Today we moved back into our kitchen. I am so glad we didn't have to move the whole house as one room was enough! I've gone through and relined my new cabinets with fresh liner paper. I tried to wash as much as I could but I'll admit I got tired so don't drink fromthe cocktail glasses until they've been washed! At least the kitchen remodel was a good exercise at cleaning out. Ever since my grandmother passed away a few years ago and i had to see all the items my dad had to deal with upon her death, I've been trying to go though my house and sort through items we no longer use. Going though a lifetime of items upon someone's death is just horrible. Watching my dad have to deal with that really effected me and made be be even more organized and clean. Another reason to keep clean is that our house is only 1200 square feet. Now with a ton of baby toys, its even more important to stay on top of things. Its amazing what builds up in a year. Even though we moved a ton of boxes back into the house the bonus room is still chuck full of stuff. I am not sure where it all came from. I think a garage sale is required sometime soon.
Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of ...