Raining

I hate to complain about the rain. I've been wishing it would rain all summer and we've only had an occasional drizzle. We need the rain, but...
Today is my wedding anniversary and to celebrate we have tickets to see one of our favorite bands at an outdoor venue...

Decluttering

I vowed that this summer I would finally declutter our home, but so far its been so chock full of baseball games and other summer activities that I haven't had the time or energy. Last night I finally got started...I cleaned out the linen closet...haven't done that in several years...two huge bags of garbage and two boxes of stuff to donate/garage sale later...I know it is only one closet out of the whole house, but I feel a huge sense of accomplishment. I can hardly wait to go home tonight and tackle something else...
This decluttering is so necessary, I think we own everything we've recieved/bought for our children since they were born (now 5 and 7)...We are hoping to paint and move all of the bedrooms around in the next couple of months and I refuse to move clutter....especially when it could be useful to someone else... I'm praying that I can stay motivated and find the time and energy to keep working on this...