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		<title>Goodwill Rocks!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like a liberated woman.  I admit, I have major OCD tendencies and when the nerves are worn thin, I snap.   The kids run for their lives, the cat retreats to the cornfield, and my husband gathers up his treasured belongings and runs.  It&#8217;s Goodwill time!  It happens at least three times a year.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel like a liberated woman.  I admit, I have major OCD tendencies and when the nerves are worn thin, I snap.   The kids run for their lives, the cat retreats to the cornfield, and my husband gathers up his treasured belongings and runs.  It&#8217;s Goodwill time!  It happens at least three times a year.  The clutter starts piling up in massive landfills around the house.   It&#8217;s not until I lose it that I realize I am on edge and have been since the last decluttering moment.</p>
<p>So it&#8217;s done.  I have officially cleaned out every closet in my house (except my dear hubby&#8217;s), dusted the whole house (ceiling included), gone through kids&#8217; clothes, sanitized the kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room, cleared out a spare bedroom and made it into a quiet room (otherwise known as a study for hubby and a scrapbooking area for me).</p>
<p>I thought for half a second of having a yard sale&#8230;nah&#8230;it feels way too good to breathe in the emptiness around me.  If you, too, are thinking of losing it (the clutter, I mean), you might check out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553382179?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwcreditdust-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0553382179">The Fly Lady</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwcreditdust-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553382179" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> (she is the ultimate in decluttering&#8230;and keeping the kitchen sink clean).  This book transformed the way I look at cleaning my house and is so easy to incorporate into your homeschooling routine (what I mean is that I PLAN to incorporate this into my routine <img src='http://kidsofcharacter.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .  If you are not sure where to start, check out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553382179?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwcreditdust-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0553382179">Sink Reflections</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwcreditdust-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553382179" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />.  If you&#8217;re an old pro, tell me what you do to keep the junk out of your life?</p>
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