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Today we are going to clean and declutter my son's messy bedroom! It is overdue and the outcome was such a relief! Let's catch up, chat and clean together, in this very chill, but productive day in the life vlog. Hope you enjoy!
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If I could just give you guys a glimpse
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and a picture of how many times I broke
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down with my first kid, I couldn't find
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my people within my circle. And so
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sometimes I would just go on YouTube and
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then I would see people that was moming
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like me. Wish that we lived in a world
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where people can just live their own
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lives without scrutiny of others. We are
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hard enough on ourselves. The last thing
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we need is other people trying to tell
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us what to do.
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>> Did you guys know that there are people
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on YouTube that has like a niche in
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finding motherhood YouTube channels and
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I guess talking about how much they
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dislike them and why they dislike them.
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like they will make videos about like
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the worst mom bloggers or vloggers on
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the internet and how much they are
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against it. And that's just something
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that I thought about today while I was
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getting myself dressed and not because
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it bothers me. It was literally just
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like a random thought because I knew
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that I was going to be vlogging today
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and one thing that I was trying to
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decide because I was getting my daughter
1:16
dressed for the day or changing her
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diaper. I was trying to decide if I
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wanted to let the kids be in today's
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vlog or not. And that's something that I
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never gave a whole lot of thought about,
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but I know that things are changing in
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the world today. It's not as safe as
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it's always been here. Um, or maybe it's
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never been safe and we're just now
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realizing it to put our kids on the
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internet. And so I know I still post
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pictures of them on like Facebook,
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Instagram, and things like that.
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Are you stirring my tea? Thank you. Even
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more so is that a lot of the awareness
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has come from people, you know, speaking
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out about it. And now there are like a
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ton of people that really really look
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negatively and bad upon people who
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create
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videos and just so happen to have kids.
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It's like not everyone vlogs
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about their children. You know what I'm
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saying? It's just that some moms, they
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vlog and their children, they're there.
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It's a part of life. They're part of
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their day naturally. When I was growing
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up, we used to watch shows like Reading
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Rainbow where it would be like kids on
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there doing little things. I feel like
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it's inspirational to see moms with kids
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and see how they go about their day. And
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one of the reasons why I personally
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created my YouTube channel is because
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when I was a new mother, I did not know
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anyone in my personal life that was
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moming like I was moming. I was new to
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being a stay-at-home mom. Um, I had no
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idea that I was going to be
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homeschooling. In fact, I didn't think
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that I wanted to homeschool because I
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never saw anybody doing it. Um, that's
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another story for another day about how
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I began homeschooling and it became one
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of the best decisions we made for our
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children. But yeah, motherhood just felt
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hard. I didn't have anyone in my
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personal life to teach me and show me
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how to do it. Nobody was there to show
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me how to breastfeed. Nobody was there
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to show me what to do when it got hard.
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Nobody was there to show me how the heck
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do you potty train a toddler? What do
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you do during tantrums? have I could
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just give you guys a glimpse and a
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picture of how many times I broke down
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with my first kid because he had a
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tantrum at the library, a tantrum at the
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restaurant. And at the restaurant, I was
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surrounded by a like so much family yet
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still felt so alone. And that was the
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hardest part for me as a mom is just
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that feeling of being alone. even when I
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was surrounded by so many people, I
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couldn't find my people within my
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circle. And so sometimes I would just go
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on YouTube and then I would see people
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that was moming like me. And even though
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it wasn't me to a tea, you know, they
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weren't in my exact same situation,
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because there are so many people on the
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internet from many different walks of
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life, it's easy to fit in there, you
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know, to find that motivation, that
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inspiration, even an answer to a
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question that you might have and nobody
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around you can answer. And I got a lot
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of inspiration specifically from a
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vlogger named Kayla, Kayla Bule. I was
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watching her um when I was a new mom and
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got a lot of inspiration from her
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specifically and she shares her
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children, you know, in her vlogs on the
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internet. She shared her opinion on it
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and I think her stance. I don't want to
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misquote her here. You'll just have to
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go and watch her video. Basically like
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what I'm saying is that it's
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inspirational to see you know mothers
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being moms you know and especially for
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people who struggle you know and so I
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don't know that was just something that
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I thought about today when I got up this
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morning. Speaking of this morning this
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vlog is going to be pretty slow. Most of
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our days are very slow and if you can't
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tell and you've been here for a while,
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we are home in Michigan right now. Um,
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and typically things are slower here,
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especially during this season anyway.
