I am getting into my new routine and cleaning schedule implemented at the beginning of the year and loving it.  My old routine and cleaning schedule was working ok, and we were getting by, but the new schedule is a breeze and such a blessing.  Hubby has even noticed things are moving more smoothly in the household.  It's nice to see it happening, but even more so when it is noticed by Matthew and commented upon!!!

Noah is doing better at nap time now that we have a better schedule going, and have moved his nap time from 1 to 2 pm.  Not sure why....but for some reason at 1, he would lay down and whine and talk and play for an hour and not get any rest until 2 anyway.  I have learned I need to be more flexible instead of "this is the way it is and deal with it" about naptime.  Now he lays down, sleeps for 1 1/2-2 hours and is ready for the rest of the day and not so overtired and grumpy for the evenings.  (Which makes time with daddy really hard when he is like that!)

I love the house when it is cleaned and organized.  Clean....check....Organized.....getting there.  LOL  There are still several closets, and drawers that I need to get sorted out and straightened up.  I am trying to decide now whether I want to have a garage sale (extra stress and time, and I hate people filtering through my belongings!) and making a little bit of money,or to donate it to the Thrift Shop and Women's Shelter.  I am also having a hard time of dealing with all Noah's clothing he has outgrown.  I keep hanging on to it thinking we will have another baby, and if it is a boy, I will have all these nice things for him.  But on the other hand, there is a dear friend at church who has a young baby, and giving these clothes to her for Isaac would be such a blessing to her and to me as well.  I need to pray about it and see what God wants me to do with them.  Right now, they are just boxes of clutter upstairs in the corner of a bedroom that is already too full and cluttered already!!!

Matthew isn't too helpful when it comes to decluttering unfortunately.  LOL He comes from a family of absolute overboard packrats!  He isn't nearly as bad as his mother and father, but close.  LMSO  So, I am working on him in little baby steps.  My first step, has been and still is to get rid of something so rediculous you will all laugh about it.  The first step is to get rid of some of the clothing he has in the closet that he never wears.....wait..........let me correct that.  HE HAS NEVER WORN!!!  LOL  Years ago, before we met, someone gave him some church clothes.  One suit is really nice but way too small.  The other two are polyester leisure suits with the gold buttons that make you look like you are to be on a yacht.  LMSO  I kid you not, they are hilarious looking.    I don't sneak things out of the house, because I promised him I wouldn't.  We have talked about it, and I wouldn't want him doing that to me, so I will not do that to him.  That is a simple lesson in respect and love.   But I have asked him several times to go through the closet with me and always has an excuse to not do it.  I have even asked him if he would simply sit on the bed while I go through it, hold certain items up and wait for him to say yes or no.  I would box or bag the unwanted items and take them out of the house myself.  But he says, not today hunny every time.  UGH! 

On the other hand though, Matthew made a committment to me last night, without me bringing up the conversation that he will commit to spend a few hours each day ont he weekends on painting and changing out electrical stuff in the upstairs bedrooms so we can move up there and use the bedrooms down here for a craft room, and a toy room.  YIPEEEEEEE!!  We have most of the wall paint done anyway.  We just need to paint 2 doors, and 2 windows in Noah's room, and he needs to do some electrical work done on the outlets and the switch plate.  We have also been thinking of installing a ceiling fan in his room, but not sure we can afford this just yet until tax money comes in or if Matthew gets some more overtime.  It sure is handy to have a hubby that can do this work himself instead of hiring someone else to get it done though (even if it does take MUCH longer than expected to get it done. LOL)

Ok, I have been putting off tidying up (by writing this blog) the front room long enough.  The front room looks like a toy store blew up in here.  LMSO  I need to straighten up a bit before Matthew comes home, and get some spaghetti on the stove to cook. YUM.