Not sure what got us motivated .. but some how Sean and I managed to complete a bunch of projects around the house, in relatively no time at all. Sean took down all our outside lights and decorations, and packed them up for next year. I put away the last of the Christmas stuff, hung my little bird wind chimes Liz got me for Christmas, built my new IKEA bookcase, hung an ironing board hanger and hung up a candle holder. Sean also hung up our door knocker from Nana last year, and one of our 2 mirrors that fill up our giant foyer wall. Yes, we now have a door knocker on the inside of our door, but Liz also got us a door knocker last year, engraved with our names on it, so we decided that one should go outside. I’m sure we’ll get around to hanging it soon, hopefully not another whole year.

Here are a few pictures of our projects today

Here’s my old candle holder up where the card holder was

Here’s the first of the 2 mirrors, the 2nd one will be on the left, and higher

Our pineapple knocker

Ironing board is now up and hides behind the door nicely

Bookcase is already filled with goodies!

So we’re having a major cold spell down here .. coldest temperatures in over 5 years, and they’re saying we could have snow flurries out here on the coast! The highs today barely got above 50 today and they’re saying 55 is our high tomorrow. Days like this make me wish we had a big fireplace.

Anyways .. I spent a few extra hours in bed today trying to stay warm, as did the puppies I did manage to get out this afternoon to pick up some makings for dinner tonight and a beef stew tomorrow, yummy!

I hope everybody is staying warm

I’m just a little freaked out by the fireworks going off in the area. Don’t get me wrong, I love fireworks, but living out here in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by grasses that could be very flammable, I just totally sent myself into a panic attack right after midnight. I mean really .. say one firework lands way back in the woods behind the house and happens to catch something on fire, how the heck would we find out that there’s a fire on its way .. only when the smoke detectors go off in the house? Anyways I started making mental lists of everything I’d have to throw in the car, where to find our important files, how the heck would I be able to lift the new computer .. and I realized that I was now wide awake and probably will be for a few hours. What a way to start the new year .. blah.

Realistically, the land we live on is wetlands, and we had a pretty wet late summer / fall, plus the fireworks were probably on US1, they sounded really far away. I just worked myself up for nothing, and I’m sure that as soon as I see that there are no fires in my line of sight I’ll calm down and be able to go back to sleep.

I hope everybody had a rocking New Years, and I hope 2008 is a great year for everybody!!