i'm almost too ashamed ...

the one thing our home lacks is a storage space ... we have little bits of space here and there and under this and over that ... but we don't have one spot where we can store certain things in a more long-term sense. i have tried to view this as a blessing, so that i have to keep our "stuff" in check, but sometimes, it gets the better of me and our music room becomes the storage room. only it doesn't just happen all nice and neat ... it happens when a box is thrown in quickly to hide it when guests are coming. you have enough of those and this is where you end up:

(please don't judge me)

fortunately, i got enough fire in my belly and started the big sorting ... it will be a music room again soon. and i should hopefully find that very important letter i need in order to renew my teaching certification - that would be good!