I think I'm nesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But not due to being pregnant! For some reason, the spring cleaning bug has hit in full force and i'm decluttering and re-organizing. There is still a ways to go but I've done a lot, but not really finished any one room yet

Kitchen
- redone pantry
- swapped platters and dishes with medicine cupboard
- sorted all medicine cupboard out, all in boxes and clearly labelled (I found about 30 boxes of matches!!! which is quite funny as we don't have a fire lol)
- cleaned off and around microwave
- partly sorted utensil drawers, hmm not sure if these will ever be OK!
- moved tea towels to bottom drawer from linen cupboard (they are more often used for dolly blankets than in the kitchen!)
- moved good crockery to cupboard, little containers etc to drawer and now have cups and drinking stuff in a drawer. One free drawer for camera etc
- considering moving appliances to bottom of pantry so I can get to them easier, but not sure what would then go in the corner cupboard. I wonder if tupperware would be better in that cupboard... hmm thought to that one!
- oh the cupboard next to the fridge is half done, need to tackle this one

Linen Cupboard
- sorted and tossed recipe books, moved them to new shelf
- moved gift wrap etc to under our bed
- girls now have a tub of linen under their beds
- moved all swimming gear in to new tub
- sorted paints and craft stuff, tossed a lot and moved it around so more accessible
- moved all spare towels, napkins, table runners etc in to big tub
- put all cleaning cloths etc in to one tub
- moved all board games to top shelf
- face washers will soon make their way to the bathroom
- need to put our linen in our room

Our room
- added a couple of plastic tubs for shoes, handbags etc
- a new basket on my bedside drawers for my crap, but its too big need a smaller one
- not much else in here will tackle that later

B's room
- rearranged cupboard, new boxes etc for clothes, looks much better and should work
- toy box gone, now has 2 tubs under her bed for generic toys
- her drawing matter is a problem, she really needs a new desk with storage, dependant on house extensions
- new hook on back of door needs at least one more

M's room'
- sorted presents at top of her cupboard
- have sorted her cupboard partly
- new bins for the change table for her knickers and stuff
- toy boxes under the cot
- very much a work in progress this room, she needs a bed at some point and that will probably change everything

Lounge
- all dvd's out of cases and in to folder

Playroom
- sorted and big clean out
- would like more storage out there for shoes and stuff, if I can con a trip to Melbourne Ikea will get hit!

So after all that downstairs is a bit of a mess as lots of stuff has been put down there. I've got a boot load of toys for the school fair that I will drop off tomorrow. Baby clothes I am undecided about... will they be needed again????

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Random thoughts...

We are back, actually a few days ago lol. We had a good time, although the girls were driving us a bit batty cause they were really tired from late nights.

Some random thoughts triggered by who knows what and some goings on in our house

- is it better to be in a good local church that is part of a not so good greater network, OR be in a not so good local church that is part of a better bigger network? These are the thoughts triggered by conversations with friends down the coast. Something we are struggling with atm and who knows what the outcome will be.
- the current world financial crisis, I really don't know what to think. I feel a bit like an ostrich with my head in the sand, not thinking about the impact will be on us
- Jamie has a new job! The employers are great, money is good, relatively secure and best of all he gets to keep doing what he is doing now!
- I met with our new accountant/business advisor yesterday, very positive meeting.
- I am madly trying to organise our house, getting things in to storage containers. Problem though is I am not doing one room at a time, rather everything at once and nothing is done! I have decided to store each rooms linen in there so freeing the linen cupboard for stuff like girls craft.

Mia crying

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On a roll...

hehe three posts in 3 days. That would be a record! Nothing to say, girls at Mums, doing ironing and need to wash floor. Haven't really started to pack to go away tomorrow yet, can't be bothered! Oh well, there's heaps of time yet lol.

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Let me...

sniff your bottom. What the?????? Yes Bethany and Mia are playing dogs and that is what i heard B just say to Mia!!!! I was laughing too much to even growl. LOL. So yes i think we are toilet training, at least she's still in knickers today with no accidents and taking herself to the potty when she needs to go. She wore a pull up today to Dr Harry's Farm and glad she did as there was only one toilet, the weather was yuk and it would have not been fun. So there you go, we are on the way.

So yes, we went to Dr Harry's Farm today, its about 30min or so from our house. Sadly the farm is closing to the public tomorrow due to Dr Harry's ill health. So when we heard that, we decided to go, partly as we had a 2 for 1 voucher. And it was good too, Mia got a bit narky here and there cause of the smells, but overall they had a great time. It is an amazing set up, the infrastructure is awesome. Its such a shame its closing to the public. We were told Dr Harry wasn't there today but at the end of the tour we went to the cafe and he was there to meet us, so we got autographs and some pics with him i'll add later. So that was nice to see him.

And yes, 2 posts in 2 days - thats more than my total posts last month!

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Toilet Training...

I can't believe we are at this stage with Mia. Where has my baby gone? :( I realised the other day that this age i don't remember with Bethany probably cause Mia was a baby and i was sleep deprived. Or maybe B was just different! She was full on lol.
Anyhoo, so Mia has used the toilet a few times, but showing no real signs of being ready. Last night I asked her if she wanted to wear big girl knickers and she said yes, and got very excited. We got the potty out and the step stool for the toilet. We bought some new knickers for her this morning. So amazingly, we have had no wet nappies or no accidents today, all done in the potty or toilet. I'm not calling her toilet trained as yet but its a good start. She even called out tonight to use the potty when she was in bed and had a nappy on. So very happy with that. B trained in half a day :o I still can't believe that so I'm not sure it could be that easy twice! Will see how she goes, would be nice to be done when Judy gets back from holidays.

Other interesting facts...
- day carer is on leave, so not much work happening for me which is fine as work is quiet too
- we are therefore going down the coast for a few days next week
- John John the guinea pig died yesterday. We bought him in March but he went to live with Nanna. Nanna was brushing him and he just died. Poor Nanna she was very upset! Our girls weren't though lol. I don't mind them being exposed to death in animals. We've had 2 fish die of late and one other looking decidedly unwell so its been a discussion point!
- work is good other than quiet. It's settle down a bit thankfully.

can't think of anything else

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