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Small Towns Fuel OCD

A Little background first-So if you know me, you know that I went through a bad postpartum depression after my last child Oliver. I spent my time in therapy and on Prozac. I highly recommend everyone go to therapy at some time in their lifetime-it was a truly enlightening experience for me. Not that I was crazy or anything, you just learn lots about yourself and relationships. Of course a good therapist is needed! Thankfully I have gotten things under control now and am able to keep depression at bay with St. John's Wort, exercises, and a little TLC when I feel down.

So about therapy...I was told I have an Obsessive Compulsive Personality, this does not mean I have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) like Monk. It does mean that I have a tendency to seek perfection from myself and others (type A), I have high expectations. I naturally pay close attention to details, which can cause anxiety. I like to know what to expect of myself and others, this makes things like meeting new people and going new places stressful sometimes.

All that being said, I am so grateful to live in a small town that caters to my OCD! I love that every time I go the gas station the same man is there at checkout, along with the bag boy at Ridley's, our Payette librarians and the postal workers at the Post Office. I love that the gas station guy always knows that I buy a Sunday paper when I fill up on Thursdays and he adds it to my total before I even tell him. This and other conveniences of routine, help to alleviate my anxiety and worry and fuel my desire for sameness life.

So I say, OCD people of the world-move to a small town! You'll feel SO much better.

Just Like Daddy

"I'm Dad." said Oliver.

BFS #120-You Deserve a Break Today

Blogger Friends School #120

Introduction: You Deserve a Break Today (McDonalds) –After all this crazy weather, the economy ups and downs and now a new President for the United States you all do deserve a break today. I want to give everyone a ‘break today’ and have the ANNUAL SHOPPING SPREE!!!

Assignment: I’d like to stick with a theme for the spree though. The marriage bedroom! I’m also being a little selfish on this one because my husband and I are getting ready to demolish our room, my office, and our ‘guest’ room and make ourselves a master suite. I need some great ideas on linen, wall colors, curtains, pictures…anything that would help me to decorate our new room. I do want a soft and sanctuary type theme. Are you willing to help me? Your budget is $1500! I gave you a raise from last year…since the economy is so bad right now…LOL. Make sure you use the banner and code on the right side of this page to show us your assignments!

Ok here goes, with my virtual Marriage Bedroom Make-over:
I like blues and greens for a calm feel.

The Walls



Aqua Spere by Sherwin Williams


The Bed:


Fieldcrest® Luxury Stripe Duvet $109.99
Bed-skirt $49.99
Embroidered Pillowcases $24.99
Coverlet Set $99.99
Sheet Set $69.99
Sham Set $34.99


Green Woven Area Rug $174.99


2 Night Stands $140.00



Dresser $149.99



Bookcase $89.99

Windows:

4 Sheer Curtains $52.00




2 Iron Scroll Table Lamps $80


2 Scroll Sconces $30


Candle Garden $15.59



Green Ferns II by Steven N. Meyers - 18.25x18.25"
$89.99


Right Action I Canvas - 19.75x19.75" $39.99

Round Capiz Leaf Mirror $50.00

February's Organization Round-up-Recipes

I must say, I am not a huge recipe collector or used, so this is not a huge challege for me. I know people with far larger recipe collections than mine. I just purged my cookbooks before our move so those are really down to bare bones. I do need a better system for storing the recipes I have and the ones I may want to save though. So far I just have this binder that I made when we were first married 10 years ago, it is pretty full and tattered. My plan is to clean-it up and oraganize the recipes so I can find them.

BEFORE:
 

 

AFTER:
I threw away almost half of the recipes I'd collected. I put in new dividers, they are actually binder pockets, with stick on divider tabs. This will work out so much nicer for me, since I only like to put in tried and true recipes into my binder. I can put the ones I want to try out in the pockets, until they graduate to the binder. I put all my 'tried and true' recipes into sheet protectors, this helps because I am a messy cook...lol.

 

 

January's Organization Round-up

So I am a little late posting these, but I just joined the Organization Junkie blog and I liked that she was doing file cabinets in January. My file cabinet has been very neglected, since our move I have not even filed anything.*gasp* It has all been sitting in a pile in my to-do basket. This really wasn't too dramatic of a change, since I go through my files at least once a year. I was due to get them cleaned-out and it was a good excuse to take the opportunity and make them look nicer.


Well here is my before picture:


I used this challenge as an excuse to buy a label maker, I have been wanting one for a long time. I reassessed what I wanted in our household files, and then went through each file and cleaned out old papers that I didn't need, then printed labels and used all the same color folders for a tidier look. Then I filed the pages in my to-do basket. Ta-daa!

Homeschool Reviews

I have had the opportunity this year to be a reviewer for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. I have been able to test out a ton of products with my kids. There were some that we LOVED that I had never heard of before. All of my reviews are found here and there are links to some of my favorites at the top right.

If there are any of the items you would like to see, let me know and we can arrange a time to meet.