Spring Cleaning + Shopping= Happy Day

I took advantage of a free Saturday, and decided to do the customary "Spring Cleaning". Jake had a golf date with his boyfriend... I mean buddy, and I took advantage of the quiet house to get ahead on my cleaning for this week.

I was referred to a blog written by a woman who now is my hero. She has the ability to work and clean her home every night. What she called dirty in her pics... I called immaculate! After reading her blog, I was inspired to clean my home from top to bottom. and I did just so... literally clean the fan blades (top) all the way down to the baseboards (bottom).

I woke up at 9am and finally convinced myself that I was unable to sleep right through the day, subsequently missing my day of cleaning. I cleaned and scrubbed every inch of the house until 3:30pm. I took a two hour break to get my car washed and run to walmart for some "necessary items". (I had to go shopping for new things... Jake's parents are staying with us next weekend for Nick's graduation... and they have not seen the house since I moved in...)

New Welcome Mat... I love the pretty colors!

Our old oven mitts were gross... Jake's dad loves to cook...


Kitchen mat... I don't know why we have never had one... hmmm. I think it brings a kitchen together!

New place mats... and a mail holder for Kev's mail.
The plant is from work. I grew it from a clipping. I love how you can see the roots forming. I hope the plant doesn't mind I can see its belows!

Close up of the mats. Funky material, that is easy to clean.

Thank God for Clorox lemon bleach wipes. I went through an entire container cleaning yesterday. They were so handy cleaning the sides and tops of the toilets, baseboards, counter tops, tables, etc. Also, the Swifter Duster that has the bendable neck... is an amazing cleaning tool. I literally enjoyed cleaning the fans. It was really easy to wipe up the dust... and seeing how much you can get, kept motivating me to dust, dust, dust!

Fun facelifts for around the house for cheap, I also bought new rugs for the bathrooms and new shower curtains. It is amazing how something so small can change a look of a bathroom!