The Office/Craftroom Remodel

The last two weeks or so we have been busy remodeling one of the spare bedrooms. We have always wanted it to be an office, and of course I would love some place to do my crafting. 

 

This is the room before. It was the catch all for the house...A complete mess!!

Everything cleaned up! Phew! It was quite the job! 

We had some lovely friends come over and help us tear the wall down. They had way too much fun! The only payment they required was a home cooked meal. That is always the easiest payment.

Funny story about this picture. As I was taking this picture Preston was taking the junction box off of the electrical wire. The flash went off just as he hit the box. He thought he had hit something and it was arcing. I thought I was going to wet myself because of how scared he looked. It was very humorous. 

                                         The wall removed.                            The aftermath.

We scraped the ceiling too. We hate popcorn ceiling and are so glad that it is gone!

We are still working on the room. This past weekend Kalan's dad came and ran some electrical for us. No pictures of that because you can't really see a difference. Hopefully, this weekend we will get the sheetrock up and all the holes in the walls puttied so that we can paint. I am so looking forward to painting and decorating the room. I will definitely keep you all updated on the progress!

How Do You Do It?

How do you do it? How do you balance family, house, friends, church, work, and all the in betweens? I have such a hard time balancing everything! Something always falls through the cracks. When I try to love God, my husband, and perform my wifely duties, my relationships with everyone else suffers. When I try to love God, my husband, and friends, my wifely duties suffer. How do you balance your life? Which things do you let slide? I would really love some ideas!

How do you balance everything??

The Flu

Here is what my week has looked like:

Lots of these; 

This to keep the fever, chills, and aches away; 

Drinking plenty of this; 

Watched lots of this because

I couldn't move from here. (No this isn't my real bed.)

So ready to be part of the living! Really ready to begin blogging and doing normal life again.

Happy New Year from the Smiths

Happy New Year! What are your big plans for 2013? What goals do you want to accomplish this New Year? Here is what the Smith Family would like to see accomplished this year:

1.) Growing close to God by strengthening our relationship with Him.

2.) Our adoption and all of the paperwork that goes with that. For an update on that see here.

3.) Kalan is starting a new job! We are so excited and looking forward to seeing God move in our       family through this job!

4.) Stephanie is going to work on being healthier. This is a constant struggle and one we are making as a priority this year. 

5.) Working on our ‘home organization’ skills to help spend more time with each other, friends and family.

6.) Making changes on our house to make it more of the home that we want it to be. 

Happy New Year from the Smith Family! May God bless you and guide your every step this year!

Stephanie and Kalan