Household Happenings

We spent Sunday (all day) cleaning the garage out. It was absolutely amazing how much junk Thomas managed to part with. He has pretty good pack rat tendencies that drive me crazy as I hate clutter and throw things out all day long. Of course I do have a couple boxes of my own that are filled with things that have a lot of sentimental value attached to them. I would never throw Thomas' stuff out without permission because I know how important those memories can be. But anyway Sunday he threw so much stuff out it could have filled the back of his truck.

The whole reason for this is we have a middle bedroom full of more junk that has to be moved out so the baby can have a room! In a 4 bedroom house I think it's perfectly reasonable for two children to have their own rooms ;) But we have a lot of work to do to get there. And we have plenty of time but I think you have to do these things when the bug bites you, it makes it so much easier.

Anyway I also found a whole bunch of fun toys and things that I couldn''t bear to throw out from my childhood so now Caelen has a slinky and a Jacob's Ladder among other fun stuffed animals that she's rapidly become attached to. They all had to take "baths" first through the washing machine!

One another topic, our garden has finally started producing something. It got killed off when all the transplants died earlier this spring and we had to start from scratch so eveything is really behind. But everyday Caelen asked "More Minnows?" and we go and pick all the tomatos and eat every single one before we've left the garden. There's green beans also and a few pumpkins although I wish there were more.And there's two types of cucumbers which Caelen will eat skin and all if I don't get it away from her. :)

I'm starting to feel like I look pregnant, although to strangers I probably just look fat LOL. I'm still barfing everyday but somedays seem a little more managable than they used to be. I at least can get myself to the grocery store if I plan well ahead. Poor Thomas is still doing everything he can to make up for my lack of energy and ability to do my normal chores and God bless him, he never complains!! I'm trying really hard whenever I get an kind of spurt of normality to do stuff around the house because I feel so bad. Today I got the laundry put away, Caelen's room tidied and started cleaning our bathroom. I plan to have that done by the time Thomas comes home. I also have to go to Target (I LOVE Target!)

So we're hanging in there and enjoying the Olympics with DVR.