it's the most wonderful time!!

{how i spend my time when i DONT have homework}

Finals are OVER!

School is out!

and finally I have a little time to myself!

{maybe too much}

Wednesday was my last day of school, and I am SO relieved! I had WAY too many finals, and will never take 18 credits at a time again! I'm looking forward to next semester! Still going to be a tough one, but I'm not over doing it this time! I decided to leave some time open so I can work again!

I am SO excited to work with this little man again! I miss him and his family SO much! It going to be so nice to be around him and his sisters again and not be so lonely at home alone during my spare time!!

Clarendon is now livable! {it has been since we moved it about dos weeks ago} We love our squeaky floors, and the funny little sounds during the night! Kelcie LOVES {i say this with much sarcasm} how when the heater is on only the space directly below it is heated, the rest of the house is still FREEZING!! It is definitely different than The Fairway Lodge, but we love it, and surprisingly don't miss 325 much at all! Even though our stove is from 1940 and our disposal, instead of disposing of our food, creates a tornado of nasty food scraps and actually makes a bigger mess {Kelcie learned the hard way}, we are having fun with all the quirky little things..

Antique Pepsi bottle from the 1940's we found when taking out the bushes in the front yard!

It has been a lot of work, but we're happy here at the Clarendon house! Here are a few photos of the recent improvements

{before}

{after}

{before}

{after}

In case you're wondering, yes, we've done way more than only two rooms, but if you'd really like to see it, COME OVER!! We can party hardy, and I'll give you a tour!!

That all the news I've got for now! Taylor and I are off to Holbrook this week to spend CHRISTMAS with the McClellan {mia familia} and then driving up to SLC for Taylor's cousin Amanda's wedding, snowboarding and Robinson Family Christmas! Maybe I'll take some pictures and share them when we get back! 

We love you all and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

A list of my Accomplishment.. {yes, one}

and that is...I have successfully avoided all responsibility this afternoon

I have my first final tomorrow morning.

I have two more Monday, two on Tuesday and my semester concludes on Wednesday.

and here I am, blog stalking, "web surfing" {just a stupid term}, and basically finding anything to do BUT studying. I already dusted my house {all 2,000 something square feet, every surface I could reach WITH the ladder} swiffered{like with a swiffer sweeper} all the floors, vacuumed, and worked on our ugly back door. I also have eaten almost our entire pantry and have gone to Ace Hardware, twice.

The fact that my finals start tomorrow should be motivation in itself, and if thats not enough I already know that my program is an EXTREMELY competitive one, but no matter how many times I tell myself to study, I canNOT focus on school, and honestly don't want to! 

I hate school. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE learning. But I love learning in different ways. Not the presentation-ever-week-plus-lets-GLOSS-that-and-analysis-it way for EVERY class. I was created to play with children, tickle the ivories, bake cookies, and run. Thats it. Nothing more....Please?

And now I'm blogging. About literally nothing important, just so that I can put off final-studying for an extra..what, 5 minutes now? 

maybe I should tell you a story.

An exciting tale of a grand adventure!

Once upon a time, there was a girl name K. Robinson {for privacy reasons I will give you her first initial only} She was terribly overloaded with school and was having a hard time focusing. She remembered her goal in life was not to be a career woman, and so pondered on my why she was spending so much money, time and effort, to get a certificate she would only use for a few years. It just didn't make any sense. Except that education is important, and don't forget it.

The End.

I hope you LOVED it.

Now I think I'll share with the ideas that someday I'll use.

When I am living in a house that is not scheduled to be torn down in less than a year...

and it will look something like this...only I hate siding, so we'll figure something else out for that part..

VICTORY!!

After somewhere in the vicinity of 80 hours of labor

and something like 1 gagillion hours of thought...

Clarendon is READY TO BE MOVED INTO!! {ready ENOUGH anyways, after spending 3 hours painting today, and 4 hours waxing and buffing floors last night, I'm good with the other little "problems", and have no problem whatsoever dealing with them later!!}

I spent an ENTIRE DAY{seriously 8am-8pm} getting 10 year old tape off the floors, windows, you name it, while my husband spent the equivalent time fixing our kitchen and all sort of fun stuff I don't have a clue how to do {thanks Taylor Bear!} We cleaned the windows, put in a dishwasher and fridge, installed an R.O. system, swept mopped and waxed our beautiful oak wood floors {day and night, no joke}, painted {not everything that needs to be painted, as EVERYTHING needs to be painted and we need to get our butts moved in already!!} disinfected every single surface in our 2,000 sq/ft home...etc. etc., I don't feel like telling you everything we did....anyways...

SATURDAY is move in day!! and right now I'm taking a tiny itty bitty break from packing up our kitchen to blog! 

This whole project has reminded me how great good hard work is for the soul. Seriously, its a stress RELIEVER, and when I step back and notice how much of a difference I've made it makes me feel like I've just won a million bucks {although not quite, as I'm sure if I had won a million buck I'd have some nice new pretty things, and unfortunately all my hard work didn't earn me anything but PRIDE, but thats something eh?}

Taylor and I are excited to get everything moved in and settled ASAP as possible {thank you michael scott} so we enjoy the Holidays in ONE home, not back and forth between the two!

As soon as everything is moved in and out of boxes I'll share some photos!!