Finding the Happy, One Space at a Time
I can be grumpy. Honest, I know it's hard to believe, but I can be. Like when I wake up and my hair looks like Carrot Tops, or my cats won't leave my feet until I feed them and I practically trip on them on my way to get caffeine, well, I guess I could be a bit grumpy.
As a child my parent's called me Oscar the Grouch and even put an Oscar sticker on my door. Who can be pleasant when you have to wake up at some horrid hour for school... I mean, get real. I'm now a sometimes, but now often grumpy mommy to a sometimes, but not often grumpy 6 year old boy. We just get grumpy when we wake up, when we are hungry, when we step in cat vomit, when we are constantly tripping over the clutter in our home. The cat vomit I can deal with, after all, my two cats give me so much love, cuddles and purrs that they more than make up for a little vomit every now and then. But the clutter, oh the clutter. I am not the most organized individual around. I want to be. I strive to be. I have boxes and bins, a label maker, piles that need to be donated, sold or thrown out. Oh yes, I want to be organized. But alas, my house is a disaster. So this blog is my journey to say goodbye to grumpies by organizing my home, my life and having more fun. Who wants to join me?
The first step is to be real, and that is to show some of the mess to all of you. GULP, yup, I will share the mess, one step at a time. I don't think you need to see how my hair looks in the morning, or what the bathroom looks like after my 6 year old son is done with it (he's still working on learning to lift the seat and flush the toilet... but I'm sure you don't need a visual on that.)
So I'll start where the magic happens, um, you know, where I will be writing this blog for the time being, my "desk" area:
Also known as the kitchen peninsula... see, I have my laptop, camera, grumpy boys kindergarten homework, an old scratch ticket, pink elephant, Easter card that I forgot to mail... you know, important things like that. And the beautiful flowers add a nice touch, don't you agree? Much better than real ones that die after a few days.
I won't overwhelm you with more views of my cluttered home, since we are just meeting today. I don't want to scare you away. So a nice view of my 3' x 5' space will do for now.
On a more serious note, I decided to start this blog to try to hold myself accountable in my efforts to make my house a home as well as add more happiness to my life. This past year has been a rough one for my family, we've lost my stepbrother, stepdad and my dad passed away just a few months ago. It's been all too easy to just overlook clutter and spend my days being sad and grumpy. I have a wonderful home and a sweet little 6 year old boy who is a sure cure for grumpies part of the time (hey, he is 6 you know, he's not always happy!). With spring arriving it's time to get out there and enjoy the days and enjoy coming home to a relaxing, happy environment. Clutter can really overtake your life and add another type of stress. There are days that I look at all I have to do and feel defeated and grumpy! I hope you'll join me on my journey to say Goodbye Grumpies! My first step will be to tackle the peninsula, and keeping it real by remembering Goodbye Grumpies moments from each day. Here goes...
Today's Goodbye Grumpies moments:
So many happy faces when I dropped my son off at school today.
Today is career day and the excitement at school was contagious.
My adorable cat came running to meet me at the door when I arrived home
The sun is shining
I finally started this blog!
