busy few weeks, library desk space, and life

I have missed writing here, really enjoy my little unloading sessions.  I've had my son home a lot with me lately and so I took the opportunity to do things around the house, although you'd never know it, this house is perpetually chaotic...I hate to admit it but I am a huge pack rat.  I really am trying to overcome it though...I have to weed out some of this mess.  I think I need a few days (or months) of ebay and facebook auction listing. 

So on Friday I took the kids to school, they didn't miss the bus, I just decided to take them to school.  on the way there I had to swerve out from a branch in the road. I told the kids that it was cool and I debated on turning around to pick it up.  the kids think my dead tree/branch obsession is silly, but they were encouraging me to turn around and go get it.  I didn't.  But on the way back it was still there so I pulled over.  It was bigger than it looked so I was having some awkwardness at putting it in the back seat of the van.  A car went by and a group of boys were hanging out the window laughing at me.  I wanted to yell at them "so what my obsession is funky tree branches, when you get older you'll probably collect bellybutton link."  but I refrained.  LOL

I came home and tossed it over the fence and went up stairs to sweep and dust the top of the stairs (what I call my library).  A few weeks ago I went to Frenchy's  to try and find curtains for that area.  I decided that whatever color I found that had two panels I would go with it, I just wanted curtains.  I found two sets of curtains and am in absolute love with them.  So it decided my color theme.  Here's my curtains:

 

 

So as I went through the day thinking of the area I started scavenging around the house and set up the desk with an orange color theme:

 

 

This is a desk that I say is a computer free desk, and where my oldest son does his homework and I edit and write longhand.  So as I went about the day thinking about the branch I tossed over the fence I got thinking of how I can incorporate that into this space, and so I told my DH I wanted spray paint.  He went out today and bought me a can.  I haven't added it to the room yet, but here it is spray painted(it's an awkward angle...my son took the picture): 

I'll post a picture when I add it to the room.  I think it's pretty, and I'm excited for it to dry so I can bring it in and put it somewhere.


~R

ps: it's in the house, going to put it somewhere better than this tomorrow.