Week in Review

I didn't take many photos this week. I've been busy cleaning my art studio, which, in fact, is almost, almost done! YAHOO! In case you didn't know this: I HATE CLEANING. And something odd happened this week. My hubby JUST found out that I don't like to clean. WHAT?? I thought he already knew my detest for household chores. Don't I make it quite obvious? Don't I whine loud enough? This is such a typical man thing: I had to say the exact phrase "I hate cleaning." for him to understand that I hate cleaning. And you know what he did when he heard me say it? He made the sweetest gesture (which I think will change my life forever): He gifted me with a cleaning crew. And they all happen to live right under my roof. Every Saturday all 4 of us will work as a team to clean! clean! clean! before we begin the day's fun. Our first job as newly banded cleaning crew was this Saturday. My life just got a lot easier. I am so grateful for the help!

Why am I a messy person? I used to be such a clean freak when I was younger. I seriously couldn't go to sleep as a kid until everything in my room was in its place. Well, the cleaning obsession may have gotten lost during the marrying-&-having-babies stages of my life, but I still find some sense of pleasure in organizing. I'll pass any day on the vacuuming & dusting. But...Stacking magazines in pretty rows? Separating buttons by color into jars? Finding happy places for bits of ribbon & trim? Love it.

I even scaled down my massive list of over 2500 emails to a sweet little bundle of 25! (I think I have a hard time letting go.)

Oh, & along with all the cleaning, I watched lots-o-movies to distract me.

• Across the Universe. (Oh. My. Gosh. The music is amazing! The movie incorporates 33 original compositions written by members of The Beatles. I totally heart the track "Let it Be" & "I Want To Hold Your Hand". What a creative movie! Wowzers. The cameo by Joe Cocker made me smile BIG! My dad introduced me to Joe's music when I was 14 & I LOVE him! Did you know that lots of the music on my playlist comes from movies I watch? Yeppers.)


• Coraline. (Really liked it! So much eye candy!)


• The Neverending Story. (A favorite of mine as a kid. Who doesn't love a giant-cuddly-flying-dog-snake-thingie? Um, my kids don't. I was up in the wee morning hours comforting a tiny human who woke with bad dreams.)


• Dream a Little Dream. (Oh, those Coreys. Movies that scream "80's" just rock in my book. But man! That high-school girl in the movie had, like, ginormous boobies. I can't even relate. I was, like, flapjack flatty in highschool.)


• LOST Season 4/Disc 1 (Don't tell me what happens! I'm so far behind. No cable & all, you know. I gotta catch up. But EEEEK! I love that show. Every episode is uber entertaining.)

Gosh, I'm long-winded. Could this post get any longer?

Nope.

♥