Cleaning Out

Well, here it is, mid-January, and I think my Seasonal Affective Disorder has kicked in. 

 Yes, I do think this is beautiful in its own very white, very cold way.

 Just four months ago this was my lush, green garden...

Our green has been replaced with lots of these...

And although I do love this snow-covered cranberry bush just outside my office window...

I needed to have a cheerier header for my blog and a fresh, clean look. SO, what you see below (and above) is the same cranberry bush, winter and summer. It felt good to get rid of my drab, gray blog background and open up the blog with more white space. It was terrifying to actually push the buttons that accomplished the change in template, but with copious reassurances from my daughters that all would not be lost, I finally did it!

I'm hoping it will inspire me to apply the same to our house. It could use a fresh, clean look with more open space. It's not the throwing away things that's difficult for me; it's determining which things I might need in the future. And that's the problem...

I think I need to go visit Fly Lady.

P.S. Check out my new blog button on my sidebar and our latest family pic.:-)