Today I am cleaning the living rooms. Thus far I have managed the front room aside from the desk which I will de-paperfy after this post. Then I will tackle the back room. I even dusted!!! I never dust.

Mac semi-cleaned his room. Stuff got dumped into bins and clothes were put up, so the floor is clear, but things are not "in their place" and he failed to go through things and fill a bag to get rid of, like I asked. oh well, there is always tomorrow.

We hit Lowe's after church and got some topsoil and potting soil. I hope to plant some pots today and then get out early tomorrow morning and use the topsoil to level out some places in the backyard. I still have more bushes to dig out in the backyard, but my shoulder was hurting from using the grubbing ho yesterday, so I am giving it a day rest.

Maybe I will list some things on ebay also, oh and pack up some things to mail (like the yarn box). I could potentially get a pile of stuff out of my house in the next week. good times.

I was thinking I would attempt the kitchen one more time, then pack up some stuff for goodwill and sort out the laundry I want to do tomorrow.

Two more loads of laundry! I am such a victor! That's five today myself, plus the bag I dumped at the groupon place.

Not nearly all of it, but it's a good start. And shoes are sorted for goodwill, and clothes are also sorted for mending/alteration and dry cleaning.

Shame my place is still a mess, though...

in honor of the shoe discussion here, I have pulled 3 pair to go to goodwill. not a huge dent, but a step.

I just discovered all of my summer shoes in a bag in the basement from when they got put away in November. So I am reveling in shoe choice.

Kitchen mopped. Hall vacuumed. Tub scrubbed (mostly - it could be better, but 's'alright for now). Laundry bundled up and ready to go. Small child dressed, washed, combed and about to be shod. Off to the East Bay!

Carpet! We have a carpet again!

Now I need to vacuum it.

Pier 6 playground would be my favorite free play space in Brooklyn if only the parks dept would address the TOTAL LACK OF SHADE there. Still, there's a water park, and Blue Marble ice cream, and grilled cheese from the Milk Truck, so it's hard to complain too too much.

I went there yesterday, and the milk truck WASN'T THERE. Are you saying it's there now? Why must the milk truck taunt me so?