Get rid of the junk!!!

I grew up in a house that was not at all organized.  There were some rooms that were just “junk” rooms and became the catch all for anything that needed to be moved out of a main room or no longer had a use in the house but my parents couldn’t stand to part with the item.  We also had a lot of “junk” drawers that were full of things that needed to be put away but they didn’t have a normal place to go so it was thrown into that drawer.  When I got married, I decided that I didn’t want my house to be that way.  I wanted everything to have a place that is belongs or it needed to be given away.  I wanted others to be able to come to my house and walk into any room and not feel ashamed for the mountain of stuff that didn’t have a place to go.  My house is far from being always clean but I do know that I can tell my boys to clean a room and they know exactly where every item goes.  I am also a fan of using bins for organization.  My kids can open up the cupboard with the school supplies and pull out any item that they need.  They can grab the container for crayons, grab a pencil out of the pencil box, or grab an eraser from its container.  I don’t have a drawer just full of junk.  Everything has a place and when I open up a drawer that might have a few different items in it, they are marked and placed together.  I like walking into a space in my house and not feeling overwhelmed by the amount of stuff that always accumulates as we go through life.  We have lived in some small spaces.  Sometimes it can be hard to give everything a designated place.  That is when I use some tricky organization skills or just take a look at what I have and see if I really need it or if it is just taking up space.  I really feel like it helps a house to feel more like a home when there are not piles of stuff taking over.  I know that I probably am giving my kids a complex and now they will become hoarders when they are adults but we all have to scar our children in some way, right?

Who is Nova?

I am a person who is okay at doing a lot of things but I am not great at doing any one thing.  I am good at baking but I cannot just make up my own recipe from scratch.  I enjoy photography but I am taking pictures for National Geographic.  I love to sing and I can carry a tune and read music but I am not going to be the next Adele.  When someone asks about the one thing that I do or that fully explains what I am...I can't answer that.  I really am just middle of the road on many different talents.

There are many things that I wish I was an expert in.  I would love to play the harp.  I could even be just ok while playing it and it would sound like I really was an expert.  It is really hard to mess up the sounds that come from a harp.  I wish that I was a runner.  I have tried to like running.  I just can't do it.  Everyone says to give it time and you will love it.  There was a time in my life that I ran three miles a day, five days a week, for eight months.  Ya, still no love for running.  I wish that I was a great speaker.  When I have to talk in front of a group, I have a stomach that is doing flips and flops for an hour before to an hour after.  I can practice a talk or a presentation a million times.  When I stand in front of a crowd, my bind goes blank and I suddenly forget how to read.  I fumble through the presentation and quickly sit down to think of all the stupid things I said.  I would love to be able to stand in front of an audience and be able to just talk and tell them what needs to be said.  To sound like I am a fun and uplifting person, not someone who doesn't know how to read or talk.

I guess everyone will have things in life that they wish they could do better.  All you can do is keep trying your best.  I feel that for now, I am okay being an ordinary person.  I can make crafts, bake, and do some Zumba and feel that I am a good person even though I don't excel in any one thing.