Beautiful Fall Days

I love the fall, the crisp air, no humidity, warm sunshine, and the changing colors of the leaves. There isn't much that I don't like about the fall. While the fall represents an end to the year and the natural growth season, for me it represents a new beginning. The new school year starts, the heat in the house gets turned on, fires in the fireplace. I also love that I get this energized feeling to reorganize the house, declutter, and basically clean out. Maybe it is because the holidays are coming up and I need the house clean and straight for Thankgiving and Christmas. Maybe it is because we tend to spend more time in the house and I am now noticing all my junk laying around me in piles.

Last weekend I cleaned and decluttered my bedroom. Kenneth doesn't seem to pile things like I do and it was nice to go through all the piles of clothes all around the room. Not only did I fill three big green trash bags full but I also filled a white kitchen trash bag and tossed a full bag (at least) of trash. Boy did it feel good.

The girls have reclaimed their own rooms again too and we rearranged their furniture and Caroline set aside three boxes of toys to go in the attic. Allie is enjoying her big bed again and Caroline loves sleeping in the loft that we made from their bunkbeds.

I still have some reorganizing in Nicholas' room and I need to go through the stuff in the living room cabinets and in the utility room. Then my fall cleaning will be done.