Clearing out the Junk

All last week I mostly cleaned and purged my house of stuff. I think a key factor for me being happy in a small house is keeping the stuff to a minimum. We have an over crowded house and since I can't get rid of any people I'm getting rid of the stuff. I've DI'd tons of stuff and sold things on Craigslist and this is only the beginning! It feels so good. My main big project is the garage. It is so overly crowded I can't wait until it's clean and organized. Mostly I need to get Scott to get rid of some of his stuff, he tends to collect things and hold onto things. I also want him to build some more shelves in there as well.

We got the rest of the carpet in on Tuesday. Getting new carpet is a great time to rethink about what's worth putting back. I'm now used to my new carpet and I love it! It feels like we are in a brand new home. It's great. Plus it helps that I've been in serious manic mode and have been cleaning like crazy. It is lookin' good. The kids were total couch potatoes this week. Between the poor air quality and my cleaning mission there weren't too many alternatives. Oh well, I figure it's the last week of summer vacation so enjoy while you can.

I finished up with my fitness classes at the park. They wanted me to continue doing it and I almost did but then I decided I didn't want to do it anymore. I didn't want to feel pressured into doing it longer than I wanted to. I did that for 2 months and it was fun. Another girl in the group is going to continue on the workouts so that will be great.

School starts tomorrow. Gabby will be going to Kindergarten. She seems excited but nervous and scared as well. Wish us luck!

The kids slept on their mattresses Monday night because we had to clear out all the furniture for new carpet. 

I wanted patio furniture but I didn't want to spend a lot of money so I found some things at thrift stores and with some vision from my sister in law Jory voila', patio furniture. 

We decided we didn't want to move back Scott's ugly giant desk back into the office so I went on the hunt and came home an hour later with this beauty. I got it for $30 at a thrift store and it's real wood! It's super nice and awesome! Score. I also found a shoe rack at DI for $5. My closet is starting to look more clean and organized!

We did do one last end of summer, impromptu late night trip to Sonic for half price shakes.

Hart and Jory gave us their old mini trampoline. It works perfectly in our small backyard. Ryan's already sporting a big goose egg from it.