important things.

mom, sarah and i had a garage sale last weekend.  it was a great sale but we had so much stuff that we're gonna do it again this weekend.  because of that garage sale, i was finally forced to clean out my garage and bring in the rest of the stuff that was supposed to remain in the house.

um...not cool.

you know me. i don't do disorganized.  i don't do messy (for very long).  i.don't.do.disorganized.

my house is...disorganized.  in every room, except md's, chaos reigns.

i'm miserable.

today, i decided to do something about it.  so...

i did this:

with him:

my smiley, naked, potty-training, cutest-hiney-ever baby boy.

i feel better already.

backyard bliss

since moving into our home 2 years ago, we've dreamed of having a beautiful outdoor patio for entertaining friends and relaxing ourselves. we finally started the plans for it just before we decided to move. now that it's finished, we sit out there each night we can and think about how much the next family will enjoy it. we love it and vow to do this for ourselves as soon as we get a new house.

making the dirty clean

it's often the cleaning you don't automatically notice that makes me feel better. things like taking everything off my kitchen counters, cleaning and polishing the granite. really cleaning the backsplash. sweeping the baseboards. dusting the kitchen and bathroom cabinets. putting outgrown baby clothes into categorized bins. dusting the blinds and cleaning the windows.

those are just a few of the things i've been doing today.

however, my couch still looks like it did yesterday:

why is the putting away of clean, folded clothes always the hardest part?!