Clearing Out and Cleaning Up

My house is more upside down than normal right now, but it's gong to be worth it.

In one week I'll cart a van full of stuff of to a consignment sale. It's a win-win! I clear some stuff out of my house AND get paid for it!

One thing I've noticed, for me at least, is that when I'm clearing things out or organizing, things get a lot messier before they get cleaner. Right now my living room looks like it could be a consignment store in its own right.

Clothes are thrown over all the furniture, unused toys are stacked by the fireplace, and supplies and other accouterments cover most every other available surface.

When it's all said and done though, it will be nice to have all of this stuff out of my house. Clutter makes it hard to clean, hard to find things, and hard to store other things that we actually use and want to keep. So while I'm tired of the mess, I'm excited about the outcome.

Have you ever cleaned out for a yard sale or just a big donation run? What was the best part?

The Dog Ate My Blog Post

Or he would have.

If I had a dog.

And it lived in the computer.

*Sigh* I guess I have no one to blame then. Except the Olympics. I could blame the Olympics. Yes!

I'm supposed to be back on my regular blog posting schedule today and all I can say is that it just caught me off guard. Probably because the Olympics are still going in our house.

We were out of town all weekend, so I'm still catching up on some of the DVRed Olympic events. Do you ever find yourself watching things later than everyone else? Does the magic of DVRs and Hulu and things such as that keep you from watching things live? How do you prevent spoilers?

New Question Of The Week Feature!

Are you on Facebook? If so, I'd love for you to come and join my page where I will be doing a Question Of The Week Feature on Thursdays.

Today I'm asking about music. What's your favorite song about forgiveness? Christian, secular, country, pop, rap - it's all up for discussion!

Hit the Facebook Page and put in your vote or we can discuss it over on Twitter.

Google+ people, I'll have the question of the week over there as well as soon as I get my page up and running. About all I've done thus far is create it.

Aren't on any of those sites? Toss your answer in the comments below.