Green Eyed Monster

I got bit by the green eyed monster this week. Just a little. But enough to make me feel a little yucky.

See, when we moved into our house over 5 years ago we only had 2 kids. I had the whole dining room as a studio. As our family grew the studio moved into one of the spare bedrooms. And then as it grew even larger, it dispersed itself mostly into the garage and closets.

I've been seeing such beautiful, inspirational, and organized studios on the blog and that's where my envy crept in. My inner two year threw a temper tantrum. "I want my own studio too. Wahhhhh!"

Ouch.

"As another cure for envy, look at yourself through God's eyes-uniquely and wonderfully made. You are a child of god, saved by grace and placed in the exact spot and circumstances that he planned for you."

-Psalm 139:13-16

I thought about it today and realized that if I had room for a studio in my house right now, then I wouldn't have all my beautiful children. I also realized how lucky I am to have a house at all. Sometimes it's very easy to take a lot of things for granted. I am so blessed to have the life I have and when the time is right, one day I will have a studio again.

Also, my little time with envy motivated me to clean, organize, and prettify the areas I do use to work in.

Here a little before and after of our office area:

I do all my emailing, blogging, paying bills, and writing of my books in this room. My husband does a lot of work in here too. It's designed to be the dining room (hence the light fixture) but we switched the rooms around. Anyway, I spent $1.99 on a roll of red wrapping paper and lined the backs of the desk. I spent about 2 hours cleaning, dusting, organizing paperwork, and throwing almost a whole garbage bag away of old papers.It felt really good.

I chased that ugly green-eyed monster away!:)