spring cleaning w/ simple mom

Two posts today!! Don’t miss the final recap of Emma’s first day of preschool. It ended well. :)

I’m a day behind on the Simple Mom Spring Cleaning challenge, but I didn’t catch up on my Google reader until late last night. I’ll deal.

Spring cleaning is definitely something that we are going to do this year. Our house is unbelievably cluttered with junk, and it’s just time to get rid of it and start fresh.

We have actually been purging quite a bit …

And I have pictures ready of things to list on Craigslist. I’m really proud of Ken, because a lot of what we are finally getting rid of is stuff that he’s had for many MANY years. But the more we clean out, the happier we are. I need less clutter in my life – it’s just part of being me. And as we all know, a happy wife/mommy is a happy household.

So the Spring Cleaning challenge from Simple Mom came just at the right time. And can I just say that her before/after pictures are making me all giddy inside? Dude, her house looks like our house!! I’m not horribly inept at keeping a house clean – it’s totally normal to have piles of crap everywhere! Woohoo!!

Day One was called “A Clean Sweep”

The goal is to quickly sweep through your home, throw away trash, and toss items you no longer need or want into a box for later.

And that’s what I’ll be doing today. And yes, I’ll have some before/after pictures to share, because I am all about keeping it real.