Fort-building

I'm subscribed to a blog called Uncluttered.com. I love cleanness. And, believe it or not, I love cleaning. One of my biggest childhood trials as an older sister was trying to educate my younger siblings (namely Bryn, the crazily-creative-enthusiastic child that she was) in the ways of cleanliness (I can proudly say she's very cleanly now, maybe even moreso than me). So when Jonathan saw an article about the Uncluttered blog on Lifehacker earlier this spring, he forwarded it on to me. And I mostly love reading it. Then he got me the book and I rapidly read it. I mostly love that, too. There are some things I agree with in the writer's posts and some I know I'd never want to do. But all in all, it's a good reminder to me why being uncluttered is important in life; to make time for the things that really matter.

So when a new blog post from Uncluttered showed up in my Google Reader feed about a month ago I clicked on it and read it right away. And I loved it. It was titled, Clear the Clutter, Build a Fort. And so, a few days later, I did. Jonathan helped, but he opted to drag the twin mattress from our office into our room instead of crashing on the hard floor. So he had to sleep outside the fort (which was probably a good thing considering we don't have any blanket here large enough for a two-person fort). But I slept inside on a thin blanket over the ondol (heated floor) and it was glorious. Except for early in the morning when I woke up from floor overheatage. Man, that linoleum can sure get hot! But after adjusting the heat I went back to sleep pretty quickly and all was good. All in all, a fun evening creating the fort together and snuggly-warm night sleeping inside it.

The fort, complete with Jeju mandarins holding down one corner

All cuddled up ready to sleep

Pre-waking up shot by sneaky, early-riser Jonathan...