This is what I've been up too.... Christmas is down and put away and the house is getting a good cleaning and I always like the clean slate after taking all the Christmas down. The house smells like lemons and everything is sparkling. This is too when I like to re-decorate and shuffle things around through out the house. Make it fresh and new. Find new homes for things I put away for awhile. The best thing to do is clear off everything and start fresh. Maybe put away some things or a lot of things. Then you have a fresh slate and it's very budget friendly. It's fun too! Well if you like that kind of stuff. Give it a try! I remember as a young girl I use to move my bedroom furniture around weekly and that use to drive my folks crazy...of course I did end up with a double hernia...gee I wonder why! Ha! ha! I know mom that's not funny! LOL But I never out grew it and it's a good way to contain those shopping impulses we girls tend get.

Keeping it real! This is the type of cleaning I hate! It's a bad, bad word L.A.U.N.D.R.Y. it spells waste my day and not fun! Look at that sad wooden laundry basket..it's busting all out! It has seen better days. How many more baskets! Stop, no more...Please!

This is the fun things I've been doing...going to Caleb's indoor soccer games! I'm digging this! Caleb seems to like it too!

Look we are warm too! Cause there is snow still on the grounds out here!

Caleb's famous boot kicks!

Caleb's in control! These are so fast and fun to watch! I really love watching Caleb play soccer. You can tell he likes it too...it's such a release for him. Okay, I know I'm a soccer mom...so be it and proud of it, thank you very much! But this has been what I've been up too in the past week after Christmas and New Years. In between I've been watching my old movie channel on T.V. playing with all the kids new toys and games, going out to dinner with the family, playing with Angie's hair. Stopped eatting cookies cause I'm so sick of them by now! Hot chocolate is now taking my sweet tooth cravings. One, it's less filling and two, it's lower calories. See I have reasons! My favorite is staying in my jammies late Sunday and going to the late service. Then of course journaling like a crazy lady. Oh, and playing with the dogs new toys too with them of course.