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So, we're going to have a slow vlog
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today. Make something to eat, do a
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little bit of tidying or cleaning is the
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goal. I need to order a few organization
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items though. Um, but we will see where
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this vlog takes us.
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Really quickly, I kind of wanted to go
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ahead and just give myself a little bit
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of makeup and refresh my hair. I feel
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like I've been looking pretty crazy so
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far this morning. So, I don't do too
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much. Just a little bit of foundation as
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well as some mascara. And then I brush
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my eyebrows with eyebrow mascara. And
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I'm also going to put a little bit of
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water in my hair so that my curls don't
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look too dry. It also kind of helps to
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define them a little bit. So that's what
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you guys see me doing here.
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So, I'm inside of my son's room now, and
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his room is really,
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really a mess. And what really, really
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got me was that he did this
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within like I don't know 2 hours of us
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being back home. Um and so that told me
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like okay he just has a lot of stuff in
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this room and we need to go through here
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see what maybe we can declutter um what
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we can throw away really. He's
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downstairs playing with my husband right
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now which is the perfect opportunity for
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me to do this when he's not up here
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where he can't try to stop me. Um
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because if I was to tell him to clean
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his room right now, he wouldn't be able
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to thoroughly clean. He would be able to
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just kind of like put things in any
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place, tidy it maybe, but definitely not
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clean it. Right here is just a pile of
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blankets that he uses to build forts. So
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already I can see a couple things on the
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floor that I just need to throw away,
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but I also can see things that need to
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be taken out. For instance, he has
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Spider-Man bed sheets that are twinsized
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and he does not have a twiniz bed here
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nowhere here in this home. My husband
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accidentally got the wrong size years
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ago and for some reason I kept it. And
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then he has a pillow over there that he
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just uses like never and it's pretty
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difficult to wash. We're going to throw
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it away as well. Has a broken laundry
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basket over there. And as you guys can
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see, one more larger one, which is way
8:32
too large. So, we need to figure out the
8:34
laundry basket situation. He does not
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need three laundry baskets in here. And
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then his closet. He has pretty much a
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lot of clothes in there that he can't
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fit because we haven't been here in
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about 6 months. So, yeah, lots of things
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in here already that I can see that we
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can do. And if you look in the hallway,
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I did the same thing in my closet
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yesterday. My daughter is in here with
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me. And we're going to just move around
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this room and see what we can do.
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By the way, these are all our clean
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clothes and he threw them on the floor
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before I could fold them. The covers are
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all also clean. And he took them out to
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build a fork.
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So there's that.
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We'll keep these extra sheets because
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he's a kid. Sometimes he makes a mess
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and we need to change his sheets and we
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need to have them available immediately.
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So, we'll keep one extra set of sheets,
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but I do need to take it downstairs and
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wash it. Um, and then I'll probably
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actually find someplace else to store
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this away so that he doesn't have access
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to pull them out like that again. If
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that I could store it in his room, but
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he likes to play with them and I would
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rather he asks to play with them than he
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just pulls them out. So, this is going
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to go
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downstairs. We're going to wash it and
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store it in the laundry room.
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Huh?
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Oh my god.
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I'm going to take that down and dispose
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of it. And then I also have a little
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basket here of things to put into the
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basement. Now, in here, you guys see
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giant Hulk fist and things that I ran
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into is that the last time I decluttered
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that, I actually put it in the garage.
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And one day, my husband pulled it back
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out because I think he had more fun with
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it than my son. And even though it's
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been here and my son has not picked it
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up to play with it, my husband bought it
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and he enjoyed it so he brought it back
12:13
out. I'm not going to make the mistake
12:15
of putting it in the garage again
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because now that it's been in the garage
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for a long time, brought back out, and
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my son still has not chosen to play with
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it, that gives me the idea to just throw
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it away. So, I'm thought I would throw
12:27
it in the basin, but I think I'm going
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to add it to that bin because last time
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I made that mistake and I'm going to
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just throw it away. And then in the
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midst of me decluttering, cleaning, my
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daughter opened this up and began
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playing with it. So, that tells me this
12:44
is still something that she enjoys
12:46
playing with and her and my son often
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play with it together. Now, my son's toy
12:50
box is really not that large. When this
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begins to overflow, then I take some
12:55
toys out and put it into toy rotation.
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In here are a lot of Paw Patrol toys. We
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have a Paw Patrol bin in the basement.
