Spring Cleaning

The words I can remember dreading my whole childhood are coming back to haunt me. It's SPRING CLEANING TIME! When as a child we heard these words I knew it was not going to go well. All those little things that we think we need, and had hid under beds or in closets were found. She moved everything and left nothing unturned. I know that the garbage had to be the biggest pile ever that week. Once we started school, Mom would wait until we were gone and she would attack. By the time we got off the bus we had no clue what was waiting for us. About half way to the house you could smell the pinesol, and you knew. Your heart started to beat faster as you worried about what toys no longer existed. What clothing had she decided didn't matter to you anymore. It was an attack that we had no warning was coming.

Now as a mom myself, I find that this time of year find the need to purge. What can we live without, do you really need that? I can get rid of things from every room of the house, until I get to my books. I LOVE my books. I need them, I'm sure that I do..... Hey no one asked you!!

Okay so I need to not keep so many. If I had a library and all the room in the world, then this would not be a problem. So why has it taken me weeks to realize that they have to go. Today is the day I tell myself. And then a few days later, they still sit in the pile that I started. I can't let go! What if I need them for a class, then I'll kick myself when I have to buy it again. OR, I could just go to the library in town and check it out.

So this is my need to do list today.

1.) Go through and get rid of books.
2.) Try again.
3.) Not good enough, one more time.
4.) Cry in secret, then get over it.
5.) Breath deep, take the books out of the house before you change your mind.
6.) Eat ice cream and remind yourself that you now have room for new books.
7.) Shoping therapy.

Can I start at the end?!