A Clean Home

This weekend, the kids were away with their grandparents at the beach...This weekend, it was just me and Greg...

this weekend was our 7th wedding anniversary...

This weekend, we opened a 2-day can of WHOOP ASS on our house...cleaning, organizing and generally improving our overall quality of life.  

I know--I can hear the groans and the "really?!?'s.  We were planning on going to the Shenandoah Valley and stay at a little bed and breakfast...but nooo...we stayed and we cleaned.

For the record...it was a joint decision.  We weighed the pros and the cons...And now...we feel AMAZING!! As we start the new school year, next week:  every sock has a mate (this alone would have been worth it...), every item of clothing is age appropriate, i.e. no more size TWOs lurking anywhere...every room has been deep cleaned...the basement (which has been a dumping ground since we moved in is a SIGHT TO BEHOLD, a THING OF BEAUTY!! ok, that maybe going too far...but its close!  The porch floor is like 99.9% free of 50 year old adhesive/linoleum.  The playroom, which instilled dread in my heart every time I walked in is now like a friggin' NATURE PRESERVE!! Its so calm in there--I love it.

There are SEVERAL bags/boxes of clothing/items that will be picked up by the local goodwill on Tuesday...off to new homes and to people who need them...

You know that saying: nothing tastes as good as feeling thin feels...

well, SURELY this saying must be able to be worded in such a way that it would apply to our situation today, but I am really worn out and can't quite figure it out...but you get the idea.  We did go to a nice sushi dinner Saturday night...so not all work.

And since the house is so picture-perfect, I thought I would take some photos...you know, just to remember how the house looked...because this feeling and our clean house will be fleeting...

the kids come back tomorrow.

: )