January 23, 2010

a little housekeeping...


the dust bunnies
roll across the hardwood floors like tumbleweeds in the desert
~
the sliding glass doors
are filled with fingerprint smudges
and
I don't even have toddlers anymore
~
and
there's toothpaste remains on the bathroom countertops
~~
sure
I just described my house
but
that's also how I feel about my space here
~
maybe it's the new year
or
maybe it's that I have links on my sidebar that are no longer in use
or
maybe it's just that
if I'm busy cleaning up my blog
then
I don't have to vacuum or do the dishes or clean off the gunk
hanging from one of the racks in my oven
~I think it's cheese from a frozen pizza~
~
anyhow
this weekend
~mostly sunday~
I'm sprucing things up a bit
by
fluffing up the pillows
on my blog
~
honestly
you won't notice anything drastic
or
probably
even that much of a difference
to tell you the truth
~
but
I will
and
I'll feel better and more energized
and
even have an extra little bounce in my step
the next time you see me
*
oh
and
there's still time to enter your name
to win a photo
but do it quickly
because
at noon
today
I will be picking a winner
but
it won't be announced until monday morning
::


27 comments:

  1. Love that the photos are bigger - I am working with my computer geek Lovahr on changes for my blog that include that ! I will send him here to check out how you did that ! :0)
    Little changes, new beginnings - always good for shaking things up in a good way !
    Enjoy the process, Talented One !

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  2. Love housecleaning...as long as someone else is doing it!! LOL!! And the photo is fab!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  3. Oy, I need to do some housekeeping too.....
    Great photo!!

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  4. blog clean-up is WAY more fun than the house type! ;-)

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  5. I need a blog cleaning and a house cleaning...the dust bunnies are winning!

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  6. Ohh do fluf up your blog if you like to. Some times change is good.
    And about your home...I'll get clean when your done in blogland I'm sure.

    Happy fluffing times Beth.

    Oh and were ever on earth do you find all these wonderful sheds. Love them...big time.

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  7. wonderful house image for your post ...yes the rearranging and fluffing encourages happy beginnings!

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  8. Good luck with cleaning, that can be quite a chore.

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  9. feeling the need to do this myself...

    enjoy the process.

    thank you for your very kind comments over on my blog. your company always means a lot to me.

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  10. So love the photo of the old building with snow.....I think most of us are feeling the need to tidy up a bit especially it being a New Year, hopefully your post will get me moving.....:-) Hugs

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  11. That is one "artistic" photo!
    Beautiful, Beth.

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  12. it seems like i have spent most of this month cleaning many areas of my house :) love your picture! have an enjoyable weekend.

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  13. That seems to be the theme with everyone I know: declutter, out with the old, streamline. And I'm really trying, but somehow today, I ended up in two different used bookstores and all these books followed me home. Imagine!

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  14. I think I would feel completely at home in your house. I have matching cheese drips. Oh yes. And my dust bunnies multiply faster than your, I'd just bet!

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  15. Beth, just a wonderful photo, I got the hairbunnies here...the dogs are in because of the weather, one is like a furry bear...I did aome cleaning today. just a start, ....Lord love a duck....good thing I have all the time in the world. Good luck Beth.

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  16. I think cleaning up blogs is much more fun than cleaning hardwood floors! Happy cleaning....

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  17. That is a very cool picture. I like the the windows look deep blue.

    Happy "sprucing".
    xo

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  18. I am following so many blogs now, I can't keep up. I am getting decubitus ulcers on my gluteus maximi but, the problem is, I keep finding so many wonderful reads!! I can't believe I haven't been here the last couple of days.

    So you're spring cleaning the blog...gosh, I have to do my house first, bills are unpaid, papers are stacked high, I need to get things to Goodwill, yet all I want to do is sit at the computer!! Yikes.

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  19. nothing more rewarding than cleaning up a bit... freshens the air, lightens the step. for sure.

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  20. Cleaning up and clearing out is such a refreshing, revitalizing thing to do. I smiled at your 'fluff up the pillows on my blog' - I like your way with words, Beth.

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  21. What noon East coast or West coast?
    I Hope I am NOT to late to enter.
    I hope I win one of the old barn pictures!!!
    It would really make my day!

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  22. i've been planning a clean up of mine too. i just haven't had the time. yet

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  23. Summertime in SA. Sometimes it feels if all the sand of the surrounding farms is blowing into town. So my dust bunnies (love your name for it!), play hide and seek in my house every day of the week!
    And with children between 15 and 22, I can identify with fingerprint smudges, toothpaste on bathroom countertops, breadcrumbs on kitchen countertops. But to hear their laughter and see their happiness - I know what is more important… :D

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  24. the cleaned up feeling is always good-on the blog and in the house.

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  25. There's nothing like a good spruce, is there?

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  26. Love the photo. I've been cleaning up around my house which is the reason for my lack of blog comments lately.

    I would also like to clean up my blog too.

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  27. There's nothing like a clean space outside to make your mind space inside feel calm and collected.

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth