kids and the stuff

so i want to make the kids clean their rooms and have less stuff. but my house is full of my stuff. why can't the kids have their own stuff. why should i be the one to tell them that the rock collection they started 2 years ago is not precious and needs to be thrown outside. or all the countless magazine and calenders they save. do i need to be the one who throws those away? my usual technique is to put stuff in boxes in the garage for a month. if they don't ask about it then it goes to goodwill. it seems to work. i just have to somehow sneak everything into the garage. i go back and forth about letting them be their own people or forcing them to fit into my box of semi-cleanliness. i have a ton of books. i mean a ton. if joe made me throw some away i would be crushed and quite pissed. when i get sick of looking at certain things i get rid of them but it's all on my own timetable. if certain people had their way in my house it would be overhauled~ taking 2 dumpsters. i might do the closed door technique for a few more weeks.

mornings

it's rainy and foggy this morning and i actually love it. some days just need to be gray. it's my kids' last day of school. i'm so excited! i think more than they are. my coffee is so good today. my garden looks amazing. my back is killing me. i might have to cave and spend money on the chiro. i am having no coherent thoughts. tons of stuff racing through my head with no actual sentence structure to them. think that means i'm done here.

lost wheel

i am on the wagon. it's just a wheel busted off and it's making it hard to travel. my schedule got all messed up this past week. the russians and conferences and field trips and lack of sleep. i can't seem to get 2 hours in a row to go to the gym. i had 9 kids in my driveway yesterday eating ice cream. Seven at the park. everyone congregates in my yard. in 2 weeks it will just be my kids and devyn. my perfect little family :) i can't wait. we can go to the park and the pool and to grammas. this funky schedule is killing me. some kids come at 10 some at 1240. leave at 2 oh wait how about 4. pick up, drop off, talk to teachers, go to presentations...blah blah. i want to have my non-schedule. sit, read, garden, swim, park, sit, etc...