I did it!

Wow, I actually cleaned it all out. I just finished putting away all those clothes. I also worked on my laundry room. I got stuff out of there that I hadn't seen in forever! All those clothes that get left out after you've packed up one season's clothes, all the socks that have tragically lost their mate, all the hats, gloves, and leotards that don't fit and don't have a home have found a home at last. It is amazing! Now, no one can get the stomach virus and I cannot have an exceptionally busy day or it won't stay like this. I need it to stay like this. Two days of sifting through massive amounts of clothes are too many to just let it all go once it gets crazy around here (which could be right about now!) I am actually looking at ways to get better organized. Not that I am totally disorganized, but I could be a thousand times better. I love it when things are organized and cleaned. It makes me feel so much better. I am currently looking at the Sidetracked Home Executives (SHE) system. I don't know what is the best way for me, but I will be trying my best to find out before someone gets the stomach virus!!

What to do on an Icy Day?

The weather man is saying it is going to be an icy mess here soon. So far, we just have alot of cold rain coming down. So, my dilemma is: should I make my girls do school even if our local schools are closed or should I use this time to attempt an organizational challenge? My closet looks like a clothes bomb has gone off. It reminds me of those bottles that have confetti pop out when you pull the string, only with clothes. Part of the problem is that my husband and I had dropped some sizes in clothes and had given the stuff we couldn't wear anymore to charity. Now, though, we have both added a size and now we have clothes we can't wear mixed with a few clothes that we actually still fit into. It makes us both so sad:O( As we try on our clothes that don't fit the way they should, we leave them off the hangers and in the baskets on the floor. So, now we can hardly get into the closet to find the clothes that do fit. This mess was really exacerbated on Saturday when I put a basket full of clean clothes that I didn't have time to fold in there! I really need to get in there and clean it out. It is the energy and true desire to do it that I lack. I will try to learn how to post pictures in the next few days so you all can see what I am talking about. Hopefully, I will have a couple of snow days to do school and get to my closet. Oh, Lord give me strength!!

Take care!

Samantha

Hawaiian Themed Party

*** UPDATE*** The party went really well and we had a lot of fun!!

Saturday will be L's 7th birthday party. She is so excited. She is my only child with a winter birthday. This one presents more problems than the three summer ones. We are having a Hawaiian themed party inside, because of course indoors is exactly what comes to mind when you think Hawaii, right?

There will be 13 children and a couple of pre-teens/teens there. I actually worry less about them because they will sit around and text each other the whole time anyway!

We are having fruit kebabs, child-friendly pina coladas, sandwiches on Hawaiian bread, Hawaiian pizzas, chips and dip, cake and ice cream. We are playing pass the coconut, a match the Hawaiian words with their English meaning game, guess the number of flip flops in a jar, and we are making grass skirts. I am hoping to find something to teach us the hula so we can all do it together. I'll have to let you know how it all goes. There is so much to do and time is running out!

I would love to hear any ideas for this indoor Hawaiian party (but hurry I only have a couple of planning days left).

God Bless.

Samantha

Who's on the World Wide Web

Welcome to my blog. I have been thinking about blogging for a while and finally decided to just do it! The name for the blog comes from what you see when you look into the closets at our house. With four girls, we have LOTS of PINK!

I don't know how many other women out there can relate to what I am about to say; but I bet there are a few. As I get older I realize that the woman I thought, in my teens and early 20s, that I would become is very little like the woman I actually am.

I thought I would give birth completely naturally; have an organic garden; bake gorgeous homemade goodies everyday; make creative crafts with my children everyday; have a home and children that look like they are straight out of a Pottery Barn catalog; be incredibly involved in community and charity events; and I would have it completely together all the time!

I have to say that although I have so many areas I would love to change and improve about myself, I am exhausted just thinking about all the things I thought I would do! The truth is: I had c-sections. I am planning my first organic garden for this spring (I even have a compost pile). I do love to bake. I also love to eat. If I bake it, I eat it (not good for my waist line). I like to do crafts too; but they get expensive and messy fast!! My children don't look like Pottery Barn kids. They are way more gorgeous, even without brushed hair and clothes that match! We live in our house, so it bears no resemblance to Pottery Barn at all! I am involved in our church and that's about it. I certainly do not feel like I have it together very often at all. I hope to improve in many ways; but for now this is me.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you come again soon!! Take care!

God Bless!

Samantha