Eric and I have been in spring (fall) cleaning mode at our house. We have brought 4 vanloads to Goodwill and another one to Once Upon a Child. It's amazing the stuff that you accumulate once you have children. It's overwhelming and takes work to maitain the "stuff." During my pregnancy with Levi, I swear most of my nesting energy went into "stuff management" organizing, donating, compiling what we needed for him. Now we are feeling pretty good that we no longer need the huge baby gear and have been busy trying to clear it from our house, give the baby clothes and materinity clothes to people who do need it. So!...we are finally going to take time off work tomorrow and take what's left and pile it up in the guest bedroom. THEN, this is the exciting part it's taken us 6 years to get to...we are going to hire a contractor to come in and refinish our basement. First, the electrical will be done and then the demo, wallboarding and then finally the refinishing! Can't wait. The ultimate goal is to have a play-space for the kids when the inevitable MN frigid winter hits us. We'll keep you posted on how things are going during the process! We are very excited about it!
Then after we have our "stuff" pared down the plan is and has been for a while...get rid of something if you bring something in. In other words, our house is feeling a bit small to us and it is necessary to control the influx of new stuff. New stuff is necessary as kids grow...but we have a goal of not letting it get too out-of-control. It's easy to do (I mean to let it get out of control) when you are a busy working mother/father of two.
Also! Another exciting thing is that we may purchase a trundle bed (you know like a bunkbed but lower, like 42" off the floor, with a pull-out below) for Kaylee and Levi around Christmas-time. Levi will then be much more ready to be out of his crib and we can then free up some floor space in their room to relieve some congestion upstairs!
So 2011 was a good year for us for improvements:
- we got a new pool liner, and cover
- we redid our deck
- Eric and my Dad installed a new playset in the backyard
- we got new couches
Can't wait to see we accomplish yet by year-end!
Then after we have our "stuff" pared down the plan is and has been for a while...get rid of something if you bring something in. In other words, our house is feeling a bit small to us and it is necessary to control the influx of new stuff. New stuff is necessary as kids grow...but we have a goal of not letting it get too out-of-control. It's easy to do (I mean to let it get out of control) when you are a busy working mother/father of two.
Also! Another exciting thing is that we may purchase a trundle bed (you know like a bunkbed but lower, like 42" off the floor, with a pull-out below) for Kaylee and Levi around Christmas-time. Levi will then be much more ready to be out of his crib and we can then free up some floor space in their room to relieve some congestion upstairs!
So 2011 was a good year for us for improvements:
- we got a new pool liner, and cover
- we redid our deck
- Eric and my Dad installed a new playset in the backyard
- we got new couches
Can't wait to see we accomplish yet by year-end!
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