How Does Things Get So Out of Hand So Fast!

I don't know about the rest of you, but when my area is semi-cluttered I just can't settle down and get creative. Oh believe me, I am by no means a "clean-freak" but when things are piled up and cluttered around me I just can't seem to get anything done.

When I started rug hooking a bit over 4 years ago I told myself I wouldn't go crazy and buy everything I see or buy more than I need. I was pretty good on that - sure I have a couple of patterns waiting in the wings, and have gone thru several frames finding my favorite (thank goodness for eBay for re-selling items!) , but wool - just where did i get all this wool - yet sometimes I just don't feel I have enough! I think most rug hookers are like this!

Well anyway - my rug hooking room is where I spent most of my time - It's the room where I pay bills, watch TV and hook or work on the computer, even eat dinner up here a lot of times!

I decided this morning it was time to find the floor in here - forgot to take "before" picks but here are a few pics to prove there is a floor in here!

Here are my large fabric boxes full of woolly worms - they were all over the place spilling out - under the bed, on the floor - all over the daybed! I corralled them all and put the lid on it! The daybed cover is a blue denim which i took off and washed along with all the pillows on the bed!

This corner is in front of the closet - beside the TV - and in front of the cubes of wool I have - this morning I couldn't get to the closet for all the wool I had laying around in piles and tubs of yarn and things -

Look - can you believe it - the top of my pie safe was covered in more piles of wool - yep there is a printer under there! And image, the doors to the pie safe close now - I keep my lights and wool to over dye in there (well some of it!).

I won't show you under the quilt and ticking but this is where my metal cubes are and they are stuffed full of wool (Hey it's off the floor - now to organize under there!) I didn't take a pic of my cobbler's rack either - need to do some serious folding of wool on that!

So that's the proof that there is some organization going on in my little crafting corner of the world.

Again I would like to thank you all for your kind words and good wishes for my Dad - he called me today just to chat - he's feeling as good as can be expected and said he was lifting 5 pound weights today to "build himself" back up! And trying to walk around as much as he can to get some exercise. I think that is key to get as much as strength back as he can. So this is all a good thing!

Well it must be Saturday nite as it's bath time (Oh and that chair - earlier today there was no way even Riley would have fit on there with all the junk on it!)

Check out this mug - I swear he's saying "Mom - Do I take pictures of you when you are in the bathtub?" Well I guess he told me with that hairy eyeball! -

Well the Tiger is done his bath and I'm thinking he wants my attention - he's starting to poke around into things - When he doesn't get the attention he wants when he wants it - he starts getting bratty and knocking things around - never hurts anything - just makes it known HE'S IN THE ROOM! I admit it - I'm a sucker for a fur face and will drop everything to play with him.

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Joanne