In the beginning was a mess....

I have been a slob my whole life.... really, MY WHOLE LIFE!!! I was happy in just tossing things and leaving them where they landed. My motto as a kid was "why clean my room when there is a whole world out there to enjoy?". As I grew older-there was always something else to do. Then I got married. My husband was also a slob so it worked out great! Our house was a disaster, but who were we hurting?? Well, in a way, we were hurting ourselves. Shame from the status of our home kept us from having friends over and at times made us frustrated and caused us to fight. Then our daughter came into the world! More stuff, more mess. Then I got pregnant with our son. Around the 7th or 8th month, something strange happened--I started nesting! I was obsessed with organization. I could not get enough of it! I would lie awake at night thinking about what I could clean next. After he was born I thought the nesting would leave...and it did-sort of. Our house returned to a messy state as I was figuring out how to care for 2 kids instead of 1. But deep inside of me was a voice. The voice of the clean freak I had become during pregnancy. So, here I am. With a goal. I want to organize and clean my entire house and rid it of all useless items. I want to reduce the amount of stuff we have. So, I am going to blog this experience in hopes that it will give courage to the other slobs out there who long to be neat freaks. Wish me luck---I'm gonna need it.