Remodeling Your Life

My home, my comfy cozy love to be there home, is in chaos! We are remodeling... doing it all ourselves to save big bucks.. but that means it is going REALLY slow and there is dust EVERYWHERE! I mean you just walk in the house and feel dusty yourself... YUCK! I know I should've expected it.. and I did to some extent.. but I didn't think it would be this BAD!

I have a secret... well I think of it as a secret... but really I think anyone that is around me long enough figures it out... I am a little OCD. Not like that TV show MONK... but I sooooo get him. I am OCD about my house and cleaning. You see when my house gets messy it makes ME feel messy and chaotic on the inside. I can't really function as I normally do and I turn into a person I don't like at all. I race around frantically trying to put my house back in order. Neurotically cleaning everything and pretty much being a totally not fun person to be around. Just clear out... cause Tami is having a grade A, major big time, you SO want to steer clear of, cleaning temper tantrum. Sometimes there are even tears involved (mine)! I know it's silly... I'm working on it.. I PROMISE!

Anyways, all this mess and not being able to get away from it has made me think... now, follow me here...
Remodeling ANYTHING, your house.. your life, starts with a pretty picture in your head of the end result... You pick out the areas to fix that are going to take something that was once drab or inefficient and make it wonderful, useful and significant. Then comes the hard part... the work... the mess... the cleaning up. Really remodeling is only fun in that beginning stage where you figure out what you want to do and then in the end when its all over and you can step back and say "Man that is awesome... I did it!" The rest is just plain old HARD WORK! You can't do it without getting dirty and really digging in.

I realize that I am working on 2 remodels, my house and my life.. me... In order to get to through it I have to work... and have faith that I will eventually get there... after a lot of effort and energy and planning, seeking guidance and comfort from GOD, I will make it through all this dust and mess and come out the other side refreshed, renewed and far happier than I could ever imagine.. With God at the helm I know it can happen... I just have to be ready to do the work and cope with the dust and the mess. All the while knowing that it is part of a plan and the end result will be spectacular!

The best way out is always through. -- Robert Frost