Sunday afternoon I decided that Alex’s closet was cluttered enough to be deemed Officially Hazardous, so yesterday I spent most of the morning sorting through old books, old clothes, old toys and old shoes.
And in case you’re wondering if I took a picture of the final product, well, OF COURSE I DID.
Now granted, you can only see one side of closet in the picture, but the other side of the closet is cleaned out, too. And besides, do you notice THAT WHOLE BIG SPACE WITH NOTHING ON IT?
I’m telling you: that whole big space with nothing on it is one of the crowning achievements of my life.
Or at least of my life in, you know, May.
And ever since I finished working in that closet, I have been on what my mama would call a RIP IT. I’ve stripped beds, mopped floors, cleaned bathrooms, washed and put away about eight loads of laundry, and I’m about to tackle my baseboards as soon as I post this because I believe it’s been well-established that I am an all-or-nothing girl, so as far as I’m concerned I can either clean my house until it shines or sit on the couch, eat Cheetos and watch HGTV.
And today I choose to clean.
But tomorrow there’s an excellent chance that the Cheetos will win.
(Now please hold for one second while I mop.)
(I’m not even kidding.)
(I’m making you sort of tired, aren’t I?)
(IMAGINE WHAT A DELIGHT IT IS TO LIVE WITH ME!)
(Okay. I’m back now.)
Anyway!
At some point in my massive housecleaning extravaganza, I decided to tackle the bar in our living room, and I kept finding CDs tucked away in drawers. And after I happened upon about the ninth CD, I was all, Why do I have all these CDs taking up valuable storage space? Couldn’t I be using this space much more effectively? Like to store Windex? Or Pledge? Or Clorox? Or some other cleaning product that would help me to maintain the completely unattainable level of clean that I am striving for over the next two days before I get back on the couch and eat Cheetos again?
Oh, make no mistake, people: I am a CARNIVAL of insanity.
So!
I now have this stack-o-CDs that I don’t really need anymore because they’re either a preview copies someone sent me or they’re left over from a giveaway or they’re already on my iTunes or someone is sneaking into my house at night and leaving stray copies of contemporary Christian music in random drawers behind the bar in my living room.
Regardless!
I’d love to send one of you the whole stack-o-CDs. There are probably eleven or twelve CDs in the stack right now (Third Day, Leeland, Casting Crowns, Matt Redman, etc. and so on and so forth), but that number could increase as I clean out additional drawers in additional areas of the house where I’m doing some additional cleaning.
CAN ANYONE TELL THAT I’M HOME ALONE TODAY?
So if you’d like to win, just leave me a comment and tell me so. I’ll close the comments sometime tomorrow morning and then select a winner using random.org.
Please know that my crazy and I thank you in advance for your participation.
And have a great day, y’all.
This giveaway is now closed.
I thought Rip It was a word my mom made up!!!
Please choose me, random number generator thingy.
Hey girl, I wanted to let you know that the links on the left side of your web page aren’t working. They all take me to this page. Which is really a bummer because me and my 10 yo son check every morning to see if you have a funny video posted in your Daily Interwebby Awesomeness or whatever it’s called.
Have a great day relaxing in your clean house and eating Cheetos.
Oooh, I’ve been just craving some new tunes!
I would love me some BooMama music!
My Big Boy got an mp3 player for his birthday, and would SO love some hip-n-happenin’ tunes for it!
Would you come thoroughly clean my house too? I would love some new CDs! Thank you for sharing.
I would love to win the CD collection! I need some more praise music in my life!
Thanks for thinking of us Internets!
I think I feel a win coming on! :)
I could use some new CDs. I have loved every CD you have mentioned so far. Please count me in.
It’s tomorrow morning. Am I too late?
Delurking to say hey! Good for you with all that cleaning! You have almost inspired me to put the Cheetos away and clean(almost). Enter me in your give away, I need some new tunes! Thanks!
Would love your CD stack. I’ve gotten lots of musical suggestions from you!
Love it. I am in.
And if you happen to be in my area, and still have any of that cleaning energy left, feel free to drop in.
You are a bit crazy… but in the best possible way! I would love your stack o’ CDs. :)
rlm2496[at]yahoo[dot]com
Count me in! :-) And, may I say, that I am very proud of you. You have inspired me to a little extra cleaning today as well. :-)
I’d love some new music!
Your junk is my treasure sister!
Kelly S.
I would love to win the stack of CD’s. One (wo)man’s trash….would be my treasure.
Me! Pick me! I’d love to have new music!
I’m in!
pick me pick me pick me!!!! oh yes. pick me.
I would love to win! I wish someone would sneak in my house and leave stray CDs!
I would love to win your FOUND CD’s. Oh, and I love your blog too. I’ve been lurking for awhile, now! Have a great day. I have a carnival too!!! =)
I so can relate to the mad cleaning sprees forwarded and followed by zoning out in front of the tv or behind a really good book. Just got a Zune for Christmas last year and need to fill it with great contemporary Christian CDs. Love your blog!!!
Rachel
Boomama tunes! YEA!!!!
I am the most CD-deprived person on the planet. I own approximately, 8 CD’s of my very own that haven’t been pirated from my teenagers!
Thanks for cleaning your house!!!
WOW! I need your motivation. It would absolutely make my husband SO happy if I went on a cleaning frenzy like you. Thanks for the cd offer! Count me in please. After you’ve finished all of your work, you will definitely deserve your Cheetoes break! Thanks! Trish
I would love some new-to-me CDs! We rarely buy music, so I’m always listening to the same tunes … from the 90’s. Which I didn’t think was a long time ago, until I realized that it’s 200*8*.
I love me some music! Count me in!
New music? I’m there! I’m just relieved that someone else has cleaning fits like I do. I’m no fun to live with either….but hey, the clorox people love me. And that’s all that really matters right?
I’m in!
I’m hope I’m in the running considering the strict closing cutoff of “sometime in the morning”.
I think I just barely made it!
If I promise to have an unlimited supply of Cheetos on hand…. oh heck I’ll even throw in some of those Cheezit Duos you’ve now gotten me hooked on… would ya come over and help me clean too? What a hoot that would be! And what a delight!
Hope I’m not too late!
Ohhhh! I want to win! That is one thing I miss about TN just heading on down to the Lifeway to get some new tunes. Just can’t do that here in China!
Christina
I want to win!!!!
Julie
Oh, I would love those cd’s. I’m on a RIP IT around here too and I need something to listen to!!
Laura
I would like a chance to win! :) Sign me up!
Well, considering that our MacBook crashed along with all of our iTunes, I’m thinking that I really could use those CDs about now. I’m in!
Pick me- I am tired of the music on my Ipod and hubby wont let me get any new music til we pay the bills. How boring!
Like you, Boomama, I love me some Jesus music. and I’d love some new stuff! Count me in.
i’m in for sure
I would love to win, it would be a perfect opportunity for me to get introduced to some new stuff. I never want to venture out and buy a whole cd if I am unsure if I will like it so here is my chance! LOL
I would love to win! :-)
Ooooo! Who doesn’t like good music and we know you have some really good “I love Jesus” music!
This is my first time to your blog and I must say that you are quite humorous (I have no idea how to spell that…). And I would also like to say that I want your cds.
Brooke