This is the fourth day in a row of continual snow... it's just drifting down, like icing sugar, light, white, cold crystalline... and i wouldn't mind if it had been winter until now, but we had seen the light at the end of the tunnel! Two weeks ago we were playing in the backyard without winter coats on, running, having fun... Now i'm back to Little Cabin Fever in the Rockies... sigh...
And spring has already sprung in my heart :)... I'm dying to paint a little in my house. The walls are that kind of paint that is really hard to clean (eggshell?) and i'd like to put something on that is easy to wipe clean - especially as some of the handprints will NOT come off - must have had greasy hands (sweet fat tiny little hands), but i've cleaned with Vim, and that usually gets anything clean, but not my walls... sigh...
I've been decluttering around the house and haven't gotten to the jackets yet - there is one that i will be retiring this year and so sad to see it go... the inlaws bought a little snow suit (pants and jacket) for Luther when he was little - and he wore it, and Anaia wore it, and Ulysses wore it, but i had to bleach it this year, and it won't come clean anymore... it's such a nice warm little jacket, and so cute and cheery (bright yellow) but it's really horrible looking now...still...
Anaia has a fever today - so she's asleep in my bed, Haven is taking Mielle up to cuddle on her bed -the boys are free of homeschool now and flown downstairs to play their four person video game FINALLY :) - i'm trying to get us back to a routine where the electronics don't come on until all the school work (and music) is done... It seems like so much work to get them reined in after such a long hiatus...
The decluttering i'm getting excited about. Only thing is, i don't have anyone to give things to that are still good - nobody to give hand me downs to that lives here... I can mail things, or wait till we visit, but by then, will they be outgrown? Or, knowing me, forgotten at home (oh yes, option #2 sounds most likely to me...)
Anyway, i shouldn't complain - i have a good husband, lots of fun homeschool stuff to finish off with, fun little children, a warm house, good books, and supper on the stove starting to smell good (www.foodtv.com!!!)
just a little restless today...
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Posted by Anonymous 
• Apr. 21, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Wanna trade places for a week?
My plan for the kids clothing is to hang 5 or 6 days worth of outfits up together in order that they need to wear them. Of course, this means all the laundry has to be caught up by Saturday afternoon.
My sister in law has done this since she started having kids and she is oh-so organized all the time.
My mil suggested it when she was here, because my kids are incapable of putting together matching tops and bottoms on their own and really don't care what they look like. I really only notice when we are headed out the door and realize what a rag tag bunch we are! My 6 yo son stresses about getting dressed in the morning, so I'm hoping this will help his mornings go smoother too.
I'll let you know how it works.