Today and yesterday in the Northeast, the weather has been glorious. In fact, this is what the boys are doing as I sit and chat with you:

And we have been busy as bees at Fieldstone Hill. I have been getting serious about my commitment to “DO!”

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Yesterday, we started to clean up the garden, getting it ready for tilling and soon, planting of early spring treats. Like Arugula. My mouth is watering at the prospect.

We already found a few surprises: Boys found earthworms and black dirt. Of course, the spearmint has started its hostile takeover.  I found a broccoli, already growing and blooming.

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And, we are not only at work outside, but inside as well. We are painting the living room, with its abundance of trim… and I am LOVING how it is looking so far. Want a sneak peak? okay!!! Golly, you all can talk me into anything!

The color is actually a bit darker than it appears in the photo. Remember the Design Board for this room? The color is Deep Secret, from Benjamin Moore’s new Color Stories line.

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On top of that, I am finally making progress on an oil-painting that has been on my to-“do” list for over a year and a half!

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Every day, I am learning something new about balancing The Life Worth Living, and balancing this deliciously wonderful business of Fieldstone Hill Design. Without a doubt, it is requiring daily choices and tremendous scheduling and self-control. I have to regularly remind myself that this business is mine for the adjusting. That is the joy of having it at all.

So, be warned: The gettin’ is good:

Right now, I am temporarily adjusting my Design Availability,

1. For a limited time, I have temporarily closed my wait list for Single-Question Consults and Email Consults.

2. My wait list is only temporarily open for Vision Design Boards, and I plan to close it if it fills up too much more {so get it while the gettin’s good!}.

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3. March will be the last month, until I resurrect it in the Fall, for the FHD Monthly giveaway to win a chance at a free Single-Question Consult. Sooo, again, Get it while the gettin’s good!

Oh, and while I am chit-chatting about the Giveaway, I have added a few more ways to enter to win. One of which is following Fieldstone Hill Design on Facebook {did you know that I share extra stuff with my Facebook peeps, like my growing list of ‘beautiful things?’}

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Aside from the joy of flexibility, the true joy of Fieldstone Hill Design is my clients.

I want to give a special thanks to my sweet client, Sara of August Fields. I will be sure to share her Design Board here on Fieldstone Hill Design, so that I can tell you my favorite bits and pieces. But you can see it first over at Sara’s! You will love her warm blog, filled with glimpses of a beautiful, dedicated, and growing family.

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Of course, all of these happenings have taken place over the course of at least a month; or more… and every project we have started is left unfinished. Oh, except for the snuggling part. That is never neglected, or left unfinished, around here!

Lots of Do-ing around Fieldstone Hill! If you had declared a “word of the year,” how are you doing?