I challenge you!

Okay, so I have a challenge for you. My challenge is that you, along with me, take one hour per day to de-clutter your homes. I say one hour and one hour only per day. The reason for this is that if you do more than one hour you will get tired of doing it after a day or two and then it would be easy to give up. Over the first week you will see enough progress to encourage you to continue. Let me suggest to you that it be the same time everyday. My time will be from 3:30 to 4:30. I will post some pictures along my journey to organization and clutter free living. I look forward to next month when, I suspect, my house will have a much different feel. Remember, even if you are “on a roll” with de-cluttering and organizing stop when your hour is up! This is extremely hard for me to do but it is worth it. My strategy is to tackle one room at a time. My first task in my home is to finish Conner's room. It should take me a few days and then on to the school room. These will be the ones that I will for sure show pictures! They will be the most drastic changes. I need those finished soon! I am in my 3rd week of school and I can't really use the school room yet. Hopefully Conner will be sleeping in his room this time next week. Let me know if you are going to join with me! The great thing about having a particular hour set aside every day is that once the de-cluttering is done you can move on to other home projects.

But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength!

I recently heard a message about waiting on the Lord. This came at a good time considering the circumstances that we have found ourselves in the last few months. I am thankful that we have a God who will give us the strength to go on when the situation seems impossible.

Vacation???

So picture this: Kirk goes out of town for 10 days and 6 of those days I go stay with a friend. This friend has 3 kids. 2 girls and one boy. The girls are Keelyn and Kiersten's age. (so 4 and 2) Here is the thing... It was the closest thing to a vacation that I have had in years! The Girls all got along so well that we just hung out and had adult conversation. They didn't need us at all... basically we were there to feed them and the rest of the time they played sweetly. You don't believe me??? It is crazy but true. We never would have thought they would last that long but what do you know... they did. So needless to say, I am rested and in a good mood and Kirk has been gone for 8 days! This was by far the easiest week in a long time. LOVE IT!

Time to learn again

Okay so, why is it that I am 27 years old and just now eager to learn? I remember a time when I was eager to learn, up until about fourth grade, and then it went away. Could it be that it was the method in which I was taught from fourth grade on. Kirk and I have been researching the classical method of homeschooling. The more that I think about homeschooling my children in this way, the more excited I become to learn again. Both of my girls are incredibly bright. Keelyn is reading and doing math at a first grade level . . . she's four. Kiersten knows all of her colors, shapes, the abc's and the sounds each letter makes . . . she's two. They are to say the least teachable. I recently sat down and did my calender for homeschooling Keelyn this next year. I am going from June 1st through May 31st, with a few breaks here and there. I am very thankful that I have an eagerness to learn again, because I am going to need it.