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I'm going to just take those and put
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them in basement. He has just a couple
13:06
of them. Not much. Some of them are in
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Florida. But at least I know that these
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are the toys that he keeps in his room
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to play with and that's toys that I need
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to if it gets full rotate. That's Paw
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Patrol as well. There's a wagon that I
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want to take outside and use it for
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gardening because when they roll that
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thing throughout the house and it's not
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carpet, it's so loud. I don't know. I
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just feel like it has more purpose
13:32
outside. And then these bins here, it's
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laundry. So, those that bin was laundry
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that needed to be washed. And that was
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laundry that needed to be folded that I
13:43
never folded. And my son took it out and
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he threw it all over the floor. So, I'm
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just going to wash both of those
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together and fold laundry tonight. And
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then over here, he has two baskets
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missing. No idea where they are. I think
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he had a basket of magnetiles that's in
14:05
Florida and Duplo locks that's in
14:07
Florida. So, I think I'm going to maybe
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go through these books because he has a
14:14
bin of books on the top of the shelf.
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But if I can put some of those books
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into like one of those white baskets on
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the shelf, that'll reduce some of the
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clutter up top here. And then he has
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plenty of books over there. Books is not
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a thing that I worry about when it comes
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to clutter because we love books. Books,
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reading, it's fundamental. So, yeah.
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Everything else I think I'm okay with. I
14:37
do need to again vacuum and clean in
14:39
here. This is everything that I pulled
14:42
out that my son can no longer fit.
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They've been pretty minimal and we
14:45
started that before we went to Florida
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for the fall and winter seasons. So, he
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didn't have a ton of things in here. And
14:54
since then, everything he has pretty
14:56
much outgrown. Same for my daughter. We
14:58
have clothes here that I need to fold
14:59
up. I think she can fit these two. These
15:03
are all too small for her, but she can
15:07
fit within that bin. So, same thing. We
15:10
have just a little bit of items, which
15:12
mean I have to wash more often, but I
15:16
purchased her a couple pairs of pipes
15:19
this week.
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Um,
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I think these are too small. Like it's
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looking so empty in here. So, covers,
15:30
sheets, bassinets, changing table covers
15:33
in there. So, yeah, it's looking bare in
15:35
here. I am honestly getting really tired
15:37
now. The day itself hasn't been like
15:41
overwhelming. I haven't been just going
15:45
crazy doing a ton of things,
15:48
but sometimes I just feel tired. I'm
15:52
very particular and I always encourage
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anyone here on this channel or in
15:58
general to really listen to your bodies.
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And my body is telling me that it's
16:04
getting tired. And so that tells me that
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I either need to take like my vitamins
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or I need to eat again.
16:11
um maybe get some water, whatever. Um
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and again, I'm not like overwhelmed or
16:18
anything. I got up and read a bit,
16:23
prepared some brunch or breakfast for
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the family. I sat down again, rested a
16:30
little bit. I had tea today. I even had
16:32
a little bit of coffee. And then I
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decluttered my son's bedroom. Now, I
16:38
still need to cook dinner and do a 30
16:40
minute workout.
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And I'm pretty tired. Like, I don't have
16:44
the energy needed for that workout. So,
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I think I'm going to make a protein
16:47
shake for lunch. And hopefully that will
16:52
fuel me and give me a bit more energy
16:54
and take some iron. And hopefully
16:57
that'll get me through my 30 minute
16:58
workout in which then I can prepare
17:00
dinner for the day. But it's time for me
17:02
to put my daughter down for her nap,
17:05
which is my window to take care of me a
17:09
bit. I'm going to do my nails tonight.
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So, the day is very much not over. I did
17:14
want to talk a little bit more about
17:17
what I was saying earlier about the how
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I noticed on YouTube there was like a
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channel. It's probably more than one.
