Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Decluttering :)

Today is awesome! We are packing for Cody, Britain's clothes have all been piled out as we have folded laundry.  So we just need to toss hers in the suitcase and she will be ready, but Brandon and I have nothing packed yet... I'm planning to do that when Britain goes to bed tonight.  My living room and bed rooms are clean now.  I still need to vacuum but I organized them really well today.  The living room looks so much neater! I decluttered it.  What that means is I moved all the summer stuff to closets.  (Fishing boxes off the porch! Finally! The bike trailer is now neatly stowed away since we won't be getting a new bike before it snows. Stuff like that.) I also put the diaper bag and other random bags back where they belong and organized Britain's toy shelves.  I feel so much cleaner and happier just knowing that my house is organized.  I still need to clean the bathroom and the kitchen but for now, life is good. 
I love coming home to a clean house after a nice trip.  The last thing I want to do when I get home is clean, hence the fall cleaning that I am doing right now (well when I'm not sitting on my hind end typing).  It just feels so good to wash windows, dust walls and pictures, vacuum in the couch cushions. Does that make me weird? 
I feel like cleaning a house and reorganizing a bit, is like starting new.  The next phase of the fall clean is what I will start next week when we get back: throwing stuff out.  This is the greatest.  I evaluate what all we have, and what we absolutely never use and I eliminate accordingly.  I do not ever want to be a pack rat, so throwing stuff out is semi therapeutic for me.  It will be awesome! 
Here is a very random question:
Of all you people who actually read my blog, does anyone know who left their Chronicles of Narnia cd's at my house? It was back in August that this little cd case showed up at my house and none of us have learned who it could possibly belong to? It is in a blue cardstock case...If it rings a bell please share your information with me... because it is not something I particularly want, and next week is the elimination phase of my life. So its survival rates are not looking good. Alright guys, I should get back to my cleaning.  Loves to you all!

1 comment:

  1. You are so funny Em! I love your posts. You should put pictures up of your clean home. I want to see :) I am the same way when I get in the mood to clean you better watch out. haha I love your excitement for Christmas already I just barely realized that I don't have a costume for Mya and Halloween is coming up faster then I want. Let alone, figuring out our thanksgiving plans. That song is really pretty too great video as well. :) Love your blog.

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