House Hunting and Patience

looked at 3 houses today, liked the upstairs of one and the downstairs of the other, but overall, no, no, no.

why is it so hard to find the house for us.
i don't know if i have the patience for this.
i knew this could take time, but i'm wondering if we will find a house by the time my lease expires.

i look at 2 open houses tomorrow, got my fingers crossed.

i've already started to pack that is how i'm trying to be optimistic, but the house is now a mess and it is getting it to me.

who thought i'd be the neat type. i was a total slob as a child, teen, and young adult.
now i like order, cleanliness, and cleared counter tops.

the older i get the more i get like my mother.
i'm doomed!

Organizing Chaos

the weather won't cooperate and warm up so i can get into the garage and go through the final pile of crap that just got dumped there instead of where it's supposed to go, the spare crap room! i swear, it makes perfect sense in my head.

we did get the summer clothes out for my kid. and i did organize the spare room closet and my muscle, aka, the kid, hauled up her desk and put it in the spare room. the dog was busy turning the spare bed into her nest, and it was nicely made!

why does trying to clean and organzie always make a bigger mess, it's like grape nuts, you start with a small amount, but it seems to never end!!!

i have a huge trash pile now in the garage and the pile is smaller. my kid has several "heavy" boxes of pictures, frames, scrapbook stuff to take to the spare room. Heavy to me is not heavy to her. I can't lift more then 5 pounds thanks to injuries to my back and fms. i've already got my knee aching from lifting what i have and hauling it up the stairs.

i can still remember the days when i had muscles. i can almost vaccum the floor in the living room/dining room!!!! progress!!!!

Another jolly good visit to the dog park

We had another fun time at the dog park today. Sophie ran around with new buddies and played her little heart out. Man it got hot fast!!! We were only there for an hour. It's going to be a toasty day. Now that Sophie is passed out at my feet snoozing, I can focus on getting the downstairs cleaned.

Phase 2 of the cleaning weekend is about to begin. I hope my back holds up. I have got to declutter the entry way. I keep tripping over the dog cage and my suitcase.

Have a great day!!!

Stage 1 of Cleaning Weekend Completed

Yes, I am spending a holiday weekend cleaning!!!

Now let's move on. I finished cleaning my bedroom, walk-in closet, and bathroom. It took 4 1/2 hours and 3 big boxes of trash, but it's done. Now Gab has to go thru all her crap that was still in the walk-in closet and decide what to keep and what to toss. Plus, her room is much smaller, so what she doesn't want to keep in her room will have to go back in the walk-in closet. I have used every single hanger I had in the closet and the boxes in the closet.

I need a 2nd dresser to put my jammies, t-shirts, shorts, and sweats in. My current 5 drawer dresser is filled with socks, bras, and panties. I had no idea I had so many socks and panties. The bras only take up one drawer and it's not full all the way. I always need bras. I think it's time to take a trip to the outlet mall and get me some more bras. I have to get 42 DDD's so I have to go to Lane Bryant to get them and I HATE underwires!!!! Lane Bryant has the most amazing non-underwire bras that I LOVE, but they are usually $26 each. At the outlet store they are around $12 each. Much better!!!

Now I have to match the socks up. And I never match all of them. I have no idea where all the socks go. I buy the same kind over and over, but I still end up short. It baffles me. Do they go on vacation to another dimension?

My lower back is killing me!!! I need to take some back pain med, icy hot the s.o.b up and crash. I have to clean the downstairs tomorrow. And that's gonna be a minimum of 2 hours. It won't be as bad, because I cleaned before the trip to Meemaw's. But the foyer is super cluttered with all the return trip stuff. And the cat's bathroom, needs swept, moped, and cleansed thoroughly. But it will still stink, my cat's shit STINKS!!!! He's nasty!!! That's why the 1/2 bath downstairs is all his. I send people upstairs to the bathroom when they visit. I've tried every scent product on the market to get that stank out and none of them work very well.

My feet are aching too. I think I worked physically hard today then I have since we moved here last year. Alot of the junk I threw out today should've never moved here, but since I waited until the last minute to pack, it got thrown in a box and moved. I procrastinate when it comes to moving!!! I loathe it!!! I hope the next time I move will be the last time and it will be a house with a fenced yard for the dog. But I'm dreaming for now.

I think I'll sleep good tonight!!!

Simple Weekend Planned

This weekend I am striving towards simplicity. I will not go anywhere that isn't necessary. I will clean. I will declutter. I will organize. I will scrub. I will dust. I will vacuum. I will sweat. I will toil. I will sit down on Monday evening and be at peace in a clean home.

This is my goal for the long weekend. I am sick of tripping over suitcases and boxes. I am tired of hunting through a pile of clothes to find shorts or underwear. I need some order restored physically in this world to soothe me. I find the more chaos that physically surrounds me the more chaos I have inside my head.

When my world is dirty, my heart is aching and my mind cannot rest. I am by no means a neat freak, but stubbing toes really does suck!!!