blank walls no more!

Saturday was garage sale day at my house. I did not have too many people come but enough to make $260.00! So my sweet husband let me spend all of the garage sale money on new stuff for the house. We have been in this house a year and I have not been able to spend much money on decorating. I love to decorate! It's probably one of my favorite things to do. My old house was totally different and I wanted to do something new here and I have much more room now. There has been this huge, blank wall in my living room that has been driving me totally insane. Every single time I walk pass this wall, I long for decor! I was willing to keep those walls blank instead of putting something up there just to fill space. Otherwise the blank wall would have been filled with stuff I didn't really like. I wanted something great! Finally, I have it!

Remember this from a post several months ago?

Finally!!! (and I used to have stuff sitting on my end tables but with babies, it's easier to put picture frames out of reach!)

Jeremy picked out this clock!

I am excited because my home is finally beginning to look like MY home. I got some great pictures for the kitchen too and a beautiful clock. If you read the post back in April about that empty wall, you know how much I have wanted to buy something. The Lord provided! Aren't garage sales great? It's hard moving into a new house. You want everything to be put together and every room to be decorated. Sometimes it takes time. Sometimes you have to do it one room at a time. This seems to be a common theme in my life. God is always showing me something new and I thank Him for showing me one thing at a time! Every woman wants to be proud of their home and I was proud of this home when nothing was hanging on the walls. Today I am proud of it even more.

For the past year God has been doing so many incredible things in my life. He has shown me so many new things and blessed me beyond measure. At times it seems to be a long process but when it all comes together, I feel so proud about the woman I am. I hear women say things like, "When I was your age." Or "You won't care about that when you are forty." But you know what? I am pretty darn proud of what the Lord is molding me to be. I still have lots to learn but the process is good and I am learning to rejoice in it. Decorating my home has been a process and there are still many things I want to do. Curtains, a cornice board (Jeremy is making me one this weekend!), new countertops, etc. I can't have it all at once, but I am having fun along the way. One room at a time, one project at a time. Instead of putting stuff up just fill the empty space, I think I will wait.

Sounds like God is trying to teach me something again! And what better way to speak to me than through my walls?