Spring cleaning

It must be the season, but suddenly the walls seem to be closing in on me and I'm feeling an overwhelming need to PURGE. I want to fill up bags and bags and toss them all and I probably would if I didn't have a husband and two kids that would protest me getting rid of their stuff.

The problem with being home nearly every day is that things just don't stay clean and uncluttered, no matter how hard you try. I get overwhelmed by it all and just kind of give up. Why clean it up when its just going to get dirty again? And yet, there is something about a clean room that makes me feel calm and happy. So I'm resolving to make the effort to keep the clutter under control. If I see something that needs done and I have the minute or two to do it, I will. I'll take 10 minutes at the end of the day to put the room back together before I collapse on the sofa. I'll actually fold the laundry instead of dumping it on the bed and transferring it back and forth from the bed to the floor for days straight (please tell me I'm not alone in doing this?). Every day I'll try to do at least one thing I've been putting off.

When I was first laid off, I gave my two weeks notice at daycare and spent the time doing a bunch of the little projects that I had been thinking about for ages: cleaning out the garage, filing bills, organizing pots and pans. Now I realize it will probably be a long time before I have such an opportunity.

In any case, hopefully the girls won't mind if I spend a little more time in cleaning mode - something that may be a foreign sight to them. Maybe I will make it a regular summertime activity - somewhere between the plastic blow-up pool and our 10th walk around the block. Don't be too jealous.