Hi.
OK, so my life isn’t necessarily a mess.
I’ve got a great hubby, who has been more than patient with my crazy schedule these last few weeks…
Adorable (most of the time) kids…
Miracle moment of the night - they aren't fighting!!
Really cute shoes (that don’t hurt my feet!)…
Great friends (Hi Trisha!) who throw great birthday parties — even if you fall asleep during cake and presents…
And a job I am loving.
Bonus: My marathon training is going great (despite skipping the gym this morning…shhhh) and we are leaving for vacation in ONE WEEK! YAY!
But something’s gotta give, right? I present to you with my mess (and this is just half of it)…
When we put in the new floors we moved EVERYTHING to our guest room. Apparently it’s staying for an extended vacation.
Ok, so I COULD be going through this CRAP right now. Sorting it. Throwing masses and masses of toys away. But I’m sitting here writing this post and watching for SYTYCD to start. Clearly my priorities are in order.
Actually, we are hiding our crap right now (seriously, right of the house is pretty empty – it’s wonderful) because we don’t have anywhere to PUT this stuff.
Despite being pretty Type A about everything else in my life – organization is not my strong suit. Actually, I’m one of those weird people who seems absolutely cluttered, but I know where everything is. And I put it there for a purpose. Except right now is a LITTLE too messy for my tastes. Yes mom, even THIS is stressing ME out.
I’m hoping to find some solutions this weekend. Maybe some big baskets where I can hide the toys we do keep (Oh yeah – there’s going to be a MAJOR toy throw away) and help rein in the tornado of life.
I hope I can show you pictures of my perfectly organized house soon.
A girl can always dream.
What’s your secret to organizing and keeping your house/apartment clean?? Oh, and does anyone own a Shark Vac-n-Steam or the Bissell version? I’m trying to decide which one to buy!!
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Try sorting the stuff into piles.
Things you want to toss
Things you want to sell / donate
Things you want to keep
Once you have a plan, then it’s not so overwhelming. Good luck!
You can do it!
and taking some time to yourself is never a bad thing.. just try and do a bit of it tomorrow (and maybe not aim to get it ALL done). I feel you though…I just reigned my house in, but it definitely needs a good going through. It was starting to really gett to me. Good luck, I’ll send you good vibes. 
We have a designated clutter room that I walk by everyday…and I act like it doesn’t exist, nose in the air style! I have a guest coming to stay with us this weekend, so we’ll see if it’s enough to motivate me to clean. Hm.
And thanks again for your kind words, means a lot.
Good luck sorting and cleaning!
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I would agree with Amy’s comments. Organize piles..keep the piles only to 3…work from there. BTW…will I have a bed if I want to come stay the night? How’s the rug hunting doing? If you need some help..give me a call, I’ll come down and throw everything away!! Seriously, you can do this. Keep Amy’s list close.
Oh gosh. I think everyone has a place to “hide things” haha. You have such a busy life with such a cute family, i would give yourself a break. but i know it is soo hard to do that. i don’t know about you but i try to clean on the weekend and then during the week things just become such a mess! good luck!
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I am a very superficial cleaner. I rarely do any big cleaning. I do just enough for things to look organized and relatively clean. LOL
I try to remember the other stuff matters more.
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Yes — the other things ARE definitely more important
I just need to get all of my crap hidden and one place = then I think I’ll be OK!
Hey, if those toys are usable and in OK shape, donate them to Goodwill, I saw a plea for toys in one of their stores.
Oh yeah – definitely. There are some toys that just need to be thrown out though!
I feel your pain. We moved into our house 3 years ago and I feel like I’m still unpacking sometimes. I’m an organized person by nature so having clutter and stuff hanging around can really annoy me. My advice is to set the timer for 15 or 20 minutes, and go in the room and organize or clean or whatever until the timer goes off. That way you don’t get overwhelmed but you feel like you got something done. Just my two cents. Good luck!!
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I NEED to do this. I also have to be home to do it
I’m hoping for a big clean out on Sunday *fingers crossed*
In preparation for my move I went from a total pack rat to total minimalist. It was hard. REALLY hard, but so rewarding. I have zero tips other than GO NUTS and have no regrets ahaha
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I REALLY want to do this. And I think I’m gonna. I’m done with the junk!!
That is such a great picture of you at the top! I wish I had secrets to keeping my apt organized, but truth is that unless we have company, it’s not!
Also, I think I’m a dunce, but I can’t figure out how to add your blog to my google reader (which I never tried before until you mentioned it in one of your comments and I am SO glad I am using it now – it’s SO much easier!)
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Thank you! Yeah, having company is the best reason to clean
Hmmm…did you click “Add subscription” (top left) and then type in crazyrunninglegs.com? It should work – let me know if you doesn’t!
Sorry for the delay in writing back! (I was out of town this weekend). So, I think I figured out that it was my internet browser. I can subscribe from Internet explorer but not Google Chrome. I seem to have this problem with about 1/3 of the blogs I read. Interesting…
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