Good morning, friends. Things are a bit off kilter around these parts. We are having a nice long weekend spending time together which has meant little to no blogging until this morning. I am in the long process of decluttering our house. The girls and I do this every fall and it is time. Donation bags, trash bags and stuff strewn everywhere.
I am also in the process of recognizing I need to make some big changes in my life in many areas. My blog may fall to the wayside during this transition. I will strive to still post a couple times a week, and maybe I can somehow include what all is going on within the blog.
But for now I am headed back into the fray. Weeding out chaff from the wheat. Culling and purging. Wish us luck!
How was your weekend? Do you do an annual "spring cleaning?"
This is exciting to hear, I am having a similar awakening. <3 Emptying my apartment after 12 years without any prior purges has been an eye opener. The closing on my apartment has been moved to the end of the month and in the meantime I continue to sort through old things and think about 2019.
ReplyDeleteJean!!! Been thinking about you!!! I was in my closet where I keep my wax and wax packing up scents that I won't be melting until next fall (since we are moving this summer) and I was freaked out. I barely made a dent in the pile and it was already filling a huge tub. When I get to the bathroom cabinets I am going to faint I bet. LOL! How is your process going? Are you feeling peace about it? I find myself thinking about 2019 a lot. It will be a huge year for change for our whole family. I am going to use it to make better changes for myself too. praying the same for you my dear friend. <3
DeleteI have made my bedroom at my mom's house my home base since Thanksgiving and my anxiety level has been down. The environment back at my apartment building was more like a dorm in terms of noise from neighbors. Although there were things I liked, overall I am at peace with the decision. The sale continues to be delayed because of the lender but I trust it will happen and then I can focus on what's next.
DeleteI hope you're all well and nothing real big and bad is going on. Hope for good things, happy things or things you can work through. <3 <3
ReplyDeleteHow frequently or infrequently you're able to blog, I'll still be here. I imagine most of us hang around. ;)
I don't make a point of a deep clean, but have moved a lot in the past 10 years, so I'm constantly going through my stuff as I have to pack up again. But, now with the baby kids getting older, I really need to go through baby clothes and stuff that we won't ever use again. Hang onto whatever if my sisters ever become moms or resell/consign/donate whatever else.
I don't like hanging onto too much unnecessary pile up around the home.
And our weekend was good, we visited some dear family on my husband's side Friday to Monday. Long, overdue visits. It was nice to relax, visit and have a change of scenery from the daily life.
Thank you so much, April!! Nothing bad, just life changing. We are moving next summer so we spent the weekend looking at neighborhoods and talking to a realtor. There were tears from me, tears from Savanna, and tears all around (except Scarlette- she is a trooper). It is a big change for us all but we all know in our hearts it will be for the best.
DeleteThank you for the kind words about the blog. I truly love to do it. It does take considerable time though. And sometimes I am spent after a full day at work, then cooking then chores then trying to fit in quality family time too. But I also love the virtual chronicle of our lives that I can look back on with this platform.
I don't like hanging onto clutter either. Almost to the detriment since I toss everything: yearbooks, artwork, gadgets. But in the end it helps me keep my sanity.
How nice you got some family time in!! My husband's mom, dad and aunt are coming up to visit us this coming weekend. No change of scenery but it will be nice.
Well, moving is definitely exciting and life changing for sure! I hope all goes well. Have fun with it. <3
DeleteWe did our first ever house hunting about 3 years ago. Took us awhile to find our home, but we did it. ;) lol
Moving is a nightmare, even when it's for the best, so I sympathize a lot. Hopefully, you'll be able to organize everything the best way possible (as far as I can judge looking from outside, you have a talent for organizing), and then you'll have both more time and more new inspirations for your blog.
ReplyDeleteHave a pleasant weekend with your in-laws!
Thank you! It really is an uprooting of sorts. I am hoping to put my love of organization to use for sure. I need to start picking up some Rubbermaid containers and sorting. I really do still enjoy blogging and hope I can keep up with it during this transition. It would be fun to see how different the blog will look once we move since I do take so many photos in my home. <3
DeleteAw, I'm really sorry to hear that you're stepping back a bit - I love to read your thoughtful words and admire your beautiful pictures. But as I think you said to Jay, and I reiterated, if you're not feeling something, whatever that something is, perhaps it's just the natural end, or beginning of the end, of that thing. Our interests change and morph all the time, and nothing stays static, not even our blogs. Having not done any nail art in about a month and moving over almost exclusively to posts about my trip, I really have no idea what my blog is even about any more - I'm in flux as well. I hope we can find our way out of the fogginess.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm also all about that de-cluttering, do it a few times a year, actually, but I've learned to be quite careful while winging garbage bags of clothes about - ALWAYS check to make sure your $400 watch is not snagged on the sleeve of a holey sweater that you blithely throw in the garbage! Yeah, prior to that I had never owned such an expensive piece of jewelry, and I never have again! This is totally why I can't have nice things. :)
I am hoping it is only temporary but right now it is more necessity than anything. I just don't have the time or energy with everything else going on. You are right about the flux. But I guess that is the cool thing about a blog is that it is a type of journal that catalogues our life shifts.
DeleteOh my goodness!!! That is so sad!! I hate that you lost something so valuable. I try to make sure the girls aren't throwing away things like that too (no they don't have $400 watches, but I think you know what I mean).
Hi, Jay here, not on my usual device so I don't know which profile will show up. I love the succession of your photos, from angelic to silly sisters, really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you're going through a natural blogging shift, moving, especially at this point in the girls' lives is bound to be tough, but I know you'll manage it with grace. You know your friends will always check in no matter how often you post. Even if I can't as much as I'd like I would miss our interactions if you went completely radio silent, and I'm thankful it doesn't look like that will occur anytime in the near future:)
But hey, enjoy the 1-2 times a week blogging or whatever feels right, the blogwater is much warmer at a relaxed pace.;) And best of luck w/the house shopping, that's mighty exciting.
P.S. Google made this near impossible w/mobile synching. Apologies if I end up posting this comment 10 times, I'll catch up with newer posts when I have better access<3
It is a natural change of season and I am excited and nervous to see what it holds. I kind of want to blog the experience but I want to see how it unfolds. Thank you for your kind words. It means a lot to me. It makes me sad to think about disappearing completely so I will try my best to not let that happen.
DeleteYou are certainly right about it being more chill when I don't pressure myself to post everyday. I tend to get slightly OCD and feel the need to post more often than I really should. I have enjoyed this slower pace the last few weeks.