning I woke to CHILLY temperatures and light snow falling...rather a dusting, like icing sugar on a cake...mmm....which reminds me that I need to bake this afternoon.....

With the New Year...one plans for NEW CHANGES, whether with themselves, career, family life.....whatever it is, change is always WELCOMED in the NEW YEAR!!  I want to be a better person...that's one part of my New Year Resolution... another change is that I want my FAMILY to be HAPPY living in THEIR HOME!! IN a perfect world...we would move to a BIGGER house...a HOUSE where each child could have their OWN ROOM...their OWN SPACE where they could be HAPPY and ESCAPE anything that is bothering them....usually their siblings! But with today's economic outlook......I think, no, I KNOW that we will hunker down and make the best of what we have!! And I think we have SUCCEEDED!!

We knew, unless we won the LOTTERY.....that Hubby's MAN CAVE would never formalize in the Laundry Room.....lol....so I gave up control(which is hard for me....) and gave the Family Room in the basement to Hubby!! I think he is HAPPY...its slowly turning into the "CAVE"...how do I know this, well while he was watching Bat Man(I think...) my arm was vibrating to the Bass...all along I was upstairs in the Living Room trying to watch Sliding Doors...!! He is turning that ROOM into his own.....I know that he is HAPPY! And so is Josh...he got to spend QUALITY TIME ALONE with his Dad!!

My NICHE....where I HOPE to be MORE Creative!

During the emptying out of the Family Room, I moved, with great success, the computer to the bedroom....its all set up by the window. I feel more creative!! As I sit here I type and glance out the window at the neighbours...for instance someone must be having issues with their cable...the "cable guy" is out there and literally scratching his head at the cable box! I have created my own little niche and even bought a Fern Foxtail...its the little things that can change and create a new room...and its done on a budget! All we are doing is moving things about, from room to room...nothing says that an object must stay in its current room....move things, give them new life...its amazing what you can do on NO money or VERY little money. Go through your HOME, sort and organize things, move things .......buy a plant, PLANTS are full of LIFE and GREENERY.....plants can change a room's outlook....FLOWERS, buy flowers!! Their SCENT can fill a room and give you a sense WELL BEING!

My NEW Friend...I chat daily to her!

We also switched BEDROOMS... again....the KIDS that is!! Katie was becoming MISERABLE by sharing her NEW ROOM with Alex......but then Josh didn't want to give up his new room...sigh....the issues with having THREE CHILDREN and not enough bedrooms. HAPPILY I got her back into her OLD ROOM, and I persuaded Josh to go back to his! Although with Josh, I told him that he could have the bottom bunk and we would make the bedroom a THIRD CLASS STATE ROOM...like on the Titanic! He agreed EAGERLY! He is now back in his room and awaiting for Spring(I think) to paint his room...we will chose colours that were on the Titanic and get new bedding(Third Class Blankets)!! I think I would make a GOOD politician!!

In the end, its all about making due with what you have....and we did, we spent very little...moved things about, gave new life to old objects, bought plants and created little niches for everyone to enjoy!!! I truly believe that it takes time to make a HOME.....furnish it with LOVELY objects...for me its hand me downs and items that I have found( Kijiji, garage sales, estate sales, second hand stores...) and crafted them to show their beauty in my HOME.......anyone can do it!!

I just need a SOUND BARRIER between the BASEMENT and the MAIN FLOOR!!