This week I would like to do a series of short posts called Adventures in Simplicity--celebrating the wonderful, simple little moments that should bring us pleasure and gratitude in life if we let them. I must tell you, I live on a hotbed for entropy. Yep, it is true. For some reason unknown to me, my husband or the children, there are high concentrations of entropy in almost every room of our house, especially in the closets! I despise clutter, but somehow, it sneaks in through the cracks in the mailbox, goodie bags at birthday parties, and the kids' school backpacks. This week however, I had had enough! Hubby and I staged a coup, the likes of which have not been witnessed in this part of the world for centuries. That is, we took back the closets and the cupboards, the drawers and even the kitchen pantry. Not a single unused appliance, outgrown item of clothing or broken pencil was left standing! Yes! I feel like I have my life back. Keep in mind that I have to do this about every six months, so I have little hope of it staying like this permanently, but perhaps, and for now my space makes me smile. Simplicity rocks! Quote of the Day:"Today you are you. That is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you."
--Dr. Seuss
ahhhh simplicity...
ReplyDeletei feel like i do the exact same thing around my house WAY too often : ) why can't things just easily stay simple & organized??
You have OCD just like me and the rest of the Pincock's! You fit in well. Luv ya
ReplyDeleteOCD? Really? I had not noticed, but now that you mention it...hmmmm!?
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. I too suffer from Ocd and so do various members of my family. I like to have my house in order and even have been raking leaves everyday this week since this spills over to ever area of my life. Great blog I enjoy it so much.
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When can you come stage a coup at my house? I'll clear the calendar any time you like!
ReplyDeleteLOL!!! Sometimes I think we should just rotate through the homes in the neighborhood. All the moms get together once a month and clean one house top to bottom. Next month--next house! You could have either 6 or 12 women in the group depending on how messy you are!
ReplyDeleteIt's not so much the cleaning, though it could use that , too. It's more all the clutter and stuff in the closets. I tried that with my mom for a little bit when we lived in AZ. It doesn't matter how many people are there, I still have to be the one to go through everything and decided yay or nay. So, I'm working on the extra stuff lying around. That's where Flylady has helped alot. When I can get her system and routines up and going, my house is great. It's just figuring out the new routines and times everytime we move- which has been a lot recently! Moving doesn't hurt, either, though. It's alot easier to throw things away than find a box and pack it and then unpack. One of the only silver linings in that whole process!
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