I love Spring.  Everything about it.  It’s as if the world is waking up from giant winter slumber with a glorious outlook on the future.  I love watching people slowly creep out their homes at the slightest hint of warmth and sunshine.  I love green lawns, birds chirping, buds sprouting and bright blue skies that promise everything the cold and dreary winter has managed to hide away.

But more than anything, I love that it’s a time to de-clutter, reorganize, simplify and make our lives easier, cleaner and happier.  I don’t know about you but I find that it’s so easy to accumulate and allow nonsense and junk to cloud our homes and minds, making it impossible to focus and enjoy the simple joys that really make life worth living.  And having little ones around only intensifies all of that.

Last year, I was on a mission to clear out, clean up, rearrange, sort, toss, and organize my life.  I spent weeks rummaging through toys, clothes, papers, and more stuff than I knew lived within the walls of my home. Then I held my very first (and last) garage sale to let others pay me to haul away my unwanted junk, and what a feeling to watching my “stuff” find a new home.   Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity.

This year, I’m on a different sort of mission to not only clean and organize, but to find a way to use what I already have and perhaps use in a way I never would have thought I could.  This will involve cutting and sewing as well as spray painting and sanding, tapping into my creative brain, but I’m determined to be resourceful this year and it’s going to make my spring cleaning even more exciting.  I think you should do the same.

In honor of my birthday week, I’m going to give you all a little something every single day.  Today, I’m sharing with you a new site I fumbled across while browsing online.  There’s a great section on spring cleaning as well with some fantastic tips.   Enjoy!

In return, I would love for you to comment or email me any and all of your absolute “must read” sites cuz sharing is caring and it makes everyone happy.