Our house has never looked better! Over the weekend Matt and I dug out all the weeds in our front flower beds and perennial garden, laid down new mulch, Matt cut the grass, pruned the hedges (ha--I hope you know that quote!), and power-washed the mold off the shingles on our storage shed. I washed the windows (and window sills, which were truly gross), organized and vacuumed Abbie's room, did the same in the office, and did some serious work in the bathroom: scrubbed the floor, cleaned out and organized the laundry closet and under the sink--basically made it shine like the top of the Chrysler building (movie quote #2!). Our friend from school spent 3 hours cleaning our shower on Friday because Wilmore water is nasty, and now it's actually white!
I never knew how satisfying REALLY cleaning the house could be. I decided that it would be a good idea to do this kind of intensive organizing and cleaning at least twice a year...because we've never done it before and after four years living here, cleaning is pretty time-consuming.
Another thing that cleaning like this does is make me feel proud of our space. I've always enjoyed our house but I think I've taken it for-granted to some extent. Matt used to have a problem with how I left my clothes and stuff around the house because it wasn't respectful stewardship...and my excuse was that I just wanted to be comfortable in our house. And I've always liked having a clean house, but was never motivated enough to keep it clean. The more I think about moving into a new home, the more I'm looking forward to a clean start (literally), and having a chance to find the balance between cleanliness/organization and creating a space that we're all comfortable in.
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of many small villages....!
It's a hard knock life... for us... =)
Hey, thanks for visiting my blog and for your supportive comments! We are doing great with the BG's so far--although once the poop gets more solid (she is exclusively breastfed now so everything washes away easily)--I like the idea of the rice paper liners. I am also thinking of getting some prefolds to use with Thirsties covers so we don't have to wash quite as often since I'm going back to work soon. (I have 24 diapers now, which means I wash every other day or so.)
LOL about the non-mainstream anarchist behavior--I have already been there, making homemade baby food for my older son, which most of my friends, my husband, and our babysitter initially thought I was crazy for doing! I am also headed toward all-natural cleaners and planting a vegetable garden in our (tiny) backyard.
Anyway, thanks for your encouragement! I really appreciate it!!
Amanda :)
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