Heading into the Weekend

Well, I have to proudly say that I feel like I have accomplished many of my goals this week.

Specifically, to do more @ home.

The dishes were done & completely put up at least every other day. That may not sound like much of big deal, but it was on my goals list! Sure makes the kitchen seem bigger with the beautiful countertops cleared off!!

I got rid of enough clothes to fill a 55 gallon trash bag! And another bag (not THAT large) of shoes! A good sized box of craft supplies, sporadic house decorations or supplies. Am donating many magazines to my old office for their waiting area. Throwing out or selling my nursing books. I learned after my first degree that I didn't ever bother to look at any of them since, so I'm not clogging the house up with more non-referenced texts. When I do join the workforce, there will be updated texts in my area of choice... in fact, most of the texts I studied in school are already "outdated". Whoa, completely off topic there!

I raked leaves almost everyday. Elias loves to sit outside w/ me & grab lots of leaves. I do have to make sure he doesn't eat them or get bitten by ants, but it's not too bad! It will take much more time to rake & pile them to be burned, but baby steps, right?!

The bathrooms have been cleaned since last weekend. I hope I'm not alone when I admit that I can clean it, then it's messy two days later. I've tried to make it a point to put stuff up or clear out the floor when I leave the rooms. The master bedroom has stayed pretty cleared. I still need to vacuum thoroughly & wipe the floors. Our house can be SOO dusty!

The living room has been picked up! I got rid of the ficcus tree in the corner & it seems so much larger & open to me! I dropped off some mirrors I bought years ago for a project I'd do "someday". Slowly clearing out the corner that lots of stuff gets thrown in cuz it's hidden behind the love seat! :)

Trying to clear out the shelving unit we have under our TV table since Elias will be more & more mobile in the coming weeks. I am praying we'll find a nice TV center (armoire style) this weekend @ the wonderful yard sales I'm headed to that will hide all our stereo electronics + TV & speakers. I think that will be a nice solution for babyproofing our living room! Sure hope I can update next week w/ a photo of it!

The van is almost stuffed w/ all these items to donate! We have a good family friend that pastors at a church that will be having a yard sale Saturday. Will be dropping off all the goods to them tomorrow!

I vacuumed the van out last Friday & drove it through the carwash. Plan to do it again tomorrow or next Tuesday (when our Mommy group will be meeting @ a ChickFilA down the road from it).

We cloth diapered every day this week! We are still using a sposie (disposable) at night cuz I don't have anything heavy enough to hold the night-time needs, but I should be getting some soon to try out... Not too bad washing every 2 or 3 days & Elias just looks too cute in them, too! We're using prefolds now, pocket diapers, & going diaper free more often.

Guess that's it for now. I'm wired for some reason. Maybe it's the tea I've had or the though-provoking documentary we watch tonight {Food, Inc} or the negative pregnancy test I took. Post pregnancy cycles are frustrating. Even one week "late" isn't really late, I guess.

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday morning & a beautiful weekend. The weather is gorgeous here in Florida & I am looking forward to spending it with my baby, my husband, & my mother!