I spent about 40 minutes before church, and then three hours this afternoon cleaning and decluttering my bedroom and the guest room.

I am almost at the point of saying "Forget it, I don't care whether the contractors think I'm an OCD hoarder who can't ever pitch a magazine." (And some of them, I really can't. The old Interweave Knits - they have so many patterns I still want to knit! The old "Groups" still have useful ideas (and wow, do I need useful ideas right now) for things to do with Youth Group)

However, I could probably eat off my bedroom floor right now. And not get sick, I mean.

The worst part of cleaning, I find, is putting everything back in its place. Or finding a place for the stuff that never had a place in the first place. The sweeping and dusting and scrubbing are easy by comparison.

I have decided to switch out the quilt on my bed for the Paddington Bear Christmas quilt (yes, it is still technically too early. No, I do not care).

And moving stash around - I had to move a couple of the clear boxes of it I had been keeping in my bedroom - always makes me long to start new projects. All the nice yarn I have! When will I have time to knit it all up?