Let’s see, what’s new? I have just enough time for a random bullet post.

• We have pressure washed the house, the sidewalk, the patio and the driveway (all concrete–except for the house, of course). We have spread new mulch. We have re-painted the little back porch/stoop off of the kitchen.

  

(I never would have painted it in the first place, but we inherited it that way.)

We have replaced some sorry-looking shrubs. We have packed up items that were clogging up our closets and hauled them off to storage. Did the same with a lot of the stuff that was cluttering up the kitchen drawers and cabinets. And the toys; many of them are packed and stored, too. We have vacuumed baseboards and ceiling corners and anything else that needed it. Washed windows. I know there must be more, but that’s everything I can think of right now. Our house hasn’t looked this good in five years! So, bring on the buyers.

• I got the prettiest reusable shopping bag at Earth Fare yesterday! It beats my cheap Harris Teeter and Ingles ones, although it cost a lot more, too. But it would easily double as a regular tote bag. It will go into the rotation with the cheap ones and make me a happier shopper. (Even though I always have to explain to the baggers what they are, and what to do with them.)



• Both of my kids have been sick since Friday. DJ has strep, and it has really been rough on him. AJ has a sinus infection that has had stomach-irritating side effects. (Yesterday I actually caught her puke in my bare hand. Has anyone else done that? My husband almost lost his own lunch when he saw me do it, but truly, it was my first instinct. I didn’t even think about it, just stuck my hand out there and caught it.) I haven’t been feeling great either, but the worst (fever, aches, chills) was over the weekend. I seem to be on the mend.
• I’m rapidly closing in on the end of my May Day socks. It will be a close one, but I do think I will finish them on time. I just finished the gusset decreases on sock number two.

So, what’s new with you?