Have you ever noticed that it’s really easy and quick to come up with a to-do list and not so easy to actually do everything on your list?

I am coming down with a terrible case of springitis here.  I am looking around my house and thinking… man, have I really left that bag of polyfill on top of that cabinet for eight months now?  Why are there toys out that Evie never plays with?  Do I really need to keep heels with broken shoes?  I want to clean things, and organize things, and purge things!  Spring is the season for “rebooting”, as my geeky husband and I would say.  You know how your computer will get sluggish sometimes and just need turned off and back on to work properly?  That is this exactly.  It’s also what we say about our daughter sometimes when she really needs a nap. In my opinion, New Years Resolutions would work out so much better if everyone waited until the first day of spring to make them!

I am a big believer in to-do lists, but I have let mine get buried in a pile of paperwork lately.  I just pulled it out and added six inches of stuff to it, and there’s plenty more I haven’t thought of yet.  The weather is turning nicer and I am itching to get my life back on track.  The winter hibernation was nice and all, but I’m ready for a change.

(Obviously, this doesn’t have anything to do with me telling my 22-month-old that we should clean house today and how she immediately jumped up, grabbed my hand and said “Mommy, CLEAN HOUSE.” Then she went to her toys, said, “bucket?”, found her toy bucket and started shoveling things in.  Apparently she also thinks that standards have been relaxed recently.  I guess when your toddler thinks that things are too messy, it is time for some serious intervention.)

Also, I did a handful of sit-ups on Friday and I got so sore that I was reminded that I have actually not done any sit-ups since before a small child was forcibly removed from my abdomen after being sliced open with a sharp object.  It may be time to get back in shape while I’m working on all these other life improvement tasks, too.