The Most Exciting News

I have been sitting on this most wonderful and happy news for awhile.

We are going to be grandparents here.

We are so excited. To say that I was taken by surprise would be a huge understatement.

Lindsay has had a very tumultuous almost year now at work. None of her own making, but she has had been in charge of holding an office together at the young age of 28. I have been very proud of her, but worried because she has had some major league stress on her. She had spoken of children before all this started, but quite frankly I think we have all been in survival mode over this event that happened that caused her workplace to become so stressful. It will not be resolved until the end of the summer.

With all that said, I really hadn't even considered a grandchild. I think she thought it would take her a long time to get pregnant since both Tyler's mom and me had great difficulty. Not the case apparently.

I have been soaking the news all in while also letting her have time to see the doctor and tell work people, so she is 11 weeks now.

When she and I went to Columbus, we did a little maternity clothes shopping.

I will be "Grammie" as Lindsay had already named me for her dog.

I have lots to share this week, but finding time is going to be the case. The week is lining up to be a busy one. My mama told me last week that I was too busy....that I needed to give some things up. She might be right😕 I need to get my priorities in line. I have a grandchild coming!!!

One more kid thing... I made Paul Allen and Katie color eggs yesterday.

I will be back with some stitching and some of my challenges for the Simple Organizing book.

I ordered some of the ribbon for my bluebird stitch from Brenda Gervais's sight. It came this Saturday, so hopefully I will make my pillow and I stitched this on Friday and Saturday.

I was organizing in my sewing room and saw that I had this sitting out for April. It was a quickie and now I can get rid of the magazine. It came from an old Just Cross Stitch magazine. I am just going to make it into an ornament or pillow.

Be back soon,
Sandy or Grammie

A New Washer and an Updated Laundry Closet

I shared earlier in this post that I was participating in the Simple Organizing challenge held by Melissa Michaels for the release of her new book. I really had no idea that I would get to update things when I wrote that post.

Well, one week to the date of that post, my washer burned out. I had one of those fancy front loaders that I will admit was one of my worst purchases ever. It lasted 10 years and has been worked on multiple times. I have complained about it for a decade in which Hubby said it cost too much to get rid of it, so I dealt with it. Other than having to spend money on a new one I was ecstatic that it died. A common problem is the fast spinning wears them out. It had smoking bellowing from it a week ago.

My new Maytag top loader!!!

With the old one out and three days before I would get the new one, I had time to paint the closet which honestly was what it needed more than anything! I painted it the color of the hallway and got a new shelf. It made all the difference. I also added a couple of cross stitch pieces. I moved the things that were sitting on the dryer right outside the door to the shelf on the garage. That was mostly my dog towels (they stay wet from the bayou) and old sheets that I use in the truck for them when we go places. Those were easily moved to the shelf right outside the door.

New shelf. I kept the white baskets. Easy to wash out when they get dusty.

I have no plans to put the curtains back up. The rod is there if I ever need it. The closet doors will remain off. This should all motivate me to keep it tidy. I honestly think I will. It is just so nice to have it clean. I didn't start out with a clean closet, so that made it hard to get it clean.

Much better. Feels a bit more open without the curtain.

Oh, and I got a new light too. The ceilings are really high and the fluorescent light's ballast was out so I haven't had a light in their for years. We just replaced it with a new light, not fluorescent so it will be easier to change the bulb.

I walk by this area hundreds of times a day so I moved my rules here. I plan to take note of them more!

I stitched this back in the 90's and it was in my sewing room where you really couldn't even see it. I love that I will get to enjoy it daily too.

I mean win win y'all!

I will be back next week with some more of the challenges. Catching my breath from the last couple of weeks. Whew.

I did link up with Imparting Grace's linky party this week. http://www.impartinggrace.com/2018/03/grace-at-home-no-292.html

Have a wonderful Easter weekend. I am looking forward to Easter Sunday with church and my family.

He is Risen and I Stand Amazed in His Presence,
Sandy