Tackle It Tuesday and My Tuesday

Is there a room in your home that NEVER stays clean??? No matter what I do, my sewing room/office is always a mess. The desk is a catch all and my sewing supplies are everywhere. I clean it and in less than 24 hours it is a disaster again. So once again my Tackle is this, never ending, mess of a room.

BEFOREAFTERBEFORE (my desk top, blurred)AfterTuesday is my day to work upstairs, but I spent a big part of the weekend deep cleaning up here. Yesterday, the entire downstairs was dusted, vacuumed, and cleaned. What does that mean for today?Quilting Deadlines...I have so many of them, but will be able to finish this project today.

Another decorating dilemma. My mother gave me these pictures when my sister moved in. She says now that my sister has moved to her new home, she needs them back!! I understand that, but I need to do something with that wall. I would LOVE to hang my pre Civil War era antique quilt there, but Sweetheart is not big on quilts hanging on the wall. Sad for me, a lover of quilts.It is bubble gum pink and lime green. The quilt dates back to the 1850's, but a new binding was added over the original in the 1940's. It received a ribbon in the local quilt show!

Here is something else I wanted to show you. How many of you buy organic meat? I love organic meat, but at 6.99 a pound for ground beef, it is not a good choice for our pocketbook. I sell my homemade soy candles at our local health food grocery store "Choices". When I get my money from these candles (after splitting it with my partner, Rachel) I spend it on organic meat and seasonings, which I normally could not afford to buy. Last night while making tacos, I could not believe the difference in the organic ground beef and the Kroeger ground round! The organic beef was so much leaner and darker than the Kroger beef (which was suppose to be much leaner!)Little TJ came yesterday while Rachel had her sugar test. He had a rough start!
Lot's of whining and wanting something, then not wanting it. Yelling at Zach (who is his yelling role model), when finally I said firmly, with pointed finger, "TJ! That is enough. No more yelling and you talk nice, or you will get a time out." Zach was sitting there watching the whole thing in awe....TJ's bottom lip came out and the tears started to roll. He buried his face in his hands and sobbed. Zach watched this all happen and looked from the sobbing TJ, up to me. He looked very concerned and said, "Don't buy it, Mom!!" I started laughing and could not stop, which turned TJ's sobs into laughter and Zach standing there shaking his head with a look of disappointment on his face. "Too late", he said! Anyway, TJ was a much nicer boy after that, so it was a success.

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