Part of staying at home with Scarlette is learning to balance. I am awesome at balance. On, like, a beam. Have I ever talked about that time I was in gymnastics? Would it surprise you to know I fell in love with the sport at gymnastics camp?

Seriously, you should see me on the uneven bars. Or, well, you should have seen me when I was twelve. I’m not sure if I still have an amazing back hip circle or not anymore because Jeff won’t let me try it on the bars at the park. He says they are for doing chin-ups or something. Lame.

But balance in life? Suck at it. If you’ve sent me an email in the last month, you are aware of this. The holidays totally set my inbox back a bit. I’m sorry.

Here’s a cute picture of my baby to make up for it. (She’s trying to sign “juice.”)

Does that only work on my dad?

Anyhow, it’s overwhelming, finding the balance in being a work-at-home mom. Wife. Mother. Writer. Me.

So this week is about housekeeping.

Specifically at my house, noting my absence here. Because I have a tendency to be a bit messy. You could say I might be a slob. You could even say it’s possible you might one day see me on an episode of hoarders. Not really. Maybe. Just kidding. Who else loves Kristin Wigg as much as I do?

I really want to create a calm environment for Scarlette. She spends all day with… me. That’s not calm. She spent yesterday driving her cozy coupe over to our wedding portrait and yelling at it. So I feel a need to make this space calm, organized and more efficient. I read some organizing books but they didn’t magically change me into a non-messy person so I need to take some time to actually tackle that.

But also here on my blog. I’m wanting to change up my advertising a bit. To be honest, I tried a secondary advertising network and the response was awesome. Except I kept denying the ads which was not so awesome. It’s important to me that even my ads are in line with my morals. It’s also important to me to find a good balance in selling advertising because I don’t want my blog overwhelmed with ads. On the other hand, go google Elecare. My baby is expensive. I can’t tell you how grateful I am that I am able to live out my passion of writing as a means of helping contribute to our family.

Instead of repeatedly denying ads because they want to sell something that isn’t in line with my beliefs, I’d really rather use the space to support indie businesses and other bloggers/crafters.

So if you’re interested in a sponsor space, please click here and I’ll make all your dreams come true. Like I mentioned, I don’t want the blog to be cluttered with ads so space is limited. I’ve already emailed the people who have contacted me about advertising here so I only have a couple of spots left for February and March.

And that’s the story Morning Glory. It’s housekeeping time around here.

I’m on my third cup of coffee and the closet under the stairs looks AMAZING. The floor in front of the closet under the stairs is covered with all of the crap that was previously in said closet. This where everything unravels for me.

I was going to write a blog post today but instead I’m chasing after this charmingly cute and crazy little girl. And also cleaning up that huge mess you see in the background of these pictures. This is why I don’t post camera phone photos. Because I don’t want y’all to be jealous of all my mad housekeeping skills. You’re welcome.