Cleaning and Purging

So, I really think I need to find something to do with myself. I find myself online more and more. I should clean and get things done around the house, but being 6 1/2 months pregnant, I feel so tired and bloated. I really need to have my cousin come see me and help me get organized. I use to have a chore chart (as childish as it sounds) to keep me on track. It worked for about 2 months. I just find that when I'm up with Genevieve, she takes a lot of time and energy. When she goes down for a nap, I feel like I need to put my feet up and relax just so I am ready for her when she gets up. How do you do it all in a day? I guess the key is to not let it get bad.

Now you see I say bad, but I don't think my home is that bad. It feels lived in, but nothing that I'd be upset if someone stopped by to see me unannounced. I guess my house is more cluttered. I really wish I could get on that show Clean Sweep. I'm really not THAT bad, but I would love to really go through everything and just purge. I just don't know where to start, and it just seems so overwhelming. I guess that is the thing I look forward most to moving overseas. Our place will not be as big as the one we have now. I will have to go through everything and get rid of the things we really just do not need. Maybe if I get it done that time, I will get in a routine of just purging all the time. I use to be one of those people who kept things because of the memories they had. I would keep notes I got in high school, Christmas Cards, and just little things like that. I have started to throw those away at the end of the season. (Please don't be offended if you send me cards...I really can't keep them forever. Can I?)

All this, and don't get me started on Genevieve's toys! She has so many. I need to take some to the grandparent's houses and get them out of mine. I don't even pick them up during the day anymore. It's a loosing battle. I put them away when she naps, and when she is up, they are all back out again. How many toys are enough? How many are too many? I guess when we have 3 toy bins full, that is too many. On a side note, one of those bins are toys she has outgrown but the new baby can use. So that is recycling right?! Holding onto things like that and baby clothes are fine because they can be used again? Is my thinking wrong? Am I just trying to justify keeping things that don't need to be held on to? The world may never know.