Winter Morning Majesty

It is actually quite a beautiful morning here in CNY! We got a few inches of snow last night and the wind has not blown snow off of all the trees, making them look like beautiful arches of white. The sun is out & makes the snow glitter in it's shine. This is what I love about winter. It's peaceful. Ethan and Andrew are up. Ethan is getting another tooth & is again up to his old teething tricks. High fever. Making for a very grumpy sweet little boy. Yesterday was awful! I could not put that baby down. Every time I did, he would start screaming! I did not get anything done yesterday.

New morning, new day, plenty of opportunity, if I can just grab a hold of it! We have to take down all the xmas decorations today. I am so tired of them all, I want my house back to normal again. We have nothing planned for the day, so I am hoping that I can bring the kids over to my parents house for a few hours at some point. Then, being kid free, Steve & I can together tackle some of this crap. Even if we could just get the 1st floor done & maybe get a couple loads of laundry in, that would be a huge help.

Steve has resorted to extortion with the laundry. I am SOOOOO excited over our plans to finish the basement. We are all ready to begin. Just need to go and order the wood & sheetrock to get started. HOWEVER, he has said he is not starting anything down there until I get all the laundry done. UGH!!!! Dirty little tactics he has!

So, I need to get my badongakonk on. This is a phrase a friend has been using quite a bit. Apparently, for those that do not listen to country music, it means I think getting your ass in gear! So, we will see if I can get this done today. At least something!

New Year, New Day...Old Me!

Well, happy 2009! After a wonderful NYE spent at home with my family & wonderful friends, we welcome in another new year. My "new beginning" srarted w/ going to bed around 3am. My wonderful hubby & friends who spent the night let me sleep till 10:15 & gave me a fantastic breakfast of eggs, pancakes, bacon & sausage! Another bonus to New Years Day is it is my birthday. Considered this a birthday treat. Until I blinked & all of a sudden it was 4:00! This is why I hate sleeping in. The day was gone. I don't even know how. All I know is this. My house was a disaster, my kitchen (which had actually been cleaned up by my good friend Amy the night before) was trashed again & I had not done a thing. One word, UGH!

I have been doing a bit of research lately on how to organize my home, my life, etc. Has great advice for others, but nothing that clicks for me. Something about getting boxes & putting in what you want in one, what you don't want in another, yada, yada, yada. I would be left with two boxes sitting on the floor of my kitchen filled with things that I will throw out one day but can't do it now. Another website did suggestions to do more time management. They suggest cutting down playdates, not going out much during the day & "scheduling" time with the kids. What? Yeah, not interested in that either. *Sigh*.

So, I am still stuck here, unorganized, frazzled, having the desire to "declutter" but no ideas or motivation to do it. I do wonder if maybe taking just one room a day, and completely cleaning & organizing, if that would work.Now, literally, doing ONE room a day, would take 12 days. Now, we have not even talked about closets. But, by the time I am done, will the other rooms have become disarrayed again? Yup, who am I kidding!

So, tomorrow, I will try to do a bit & hope that it does not get trashed again by the evening. Hopefully, get a couple loads of laundry done, maybe even put them away too! Good to have goals. Very good. Just take it one day at a time. Best I can do :)