Getting Better

Luke is *finally* getting better! I'm so thankful! (I'm sure he is, too!) However, he has been awake an insane amount of time today! As is typical, I made a poor decision last night and stayed up watching Narnia by myself. (Great movie, BTW! Not for young kids, though, IMO.) So, I am completely exhausted and have fallen asleep several times today just sitting here at the computer. I can't wait to go to sleep. And I'm not staying up later than the kids tonight!

We go to NE for my grandpa's 80th birthday in less than 2 weeks. That's sure coming up quickly! We'll be driving there in one day, staying there 3 nights, spending the next night in a hotel to celebrate my birthday :D and heading home the next day. I'm looking forward to it. I know my parents are really anxious to see the kids. They want us to bring pictures, too. I'm so very bad about sending pics to the grandparents and it's not really fair to them because they see them so seldom and then not even get pics... But I'm *such* a procrastinator. Unfortunately, there are a lot of things that just don't get done: house cleaning, birthday cards or gifts, getting some of Katie's toys (that were gifts) out of their package, etc. I think the thing that causes the most stress and hassle for us, though, is the huge amount of clutter in our house. Many things don't have a home and the things that do don't get put back there. Ugh. There's typically so much that I get overwhelmed thinking about it and am not sure where to start. I worry that I can't do a good enough job cleaning. My anxiety and OCD affect my reaction to it, I know. I think I'd rather stop thinking about it now. DH and I are going to write down some thoughts and guidelines for us to follow, to help take care of and prevent the clutter. Let's hope it works!