ISO: An organizational mentor

I want to purge and simplify my life but I'm having a hard time getting started.  Well, that's not completely fair.  To be honest I've gotten much better about purging the last few years.  But now I want to really go for it...but I can't quite seem to actually do it.  I wake up with great intentions, sometimes, for example, I even make it down to the playroom, the site of my greatest intentions.  The other day I even grabbed a trash bag and threw a few things in it.  And then I stalled.  Every time I try to start, I stall.  HELP ME!  I really, really want to simplify my life.  I'm so tired of my house always being a cluttered disaster.  How do I do this?  Has anyone else been here?  How do I begin?

Whose dream is this anyway?

Hey guys...I've got a few minutes so I thought I would post a little something on the bloggy blog.  It's been a busy summer.  We've been doing a lot of swimming, some traveling, a lot of exercising (for me) and some soul searching mixed in (also for me).  I think I'm at a weird stage in my life.  I feel very "in between" these days.  The kids are not little but they're not big either.  Next year all the kids will be off to school...but only part time.  I'm wondering when I should go back to work and what I should be doing when that happens.  (Right now I'm leaning towards pursuing graphic design, in case anyone's wondering and wants to share their opinion.)  I could ramble on for a bit about all the various ways that I feel "between" things, but I'm short on time so I won't.  Mainly because I want to get to the point which is that I think I'm in the midst of a mini little mid-life crisis...of sorts...okay...maybe not a crisis but a minor mid-life scuffle.  I live such a blessed life - I *know* that - but it's still not exactly what I thought it would be or even what I want it to be.  So I'm trying to figure all of that out. 

Oh...too funny...I just IMed with my friend and told her she was living the dream.  She responded, "Whose dream?"  That perfectly sums up what I'm feeling at this instant.  And with that, I'm off to go retrieve my kids.  Back to the grind.

Da-niece

My niece arrived earlier this month and last weekend I had a chance to take a few photos. I didn't actually take as many photos as I would have liked, because several of us were clamoring to hold her.