Absence Excuse

I have not given up on the blogging experience. I think I just picked a crazy busy time to start. So after a year and a half of looking Alex and I have finally found a home we think really fits our family. With almost 2 acres it should be plenty of space for Jeff and Mary to run around. And I am also hoping there will be lots of space for chickens and an expanded garden. God truly has worked to bring this home into our reach. After much countering we have finally signed and agreed with the sellers on a contract. The hitch is that ours was a contingent offer, meaning that we need to sell our home before we can buy theirs. So we have been working like mad cleaning, finishing projects and getting everything ready. Our home hit the market Saturday morning. We are praying that it sells quickly so that we may begin this new journey. It is very bitter-sweet for me. We have put many hours of labor and love into this home. We fought infertility here and brought home our babies to this house. It is the only home they have ever known. Alex and I are not for moving around a bunch even though this will be our third home together. Both sets of our parents still live in the homes we grew up in. The move to our current home didn't bring about this emotion. I'm guessing because we didn't have children. But we hope that this move will be our forever home with lots of room for the kids and better schools. Being 5 we still look forward to the years we will still have them at home. Each day that passes just seems to fly by. Don't get me wrong there are lots of days that I am thankful for passing quickly but most of the time there is a little twinge of sadness when I put them to bed. One more day closer... Sorry to be a downer. Anyway any prayers for a quick sale would be very much appreciated. It seems like once you have made that resolve you are ready to just get going. I am already planning my garden layout!  

New Years Cleaning

Unlike most people who do spring cleaning I tend to do New Years and Fall cleaning. With my slight OCD I just can't bring myself to put up the Christmas decorations and then walk away. With Christmas down it is like an open slate that I am ready to make clean. For me the biggest part of this is dusting the walls before I hang back up our family pictures. Yes, I said dusting the walls, that is what happens when you have library paneling. But then that leads to curtain cleaning, more dusting and carpet shampooing. I do it all. And of course there is the de-cluttering of toys and other items since we have to make space for all of Mary and Jeff's Christmas gifts. And that brings me to my question. With New Years Resolutions and Pinterest is there a certain schedule or plan you like to follow? With Pinterest there are a bunch to choose from. By the way if you are not sure what Pinterest is, go there, fast. Click the link above. Go... Now.. But allow for some computer time. It is very addictive! I'm not sure how ladies from the 30-60's would of had time to spend on something like it. Maybe not sleep? So what are your tips and tricks? Do you have a cleaning schedule that works for you? Did you find it somewhere or make your own?