I am woman hear me roar!

I have spent the last 5 days working on my smallest bedroom. It is my "craft room" otherwise known as my room that I hang out in during the winter time. It is a small room but it manages to store my stuff and allow me to hang out upstairs and not be in a bedroom setting. My upstairs is at least 10 degrees warmer than downstairs. You have to love old homes mine is very charming - aka needs a lot of work. I hope by next winter to have a new boiler and water heater so I won't have to live upstairs in the winter unless I want to. I wanted the room to be terracotta but it turned out a little more orange than terracotta. It has been a labor of love but I am painting all of the trim white and not the same color as the walls. This is the last room to be painted in house. I thought it was time to start over - ha ha - I won't be picking up a paint brush anytime soon! Every room in this house has taken at least 2 gallons of paint just for the walls! And the trim is always in need of a touch up. But it is MINE and I get to paint it any color I want - even if it Valley High School orange - after 10 years of schooling in West Des Moines I thought I would never like the color orange again, but I do! Not only have I enjoyed doing my own painting/work but I have learned a few new skills. Over break I have replaced my deadbolt, my plug ins in my craft room, and a light switch. As it turns out all you need to do is know how to use a screwdriver and how to turn off the power. Who knew? I do now. It makes me feel very powerful - watch out I might have to move onto power tools next! It is amazing what I have kept over the years. But as long as it has a home that is all that is important! When I painted the bookshelf and dresser black I thought I would throw things away - HA I just neatly piled them and put them right back where I had them! I guess once a pack rat always a pack rat! Now if I could only get all of my school crap so organized! I plan on adding to my raverly account soon. Life would be so much easier with a laptop...hint hint mom and dad! Tomorrow school starts and routines will restart thank god...I need to go to bed early, get up early, eat on a schedule and hopefully start exercising again. I have missed out hanging out with my knitting friends. It is time to commit to this wonderful group of friends again. They inspire me!