I can see clearly now...

So I am surfing around and came across this amazing idea! 40 Bags in 40 Days. The blogger from White House Black Shutters  did this last year and she is doing it again this year! I am constantly trying to clear the clutter in our house, with 4 kids a hubby and me you can imagine how fast stuff can pile up on you. I will post pics soon of our transformations, before and afters. I have kind of become a blog addict lately (which could be why our house is cluttered! LOL) well that and Pinterest! So many cute ideas out there! Please click the links above to check out both Ann Marie's blog and the link party 40 Bags in 40 Days feel free to comment on how you are doing clearing the crap from your house and lives! Lets face it, it is crap we don't need we just hold on to it in case we might someday! (That's what my hubs says anyway) We won't and if you do cross that bridge then! Spend the time you would have moving the clutter from place to place with your family and friends, do something constructive! At least that's what I am going to try to do!

Here's to another crazy jam packed weekend in our house, I hope yours is great too!

See you soon!

Stephanie

Reading

I love reading, with 4 kids however it doesn't always happen. I am going to try to read one book a month and I will let you know what I thought. Please feel free to share what you are reading too in the comments. I am going to start with The Help, if you click the link you can buy it too.

So are you a reader?

I read to my kids pretty much every day they LOVE it and so do I!! We try to set aside the half hour before bed to read together. It calms them and relaxes them for bed too.

Do you read to your kids?

Have a great Thursday

Stephanie

Valentines

Hi everyone or me! We finished the kids Valentines last night and I must say they turned out pretty darn cute!! We got the idea off Facebook and Party On! Designs, there is a link to her Etsy shop check it out if you have a party coming up she has a bunch of very cute things!! But here is a picture of the crayons we made!

We ended up making 60 of them so they could all take some somewhere!! Forgive the quality of the photo it was late and all I had was my phone at the time.

We don't really do anything special as far as going out for Valentine's Day just spend it all together which is OK with me cause that is what the day is about anyway. I am so blessed to have 5 Valentines that mean the WORLD to me!!!

We hope you have a great Valentine's Day and do something with the special people in your life!

What did you send with your kids to school? Do they exchange Valentines?

Happy Tuesday!

Making the Move

If you have read my profile one of the things listed that I said I would be talking about was my daughters gluten issues and making the move to changing our eating habits to help her. I have been reading "The G Free Diet" by Elizabeth Hasselbeck and to say it has rocked my world is probably an understatement! It has completely changed the way I look at pretty much everything we buy for our home. There is so much out there that contains gluten or toxins that its SCARY!!

I have come to the realization after thinking I would just run into the grocery store to get a few things that we had run out of... yeah right! Reading labels has to become my new normal, not just when I was on a diet. Anyway 45 minutes later I walked out with WAY less than I went in for. I know our overall health will benefit but I just needed to vent that this is not an easy change, it will take time but I am committed to making it! Not only for my health but families. So if anyone is reading this and wants to comment on their healthy eating habits, tips or trick that would be great! Let me know I am not just talking to myself (which I may well be and I am OK with it) LOL.

Have a great Wednesday and I will be back soon!

Organization is a mission

OK so I am kind of a neat freak, just ask my hubby. But I am OK with it and as he says its just a quirk that he loves me for!  Any way we have and issue with the shoes at our house (by we I mean me). They take them off and leave them there, not probably a big deal unless of course you want to exit the house or go to the basement to do laundry. So in other words they are there for me to trip over. Its a health hazard I tell you! So I am sitting here looking at IKEA for something completely different than shoe organization but stumble upon this...







Do you hear the angels singing?? Its a shoe cabinet!!!! This one would hold about 8 pair of adult shoes and probably 4 pairs of the boys little shoes in each box/ drawer.  Alright probably not a big deal to other people but I get excited about little things and if my house looks cleaning and less cluttered I am a very happy girl!

Are you a neat freak like me? Do you have shoe issues too? I hope I am not alone in this battle!

Welcome to Love the Crazyness! I hope you enjoy and come back often as I will be trying to post a few times a week.