Seriously - I am probably the most organized person in my head, but the least organized in my actual life. Living with two toddlers and a husband who sometimes is neat, but most times is not - means that my house is in a constant state of chaos.
I desire decluttering and I desire organization. We're faced with the fact that our house just doesn't really have much practical storage and we've got too much stuff.
I've been weeding through the stuff for the last year and you'd be amazed at all the stuff I've given away and thrown out but we still have too much.
As you know if you're a regular reader we're starting a few home improvement projects now that the summer is starting to wind down. Last night we finally got a new ceiling fan in our bedroom and 1/3 of the carpet has been ripped out of the living room.
We decided today that we will be replacing the living room and the hall and kitchen/dining with laminate as well. Mike has been at Sam's Club trying to decide what we're going to use and what we decided on - they don't have enough at the one in our local town. So he's taking the day off tomorrow and driving to Panama City to pick it up there - they have plenty!
So in the midst of this chaos my friend Christina came over this morning and helped declutter my kitchen counters - one is just every day clutter and the other is perpetually covered in whatever because it's convenient! She's a blessing, really!
While she did that I gathered up things around the house and amassed quite a pile on the front porch - to take to the Bargain Box.
I was surprised with a visit from my best friend Becca and her boys Todd and Ryan. They joined us for lunch and Maddie, Niklaus, Ryan, Todd and Wyatt all played and essentially trashed the entire playroom. If it was possible to dump it out - they did it!
It provided a good opportunity to get things good and organized again though - Becca has always been an angel when it comes to keeping my toys organized. She took that on as her mission when I had Wyatt - she said there weren't many things she could do to help me - since she had the boys and they took up a lot of time - but she made sure that my toys stayed organized for almost a year!
It was a good thing to work in the playroom today - we kind of junked it up by taking the toys from the living room and adding them to the play room for right now.
So I am blessed by the good intentions of my girlfriends. They are awesome and I love them so much!
Thank you.
