Sand Dunes

M.I.A.

I don't think I have ever gone 11 days without blogging, but it is possible. We have been busy around here. Not too much of it is worth sharing. I have been Spring Cleaning!

It hasn't been the most joyful experience, but I feel so accomplished after the task is complete. It started off with the cleaning out of the kids closets. I had to put away the Winter stuff and bring out the Spring. To pack up winter I had to create a few piles. One for baby stuff that nobody can wear anymore (this pile we are saving just in case). One for clothes that can be worn in the future by at least one of my girls. Another pile for things that could be trashed. The last pile is the "Good Will or Garage sale pile. " Although this year, I have to say, I am thinking dumping it somewhere where someone else has to go through it and price it.

I have been cleaning out cabinets too! We have one area that is our catch-all. I dreaded going through this cabinet the most. It is where we throw anything and everything we don't want to deal with at the moment. The counter right below is almost just as bad. We throw everything there to be "taken care of later."

Here is the before pictures of our catch-all area.

(Sorry this picture is blurry.)

After some time of working together here is the after.

I also went through all my clothes, why do I keep so much stuff? I know there are things I will never wear again but still I hold on to them. I still had shoes from my Senior Homecoming. Why?!? I loved them, the perfect shade of Gun Metal Silver, but I know I will NEVER wear them again. We parted this weekend, I feel emotional freedom. There is only one closet left....My craft closet and it is not pretty. This one may take a while to clean out. For now I am feeling organized and proud for completing a post. WooHoo!

On a Lighter Note....

So my last post was depressing. I hate over thinking things. Just so you know, I have decided to stay public. I am just going to use my kids first initial instead of their names. I feel comfortable with this and I still get to stay public.

On a lighter note...We headed to Utah for Conference weekend. We got to visit my parents and Grandma. Would you know it?? I took all of three pictures without any of the people we came down to see. I was bummed when I realized this. I must admit it now...Jeremy is the photog in the family. He is way better at it than I am.

We spent some time Saturday at Gardener's Village, or The Old Mill (as we called it when I was little). It was chilly, but nice to be outside and spend time together. My Sister Corrine and friend Kim, who has a hilarious blog by the way, also came. Here are the three pictures I took all weekend. My kids, of course, were not cooperative.

We also attended a family dinner on my Dad's side. It was great to relax and visit family. I got to spend a little time with my cousin and her adorable kiddos. I have been busy trying to get in a little bit better shape for my cruise in May. The gym has been hogging a lot of my blogging time. Hey at least I am going!!

I really can't complain too much, life is good.

I have something to throw out there

I have noticed a lot lately that many, many blogs are going private. In the beginning I had thought of being private. The thing is I really enjoy the outlet of "conversing" with other women online. After having my blog for about two months I realized sharing ALL of our information was not safe for my kids. You will never see anything on here that gives away my last name or where my exact location is. Lately I have been wondering if that is enough. My kids pictures are on here and so are their names and our names. Sometimes I wonder if I am being careless.

My husband says that I am over thinking things because this blog is of no importance to anyone but me and my few readers. The problem is there are disturbed people out there who search for open opportunities such as a blogs.

So my question is should I go private or stay public? And if I stay public should I take my kids names off? I used to blog about a lot things other than my family stuff, but I have kinda done away with the other things so I know that this blog is not as interesting as it used to be. So no one may really care if I block it up. I am just interested in your opinions on the matter.

Oh and if I do decide to go private you all will be invited.