So Where Do You Live--Office!

I was nervous when I saw Kelly had listed offices on the house tour. Our office/storage room was a real mess. I quickly turned my negative attitude into a "I think I can" attitude. This is my first week of summer vacation, so I thought I would get all the "spring cleaning" out of the way. I was hoping to be done with the office/storage room yesterday, so I could post on Kelly's home tour, but I didn't finish until a few minutes ago! It took me two days to work on this room. I'm so proud of all the cleaning out that I have done! My car has a trunk load of things to go to a Thrift Store and I have more space in our closets! Two main reasons why we bought this house was for the closet space and the size of the bathrooms, which you will see next week! We have our computer in this room and another desk for me to work on scrapbooking!

This is the view from the hallway.

This is our computer desk. My parents brought it to us from SC. My dad used to work at home and this was his "office". When my dad changed jobs, my parents wanted to change the "office" back into a guest room. I love the desk and I use it everyday! What would I do without a computer???

This is my scrapbook desk--well, creative thinking--its a homemade cabinet with a door for the top! It's covered with laminate/formica. I would love to paint it or something! Any ideas??? Mike has his P90X workout items in the corner with our TV trays. (I'm thinking about decorating them like Kelly did.) Then the other corner is my hubby's reloading press that has to be kept inside due to the weather in Florida!

As you can see, the closets are huge in this house! The closet in this room takes up the entire wall!

I'm so glad we moved 3 years ago to this house to have a guest room as well as an office/storage room. Thanks for touring my office!

Thankful Thursday!

I love Thankful Thursday! I'm on day 2 of my summer vacation and it's already going fast. Yesterday, I stayed home and cleaned, organized and did laundry. Nothing much to blog about. Well, today I have so much to blog about! Cooper had an appointment to go to the groomer's this morning. While there, they also told me that he was due for a check up. So I thought, while he was there to go ahead and take care of everything, so he wouldn't have to go back. He was a good sport and worn out by the time he got home this afternoon. While Cooper was getting his hair cut, I went shopping. While shopping, a friend from my church and Bible Study was shopping too. We chatted for a bit and went on our way. Well. . .I was finding way too many deals (mostly for Maggie) that by the time I got out of the store it was lunch time to my surprise! I called Mike to see if he wanted to do lunch. I had a gift card for Panera, but the line was out the door, so we headed to the best place without a gift card, CHICK-FIL-A! They were busy, but lunch was nice and hot! I also had a doctor appointment today and all is well. I go for bloodwork again at the end of the month, only 9 more months left!!! Then I don't see him until September! I'm amazed at the doctor's office. My appointment was at 3:00, but he didn't see me until after 4:30! I could have gotten really upset, but it was a great hour and a half for me to read my Karen Kingsbury book "Summer". When the Dr. walked in, I told him it was perfec timing for him to come in--I was just starting to tear up! You never know when you will start crying in a Kingsbury book. I then raced to Weight Watchers for my Thursday weigh in. . .I lost 1.6 this week. With a grand total of 13 pounds I have lost in 10 weeks! So finally around 6:15 I make it home with being out all day. I have to make dinner since I'm on vacation, no excuses now! (Except I will tell you this--Mike and I are working in our Summer Kids Club at church on Wednesday nights. We are leading the 2nd and 3rd graders around to the different stations all night. This was our 2nd week and the 2nd time Mike has mentioned to me about I don't know how you do that all day five days a week and we are only doing it for two hours one day a week. I told him, now you know why I come home and can't think and don't want to cook dinner! Don't misunderstand me, he likes working with the children, he just doesn't have the experience of being around them a lot.) Dinner was yummy: grilled pork chops, carrots, green beans, and corn on the cob! Well, so know you are asking. . .it's Thankful Thursday and are you going to tell us what you are thankful for?? I did in a round about way! I am thankful for my hubby, puppy and safety.

Mike has been working out with P90X for several weeks now, so today when I was out I bought him a new workout outfit. I just wanted him to know how proud and thankful I was.

Cooper is sooo cute! I can't believe come September we will have had Cooper for two years. I have a hard time thinking back to when we didn't have Cooper. It's like he has always been part of our family. I'm thankful for our pets that God gives us!

Safety is something that we sometimes take for granted. I did over 50 miles today and God protected me the entire time. I'm so thankful for staying alert and for my guardian angels that were watching over me. (No, I was not almost in an accident. The Lord just reminded me of this tonight.) Thank you for keeping me safe--Amen.

God's Word for today: Psalm 91:11 "For He shall give His angel charge over you, To keep you in all your ways."

Be Thankful!

Fun Filled Weekend!!!

This week and weekend was full will lots of fun! I celebrated my birthday, Memorial Day and the end of the school year all in one week. I haven't been blogging much this week due to finishing up with school and other things that are keeping me busy.

I had a student in my class make me a birthday cake. It was homemade and delicious. The students love celebrating birthdays! While at recess, another student wrote me a message with sticks: Happy Birthday Mrs. Timpe!
Since my birthday was on Wednesday, we had church. So before church we went to our favorite little cozy restaurant The Clubhouse and had dinner. I got a club sandwich with french fries. (This meal is probably why I gained .4 at Weight Watchers the next day along with the cookie cake and the homemade birthday cake.)
Then on Saturday we had to be up early because of the men's street hockey tournament. Several years ago, a man in our church started street hockey and it's a great time to get to know other men in our church and invite others who might not attend church to have fellowship with other believers. Well, Saturday was the tournament. Mike's team made it to the final game, but lost 3-2. I was proud of him and glad he didn't get hurt! Mike is the goalie and has lots of gear to protect himself.

This concludes my busy week and weekend. However, my summer vacation is just beginning on Wednesday. I'm sure I will have lots of blogs this summer to let you know what is happening in Timpe Times.