Man my housework really is getting away from me these days. It has really been too hot to do any amount of housework these days. Today I really wanted to clean the door hangers and the woodwork. But by the time I was able to get around to it, it was really too hot in here to do the work. Hopefully later on tonight it will cool down and I will be able to get some of this cleaning done. If not, I’m sure it will wait until tomorrow. Hopefully tomorrow won’t be quite so warm.

I have to say that I’m starting to get really impressed with my outside space these days. Over the weekend my husband built on to our deck, painted the deck, bought a picnic table, purchased some outdoor cushions and painted the trim work on our home. Outside is starting to look better than inside. We still have a little bit of work left to do outside, but I am quite excited to see the way this is all taking place. After outside is all finished, I guess we will have to stay inside and finish the inside.

That’s right folks, I’m finally done with that huge file and the days of 12 hour typing. I finished proofing the file and have sent it to my contract. It’s done! Now with all that typing out of the way, I can start doing some things that I have neglecting over the past few days. I can catch up on the laundry which includes washing my living room rugs, I’ll get the dishes all caught up and quite possibly get my office and bedroom cleaned. But at least I won’t be tied to the computer much longer. Yay!

I must say that last weekend was probably one of the nicest weekends we have had so far this spring. All weekend it was nice and sunny out and very warm. Although I did have a bit of work to do in the house, I will admit that I played hooky from all my computer work and spent most of my weekend outside. I spent a lot of time cleaning up the yard and setting up my outside furniture. Now if I only had an outdoor fireplace my entire yard would look complete. I absolutely love spring and now that we’ve seen a major sign of it, I can almost bet most of my days will be spent outside.

Well the spring cleaning around here has started once again. Yesterday I decided to get a start on the bathroom. So I started going through all the cupboards and closets. You would be amazed at what I discovered at the back at one of the cupboards. I actually found an old bottle of prenatal vitamins. Well…. since I don’t plan on having any more children of my own (just grandchildren), I wasn’t long in getting rid of these vitamins. It really does amaze me when I see all the junk I have collected over the years. Oh well…. back to the grind.

We have been doing some serious renovations lately. We have tackled the living room and the kitchen and really aren’t done yet. I would love to completely gut my bathroom and re-do it. But… I just can’t talk my husband into this type of renovation because of the high cost. I would love to install hand dryers and a whirlpool tub. But just these two items alone would cost a fortune. When and if I ever get a house, you can almost bet that these two items will be high on my “I want” list.

Every year my husband gets four weeks of vacation. But… one of those weeks, he has to take between January and March. So yeah, not much of a vacation. He has chosen to take next week off. So next week I will have my biggest child home for the week. Since we can’t do anything or go anywhere (the kids are still in school) I have some plans for him to get some work done around the house. I’m going to get him to finally put up the wood blinds that we purchased before Christmas and I’m also going to get him to help me move back into my home office. Oh don’t worry, I’ll let him have some time to himself. After all, it is his vacation time. lol

Since I don’t have a whole lot on my plate today, I’ve decided to once again to get started on my Spring cleaning. I really, really do hate to clean, but since nobody else in this house even knows what Anilox cleaners are, I guess the cleaning will be left up to me. The first room I plan on tackling is our bedroom. And to do this right, it’s probably going to take me a few days to get this all done. Oh well, all this clutter only seems to bother me, so I guess I can take my time to get it done. Now…. if I could only find the motivation to get started. lol

I seriously hate shopping! I hate going into the stores with all the crowds and I really, really hate spending money. But, I need to head out to the malls later today. I’m hoping it’s not crowded and I can get in and out with what I need. I want to make new curtains for all the bedrooms and to do this I need to go to the store to purchase the fabric. I have put it off long enough. But, I just can’t seem to get myself into a store. But, I promised my husband and the kids that I would make these stupid curtains, so I guess I’m going to have to bite the bullet and go shopping. Wish me luck!!

There are two things I dread about the Christmas season arriving. One is the Christmas shopping that needs to be done (I hate shopping!!) and the other one is all the Christmas cleaning that has to be done as well. Well so far I have three rooms in the house cleaned, but I am far…. from done. This morning I tried to clean the kitchen, but with all the glass tile that needed to be cleaned and polished, I got a little tired and gave that particular job up for the day. So I have decided to try to clean up my home office instead and do the kitchen on a different day. I know it all has to be done sooner rather than later, but I just don’t have the energy for it today.