Sunday, Cleaning Sunday

After a sleepless night, decided to tackle today head on. I wanted to get some things accomplished around the house that I have been putting off.  In a week where I felt that things are seemingly out of control I sought to create order and a sense of accomplishment.
I began with laundry, the seemingly never ending task in my house.  After that was started I set about cleaning the kitchen, loading the dishwasher and doing some advanced prep for dinner. The boys had a birthday party to attend (my husband took them) and I set to work. I reorganizing the boys’ clothes, sorting it into piles of donate, sell, hold onto, washed their winter stuff one last time and packed it away for another season, folded laundry, baked cupcakes for friends, did our banking and vacuumed.
My parents came for dinner and with the help of my mom I finished the laundry, bathed the boys and got them tucked into bed. I am pleased with what I accomplished but feel I could have done more. For now, I need to remind myself that conquering the clutter always makes me feel more at peace. Here’s hoping that with a shortened to do list and an organized home this week will be less hectic and more composed.