My Kids Mom

I had commented on my Facebook and Twitter about how I couldn’t wait for my status to change from “packing” to “unpacking”. And while I’m super duper thankful to be unpacking, it’s a drag! There’s so much to do, to even feel at home. I’m already loving pretty much everything about this house, except for my master bedroom shower. It’s sooooo tiny, and I’m used to having a whole tub to move around in! I’m sure I’ll get used to it in time. Either that or I’ll just stop showering. Meh. On that topic, I am going to need to find wherever my razor is packed soon, or I’m going to be able to braid my underarm hairs soon. Yeah, hot, I know. I’m so schmexy. 

I spent the whole day today at the old house cleaning up. My lovely Mama gave me a housewarming gift of a clean from a maid service! It was so great to have them come and do some of the stuff that I really didn’t want to do: the bathrooms and the kitchen. They got clean all three bathrooms and half the kitchen. A little concerning though, that one girl got through 2.5 bathrooms in the same time the other girl got through half the kitchen. Not sure what that’s all about. Anyways, I vacuumed the whole house, got half way done the painting I need to do, finished the kitchen and completely finished the dining room (floors, wall, windows, baseboards, etc etc etc!!) It feels good to have accomplished something, but there’s still sooooooo much to do, and considering I was there from 9am until 4pm, and that’s all I did, plus I had help…. well… I have a feeling I’ll be spending even more time there over the next few days. Thankfully we have until Saturday until we need to return the keys. 

Back here at home *sigh* … I love to call this place home… I’ve been working on organizing my pantry. Anyone have any tricks? I think I’m going to go out and buy some containers for things… everything just feels so out and random. I would like to be more organized, then it’s easier to keep cleaner. I bought an issue of Better Homes and Gardens today that has “45 ways to be organized and beat clutter” or something like that. Hopefully I’ll get some good tips! This house is smaller than our last, so organization is one of my top priorities. Also, we have hardwood floor and I just can’t decide what method of cleaning I want to use. I was thinking about getting the Norwex mop system (microfiber, no cleaners needed just water) or some sort of fancy special hardwood cleaner. I’ve heard the latter leaves streaks, so I’m leery. But I’m also not sure if I want to spend 80 some odd dollars on a mop system either. I suppose I will just have dirty floors until I decide. Anyone else out there have hardwood? What do you use? 

The other day I heard a song on the radio by a sweet young Alberta girl who is only 15 years old. She wrote and recorded this song when she was only 14 years old, only having learned how to play the guitar and write a year prior to that. She’s got such a great natural voice, and I can’t wait to hear more from her. Check out her song here. It’s just a very basic recording, just her and her guitar, but it’s so great!! Listen to the song “home now”. It’s only a clip, but doooooood. 

Anyways, I should get back to the unpacking. Or something.