1. Stick with boot camp.

2. Buy clothes that make me feel good.

3. Save for a down payment on a house.

4. Stop being so snarky and judgmental.

Yesterday we had a walkthrough with our landlords.  We’re getting ready to sign a 2 YEAR LEASE to stay here and the landlords wanted to make sure that we were treating the property well and to look at the issues we want fixed (we have a tree growing into power lines and currently our workshop’s power is supplied by an extension cord plugged into an outside outlet (?!?!?!)).  To prep for them coming over, we used it as an excuse to do a big Spring cleaning.  We are really clean people but I don’t always wash my windows or organize Lu’s toys.  While cleaning, I used the whole Shaklee line and I have to say that my opinion has been changed. I’m still not WOWED by the Scour Off-it’s what I used last week and it was just okay.  Yesterday I cleaned using the All Purpose Spray, the Degreaser, and the Window cleaner.  It worked REALLY well and my house was sparkling in a way that I’ve never been able to achieve. What’d the landlords think? They thanked us about 100 times (I am not exaggerating) for taking such good care of the property.  They also asked if we’d be interested in buying the place.  I don’t think we are but it was an interesting conversation to have.  It looks like we’ll be here for at least another 2 years!

I also got some flowers on Monday.  I bet the landlords thought that this was just to impress them but I can say that I’ve had fresh flowers in my house since Christmastime.  I LOVE flowers but always thought that they were too expensive.  The Artist’s Way convinced me that this is one “luxury” that I should provide myself.  They make me so incredibly happy and are totally worth it.  The most I’ve ever spent is $8 on flowers.  For that much happiness?  Totally worth it.

I normally get mums or spider mums BUT tulips are finally in season.  I LOVE tulips-they are one of my favorite flowers.  Shaun even commented on how pretty my flowers were this week.

I always have a vase in my bathroom.

Aren’t they pretty?

In other news, after yesterday’s post I decided to make my own cottage cheese-Cynthia also mentioned this in the comments and my Mom sent me an email about it-we’re all on the same page people .

I’m going to start the process tonight-I hope it’s as easy as it looks!  I also thought about making my own cheddar but I would need a cheese press and an area that would stay 55 degrees through the summer-I don’t think that’s happening.

As you saw yesterday our house went up for sale on Friday.

We had our first open house on Sunday and it went really well. About 25 groups came in to look at it, meaning that about 50 people saw it.  There seemed to be a lot of interest and numerous people asked for a disclosure packet.  The broker’s tour is today and we’ll know more information after that.  I’m eagerly awaiting the call about how that goes!

The overall feeling of most everyone that walked into our unit was that they didn’t expect it to be so nice.  We put A TON of work into our house.  When we moved in, it was straight out of 1978.  White tile with brown grout, original vinyl flooring, brown cabinets….we even had a brown ROTARY phone in the kitchen!  Insane. We completely remodeled the kitchen, put in wood flooring (it was carpet), remodeled the guest bathroom, and painted almost every room.

What do you think? I apologize for the not so great quality of the pictures-they are from my realtors website.  I really should ask her for the originals.

Kitchen:

Living Room/Dining Area:

Living Room:

Master Bedroom:

Master Closet/Changing Area/Bathroom:

Lu’s Bedroom:

Bathroom 2:

It was a good house.  I’m proud of what we did with it and I hope we find a buyer who will love it as much as we did.