Nesting? Spring Cleaning? or _________??

I think it's because the older kids moved in...Andrew says it's more like I do when I'm nesting -- and we know that's not possible because I'm not pregnant no less at the end of a pregnancy!! Maybe it's the weather being so beautiful? Got me in the mood for some spring cleaning.... who knows, doesn't really matter...it's getting done and that's all that matters...

I've put all the winter stuff into it's place in the basement, got the laundry room organized...reorganized the front (coat) closet (since I put away all the winter stuff, I had to put the spring stuff in there!)....Got my closet cleaned out....Going to work on Harley's sometime today I hope...I want to get most of the books (and he's got TONS of books!) to the "new" reading nook/office space in the basement...I want to work on the hallway closet again today too...Gotta figure a way to reorganize that...I mean -- WHY would we need SIX sets of sheets for our bed? We don't!! We only use one set at a time...Have one or two spares should be enough don't you think? Gotta move some of the linens (towels and washcloths) to the bathroom downstairs so the kids don't have to come upstairs to the main bathroom to get towels to shower before school each day (or so!).

Robert and Kelly both still had toyboxes at their dad's house and brought them over. Robert still had his set of Brio trains and tracks (he started collecting them his first Christmas!)...He gave those to Tyler and Zachary and they are really, really enjoying playing trains now. The little boys got the "new" toyboxes and now we have an unorganized system in their closet to keep their toys. We keep one small barrel for toys in the living room now...It sure is nice to not have as many toys to pick up in the main walking space of the house!

The garage is no longer cleaned out...it's completely trashed with the move of the kids into the house. Kelly brought all of her bedroom furniture with the auspices of selling it on craisglist so that she can have summer time spending money. We have so many nice pieces of furniture out there, but I can't post most of them on craigslist right now because they are buried and I can't get pictures of them. I managed to get two of her cabinets up on craigslist and had one lady come over to look at them, but then wanted to pay $10 each (we're only asking $20 each for them!). We told her no deal!! They sell for $60-80 NEW and are solid wood.

I was able to sell the extra cat tree we had that the cat refuses to use. I posted it for $30 and got the $30 I asked for...I was planning on asking $20 but figured people always try to talk you down...Well, no one tried to talk me down...I was surprised, but knew it was a good deal. (We didn't pay for it anyways, one of our old neighbors gave it to us about a year ago).

It's not so much that we needed the money, we just needed the space but it sure is nice to make some money in the process of cleaning out the house!

I even got the carpet in the living room and hallway cleaned yesterday. It's been on my list for over a week now, but then got rescheduled till after all the teens left.

I managed to get six loads of laundry done yesterday and all the clothes put away...I have one more load to fold...Then the sheets since I just stripped our bed (housecleaners comes today). My goal is to have all the laundry DONE (meaning washed, dried, folded and put away) by the end of the day today. Oh yeah, and I gotta figure out a way to wash the outside of my front window...it just looks gross!

In the meantime, Zachary is finally starting to walk more...more than 2 steps at a time...I just KNOW he's gonna be getting into trouble with Tyler before we know it!!

Well, I better run if I want to get all my chores accomplished for the day....

Oh yeah, we took our van in for brakes Saturday...Needs some work on the front end too and it's gonna be a total of $800!! -- Good thing that I talked the dealership DOWN by $800 or I'd be one pretty unhappy camper.

I'll try to be back later to catch up on everything else...I know I've been lacking in updating this blog...Things have been so busy! I gotta get my work done though while I still have the energy to do so....

Wait -- one more delay -- I better make breakfast for my sweet husband...he's got an awful cold but somehow I've managed to keep it away from me -- it seems -- so far (I woke up with a stuffy nose yesterday but that's the worst I've gotten!). If I was sick I doubt I'd have the energy levels I've had the last two days!!