Room Make Over

So there is this spare bedroom, and it has turned into sewing overflow and well everything overflow.  I walk by it and sometime I walk into it and then I sigh and walk out and close the door.   Like for a year now that is the routine.  Well there are pressing things on the horizon and these little details have to be handled.  So today is the day!  I am starting with this book shelf that is like so packed you could not slip a piece of paper into this thing.  To say it is out of control is a complete understatement.

Then there are these totes with bags (wonder where those came from), and clothes that need to go to consignment.  A random piano, guitar (that no one in this house can play.  I took like a half dozen lessons maybe 8 years ago), and music stuff.  

Then this still in the box serger that I had to have on black Friday last year cause I was gonna make all my clothes.  I have not made one article of clothing since getting this serger.   And this tub is full of destash fabric along with those two trash bags (oh and the bolts on top of previous book shelf picture).  

Then this closet, Oh sweet Lord, this closet.  I really don't have words.   I think I will just leave this picture here and let it speak for itself.  

So let the purge begin and in about 6 months I might make some progress for an update.  uggh!  I hate doing this stuff, because at heart I am cheap and a hoarder.  I don't want to throw stuff out I spent money on, and what if one day I might need this exact thing.  Its not logical I know but it is what it is.  Its an emotional roller coaster to go through things that you have had forever and a day.  These items can bring up not so great memories and well great memories that are equally hard to process.  I will be using my Valor and Stress Away young living oils to assist me in getting this process on the roll!  Wish me luck and maybe now that I have blasted myself out here I will tackle this in record time! 

Its nice to meet you...

I am participating in a post challenge on Instagram where we post everyday for 30 days.  Today's prompt was introduce yourself and I thought it might be a good idea to do that here as well.  So here we go:

Well this is me.  I have a super distaste for photographs of myself and especially selfies so this was way way way out of my comfort zone to say the least.  I am Stephanie and I live in Arkansas.  Me and my family live extremely rural, like total middle of nowhere.  We have a working cattle farm, my husband and I are both wildlife biologists, and we all hunt.  My daughter is 15 and she also hunts.  We have a large garden every year and preserve all we can.  Basically we live of the land at any and every step we can.  I am a quilter and bag maker (DuH right!) 

I am a chronic migraine sufferer and have been since I was 17, which is a long time ago.  I have been to countless Drs and on so much medication I am embarrassed.  Nothing helped.  I began receiving botox injections (27 shots in my head every three months).  This helped but it was not at all pleasant and not something they recommend for more than 3 years as it can really affect your muscles.  I kept going to headache clinics all over the place and they kept shutting down.  I was finally recommended to a Dr. that did functional medicine.  Without getting to deep I basically did a lifestyle change and diet change, and I am 1000x better.  This is where I started using essential oils as well.  I am now an all day daily user and use "clean" products on my face, body, and in my home.  I can not even begin to tell you the difference in all of us since we changed our diets and started really looking at the chemicals we used.  So that is how I got started with Young Living.  Feel free to ask me how essential oils, gut health, and clean products can help you.

Well that about sums it up.  We are pretty basic, trying to get by and live our life right ya know.

Oh super side note I am in the middle of another sewing room purge so I will let you know when ebay will be back up and running with fabric listings.