Now I'm Inspired!

Motivated by Danielle Bean's talk topic for this week, I set out this afternoon to declutter our house. After all, the youngest 3 boys were napping, the oldest was happily building lego spaceships, and dinner was already in the crockpot, so what better time to begin! I was already familiar with Flylady, but had yet to do a 27 Fling Boogie. So, I set out to begin...

After just a quick trip through the family room, I already had 56 items! We even had stuff that was clearly TRASH sitting in toy buckets, on bookshelves, and in couch cushions. Next, I moved the toys that were supposed to be in boys' rooms back to the designated spot. Finally, I vacuumed and dusted shelves - what a difference! Even my husband commented on how great everything looked. The amazing thing is how much room we really have in our family room when it is in order! Every time I think that we need "just one more room" in our house, I forget that we wouldn't need that room if we would just curtail on the stuff! I grew up in a packrat household, so this is a difficult habit for me to break, yet seeing the result in the family room is motivating.

Now I just have the kitchen, dining room, study, 3 bedrooms, laundry room, garage...uh oh! I'm losing my motivation again!