Let's Get Real: Mount Laundrymore & My 1st Giveaway!!!

I knew it was there.  I'd been staring at it since Monday.  The pile kept growing taller and taller, and I just kept moving it.  Out of sight.  Out of mind...or something like that.

 Really, it was in the back of my mind and I just had other things that I either had to do or wanted to do and so yet again, the large, ever growing pile that was about to topple over and fall off its cliff just sat there.  Staring at me.  What you ask?  The laundry.  This particular pile probably made my Top 10 list of tallest laundry piles that has ever existed in our household:

Exhibit A...  

 I planned on folding it after Abbie went to bed and so I left it there.  On the table where it would stare at me so I wouldn't ignore it one more day.  That is until my dad called.  He happened to be nearby running some errands and asked if he could stop by.  Of course he can, but dangit that darn laundry.  What to do what to do....remember that I am not perfect and just leave it sitting out on the table as we tried to have a conversation around it?  Or hide it?  Well I did what any sensible person does when company is on its way and the house isn't spic and span....I hid it!  

But I wanted to share my real laundry pile with you, and it's hiding place so that the next time you come over you can totally call me out on it, open the door to my laundry area, and see my pile just waiting to be tended too :)

Now you see it....

Now you don't!

I'm real friends just like you.  Imperfections and all!  My breakfast dishes and dirty highchair tray sometimes sit for hours.  My laundry piles (we won't even talk about the to be ironed pile....we'll just nickname it "Too Be Ironed By the Year 2020 Pile) can sit for days, and I've never cleaned my windows since moving into our home over 3 years ago...gasp!  (Really that last one is not too hard to let go of for me.  I honestly don't care :)   

And speaking of not being perfect.....my copy of No More Perfect Moms just arrived in the mail!! 

 It's Jill Savages gift to us for being a part of her book review.  I'm so excited for each of you to have a chance to get one in less than 2 weeks!  That's right!  The week of February 4th is when it will be available and you can sign up here to be reminded of its release!  

And on that note....I am pleased to announce Full Heart Full Homes first EVER GIVEAWAY!!!!

One lucky winner will be receiving their own FREE copy of Jill Savages book "No More Perfect Moms" after it's release date!!! (because of this it may take a few weeks after the winner is announced to receive your copy)


How to Enter the contest:

Just enter using the Rafflecopter entry below:   In order to enter you must become a blog follower (look in the right hand margin of this blog) of Full Heart Full Home, and also Like Full Heart Full Home on Facebook here.  Once you are following both (or if you are already a follower and want to enter the giveaway just select the things you chose to follow/do in the Rafflecopter form below (actually selecting that you did something in Rafflecopter won't really link to you liking my Facebook page or blog).  Each thing you choose to do or follow gets you more entries into the contest....so a better chance to WIN this awesome book!!!


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Winners will be announced on February 3rd!

I absolutely cannot wait to see how God uses this book in women's lives!  

Blessings,

Let's Get Real: The Spare Bedroom

I'm dreading this post friends.....not because it's a bad one, but because it is forcing me to be transparent and show you my less than perfect me.  If you weren't here for my first post last week on being real then please read it here.  These "Real" posts are about me really showing you my life today as it is, not how you would see me if you gave me a little time to get myself and my house ready.  As I walked past the spare bedroom today my heart sank.  The room I've had on my to do list to clean for weeks now yelled at me...yelled at me that I had to share it with you too.  Grrr....its seriously ridiculous but here it goes.....

Our Spare Bedroom:

First of all yikes!  That's the first thing that comes to mind.  Now I know I am not the only one whose spare bedroom or basement or _________________ (you fill in your own blank) looks like this:

I find that I struggle time and time again with finding storage space in our tiny home.  It's 1350 square feet with hardly any closet space.  How in the world do you do it?!  Normally I am pretty on top of this room but at this time of year lots of extra things are around the house that can't be put away.  This room right now is mostly piled with presents for Christmas that need to be wrapped, Christmas decorations in boxes, Dave still has some of his gag gifts out from his birthday party, I see some books, a comforter my aunt gave us that I don't know what to do with in that black garbage bag, some art that still needs to be hung up on the wall and some other stuff I can't tell from looking at the picture cause it is too small right now.

On the bright side my sewing machine table is clean.  Yay!  Something positive!  (Err negative if you understand that that means I haven't been using it :) I must say when you live in a small house clutter drives you nuts 247.  I find myself constantly cleaning up things and trying to reorganize to find better systems.  I can't handle mess very well and because this is the only room in our house not used on a regular basis.  If we don't have time to find a home for it right away, it will probably get thrown in the spare bedroom.  Now it just takes a guest coming over to stay with us to make me find some motivation to clean it....so who wants to come stay with us!!???  

So in honor of my good friend Lydia who blogs at Walking with Dancers who was sad last week after I posted my first "Being Real" style post, when she tried to post a picture of her kitchen table mess on my Facebook wall and it wouldn't let her....why?  Because I disabled my Facebook page Full Heart Full Home from being people being able to upload pictures to it in fear someone someday may post something inappropriate.  So I am offering an exception to the rule....I want you to share your pictures!  Like my facebook page here: Full Heart Full Home and add your own picture of your real!  Don't be ashamed ladies.  Be encouraged that none of us is perfect!  More than anything I want us all to be women on this journey together- living life for Jesus the best way we know how and ladies....it ain't always going to be pretty and it most definitely won't be perfect!  

Blessings,