So Much To Do....  So Little Time!

It's funny.  Now that I'm home everyday, it seems as though time is just as short as it was when I was working 50 to 60 hours per week.  One would think I would be less hard on myself and give  myself plenty of down time to relax, read, or nap!  Not so.  I watch the minutes tick away on the clock and feel just as large a responsibility to "get things done" as I did when I was working outside the house.  At the end of the day, unless I have accomplished something toward a "project" I am working on, I feel as though I've wasted the day.  Whatever happened to those promises I made to everyone that, when I retired, I would just watch the grass grow? 

Instead, I want to immerse myself each day in making a change in my home. 
Here are more beginning pictures of my house "as is."

Here's the master bathroom tub and shower area.

This is the master bath vanity.  Nice enough, but no storage.  Had to add the cabinet on the floor...a Pottery Barn 60% off purchase.

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This is the master bedroom.  The furniture, which I loooove, is from the Paula Deen collection.  The posters on the bed can be removed or changed to low posts.  I've always wanted a four poster bed, so I like them tall.

This is the sitting room off of the master.  It's a good size, but as is, it is useless.  Someday this will be my craft room.

This is one of the guest bedrooms.  It's small, but the ceiling is very high.  It makes the room feel much larger than it is.  This is the room I plan to redecorate first.  Tune in for the big make-over!