Well, I am not actually huddled and shuddering, so this first of this month beats the first of last month so far!
I spent the weekend moving things around, cleaning, tossing, recycling, stacking to give away and so on. I went through my closet, bedroom, living room, the back porch and the kids did their rooms. The kitchen is my eh zone. I did clean out the drawers and cabinets, but the fridge needs some scrubbing and I have all the camping gear stacked under the laundry table at the moment. I will go through that maybe during this week, or next week. The last thing I want to do is haul it out and make a mess and lose interest!
I am very pleased with what's left, with all I have gotten done and mostly with the marked decrease in winter gunk like dust, pet hair, spiderwebs and dead ladybugs that hide underneath everything we own.
I have started a list of what's next-sealing the tiles and replacing caulk around the tub and checking the windows. I want to wash the windows inside and out, I want colorful curtains and a couple big throw rugs. I want to recover the couch and fix the saggy seat where the fabric ripped out of the middle part. I found directions I can actually follow in a magazine Matt's sister sent us this weekend. She hooked Chan up with a half-dozen t-shirts and skirts, which kind of makes me sick both ways in that my daughter and SIL can share clothes. That Erin is so scrawny and that Chan is that big. LOL
I will do pics this evening, the lighting in this house is horrible during the day. It's either blinding or black.
In other news, all the snow is gone in Animal Crossing. Jake gave his game slot to Matt, who has been as bad as I was at the start about playing. I had to use the mommy voice the THIRD time he got on there yesterday when I needed help moving furniture! Chandler and I installed sidewalks all over town to mark a path of most use, hoping to get some more grass to grow. We have been planting trees and flowers every single day, but still the environmental score is 'D, maybe a C'. We did manage to contribute enough money to get a new bridge, but of the 3 choices, NONE were where I wanted one.
Today marks the arrival of 4 new bugs and 4 new fish as well as the departure of mole crickets, string fish and pond smelt among other fish-I think octopus are gone and squid and bitterlings. I have been forbidden to get on the game until someone is home from work because he wants to catch the new stuff first. *sigh*
I have my final mortgage paid off and now I have a flagpole that I can change the flag design on by using my phone to call Rover. It uses your own selection of designs, which you can edit anytime you want. I love it. My flag is currently bright purple with a big blue E on it.
