five on friday! (the spring edition)

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Spring has sprung! I now completely understand the whole spring cleaning thing…what is it about this time of year that makes you realize how much you need to do and gives you the desire to just clean. I mean, I randomly cleaned my desk the other night just because I was in the mood. Isn’t that weird? So, in honor….a little spring cleaning five!

1. For all sorts of help…here is a website I love but rarely can follow for too long because I am so not the cleaner in our family. Thankfully God knew my limitations in cleaning and gave me a husband who is OCD about it:) I clean when I feel like it and get the urge, Brad cleans because it’s scheduled in. Anyways, Flylady rocks!

2. I have flowers to plant! I’m not that big of a green thumb but luckily have a mother who knows a little of what she is doing and an aunt who has a greenhouse:) So, gave mom some moula with the instruction to pick up something I can plant and not kill and wha-la…I have flowers to plant! Typically I go to Lowe’s, get all giddy with excitement about what I can do, buy a few things, bring them home and realize I bought completely the wrong stuff for soil, sun, etc. Now I just have to find time to plant my fun new flowers!

3. We have a list of to-do’s for the house with the amount of money it would take to do them. Half of this list wouldn’t cost us anything but time and about $20. I really need to get working on these things! Little things that you just never think to do on a Saturday but would get done easily if you planned them in and just did it. Here are some of our items on the list: pressure wash carport, clean rugs, fix faucet handle, paint trim on door in bedroom (have the paint already). What is on your list!?

4. We need a patio so bad…but alas, maybe later we will actually get to it:) I look at some and drool but I can’t commit to what exactly I want. The bed, bath, and beyond catalog got me drooling a little on some patio sets though!

5. With our new bed in the bedroom I have been wanting to get the room done…hang curtains, finish the closet door, new molding to match the rest of the house…that sort of thing. Things that we should have done when we moved in about 3 years ago:) Then the bargain hunter in me who doesn’t want to spend that much for all of this thought….yard sales! My goal is to get the majority of it at yard sales this summer. Curtains, curtain rods, door? Who knows what we’ll find:) I’m starting this Saturday and going to a couple. I may get into it and realize its not working and just go for sales…but hey, worth a shot!

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bernadette hoyt - April 24, 2009 - 8:08 am

my list for spring was made in feb…then it gets revamped monthly…i am such a list dork!!!
1.herb garden
2.the veg garden
3.scrap and paint the front railings
4.finish the patio
5.paint the bathroom
6.organize the garage
7.strip and reshine the tile in the kitchen
8.15 rocks to finish my landscaping
i’m ehausted just thinking of it…and the list goes on and on and on!!!

Jen - April 24, 2009 - 12:51 pm

I LOVE yard sales!!! This weekend Marlie’s school is having one in their parking lot – and of course, Saturday is the best kids consignment sale around – the huge one at Cokesbury!! But if you go to that, totally text me and I’ll meet ya there :)

Lindsay - April 24, 2009 - 4:33 pm

We are definitely doing some spring cleaning/projects at our house, especially since I’m off work right now. Just a few more weeks, but now it’s a challenge of how much I can get done in that time. Today I finished staining the picnic table! Happy cleaning and organizing!

Becky - April 24, 2009 - 11:16 pm

Sounds like FUN!! Call me. :)
What is on my list? HA! I have several lists on several pages!!!

Love your blog. ;)

Carri M. - April 26, 2009 - 12:40 am

I soooo need to get into spring cleaning mode. My house is a mess (which usually comes along with kids and hubby being home on the weekends. Lol), but my car is a disaster.

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