Want a good laugh?????

Good morning everyone!! I hope you all had a wonderful day yesterday! We went to our city's parade, which is always lots of fun ~~ they throw TONS of candy for the kids, they hand out popsicles & water bottles, the weather was perfect ~~ just a very fun parade all around. I spent most of the day yesterday simultaneously working outside in my garden, & organizing my stamping area. Then we went to the Expo to see the most awesome fireworks!! We *love* fireworks!! It was a long day ~~ we didn't get home until after 10:30, & we were up pretty early, but it was such fun :)

Since I still haven't finished that 3rd card yet, let's discuss organization. Or rather, my lack of it. I said I spent part of the day yesterday organizing my stamp area. I have a small space, about 1/2 wall in our rec room. It probably measures about 9' x 5'. Which is better than what I started out with, a shoe box in my closet. I'm grateful for my space. But as I was buying things, I was setting them down next to me on the table or the floor. I didn't see anything wrong with it, I knew where everything was & it was all within reach. Then my friend came over a few weeks ago so we could stamp some images from each other. Even though she never said a word about my mess ~~ she even said hers is worse ~~ I suddenly looked at my space with new eyes. Nobody EVER sees my space, since it's in the rec room & only my hubby & I & the boys go down there. But now my friend saw it. And this is what she saw..........

You probably think I'm nuts for sharing these pictures! You will probably lose any respect you had for me (if any!!). Trust me, the rest of my house is organized (well, sort of ~ we have a few toys lying about). This is one area I have just completely ignored as far as putting things where they should go. That's because they HAD nowhere to go!! All this week I've been buying organizational cubes at Michael's, plus a 3 tier shelf at Target, so I'm *almost* there. I need one or two more cubes, then I'll be done. I realize I should probably wait until I'm able to post the "after" pictures, but this way you have a few days to digest how bad it really was!!! And for all of you less-than-organized readers, this will probably make you feel a lot better about your space!!! See how selfless I am??

I will be gone most of the day today but I'm still hoping to finish that 3rd High Hopes card AND finish organizing ~~ I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday!! And can I just say how excited I am that I've already had over 500 hits?? My worst fear when I started this blog is that I would be talking to myself! Good to know that's not happening!!!!!