End of Month Changeover Time

I didn´t get to blog today (that kind of day) but am happy that I know what I am going to write about for the next two days – tomorrow will be an update of my Monthly Goals and Friday a fashion post inspired by Kirwin- In Search of My Signature Style.

Time to be reflective again and also to move forward in decluttering my wardrobe and getting myself in a good head place to enjoy clothes and style again. Its a little strange after months and months of the same jeans, tops and winter coat to think about other options.

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Finished!

The stuff under the blanket is now all gone! Relocated to correct homes or in the trash. I have another big blue bag of rubbish to sneak out to the communal bins on the weekend!

Master 4´s room is now free of my negative energy and I finished my EDIT for this week too

Plans for the weekend

- repack hospital bag
- write some last minute letters
- write instructions for husband re kids, school and kindergarten
- sort out and wash remaining baby clothes brought up from cellar today
and
- BLOG something more positive and happy!

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GRRRRR

I Want to Break Free- Queen

I am on strike!

I sent this email to a girlfriend this morning:

“I am in a really crappy mood right now! The house is such a mess and once again C does nothing to help. I have decided though that I am just going to leave it – I will continue to do the dishes, make meals, clean the kitchen and I will make sure all the washing and folding is up to date when I leave Sunday night (for the hospital), but I am not picking up a thing more off the floor, cleaning the floors or even asking anyone else to do it.

When they are out playing tennis most of the weekend (they have bookings on Saturday and Sunday) I am just going to rest and they can clean it all up once I am gone. I am so so sick of messy kids and husband. I am too pregnant to be picking things up, too pregnant to be grousing at people plus I still have some things to organise for myself and baby.

I am just looking at it all now, thinking I just don´t care. When they were away on the weekend, I made the house look perfect. They came home to a lovely meal and clean house on Monday night. By the time I returned from the hairdresser on Wednesday afternoon it was a pigsty again- everyone drops clothes all over the floor, shoes, toys, newspapers, books, sporting equipment. “

So, its not just MY clutter that does my head in – MY clutter is at least concealed – lol, under blankets, in cupboards, in boxes, in storage – I really do try to keep the house clean and inviting. I am currently finishing with the stuff in son´s room in between computer surfing breaks .

However, I am finished for now. God knows what I will come home to at the end of next week. Hopefully it will just make my husband look bad, not me.

I am tired of being the only one who cares. I am trying to teach my children to care, but what is the point when their father never once asks them to tidy up after themselves.

And I have spoken to him about this numerous times, what my expectations are for tidiness and what expectations there are for us as a family to work together to be tidy – its not like I am bearing this all stoically. I have asked him to ask the kids to pick up. I have asked him to pick up his own things and things the kids have dropped. 

Now that I have vented, back to my decluttering…

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Changes…

Yay! There was a clothing collection on our street this morning and the three bags of clothes I had sorted out in March finally went (at least I hope when I go out later they are gone) – I wish there had been more to put out, however I will work on that over the next two weeks.

I am having a little bit of a blog personality crisis this week, so apologies if the colours and layouts seem to be changing every five minutes.

I will work something out over the next few hours I hope. I have just destroyed ALL my widgets and links as well and have to recreate them now!

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Boo Hoo!

I am still sick and exhausted, might even have got worse…. so I just wanted to check in quickly with my blog and say not much is happening in my life at the moment. I am too sick with my cold and cough to do any decluttering or organising which is not good. Looking after my two kids on my own during the week has not helped my recovery at all.

I do have a date for my c-section now though, which is April 17th- less than 3 weeks away now. Very happy, hoping to be fully healthy by then (long before then actually!) and ready to start the next phase of my life.

Hope I can be back blogging early next week

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Wordle Fun

Wordle blog cloud I made today for a little bit of Sunday fluff.

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5 Minutes For Mom´s UBP 2009

Being new to blogging, this is the first time I have done a “BlogParty” or in fact any kind of organised list or event.

I am always looking for new blogs to read so the lists will give me something to work through this weekend and how nice that is open to international people as well.

Party on Bloggers! and please join in!

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This party even has prizes! My top three picks would be:

• INTL 41 — $35 gift certificate to the vintage pearl
  Provided by: The Vintage Pearl
  Prize details: Pick out your own custom hand stamped piece, perfect for an early Mother’s Day gift!
• INTL 1 — Available to English speaking bloggers. Custom Basic Blog Design
  Provided by: Sweet ‘n Simple Design
  Prize Details: At Sweet ‘n Simple Design I believe that every woman’s blog should be as unique as she is! Every blog design is one of a kind.
• INTL 51 — Unique handmade necklace from blinkingmouse
  Provided by: Jodie
  Prize details: A beautiful, one of a kind handmade necklace in deep purple.

And if my top three picks are already chosen, I’d love any of the following: INTL 4, INTL 7, INTL 4, INTL 15, INTL 16 or anything to do with a new blog design.

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Thanks to Kirwin, on whose blog I saw this inspiring idea.

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Messy? I´m an Artist!

I liked this article I read recently from The Times, though written from a male point of view, I found myself described to a “T” here:

You see, my wife isn’t what I call “Hannibal Lecter tidy” – a polished exterior covering chaos within. She is concerned only that the parts of the house that you can see are free from clutter. Open a cupboard, however, and you risk death. A hotchpotch of socks, books, umbrellas, coats, dogs, cats, essential medicines, bits of the car, old computer monitors and DIY equipment teeters, threatening to spill over you like some giant metaphor for the repressions of the unconscious.

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