Thursday, May 12, 2011

Summer

With the summer finally arriving, I've noticed all these articles on spring cleaning.  Now, I don't think I've ever "designated" a spring cleaning day.  When I was little I can remember my Mom making me suicidal with jobs to do around the house, which got me thinking shouldn't I be doing miserable cleaning chores?  So off I went to the worldwide web to double check my cleaning list.  To my surprise, and I'm sure Evans, we actually do all these miserable chores on a regular basis.  Sorry Evan, you have an obsessive wife who hates smelly things.
Here are some items that I was reading:
Clean washer and dryer, inside and out
Clean out fridge, wash shelves
Clean off deck, patio furniture etc.
deep clean bathrooms
organize all winter stuff
Clean up front yard

That is just a sampling of what I read, and I do all that stupid stuff regularly.  I honestly can not stand opening my fridge and smelling something.  I think that's the worst smell in the world.  In between my Mom and living in a sorority house, where you never knew what was growing in the fridge, I have become obsessive about cleaning mine.  You will never find over a week old food.  Plus Evan is obsessive over our little yard.  And when I say little, I mean tiny.  But you would be shocked the amount of time we spend on the little 10x10 square.  We have already pulled up all the grass, lowered the flower bed, pulled out at least 10 pounds if not more of dirt, and laid down new stones for a "patio" look.  I think Evan and I balance each other out in the aspect of something that I may not think of doing, he will.  For instance different home improvement ideas.  And as my parents put it, we're young so why not try out all these ideas?  Which is a very good point.

Anyway, nothing else is going on besides we are outside all the time now with the warmer weather and trying to keep our felon dog out of trouble.  Which can be a giant project in of itself.  If anyone has other spring cleaning ideas, please let me know.  Since I've never really done this before.  Any ideas are welcomed!

Ps, my mother in law got the cutest new puppy.  See picture below to squeal in delight :)

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