Clean Slate.

Sometimes in life you are all of a sudden taken with the thought that you need to wipe everything away and start off with a clean slate.

Well, that's the way we've been feeling lately about organizing our home, stored boxes, rooms, studio, you name it.  It just seems that things build and build until finally you want to throw everything into the middle of the floor and start doing something about it.  Inevitably when we do that we make a huge mess.  And we're up to our eyeballs in piles of things.

So, we've been wading through things the past few days and gone to bed beat.  Which isn't a bad thing.  Occasionally we get kind of 'overly organized happy'.  Like today when we decided to clean out the HUGE deep freeze, two small freezers, and two refrigerator freezers.  Oh, and the laundry cabinet.  See?  Overly organized happy definitely.

Oh, and like Saturday when we went through bolts and bolts of fabric rearranging them into their (new) proper places.  But, it looks SO much better now!

So, here we are.  Not exactly out of the woods yet (the hall closet is still untouched), but definitely headed in the right direction.  Now that we are going the right way we're planning on taking a break tomorrow with a good friend coming out and spending the day with her sweet kids --- talking about fabric, eating yummy food (we haven't officially decided on the main meal), guacamole dip & chips, and banana pudding.  Oh, and Abi and Achaia have plans to make some adorable handmade cards like these soon.  Aren't they darling??  We're adding that to our list.

Much love from here! xoxo Kristie + Apphia + Achaia + Abigail + Abiah

Comments

[Ashley]

You guys will not believe this {well, maybe you will} but we are currently deep cleaning our house too! Reorganizing everything, throwing stuff away that we no longer need, going through our closets, cleaning out the fridges & freezers, and just everything!!! *grin* At least y'all are near the end {unlike us right now, well...mostly me} we still have a ways to go.

lots of love,
~Ash Nicky xoxoxox

[Joanna]

As I read your post I was wishing I had all your girls living with me, helping me to get organized! So much quicker and more fun to have the company! The good news is Mary is getting into cleaning and organizing. I found her in her room the other day folding and organizing all the clothes in her underwear/pj drawer. She also folded all the kitchen towels/dishcloths/placemats and put them away~ and she loves it!! I need to send you a recent picture of her. She's growing up fast!

[online todo list]

Thanks for your shear. I will shear with my friends...
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[Jenny Fish]

I did the same thing at the beginning and end of the summer! It is a wonderful feeling. Oh those cloud pictures are gorgeous! I am a sky person. I love cloud watching.