So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Sunday, January 17, 2010

House Renovation: From A Mother's Point Of View

By Tyra Smith

Each nook and cranny of your home was alright when all of a sudden, an offer of a new beginning arrived knocking on your door. Instantly, you saw your tainted curtains, your dull furniture, and your boring lay-out. You recollected one quotation, "Do not do for tomorrow what you can do for today." Unusual as it may appear, this quote grew more serious to you than at any time that you have been a mother to three beautiful kids. Being the mother, you figured out that you are the only one who can do it; the one who holds the eye of the tiger for details. You wavered; but were innervated when you have remembered seeing demos in the television and reading much about it on magazines. In a short moment you told yourself: My cognizance is enough! What you want to do at long last came out, encapsulated in one word: renovation!

Before we start getting giddy painting and purchasing things that we need, let us first be prudent and make a checklist for our project: Are our sofas not as vibrant as before? Do they possess a pigment that is becoming an attraction for germs and other microorganisms? Are our once cream-colored soothing bed turned into a gray-colored cushion with deep depressions? Does everything just seem imperfect to our eyes? If we answered yes to any of these queries, then our askant view about our family's future is just right. And we know for sure that our being perfectionist will not let this moribundity continue.

With all the careful scrutiny and budgeting, the process of renovation may really seem abstruse. It will consolidate a knowledge of reinventing things which may need the powers of an engineer; a plan of a new theme which may need the powers of an architect; and of course, a basket of pixie dust (that will make your new home a picturesque of beauty) which may need the magic of a fairy. But who says we cannot be an interior designer? Who says mothers are just a crew of weaklings that cannot even lift a nail? Well, for the information of non-home makers, we are also capable of performing novel things; especially if it is for our dear families. With this vindication, we can now "borrow" our hubby's bandoleer and arm it with our necessary weapons for house reinvention.

After our home check-up and budget computing, let us now finally start with our project. The things that we may do are the following: Modify Colors - Color is everything; it affects our moods. We should find the perfect color that will suit the different personalities in our home; Get Over: Space is valuable; it is the key to lay-out. We should get over with the old, unhelpful and cumbersome things we still keep in the house that causes it to be jammed; Add- The balance lies in addition and subtraction. If we take aside old things, the remedy is to replace them with new and definitely accomodating ones. These additions should not only be cozy to our family but also to the size of our home; and lastly, Creativity- Creativity is the cherry on top of our ice-cream. It is the factor that gives vibrancy.

Restlessness and Muscle Aches, these are the certain symptoms that we will experience after this project. At the end of our valiant and wearing pursuit, we may be even labeled as bizarre for our audacious venture into something we are not really familiar with. But do not fret and regret, success or not, we certainly earned something out of it. Just like what one quotation said, "Experience is what you get when you do not get what you want." With a "new" home, we can now be rest assured that every nook and cranny is alright. We may not be experts on house renovation but fortunately, we are moms; we know best.

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