Getting back into real life hasn't been the easiest. I was so not ready for school, basketball, dance, scouts, activity days, cubs to start again. But start again it has.
I know that many people have come up with their lists of RESOLUTIONS for 2011. I haven't. And it feels good. The only thing that I have said is that I want to be better. Which entails some serious self-reflection and resolve to make changes that will help me achieve that. But it's entirely personal, and only I or the Lord will be able to judge it's progress. Although, come to think of it, if I am accomplishing this broadly based goal, ideally, others WILL see a bit of difference in me.
One thing that I
do want to do however, is tackle my house. And by that I mean go through room by room, completely emptying it out, and reorganizing, purging, etc to make the most of my oh-so-limited space. I plan to focus on 1 room per month for the whole year. That way I can budget for organizational tools, time, and energy without getting too overwhelmed. January is going to be my office. Here's the part where I take a deep breath and show you the reality of THE OFFICE {dun,dun, duuun}.
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Yes, that is a gas insert on the floor of the office.
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| There are just no words... |
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| The closet. OH, the closet! |
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| I can't believe I'm showing you this... |
See? See how badly this room is functioning? Ugh. Painful. I'll show the after once I have an after to show.
Anyways, when I originally started this post, I was intending to just show you all what Sophie came up with when left to her own devices with a piece of scrapbook paper and some scissors and a camera...
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| she looks so innocent... |
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| Look at this. I have no idea how she came up with this... but I love that she got the camera to document her creation. |
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| I'm really grateful that THIS is what she did with the scissors instead of cutting her hair. again. |
Wow. This post is getting really long. I think I'll leave it at that. So, to sum up: Real life = busy days, messy homes, funny kids, and room to improve.
2011 will be a good year.
Comments
My ONLY resolution for 2011 is to ENJOY. Each day I want to take a moment and enjoy the things that realy matter. Hopefully I can do that around all those things we do all day every day, bu that is my goal!
Sophie's creation is awesome!
Good luck my friend, but I know with your touch it's not luck by much creativeness...
LOL @ Sophie taking her own pics! My kids just ask.. can you take a picture for your blog? hahaha!!!
xoxo,
Amy
I love to purge and organize. Well, sometimes. Enjoy your projects, I think that's a great goal/idea to do one room at a time per month, I may have to steal that from you.