Well, first the progress from last week...  I did the reading assignment, tossed the trash throughout the house, and started gathering things for our yard sale.  We are having one in a couple of weeks, so this is perfect timing!  I am still in that process, trying to be very thorough and more ruthless than usual.  I expect to continue that part of the assignment throughout this "Spring Cleaning" time.  I think for me, this is really about nesting and wanting to be prepared and restful and peaceful when this little one arrives in a few months!  I have really made a great deal of progress in other unrelated areas, as well, which have been important for me and our family.  We've made a major dietary overhaul in the midst, as well, not to mention daily homeschooling.  It all feels very good, to drop into bed exhausted at night from being so productive!  I'm so thankful to the Lord that my body is cooperating in this stage of the pregnancy so I can do this.

As for this week, I have done the reading so far, and will be starting in the living room tonight or tomorrow.  I have been doing my scrapbooking there the last few weeks, so I am first working on the craft area to make it more workable.  That way, when I remove all of the scrapbooking things from the living room, they can go directly where they should in the craft area, rather than just being piled up somewhere in this process.  Like I said, I'm nesting, and trying to be careful and thorough this time around.  The progress in the craft area is going to be slow.  I keep too many things, and am working on purging that.  I have made some good progress in there today, and will continue until I can reasonably bring back in the things from the living room.  Then...I'll begin the work in the living room for this week's assignment.  I'm really looking forward to it!

Many thanks again to Crystal, at Biblical Womanhood, for the challenge to do this, and the accountability.  You can find her post for this week at:

http://biblicalwomanhoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/spring-cleaning-for-normal-people.html

And thank You, Lord, for the many blessing You bestow on my each day!  Thanks for Your faithfulness and grace to meet each moment.  Thank You for my family and our home.  I pray that this process will bless them and bring glory to You!!!