Keeping a good thing good

Brendan's aunt and cousin were going to be in town today, so I had to straighten the house to look presentable! They usually don't give us a ton of notice, but at least enough to clean the house up a bit...phew!!

Anyways, the house actually wasn't that bad since K&K's visit last month. We accumulated a bit of clutter on the table - I mean, really, who eats at a table these days anyways? We also had a lot of papers and junk in the living room. We got that cleaned up (some just got shoved into another room - out of sight, out of mind - right?) and vacuumed and swept. Not too shabby! The house cleans up well!

So, now is the problem we always come to. A guest comes over and the house is clean (read: presentable). We have the best of intentions of not only keeping it that way, but improving even more! The key word is...intentions.

So here is the plan:
Monday - clean the bathroom, straighten and organize kitchen bookshelf, work on 2007 mileage sheet and do sign up for SU!
Tuesday - Organize stamping supplies, stamp Walking to Christmas Countdown chart, work on 2007 mileage and clean up shoes.
Wednesday - gone all day!
Thursday - Work on home organization notebook using the format on Month by Month, sort Kaylin's clothes and clean the fridge.
Friday - Sort clothes in the bedroom and sweep the floor.
Saturday - Movie with the hubby and stamp club.

This can all be accomplished, right? I think so - not too much for each day. Yay! I'll be back to update! :)

Going Green!

So with St. Patrick's Day coming up and spring aproaching - green is showing up everywhere! In honor of that, DH and I went to Target tonight and picked up our first round of energy efficient light bulbs. You know, those swirly, funny looking ones?

This is our first time purchasing any of these bulbs. We have been wanting to for quite sometime, but they are so dang expensive. I know the price pays off in energy savings - which is great! However, to convert the whole house, it can add up! Target had a sale on them, though, that ended today and we had some left over money after the bills were paid. It may only be 5 bulbs right now, but if we simply buy and replace as the old bulbs go out, the cost isn't that noticeable.

Anyways, that is our little push today! Yay for going green! If we all do even a little, we can make a difference together!