Less is More

Jammin' to Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart
There is just something about 80's tunes. And now Rick Springfield....it's nearly impossible to concentrate on writing! 

Ok, so here I am several days after my last post about being a hoarder.
I am intentionally using less. When I asked my youngest son what he thought of the mantle (mind you, he is my marketer, designer, guy with the eye!) and he said, "it looks so clean and simple...nice"!  Wowza!
This is exactly the goal here. 
I have decided I can't go completely without bling for my house. I have heard from several ladies that my decor' is welcoming and a reflection of my spirit and love for family, the Lord and others.  It doesn't change  the time needed to reflect. And you can see I am working on this Less is More theory. Which, by the way was introduced to me by my English teacher, Mr. Walker. In fact, he often wrote it on the top of my papers!  "too wordy" less flowery" hmmm...

I really do enjoy the change of seasons and moving around my stuff. Repurposing and energizing an area...why not use a cute neck scarf as a table runner or garland? 

I have also cleared away an area right next to the fireplace. One little corner with NOTHING sitting there or hanging on the wall.  Last night my hubby stopped in front of it and said, "This is nice. An empty spot. I like it!"  Well then...

The de-cluttering will continue! This is really quite fun and challenging. It is all good.

I have a lot going on the next couple of weeks so I won't be able to purge a lot of bags, but do hope to do some work on email purging, figuring out why my iCloud is too full and won't back up (what is an iCloud anyway?) and all of the media/gadget clutter, you get the idea.  Although I did get some bags done at the end of the week. I made some progress in the office. Wow! Things multiply in there when I'm not looking!

As the 2nd evening closes before I get my blog published...I looked up evening verses
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,
    and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!. Ps 141:2

Rest well friends,
Amy

Bag #21 Kitchen garbage bag from office
#22  Broken Household item/decor that I thought I might fix one day...