I Feel a Blog Coming On

I finally have the computer to myself so I can blog! My husband is a college student (he went back to finish after 20 years). He has the week off and has been writing a paper. We have 2 computers but the other one is a pain in the neck since the keyboard doesn't work all that well. Half the time the shift key doesn't work or it will double letters...etc. I'm constantly having to go back and correct which really spoils creative flow with words...not that I'm really a talented writer anyway.

Anyway...I have been having a nice week off with the kids. We haven't done all that much but sometimes that is enough. The house is an absolute disaster! Clutter everywhere. I'm not really the greatest housekeeper all the time. That goes with my creative side. I am an artist and so right brained. I've just been commissioned to do a painting of cats on an old large milk can. It's going to be great fun...if I ever get my other commission works done first. I have a cupboard I need to paint flowers on and a mural in a teenage boy's room. I am so disorganized! Art supplies everywhere..and items to paint everywhere. Yesterday I brought home a metal bucket to paint. My husband just groans when I bring new things home to add to the growing pile in the basement. I had to bring it home! Denise was just going to throw it away! So I will add it to the pile of things I am collecting. Pieces of barn wood, an old chicken feeder, an antique metal container, a child's desk, wood, a wonderful old shoe shine box...the list goes on!

I spent the evening drawing in my sketch book...trying to plan out the cats. Meanwhile my house is a mess. So much clutter I need to get rid of...which makes me stop and think about the clutter in my mind and heart. What needs to be cleared out, Lord? Anger? Worry? Impatience? Distrust? Unforgiveness? I do so wish to be more like Jesus.

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24

Anyway... gotta start weeding out that pile...or atleast start painting and selling it!