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Wow!  Alright, so I had to wait a bit since my last blog before I started posting anything because I had to see if this was going to actually stick.  For about 2 - 3 weeks now, I have been working to get through my house, the kids too!, and get it in order and not just liveable - but in a place where it is HOME!!!  I told you last time, I would share this process with you - one I've been struggling with for some time - and that there might even be pictures (EEEK!!) .  Now, I know that there are still some of you who still aren't understanding why I've struggled with keeping my house in order and that's okay.  My guess is, you're a cleanie, which is great!  But I've found, as I share this more and more, that there are some who struggle with this process - yes, some because they have too much stuff or are choosing to be lazy and not address it - but there are also some of us who struggle with it as if it's almost a mental block, like there is something ther...

Summer is over and it's back to school!  I took a hiatus from blogging.... okay, okay, so I'm not consistent at it to start with, but I have faith you'll forgive me :-)  (check out my past blog on forgiveness if you're struggling with forgiving me!)   This summer surfaced a very interesting and unexpected confession and the marked the start of a new adventure for me and the kids in our house! It was a crazy summer... and in my life, crazy is most often synonymous with good - which in this case holds true!  First off, for those of you in the who do not reside in the Colorado area and may not be aware, Colorado was on fire this summer - literally!  There were so many wild fires it was insane; and the record breaking heat played a large part in that.  So here we were, the kids and I, home with temperatures breaking 100 multiple days in a row, no AC , and multiple wildfires within a 30 mile radius of the house.  This situation = bad news for anyone's lun...