Back To the Real World

Yep, I am back to the real world.  Have been quite busy since Friday.  Spring break for the kiddo’s was last week.  Yesterday was a bad weather day so they didn’t go back to school like the rest of the towns around here.  But today, Yea, they went back.  So, I am back to myself here.  I am having a hard time getting going on my chores.  All I seem to want to do is ….. nothing.  But I am slowing getting things going. 

As you know Easter was Sunday.  Along with Easter, comes egg hunts, Church services, Easter Clothes, ironing.  Filling eggs for the hunt”s”.  Now the Question.  What in the world do you do with all the plastic eggs that are left over from these “hunts”?? Hmm?  Well, I am not quite sure myself.  I thought about giving them back to the Churches for next year.  But they didn’t want them.  So I guess, I put them in a bag and add them to the already crowded closets.  The photo, is of only half of them.  Eggs along with all the candy that comes in them is over flowing and this year seems like more so.  Two big bags of candy looks like cavity season to me.  Oh well, it only comes once a year.  At least they got the message of what Easter is really about, but I still think the candy and eggs were the most focused on. 

Kids Room

Ok, I know I said a couple of weeks ago, I was going to clean the clutterfrom the kids room.  Well the day I wrote that post, I didn’t do it.  I know, just get over it.  I meant to and did go look in the room.  Stood there for a moment, then decided to clean the bathtub instead.   I did get the floors vacuumed first however.

Yesterday I did it.  I came home from taking them to school, saw Bud on his way.  Then started the gruesome task.  The reason I decided to actually jump in yesterday was because I was laying in bed.  You know when you are kinda half awake and half asleep?  Well I was in that fog of 1/2 and 1/2.  And for some reason, I was thinking about cleaning it up.  I don’t know why, but I started feeling really guilty about that room.  And so when I got up I kept telling myself that it had to be done. 

So, like I said, I jumped right in.  I had things piled up all over the house.  Little piles of books, stuffed animals, Lego’s, planes, jewelry, dirty clothes, etc.  After 8 hours minus lunch, I had it half way done.  3 big lawn garbage bags full of junk, broken toys, and just trash I was only half way done.  I still need to get under the beds and in the closet.  Arrgghh.  Then I will be done.  So today when I get finished with this post, I’m going back to the battle field to finish the job. 

I know, I have to be a horrible mother to let it get so bad.  Oh I feel like I’m up for the Worst Mother Of The Year Award.  I’m going to win it. 

Cleaning the Clutter

Yesterday, I wrote about a feeling I had.  When I got to thinking about it, it wasn’t a bad day.  I hope it didn’t sound like I never have a bad day, because I do.  Just like everyone else.  I just don’t have too many weird days.  That’s it.  A Weird Day.  Anyway now that that is settled, I can go on about my way today, knowing that I cleared that mess up.  At least for me. 

Ok, now time to start something that has been bugging me and Bud and the kids for a long time now.  CLUTTER.  I guess that’s how you spell it.  Spell check says it is anyway. 

I am not a very good house keeper, even tho that is all I ever seem to do.  From the time I wake up, till I “fall” into bed, I am cleaning something.  Most of the time it is the same old things.  Dishes, clothes, floors, bathroom, and such.  But now I am getting busy on cleaning clutter.  By that I mean it is time to start throwing away things that are unusable, broken or whatever is junk.  I started this yesterday.  I cleaned out a cabinet.  Yes just one, ok.  But I did it.  And now I have 6 more to go.  Ugghh.  But I have made it part of my cleaning routine.  How am I going to this, you might ask.  Well, I am doing one thing every day. 

I have a mental list of things to do.  And I figure if I do one thing a day, then surely by next Jan.  I should be half way finished.  Ha!  Ok.  Well I think I am going to tackle the kids room this morning. 

As some of you know, both kids share a bedroom.  This spring Bud and I have decided to clean out the spare room to separate them to their own rooms.  But there seems to be so many things that have to be done first before we can do that, and one is get their shared room cleaned first.  I mean old toys, clothes and junk.  It all needs to be separated and either thrown away or given to someone that needs them.  Not the kids of course, their stuff.  So after my coffee cup is empty and this post is made, I will get busy.  Oh wait, first I have to vacuum the living room, then I can get started.  Think I can get finished before they come home from school??  Hmm, maybe, we’ll see.