Interruptions!!

I came across this cartoon and have to say, THIS IS EVERY MOM'S LIFE!! I don't care how big or little your kids are, this happens to every mom. If it doesn't happen at your home, please let me know how you did it!

Cleaning WILL kill me one day!

This weekend I took on the task of SCRUBBING the house. I don't just mean the weekly dusting and cleaning, I mean standing on a 6 foot ladder, on the top rung that you are not supposed to stand on, with a 4 foot duster and removed all of the cobwebs and dusties from the cathedral ceiling. All while on the 2nd landing of the stairs. I even went as far as dusting and scrubbing the blinds, window sills and windows themselves that are at the top of the stairs of our 20' cathedral ceilings.

Now, if that weren't enough, I also pulled that ladder downstairs and stood (not at the top, but almost) and with that duster, removed the 6 months worth of build up on the ceiling fan, yes, the one located at 20 feet up as well. However, my wonderful daughter Christie helped by standing at the top of the balcony and telling to me where I was missing on the top of the fan blads.

I took down the curtains for washing, installed new blinds, even dusted behind the entertainment center. Now, you may ask yourself "how long has it been since this girl dusted?" But let me assure you, I dust WEEKLY. Scrub toilets every other day and vacuum 4 times a week. But recently Ashley (6) has been having major difficulty with her asthma and the doctor recommended doing a complete overhaul of the house. Well, I don't take that lightly. It only took me 5 1/2 hours to clean the first floor, ceiling, windows and 2 bathrooms. We are supposed to have Thanksgiving dinner at our house and will be leaving for a Florida vacation (just hubby and I) at 4 AM Thursday morning and not return until Monday at around 11:30 PM. So, I still have about 2 full days to complete the cleaning (4 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 2 more bathrooms and the basement) all before Thursday at 3:00.

I know what your thinking, she can do it! But, I also have parent/teacher conferences at 2 schools, grocery shopping for the dinner, eye doctor appointments for all 4 kids and 2 dogs to the groomer. Thank goodness for paid time off at work. So, with the carpet cleaners coming in on Tuesday afternoon, I think I should be able to get it ALL done by 2:35 on Thursday! What do you think?

And the construction continues

We worked very hard last year to get our basement completed. We got it done to a point, so now we continue to really get it the way we want it. It still needs a little work, but we are getting there.