When I get an idea in my head…
… well - it can be dangerous. Or at the least, very ill-timed.
Let me tell you about our bedroom.
We have a modest home. I love the area of town we live in and I love our subdivision. We’ve got super neighbors and sidewalks and a pool and playground and walking trails by the river. It’s a great place to live.
We also have 3 small children and a home with 3 rather small bedrooms. (I am totally OK with that, by the way. I remember when I was pregnant with Nathan meeting folks who would ask, “Oh, are you all going to move to a bigger place now? You’ll sure be cramped in there!” For the record, I think that’s a little silly.)
No, not everyone in our house has loads of personal space but that’s OK. It keeps us from accumulating a bunch of stuff we do not need and it keeps us close. (Don’t you remember that Doug Stone song?) Abby and Nathan have their own rooms at the moment but soon enough, somebody will be doing some room sharing. Either Sarah will go in with Abby or Abby will go in with Nathan - It’s not been decided yet. For now, though, Bruce and I are the ones sharing our room. Well, I guess I should say we are sharing our *closet*. We’ve got a little walk-in closet that’s just the perfect space for little Yubba. Her swing is in there and that’s where she takes naps (and until about a week ago - she would sleep in there at night, too - But that’s a whole ‘nother post!)
So here’s our little dilemma. I actually like that Sarah is in our room. She has a space where I can shut the door and turn the lights out for her while I poke around in my room if needed. But the problem comes in in the evenings when she’s asleep in there and we’re doing laundry or cleaning up around the house. Bruce and I usually do laundry at night after we’ve gotten the kids to bed but if Sarah’s asleep, I can’t put any of her things or my things away. And Bruce’s things go in the dresser that’s right up against the wall and on the other side of that wall, our very light sleeper, Dear Abby, is resting her pretty little head - so his clothes get piled up on top of the dresser. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve really let things get crazy messy in there - there were dirty and clean clothes everywhere not to mention video cassettes, knick knacks, and other random items scattered hither and yon.
S today - I had just had enough. It was making me physically ill to go in there and so I decided that the only way to solve the problem was to…. empty out all the contents of the bedroom (including everything in the closet, dresser, nightstand and armoire) and deposit them all into the living room so that I could totally reorganize things (ala “Clean Sweep”).
Great idea, in theory. But throw into the mix a fussy 6 month old who got a flu shot and a vaccine yesterday and a 2 and a half year old with a runny nose and a good case of the mamaclings, and I ended up with much more of a mess than I bargained for and I didn’t get a whole lot done.
Thankfully Bruce had some errands to run in the afternoon so he took Nathan with him and Abby went to play with a friend.
Slowly but surely, I’ll get a handle on it but I am re-evaluating my method.

UPDATE! 3 bags ready to go to goodwill! I love purging!














