A Cleaning kind of weekend

My goodness, what a weekend! I simply asked my husband if he could shampoo the guest room and master bedroom carpets for me (we own a steam cleaner) and my oh my... he went on a cleaning binge! Of course, once he got going, I got motivated and we got so much done over the weekend! I feel like my house has been Spring-cleaned! Both upstairs bathrooms got cleaned literally from top to bottom. Walls washed, tile scrubbed, curtains and windows washed, floors scrubbed, etc. All the upstairs carpets got shampoo'd, and we pulled out the furniture in the master bedroom and cleaned behind and around it. More windows washed in my quilt room and Jeff's office. I cleaned all the baseboards and wiped down the stairs. I did FIFTEEN loads of laundry because I washed all the blankets, curtains and comforters. I even washed quilts that were hanging on the walls. Jeff cleaned out the guest room closet that had become a cache for his collections, and we moved the big heavy steamer trunk out of the guest room and down to the basement. He even took the vac downstairs to the basement and cleaned along the exposed ceiling, which is cob-web headquarters. I cleaned the family room, top to bottom, including washing windows, cleaning the fireplace, washing curtains, and re-arranging the furniture. I put slipcovers on the sofa and one of the chairs. In the kitchen I washed windows, scrubbed down the countertops, cleaned the refrigerator and cleaned all appliances. In the laundry room I reorganized the cupboards and cleaned behind the washer, dryer and freezer. The downstairs carpets still need to be shampoo'd, but that won't get done until next weekend. The last two rooms that need the same thorough Spring cleaning are my downstairs office and the dining room. Today I plan on taking all the dishes out of the dining room hutch and washing them. On Thursday I'll take curtains and drapes down from both rooms and clean them. My office needs a good paper decluttering, which I'll start today. I also need to re-organize the linen closet upstairs and the coat closet downstairs. We decluttered several closets, which provided two boxes of items to sell on Ebay, which I'll also start today. We've decided to sell things on Ebay to buy an HD TV for the family room. My To Do List is abnormally short for a Monday! -- Pack Jeff's lunch -- Make the bed -- Make Jeff's breakfast -- Ironing -- 3 hours of Ebay posting -- Hopefully some quilting time this afternoon

Proud of both my kids!

It's always nice to have evidence that your children have grown up into thinking, caring, productive people. This week I was really proud of both my kids. JJ, age 27 (almost 28!) purchased six world series tickets and re-sold them on Ebay at a very very nice profit! The money he made from the tickets is going toward paying off his computer and a credit card. He and his wife, Lisa, are working very hard at becoming debt-free, and this was a giant step in that direction. I know there are many of us facing retirement who wish we were this smart back in our mid-20's! My daughter Mary, age 26, has taken on a second job. The company where she works as an executive assistant owns a condo, and they put out bids for someone to clean it every two weeks. She took the initiative and now has herself a very part time job (2 hours every 2 weeks) that pays very good money! She can use the boost financially, and I'm proud she's doing this, as opposed to the old days where she would find it easier just to ask us for extra money. :) Life is really sweet when you realize your kids are on the right track.

My little computer geek

We have a great local public library (an award winning library that is one of the top in the nation) and I just happened to notice a computer program geared towards 18 month olds! I brought it home and loaded it up, and Brayden has had a ball with it. It introduces the child to mouse clicking and key pushing, but doesn't require that they click any particular keys or click the mouse on any particular spot on the screen. Wonderful way to introduce a very small child to the computer.