Re SEEING and a little SEWING

Years ago, before Oma went to live in Heaven with Jesus

she taught Princess 

How to SEW

when Oma passed away

Princess.. stopped sewing.

Last Year, as a part of her American Heritage Girls troop,

she went to a local sewing shop 

and took a class

and sewed the COOLEST overnight bag EVER..

I am so jealous of it,

I (throat clear) borrow it ..

quite often..

BUT!!!!

enough confession time..

Princess and I dreamed up a dream 

to DEAL with 

one of my nightmares

I have this laundry HALLWAY

but I have 6 people living here.

FOUR are of the MALE persuasion…

that = a LOT of laundry!

perhaps because of the kind of males they are..

messy, hiking,

gear head

hunting

diy

kind of guys

which means I am dreaming

that my SOME day dream home will have a laundry ROOM…

not a laundry closet.

I have done EVERYTHING to organize it..

EVERYTHING to clean it.

DE CLUTTER IT

but

I am old enough to know NOW

what I didn't know in my 20's and 30's..

IT IS

WHAT IT IS

you can change YOU,

but you can't change other people.

They are, who THEY are.

Part of loving them, is studying them, getting to know them,

and preparing a home around them,

that works for them, and you.

NOT forcing them into a box of what YOU think a home should be.

SO

Welcome sewing class

we took some long drapes with a lovely pattern

found matching concept patterned floor mat

and 

a spring rod that extend and fits in showers or spots like this..

it WAS a closet..

but with my new washer dryer set

the doors don't fit..

Princess Measured

and cut

to make THIS!

Tadah!

It's still semi-organized behind there..

but it still looks awful BEHIND there in my opinion..

but now it ALWAYS looks good when I walk by..

I don't feel stressed..

I just have to keep CLOSING the curtains

because messy men

boys

keep OPENING It…

oi vey

try to save them..

and still

they just don't reach for that life preserver do they?

LOVE My guys !

and 

LOVE

LOVE 

LOVE 

my 

Princess

and her beautiful work!