I find it really funny that now people who pick up what others call junk and transform it into useful things are called crafty and upcyclers but, in the past they were called junkers. Well call me what you want but, i enjoy getting "junk" and making cool stuff. So far i have gotten drawers and made shelves and tires and made flower pots. I really get excited when i can look at something and see the potential in it. My Mom was the same way but, the only thing with her was that she would get things and mean to do something with them but, she would never get around to it and she became a hoarder. I dont really feel like she meant to become a hoarder but, when she passed away i found out how bad it had actually became. It took 3 days to go through everything in her 3 bedroom doublewide trailer so that way we could figure out what was important and what was her good inventions. Her home wasn't filthy to the naked eye but, once you moved furniture and opened closets and such then you found out how really bad it was. It broke my heart to find this out. She helped so many people because she was a counselor but, when it came to her she didnt have anyone to help her. I felt ashamed, not because of the fact that she was a hoarder but, the fact that i was unaware of it and i felt like i should have known. I have learned to let the guilt go because i could not live in the past in the shoulda coulda wouldas, but in the here and now and concentrate on myself and how i can follow through with projects that i do. Today i picked up some pavers that i am going to spray paint as m&ms. I also picked up black fence to go around my vegetable garden, a tiki torch for the back pattio, 2 cute plants, a gate for the back yard, a piller for the back patio, 2 elephants for my front steps and 3 planters. To me this was an awesome find but, to most they would fine it just a bunch of junk. If tomorrow goes acording to planned i am making some candles. Well i hope you enjoyed reading this and if so please share it with your friends.
