Room switching...

I think we may be doing a little room switching/combining again. It's not completely decided, but we are thinking about it. Will does not like to sleep alone, and Andy doesn't either. Both start/end up in our bed at night. So our thought is to put Will and Andy together in hopes that that will help our problem. Then use the extra room as a media room for the boys - which we desperately need. A place for all the electronics and a place where they can go to relax.

So .... I will talk to the boys when they get home. Get their thoughts and go from there. Keep your fingers crossed....

Almost quiet time...

Tonight was one of the lucky nights where Will fell asleep watching tv. Woo Hoo! Normally, we have a huge bedtime fight. So we love these nights. We got the baby to bed shortly after and just have Ben awake. He's playing chess and internet games w/daddy. Big fun for him.

I'm going to try and start planning my re-organizing of the house (parts of it). Hopefully I can figure it out and figure out what we need to function better. I'll keep you posted.

Blessed to have too much!

As I look around my house and realize that there's not one counter, shelf or room that isn't cluttered - I'm thinking "how in the world did we get here?" We are so blessed to have too much. I would like to do a huge de-cluttering of my house and simplify. Why does a family of 5 need 20 towels? I think everyone should have one towel and then you have a few for those times when you just need an extra towel. Why do we need so many plates and cups? When we have parties and guests - we use paper plates. So why not just get rid of what we don't use and keep 1 plate and 1 cup for everyone. That way you know who is leaving their cup or plate on the table or coutner, right? Yeah - makes sense. Not sure I could convince the husband to simplify quite that much. I would like to go through every room, cabinet, closet in the house and just get rid of everything that we don't use or we haven't touched in 6 months. It's hard sometimes to do that because you think "What if. I'm certain I'll need that in 2 years." I would seriously like to do that. I'll have to try and work towards that goal and see if I can get that done. Boy - would it make life more simple. I'm tired of stepping over clutter and not feeling like the house is ever clean.

I am about to embark on a process of trying to get my house organized - hopefully. My dining room is a complete disaster - cluttered and piled with 'what if's. I have to go through that stuff and get rid of it. My bedroom is cluttered from the overflow of my closet that was piled with 'what if's.' I must get rid of that stuff as well. I'm not sure about the rest of you - but with 3 kids under age 6 - organizing, cleaning, showering ... it's all tough! Wish me luck!