Oh, to live in a Maxfield Parrish painting

I’ve always felt like my life should be more like this:

Serene surroundings, leisure time.

Or this:

Time to dance. Just because.

But my surroundings are more like this:

Which makes me feel like this:

I’m in purge mode right now. We’re still recuperating from moving out of the shop this summer. There’s a mess everywhere I turn. That added to the fact that we both live and run a messy business out of our home makes for quite a bit of turmoil. I’m on a mission to get things cleaned out and in order before the year end. Before Christmas decorations come out, actually. It’s a tall order, but hopefully, if I keep my nose to the grindstone, I can do it. Or at least make a big dent. Then maybe I could sit quietly and pretend that this was me:

Ahhhhhh………..