Otherwise, spent most of the day cleaning out above the desk (which is where papers to be filed go.) There were TWO YEARS worth of papers to file. UGH! Luckily all the utilities have their own folders in the basket and get filed every month. As do medical expense receipts and Insurance Explanation of Benefits, but still... the stack was mountainous and I'd been avoiding it for far too long... obviously.... 2 years... So the bar was covered in piles of papers and the floor was covered in piles of papers to shred/recycle, and oh MY it gets messy to sort through things! The storm before the calm for SURE! In fact, the whole house is rather stormy right now as I go through our possessions one by one, deciding what to keep and what to... do something else with. I wish it were easier to get rid of stuff. Like maybe if I had a magic wand and could *poof* it to the homeless shelter and the buy/sell/trade group and the trash and the recycling and Goodwill. Yes, that would be much simpler than what I've got going on right now. It will eventually be so much better, but until then... yeesh. And yet, it reminds me how blessed I am to have so much stuff to deal with in the first place. We are so spoiled having not only everything we need, but most of the stuff we want too...
Had this yummy Slow Cooker Savory Superfood Soup for dinner tonight. It was VERY good. The kids thought it was a little spicy, so next time I'd decrease the crushed red pepper just a touch. Otherwise, it is good to be getting back to eating well. My tummy is thanking me. I just hope I can keep up with the meal planning/grocery shopping. It's tough juggling all the things that I need to do every day. Seems like there are always a few balls rolling around on the floor... or collecting dust under the stove... (exercising, laundry, cleaning, meal planning, hobby pursuit, friendships are the ones that seem to fall most often.)
Anyway, not a whole lot else going on. So I'll leave you with a picture of my now clean/organized desk cabinet. Be amazed.
