purging

i've been purging. not the bad kind. the good kind. i guess spring cleaning happened a little late for me this year.

1. i cleaned out my closet - five garbage bags of clothes. i haven't even looked at my shoes yet. cleaning out your closet is like oxygen for your lungs. it feels so good. my closet usually organized, color coded & seperated by workout clothes (yes - a whole rack of these, they are my everyday clothes too), going out clothes (dinners, weddings & wanting to take it up a notch for the mr.) and then everyday clothes. They were all on wooden hangers but found myself buying more plastic hangers - i was getting new clothes and getting rid of nothing. ahhh....

2. i cleaned out my pantry & made a list of dinner ideas that i taped to the door with the food we have in the pantry. it's all organized just the way i like it.

3. I took all the outdoor furniture and washed it in preperation for winter. it makes me a little sad that we were so busy this summer that we didn't even have one day where we sat on our deck and chit chatted over a couple bottles of beer. we did however get to see a lot of friends and family that we hadn't seen in a long time - and that always feels good.

4. i cleaned out the garage - and even scrubbed the floors w/ clorox outdoor cleaner. i took a putty knife and scraped up the oil. it really was the last thing that needed to be done in the house for me to feel like we were finally moved in. it felt so good when i was done.

the moral of the story - is that less is more. more seems like fun for a little while - but then it becomes overwhelming and you start to forget what's really important. love, safety, family, good healthy food, my camera & a treadmill are about all this girl needs to be really happy - well ok - the internet too - i could live with out it - i just don't ever ever want to.