Spring Cleaning in….July?

  We skipped spring cleaning this year. Perhaps because I was still feeling like crap at that point. Or perhaps because I hate cleaning. But you just hit a point where you absolutely can’t stand it any longer and the clutter is driving you insane. And suddenly you have a garage full to overflowing with stuff to sell at a garage sale. Seriously, if it wasn’t nailed down, it was getting sold. I had to do most of my garage sale purging at night under the cover of darkness because anytime my kids were around they were all, “That is my favorite toy EVER!!” despite the fact I had not seem them play with it since I struggled for 4 hours to get it out of it’s packaging.

As I stated in earlier posts, the garage sale was a success, but the aftermath was a disaster. The house had been neglected in the lead up and days of the actual garage sale and in my purging I had left a trail of “things that had no home” in my wake. Oh and throw into the mix that Hannah was moving rooms, to a big girl room, which meant the office had to move which meant a game of musical chairs only with rooms instead of chairs. Spring cleaning may have some late, but nesting was coming early my friends.

My poor hubby did not know what hit him (move this, hang this, carry this). And my preggo body didn’t either. I am sore in places I didn’t know a person could be sore. But all the rooms are rearranged. Art work is even on the walls. Hannah is in a big girl bed (tiny sobs). Lily has a cool, new desk that I want for my own. Even baby #3′s crib set is up and ready and all his clothes are washed and put away. The house is IMMACULATE!! Not a piece of clutter to be found. Now if I can just keep everyone out of my house until October because I do NOT have it in me to do any more cleaning from now until this baby comes.

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Jill is the author of The Diaper Diaries. She has been changing diapers for 6+ years as a stay at home mom of three children. She also has a devoted husband who graciously puts up with this little internet hobby. They all probably wish she would exercise a bit more discretion as she shares their life's ups, downs and in-betweens with anyone willing to read it. You can (almost always) find her on Twitter @DiaperDiaries.

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