Day 13

Wow! Good thing I saw this today and not a couple days ago. Because this is the last thing I wanted to do on a long holiday weekend:

13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.

I suppose I should have, tho. But then again, I did do some of this on Friday. In fact I cleared a particularly stressful "clutter" from my life on Friday and I've felt tremendously great ever since. I guess I just needed that "closure" for letting "new and flowing energy into my life. And then I again "blew" on Sunday, clearing more clutter...I hope.

And then I moved on to get about halfway on a baby afghan, made to order for a new baby girl. And now that's the second project waiting for payday so I can get the materials to finish. So tonite I'll move on to cross stitch - a project that started when I lived in Florida. I'm hoping that now with a new prescription and the eye medication that I'm taking that I can get back to cross stitching. The projects are some that my best friend had started before she left us to be with the Lord. Her daughter asked me to finish them and I hope to finish them now by Thanksgiving for a great birthday surprise for her. Mary was the biggest Christian influence in my life and she was my very best friend. Her granddaughters adopted me right after the funeral. And so I am the proud GrandmaFlowers (another story) of three beautiful girls: Jessica, Melody, and Lauren.

So since our home has lost some of its characters I am using that time and space to start going through a lot of clutter. It's been pretty good so far as I bag up more and more things for Mercy Ministries. Former inhabitants used my bedroom as a catchall which further encouraged me to let it clutter. Now I can move things out and they don't seem to find their way back in...woohoo! And I'm actually getting a little more organized and encouraged to continue. I can now dream of the glory of hardwood floors and how easy it is to keep clean when it's just me, and I'm finding it possible again! I picture in my mind the little house that I had at one time that was so easy to clean and keep clean. Made me realize how much easier it is when I don't have lots of "stuff." And that helps me to not spend money on "stuff," too. So everything that happens has an advantage to it in some way. So even tho I lost a lot recently, I'm gaining strength in other areas. And I'm continually reminded that God is always there.

Now that I think about it, I have some very valuable clutter in my life and I'm just not sure I want to clear it out. So I'll sit back and enjoy it a bit longer, knowing one day I'll have to face up to it and get rid of lots. Till then, tho, at least I've learned to not add so much to the clutter piles, and that is making a HUGE difference.

And, yes, I know it's again time to clean the clutter from the car. It may be awhile before I'm hauling kids so I can safely clean it out again, too. But my desk is another matter. Until my office furniture comes in, parts of my office can only be clutter. And my desk at home, well, that's for other days.....

So, all in all, I've been successful in cleaning some clutter out of my life and now my focus is on getting that energy back along with some NEW and flowing energy, just like the goal states. But only cuz I gotta......teehee