Getting The House Ready

Have you ever been the victim of a flood?  The way it was raining here last night I was convinced our little home would be swept away.  The weather men had talked about it snowing, but thankfully it was just rain.  Today is Brandi's birthday party, and if I had to worry about applied structural drying the party would be ruined.  


As it is now, the girls and I are trying to get the house clean and ready.  I am baking meatballs to go with my ziti, Brandi is cleaning the bathroom, and Kasi is working on the floors.  We have mostly hardwoods (the fake kind) and an area rug.  The rug seem to be a catch all for every piece of dirt in this house, and I hate having to drag out the vacuum just to clean it.  Most of the time, I just sweep it, but that just gets rid of the surface dirt.  I really need to look for some rug cleaning tips so I can get all the ground in dirt out.  I would hate to see what a carpet cleaner would pull out of it.  

If I had thought ahead, I would have looked up some do it yourself upholstery cleaning tips and tried to clean the couch.  Most of the time I keep a sheet on it, so it's not too bad.  It's just nice every now and them to do a little Spring cleaning, even if it is Winter time.

Get Organized, Or Sleep?

 The kids are back in school.  Yesterday was their first day, and I will admit to doing a little happy dance once they were on the bus.  The I took my lazy butt back to bed.  It was so nice to sleep in a quiet house, with no arguing and fighting.

I want to get this house organized in the next few weeks.  When the kids are home during the summer, I find it's a losing battle to keep the house clean.  Now that I am home alone during the day, I can crank up my music and get things done.  The first thing on my list is cleaning the girls room.  They have so much stuff in there.  It's not trash, but it's also not stuff they play with every day.  There are totes of clothes that Kasi has outgrown that I am saving for Brandi.  There are boxes of collectibles, like Barbies and Precious Moments, that we have no room to display.  Even though we have a storage building (that is filled with Junior's tool and stuff) in the yard, I am still thinking about renting a self storage building.  I would use Self Storage Milton Keynes, but they are a little far from where I live.  I need something close, and cheap.

Maybe then, I can get all the totes and boxes out of their room, and finally get it organized.  Or at least that is what I am hoping.  I may just spend the next two weeks enjoying the quiet by sleeping in and watching movies.  We'll see.

My Horrible Floors

I am finally done dusting. It took me two hours, but it's all done. Every elephant is dust free, and now I can move on to other things.

The laundry is all clean and folded, but still sitting on the kitchen table. The food is waiting to be prepared. I am thinking about doing the pasta salad tonight so that it can get all yummy overnight. The fruit salad can wait until tomorrow. I bought strawberries, apples, a pineapple, grapes, cantaloupe, and a watermelon. Sounds delicious, right? I am going to attempt to use half the watermelon as a bowl, but we'll see. I have to do the water balloon tomorrow, and the regular balloons. I still need to mow the grass and get the yard cleaned, but I think I will let Junior take care of that. I still have to tackle this nasty carpet. I was thinking that maybe we should look into Portland Flooring and have something else put down instead of carpeting. I want something easy to clean, but that is still pretty.

I wonder if the management company would pay for something like that? I don't think so either, but it wouldn't hurt to ask, right?

Clean Or Blog?

I have been cleaning like crazy to get this house ready for tomorrow. Like usual, I left everything to the last minute, and instead of getting to it, I am sitting here, blogging. The good news is that there is only a fifty percent chance of showers tomorrow afternoon, with the real rain holding off until Sunday. I have been praying very hard for sunny skies during the party.

Okay, I really need to get up from here. I have to finish dusting and run the vacuum. I don't think that is going to help the nasty carpet they have in here. I really need to ask them to replace it with some nicer carpet from Shaw Carpet. I am tired of looking at all the burned spots on ours. I have no idea what the people who lived here before us did, but it looks like they worked on cars right in the middle of the living room. Luckily, I have a nice rug that covers most of the spots. Just promise if you visit, you won't peek underneath.

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