Nesting Nesting and more Nesting

Nesting is defined as a place affording snug refuge or lodging; a home. We have a nest of sorts here at the Telford condo in that we have a place affording snug refuge (too snug), lodging, and a home. It is just very cluttered at times. Even though we have a small living space, we have great storage and actually room to make a place for everything. It is just the time, motivation, and organizational skills that are needed to unclutter the clutter.

This doesn't happen frequently, but at times I get what John calls "cleaning fits". I will go into top-speed cleaning sprees in order to make a small area more organized or dust bunny free. I feel really good afterwards but the problem with this is that one is usually unable to tell that I've done anything at all because not many people inspect the inside of my drawers for dust, crumbs, whatever.

Recently this has included cleaning out a storage closet, getting John to power wash and stain our deck, hanging wedding pictures, slowly cleaning out the office/guest room to put up the baby crib and begin working there. Keeping up with laundry, cleaning out the fridge, changing long-burned out light bulbs, throwing away or donating LOTS of clothes to Goodwill, getting an easy short haircut, not ironing my clothes, and other time saving shortcuts. The purging is bringing a great feeling!

With the baby's arrival getting closer and closer, my cleaning fits have become more often. Problem is that I tire easily and recover slowly. My ankles are starting to swell a little, my belly alot, and my ability to get around easily is decreasing daily. So, I've called in help. My mother in law is coming later this week to help me. She is a great help but tends to work me to death. So, I'm going to have to make sure to take breaks and rest frequently so I can survive!