the other day, i was in my _____________, and i noticed this _______________. my only thought was, "why do i still have this hanging around my house?!?"
i am a manic closet cleaner, i start to feel seriously claustrophobic to have too much of anything crammed in the closets/cupboards and right now mine are ripe for the pickin' if you know what i mean! so my spt fill in the blank goes like this...
the other day, i was in my laundry room, and notice these piles of clothes to give away. my only thought was, "why do i still have these bags (filled and ready for delivery) hanging around my house?!?
this spt was perfect for ethan and i's schedule today - stay home and clean EVERYTHING! i have so many projects around the house, and the three new inches of snow that i shoveled this morning made staying home even more compelling! one thing you should know about me, and something that i tell all my family and neighbors, is that if you come to my door at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and i'm still in my pajams, it's been a very productive day! when i get dressed and ready, i feel like i need to go run errands, sometimes as an excuse to run away from all that feels overwhelming in my home. if i don't get dressed, i'm not presentable (like this self portait) and by not being dressed and presentable, i sort of force myself to stay home and be productive. so today was a pajama sort of productive, which is good. i got lots of laundry done, many pictures hung and even cleaned my bathroom! 
this is me, happy and unpresentable in my pajams, standing in front of my very clean kitchen sink and counter. i still have tons to do tomorrow but at least i've made some head way on it all. at least i got those pesky bags of clothing out of my hair! as always, thanks lelly for the journalling spring board.
this spt was perfect for ethan and i's schedule today - stay home and clean EVERYTHING! i have so many projects around the house, and the three new inches of snow that i shoveled this morning made staying home even more compelling! one thing you should know about me, and something that i tell all my family and neighbors, is that if you come to my door at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and i'm still in my pajams, it's been a very productive day! when i get dressed and ready, i feel like i need to go run errands, sometimes as an excuse to run away from all that feels overwhelming in my home. if i don't get dressed, i'm not presentable (like this self portait) and by not being dressed and presentable, i sort of force myself to stay home and be productive. so today was a pajama sort of productive, which is good. i got lots of laundry done, many pictures hung and even cleaned my bathroom! this is me, happy and unpresentable in my pajams, standing in front of my very clean kitchen sink and counter. i still have tons to do tomorrow but at least i've made some head way on it all. at least i got those pesky bags of clothing out of my hair! as always, thanks lelly for the journalling spring board.**can you be productive in your pjs?**
**how do you feel about junk in the closests?**
It took me most of the day but it feels GREAT! In my organized state of clean, I was able to finish Sally Foster in-putting and work on some photo editing. I still have a stack of those, but because my office is clean I feel like I can actually get stuff done in here! And maybe, maybe I'll be able to actually scrapbook this week! Does anyone remember scrapbooking? I hope I still remember how. Apey came over with her kids so we could get some Halloween shots knowing that today would be too crazy to try. Makenna is in that worried smile stage, but I did get a cute shot when April made her laugh.
Ethan was a pill and wanted nothing to do with having his costume on or standing still for the picture. Luckily I got a couple of ok ones.
So Ashton wins the cute baby prize for the day, isn't he cute? But he had his moments, these are classic, and probably my favorite!
I'm such a mean auntie!
stacks and stacks of laundry....(this is after most of it was put away) 
....an enormous stack of ironing...
...crazy huge stack of magazines that I needed to go through and disect...
AND, I organized the pantry which isn't really stacking, but look how beautiful?! I even scrubbed the honey off of the shelves! I should've taken a before picture but I may not have been able to post it for fear of total humiliation.... and, even though it's not really a physical stack of things that needed to be done, I had a long list of edits and photo orders, which is great, but they took forever to get through. But here are some of my faves...tell me what you think about this "before & after" creation...too cheesy? Or is it ok? I'm thinking of just taking everything off except the pictures. Maybe I'll do that and post it and you can tell me which you like better. But seriously, look at this cute baby and this darling family! I have the BEST job!
I'll be honest, editing isn't my favorite part of the job, interacting with totally fun people is the best part of course, but there's something about everyone's job that isn't totally great right? Editing is that for me, a pain but the results in the end are worth it I guess. Anyway, so of course I didn't include how many diapers I changed or spending time with the kids, but those stacks of things were basically it. But I feel so good, cleaned out almost because I got so much done. Tomorrow I guess I have to do some vacuuming so there's something visible that says I'm working hard...typical story of a mother I think. Good night!