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There's this really big one. And she
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literally like specifically pulls out
17:30
certain mom bloggers that she
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disapproves of, I guess. And I guess I
17:35
just wish that we lived in a world where
17:38
people can just live their own lives
17:41
without scrutiny of others. You know,
17:44
it's like you don't have to like what
17:46
other people are doing, but you also
17:48
don't have to insert yourselves into
17:52
their lives. It's just on the internet a
17:55
lot of people saying like this is the
17:57
right way to parent, this is the wrong
17:59
way to parent and you should do this,
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you shouldn't do that. Like we all have
18:02
our opinions. I have my opinions. I feel
18:04
like homeschool is really beneficial for
18:06
kids, right? That's my choice in
18:09
parenting, but I'm not going to tell
18:10
someone else that they should only
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homeschool or it's bad to not
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homeschool. We are hard enough on
18:16
ourselves. The last thing we need is
18:19
other people trying to tell us what to
18:22
do. You have a close friend and you feel
18:24
like your friend is living a lifestyle
18:26
that might be harmful to them or you
18:29
want to share some helpful advice, by
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all means do that. But we just could
18:35
definitely use a little bit more
18:37
positivity and support
18:40
on the internet. So, I hope that my
18:42
channel can give that to you. I'm never
18:45
going to try and put anybody down for
18:48
their choice of parenting, homeschool or
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not, breastfeeding or not, um
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stay-at-home mom, work from home mom,
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working out of a home mom, choosing to
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have your kids in vlogs or not have your
19:01
kids in vlog. Just felt like I started
19:04
that the vlog off on that note and never
19:07
finished it. Like a complete thought
19:09
that just happens sometimes. I get
19:10
sidetracked as a mom, but I kind of just
19:12
wanted to finish out that thought. It's
19:14
just I feel like I couldn't put it into
19:17
words truly of what I wanted to say,
19:20
especially because I started that
19:21
thought hours ago and completely
19:23
derailed it. So maybe I'll talk a bit
19:26
more about it in a another vlog. But I
19:29
pray about everything
19:31
that I do. I truly feel like we're
19:33
covered and protected by the Lord and
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he's going to guide me in everything
19:36
that I do. So I don't worry too much,
19:39
especially when it comes to opinions.
19:41
So, I hope that you don't either. In
19:45
your life, there's always going to be
19:46
someone trying to tell you how you
19:48
should be living your life, how you
19:50
should be pursuing your career, how you
19:52
should be parenting your children, it
19:54
might be the internet, it could be a
19:57
friend, it could be your mom or your
19:59
mother-in-law, it could be your, you
20:01
know, anyone. And so if it's not like
20:04
your spouse or your spouse like your
20:06
husband or the other parent, um,
20:11
honestly, it just doesn't matter. Um,
20:15
live the way that you want to live your
20:17
life. You know, follow God, read your
20:20
Bible, and you'll be fine. to piggyback
20:23
off of like the decluttering that I've
20:25
been doing. So, just in case maybe
20:28
you're new here, my family are we're
20:30
part Michigan, part Florida res
20:32
residence. So, when it comes to like
20:34
going through their clothing, we're
20:36
still new to this. This is our first
20:37
year doing this. I 100% am trying to get
20:41
the hang of this. But that would explain
20:43
why closets are looking thin. Like, we
20:46
took not even a lot. We took one
20:49
suitcase for everybody's clothes. was
20:51
me, my husband, and both our children.
20:53
Well, all of our clothes were in one
20:54
suitcase. That's the amount of clothing
20:57
along with other things that we took um
21:01
to Florida with us. As they grew bigger,
21:04
we replaced their clothing in the state
21:07
that we were currently in. I didn't do
21:08
that here. And the last time that we
21:10
were here was back in November. They
21:13
could kind of fit their clothes, but
21:15
we're kind of growing out of it. But I
21:16
knew we weren't going to be back for the
21:18
rest of the winters. just a little bit
21:20
about why things are kind of like a
21:24
little bit crazy around here lately. But
21:28
yeah, I've been saying
21:30
for at least 30 minutes now that I'll
21:33
put my daughter down for a nap. My
21:34
husband has her, but I know she wants
21:36
mom, so I'm going to put her down for a
21:38
nap, make a protein shake, and see if I
21:41
have enough energy to work out after
21:42
that. Hopefully, I do. But if I don't,
21:44
I'm not going to beat myself up about
21:46
it. Actually, I probably will cuz I've
21:48
been doing really good. So, I might be a
21:50
little upset about it. I'm happy that we
21:51
got a chance to sit down and talk.
21:53
There's so much more that I still want
21:54
to, you know, catch up with you guys
21:56
about specifically like life since
21:58
trying out the snowbird thing. We'll
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talk about that in another vlog. But for
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now, I hope that you guys enjoyed
22:03
hanging out with me. If so, give this
22:05
video a thumbs up. And as always, thank
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you for being here. I'll see you guys in
22:09
the next video. Until next time. Bye.