Spring Cleaning

I'm not usually that into spring cleaning. For some reason the urge for organization hits me more in the fall. Maybe it's the whole going-back-to-school thing? Anyway, it doesn't usually hit me in the spring, but this year it did.

We have TOO MUCH STUFF. How did this happen? Where did it come from? I'm not entirely sure, but it's there and I need to get rid of it. The problem is that I'm a bit of a pack-rat and I'm convinced that if I get rid of something I'm going to desperately need it.

I'm half tempted to just throw some boxes of stuff (do you have those? Boxes of random stuff that has no home?) away and hope for the best.

Any better cleaning/organizing tips than this?

Avoiding Burnout

We need a vacation.

I'm sure if you're reading this you're nodding. You do too. Don't we all? If only they didn't involve silly things like time off and money, right?

For those of you who haven't had a vacation in a while, how do you do it? Especially if you're one of my fellow pw's, how do you keep going and going and going and not just...burn out?

I'm open to suggestions. Meanwhile, I'm going to drink my coffee with hazelnut coffee creamer (usually I drink it black...I feel like this says a lot about my mood today) and hope that maybe it'll remind me enough of college and the mountains to qualify as a 'mini vacation.'

I'd love to hear your suggestions. Besides yummy coffee. =)