Change is in the air

As I briefly mentioned yesterday, a change is in the air for the Ford family. Those of you who are loyal followers of my blog know that I have wanted to change and have attempted change many (many, many many) times before. This time, things feel different. It is like changes are occurring but without me having to force them to or controlling everything to make it happen. It is amazing!!!

I have attempted a major life overhaul more times than I can remember, but I find it too easy to slip back into my comfort zone and then once again life just stands still. I then feel very depressed and frustrated and end up further off track than when I started my overhaul in the first place. It's a vicious cycle! Right now however, everything just seems to be falling into place and with such ease that it makes me smile at the thought of it. I finally feel like I might be back on track and steering my life in the direction it is supposed to be going in. Let's see.....

I am going to be running my household like a business, just like I used to when I only had Sophie. Everything ran smoothly, there was a system for everything and everything had a time and a place to occur. Since my gorgeous Elliott's arrival, this kind of order has been impossible but lately, it seems that order is creeping back into my life. Woot woot! 

On the topic of getting organised, I am in the midst of a spring clean (and yes, I am aware that it is Autumn...nearly Winter even). I feel so stressed when my house is a mess and even if it is a messy wardrobe that no one else can see, I still know it is there and I still feel anxious about it. So yesterday, something came over me and I began cleaning out and sorting. The end result is that the kids rooms are completely orderly and I am on top of the washing. Again, woot woot! The best part is that I have been dreading and putting off this task for a long time but yesterday, I was on autopilot and it seemed like no effort at all.

Then there are the changes taking place on a family level. I am inspired by my gorgeous friend, Shaz, and I am going to start making our own soap and our own washing powder. I am just sick of all the chemicals in our life and the impact it has on mine and the kids skin (Mat seems to be made of leather...nothing makes his skin red, itchy and irritated). I will keep you posted on how successful this turns out to be and I will share any recipes I come across that actually turn out.

I am also doing a major diet overhaul after reading the book Sweet Poison by David Gillespie where he discusses the impact sugar, namely fructose has on our bodies. It is an amazing eye opener that I recommend to you all and it has certainly had an impact on me. I am going to cut as much sugar out of our diet as possible, not as a fad, but as a healthy lifestyle change. The idea isn't to lose weight or go on a diet, it is simply to remove something from our consumption to improve our overall health and wellbeing. I imagine this is something I will blog about in many future posts because I think I will struggle to start with...you all know how much I love sweets!!!!

Other than those major changes, there are a whole lot of simple little changes that are improving the energy in our household. I am talking much more calmly with the kids...in fact, I only yelled once yesterday! I am also sleeping much more soundly...well I have for the last two nights anyway so let's hope it keeps up.

Today's post is a little rambly because things are so busy here today. We've had swimming lessons, cleaned the house and I am now baby sitting a friends gorgeous little boy. Then it is off to dance lessons this afternoon and back home for the dinner, bath and bed rush. Tonight I will hopefully be cleaning out the office and doing more business paperwork. Yay. Anyway, enough rambling, I just wanted to get something out there about how great I feel with the changes that are in the air xox