From Lazy to Pantry

Luke has been dealing with Allergies this week and has required a lot of extra snuggling. That extra snuggling just so happens to interrupt my very rigid (HA) cleaning schedule. Since I am such a neat freak it physically pained me to pass up my chores for laying on the couch reading, BUT it was a sacrifice I was willing to make for my poor sick Lukie! Today was day 3 of the "great sacrifice"and Luke fell asleep next to me on the couch.

For the last 2 months I have been working diligently on removing ALL clutter from this house. Each week I have at least 2-4 bags of stuff ready to take to goodwill. I feel good about my progress, but still I feel weighed down by all that is left. Right in that moment I decided to take on the kitchen, and the pantry was the worst offender. 

I have realized through all this de cluttering that I could get rid of nearly everything we have, but if the remaining stuff didn't have its own designated spot it would all be for not. The age old saying "a place for everything and everything in it's place" has never been more true in my life!

An hour later everything I didn't feel belonged in the pantry was out and plans to remove the wire shelves and put in wood shelves were in full swing. 

I learned something about myself today that I had never before realized. Messes DO bother me (which is contrary to what I have been claiming for years) in fact they bother me to the point of paralysis. They overwhelm me to the point of exhaustion.

I also learned that I don't love learning things about myself because it almost always means I have work to do! HA