Earn Money & Home projects

Well now that things are slowing down I am going to have to find a way to earn some money! (yes me and the rest of the world!)
I am going to keep organizing though and if I don't find extra work, I am going to use this time to keep organizing and cleaning.

When I make some progress with that, and the weather gets a bit nicer where I can open up windows etc. I am going to possibly do some painting inside the house. Only on parts that I know are worth doing right now. Parts of the house need wall and ceiling work, but I can't do that till I get electricity and plumbing done!

With that I should make an announcement: (ha ha)

If anyone reading this works for HGTV, OPRAH, Home Improvement shows, This OLD house, Nate Berkus or Carter Oosterhouse (Nate and Carter are both hot by the way!)

My house would be a great show for you! It was built in 1926 and was once part of a wealthy man's (there is some history to this man who owned it) summer home estate. All the other buildings are still here. I live in the gatehouse. It is a decorators dream!




I would like my house to be decorated like Pottery Barn or IKEA. I have simple tastes and want it to be cozy. I also like a bit of Shabby Chic.

Ho hum well I guess it is back to reality!

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Another Project and Cleaning again

WORK
Yesterday I finished another freelance project and dropped it off at the office. Things are really slowing down though. I do have some money owed to me from previous projects and I can only get a small amount at a time every payday (which is this week). It is probably just as well, at least I'll have a paycheck coming in for the quiet times. It is not a lot of money but I'll take it!


ORGANIZING
I have not been as successful with the cleaning and organizing. I am once again overwhelmed! I know I just need to start small and just do it! I seem to find an excuse one way or another to get out of the house, whether it is going grocery shopping, or Walmart, Target or one of those. I am a time waster! I am living in a fantasy world! I know these things about myself. I have big plans to do things and then when I start to do it I get bored or something. Then the perfectionist neat freak side of me gets mad at the procrastinator side of me and I give up! It really is just a matter of making decisions for me and I am avoiding it that's all. It is sooooo much easier to put things off to another day sometimes! The great thing is I know this and it really does give me a start to identify why I act this way.



Spring is on its way, and I am not going to want to be inside on those gorgeous days cleaning YUCK!

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Organizing Today

So I have done a bit of work in the garage today, trying to clean! I really have realized why I have not had any success before. I think I have felt that I was not in control and can't make the decision to throw things out. I have been letting the clutter control me. I am just getting tired of it really and I think I am realizing that the junk, and believe me alot of it is junk, is just not worth it.

How am I ever going to have that "Pottery Barn" house?




Even if I can't afford to fix my house up yet there is no reason I should be so messy! The messiness I am in control of, the new wiring and plumbing at this point I am not. Ok there was my pep talk to myself!

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Work is slowing down a bit

Well work is slowing down a bit, it is slow this time of the year, but it could also be the economy. I am a freelancer so I get paid by the project. This is also a good time to work on some things that I have been putting off. So my plan is this:

1. Clean the house up

2. Organize, Organize, Organize!

3. Learn not to make excuses!

4. Throw out and give away what I no longer use.

5. Follow through with everything I have just written!

Does this sound familiar?!

I think that part of being frugal sometimes is not wanting to throw things out because you don't know if you need it again, or you feel like you are being wasteful. It seems that way for me anyways.

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