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Doing the Happy Clean Kitchen Dance

2007-07-22

Who doesn't enjoy a clean house?  Who likes cleaning?  Bah! 

I couldn't stand it another second!  I tied into my kitchen this morning and scrubbed every square inch.  The sinks are shining, the floors are clean enough to eat off of, the dishes are done, the counters have been bleached back to their original color or at least to the best of my recollection.

Now the candles are burning and everything smells lovely.  What is it about me, Sundays and cleaning?  Sundays are supposed to be day of rest...right?  For some reason though, I do my best cleaning on Sundays.  Cleanliness is next to Godliness :)

Now I have a pile of towels laying in the hallway waiting for me to haul them down the stairs.  Damn dirty towels, damn stairs!  I so hope my next house has the laundry room on the main floor.

Speaking of my next house.  Tony and I are going to look at a house this afternoon.  It's on the same road we live on, probably only a mile and half away.  It has a bit more land, a pole barn and one half more bathrooms than we have now.  The only thing I'm not sure I'm going to like is that it doesn't have the open floorplan I want.  I'm really not going to settle for less than I want.  We need that open living, kitchen & dining area.  With 5 children who are now either married, getting married, have children of their own, etc..our family is downright HUGE!  When we're all together, we need room to breath!  Even though those days are only several times a year, I'd like for those times to be the most comfortable that they can be.  Besides, I like the feel and look of the open floor plan. 

Still, it's fun to look and see how other folks decorate and who knows, maybe I'll fall in love with this house?  Tony seems to like it and it's in our price range, which is a big plus.  It's much, much newer than our home and that pole barn...I know my hubby would love that!  I think I would too.  Then I could use the actual garage for parking my car in!  Imagine that!

The back of the lot is lined with a thick wooded area, so no need to worry about neighbors behind us but, there are neighbors on either side, they are spread far apart though.  Both homes are newish,  very nice and neat, so again, no worries and I think I prefer neighbors, that is if they are nice.  Right now I feel as though I'm surrounded by crazies!  They may feel the same way :) 

We've lived here for 12+ years and even though I want a different house for a lot of reasons, I know I'll be sad to move from here.  I like my house but, it doesn't fit us anymore.  It's big, really big but, it's not laid out in a way that works for us.  There are 3 levels and I grow to hate stairs more and more with each passing day.  I even have stairs coming into my house from the outside.

3000 sq. ft of house is getting to be more than I want to clean, not to mention, when we moved here the kiddos were still little and all at home.  Now we only have our son at home, so there are 2 spare bedrooms, one that we've turned into a den but, what the heck do we need a den for?  It's not like we're going to be having lions for pets. 

It may be a couple more years before we find exactly what we both want or it may be today, who knows?  Ideally we will build a new home.  Only time will tell. 

So.....HAPPY SUNDAY!  HAPPY CLEANING AND HAPPY HOUSE HUNTING!

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ggirl (2007-07-26)
I love your new look!

Barnabus (2007-07-22)
Really hoping that this will be your dream house!!...maybe with a little modification!

Mary Mary Quite Contrary (2007-07-22)
Are there some non-load bearing walls that can be taken out to make the space more open?? Happy cleaning! ;)

surrogate (2007-07-22)
Maybe you'll find a magic castle.

Hardcore_Pyro (2007-07-22)
My sister-in-law did my dishes last night....yeah for me! Happy house hunting

One Tough Cookie (2007-07-22)
I have to admit Sunday is cleaning day here too! Good luck with the house!

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