Just wanted to pop in with a friendly "hello". The kids returned to school on Tuesday this week and to say that this week has been a bit :: { crazy } :: would be a bit of an understatement. In addition to the circles we seem to be running in... I have gone back to my flybaby roots. I have decided to go back to school after the holidays and I am devoting a lot of time to the house at the moment trying to get things ready for such a big life change.
Today I am putting on my lil fireman's hate {okay seriously, I would never do that lol} in an attempt to put out all the lil hot spots in our house. There are so many surfaces that seem to draw clutter to them... I have also been "flinging" stuff left and right. In my stamping room... I have already collected 25lbs of stuff to give away and over 35 lbs of stuff to throw away. My office is still far from decluttered and ready for some weekend scrapbooking by my standards but I was surprised at how much I was able to get rid of. I have decided that I am no longer in the Stampin' Up business for the business just the discount on my own purchases and the sneak peak reordering opportunities. Having made this decision I had a ton of business related materials that were ready for donating.
I have also been purging through the many issues of Papercrafts, Creating Keepsakes and other paper crafting magazines I have picked up along the way. I still have quite a stack to sift through but I am hoping to find the bottom of that project today. Having purchased the magazines for project ideas I have gone through each of them and clipped out anything I found to be inspiring. I am hoping to organize a binder for those when the office is completely cleaned.
And then there is Mt Washmore... I cannot believe how quickly the laundry can pile up. My husband and kids went on an 8 day camping trip at the end of August. They cleaned out the camper this weekend and I cannot begin to tell you about the laundry pile up. I have been sifting through, doing a few loads each day and I am finally starting to see the bottom of the baskets. Hoping at the end of this weekend that I can truly say "I have been to the top of Mt Washmore, and down the other side".
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tee hee, Mt Washmore?? That's hilarious!! Keep at it, girl, you'll inspire me yet!
Posted by: GinaP | September 12, 2008 at 07:34 PM