Ahh Spring Break

After another weekend without my husband I'm feeling ready for a break, a spa day, a kitchen remodel, a dog groomer, ANYTHING but alas it's only spring break. So I'm knee deep in kids, a dirty house, ugly snow and a husband who was forgotten at the airport in Anchorage at 1am. No rest for me, although I did leave him at the airport until morning because we were sleeping. Writing that makes me feel mean and creepy. Needless to say spring break has NOT been the break I was hoping for, of course trips to sunny beaches don't fall from the sky, but nonetheless it has been good. Miraculously my kids can play together these days for long periods of time without crying and fighting. I think it was a reduction in the amount of toys in our house, it has induced calm or fear that they will be donated next(I'M JOKING).

I've been studiously working away in my studio, knowing that once summer comes I won't want to be inside until fall. So I organize, donate, throw out and keep going, slowly but surely it's coming around. I've been hauling stuff to the thrift store for months now, it feels so good. Look, I found a copy of my senior picture:

Here's a before of the studio with things stacked:

Here's after a few hours of work, things are getting cleaner,

 shelved

and hung.

 Seeing my sewing machine, makes me see how old it really is. It's a champ though!

Do you have a leprechaun? Ours has been pretty quiet this year but we actually caught him today after setting up a trap for him. Taping a peso to a piece of paper over a hole was a good idea but he stole the peso when we weren't looking. He had a little grappling hook made from paper clips and was climbing away when Union spotted him on top of the cupboards. I snatched him up and we stuck him in a jar for safe keeping. See?