So did I mention that our house is on the market now....? This means I purged and packed stuff out and we have a great storage facility full of stuff that we couldn't bear to give away....my house is sooooo de-cluttered. It's nice.

But having it clean has made me somewhat anal about staying clean. My husband would never believe it but I used to be a clean freak. Of course, that was when I was only a mother of one, on my own, living in a tiny 1 bedroom apartment, with a TV with no sound....so there were no distractions. (I honestly believe my house might be cleaner if I had never signed up to Facebook....seriously.)

But the kids are tiring of me actually making them put their stuff away.....And I am a bit compulsive about the trash can not looking full....

When we move, I swear, I SWEAR....that I will have less clutter. It chokes me. I feel oppressed by stuff. I am talking useless stuff, like old magazines, toys that kids have outgrown, clotes I'll NEVER fit into again....I want a cleaner, more streamlined household. I want NOT to be freaked out if someone drops by unexpected. I want to feel good about inviting people over. (My kitchen used to be so ugly that I just didn't invite people over...$2.000 later and I'll invite you if I'd thought you'd come..)

All this cleanliness has also shown me that I would really like a separate TV/entertainment room for the family. If we get a Wii...well, if the KIDS get a Wii, I'm going to want to watch TV while they play whatever game it is that they're crazy about....A separate room would fulfill that. But we've always been a family with ONE TV....Will we lose touch and disconnect if we have two? It might sound silly to some of you who have a TV in every room.....

Any thoughts?