Picture This 09/23/2009
 
I don't know about you, but I have had some stuff laying around the house forever. I've meant to do it. I really have. But somehow I've never gotten around to it.

Like the grandfather clock. That we got from our realtor. NINE years ago. It had gotten quite cozy on top of our armoire. So cozy, in fact, that cobwebs had started to form near the pendulum. One particular spider was not happy with my decison to windex him away. 

With Rex being out of town, I thought I'd surprise him once and for all and hang up that clock. I just knew it would take hours.

Um... five minutes. No joke. Hello stud (in the wall, not Rex). Hello little nail! Greetings tiny hammer! Centered, level - beautiful!

Of course I couldn't stop there. I hung a bulletin board in my office. I hung up some wedding prints in the hall. I rearranged my bed and made space for some old baby photos to be hung up over my brand new bedroom furniture. (Well, it's really 1970's laminate from my sister-in-law, but it will be replaced with fabulous 40's antiques as soon as I have my way.)

I can't lie to you. I made some serious mistakes. There's holes from ugly drywall in every room of the house. Some of the frames have photos that are only staying in place courtesy of sticky tape. Some pictures are missing glass.

It's an interesting analogy for life, really. What looks beautiful on the outside can sometimes be falling apart within. But if we wait to hang our beauty up for when everything is perfect, we'll be waiting forever.
The time is now - dust, spiders, gaping holes and all.

In closing, for all you gals out there who read me, may your photos and your men continue to be well hung.
 


Comments

flutter

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:53:42

now that's an Irish blessing if I have ever heard one.

 

Sprite's Keeper

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:28:43

Well, one out of two isn't bad. I can never get anything hung on the walls. :-)

 

Arwen

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:20:02

Well said. And congratulations on getting some decrating done, no matter how minor. I love the feeling of new pictures or other decorations.

 

Daria

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:44:47

I laugh too when you put off something for what seems like forever, and then it takes just a few minutes to do. Just keep going until you feel satisfied - it's so liberating!

 

Deb

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:32:49

So today I was home from work with the kids, had a ton of homework to do, the house was a wreck, laundry was piled on every sitting surface in the house and what did I decide to do? Paint my bathroom. I'll be up all night doing homework, no one will have clean clothes, and my house won't get cleaned until God knows when. But I painted my bathroom! It looks great! And at least I accomplished something, right? ;)

 



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