Loving

I want to pay tribute to a few things that I use and love.

First, the swiffer vacuum.

I first got a swiffer while we were in MS for the summer.  It worked well so I took it back to UT with us. With the larger apartment (our MS apartment was a converted hotel room...small) I found that large pieces of debris collect at the front of the cloth and I would think "ugh" and continue on BUT duh duh duh DUH.  THIS is the amazingER upgrade.  It has a vacuum.   

AWESOME! (I know right*).

I just put the cloth on and I can do the whole house without running out of battery and without getting frustrated or making piles all over that I later have to get the broom and dustpan out for anyway. LOVE

Second, A weed whacker

Texas has grass.  and it grows.  We don't water it.  but. It grows.  Nice right... wrong.  We have a reel mower meaning no power (great work out) and without that power, if the grass is really long, it takes FOR-E-VER! and it is hot!  AND if you go on vacation and the grass gets long it is IM-POS-I-BLE. ENTER----weed whacker!**

Not only can I "mow" LONG grass (like a jungle okay?!) but I can get it as short as I want and it doesn't take nearly as long.  Downside... takes electricity.. from the house.. raising our power bill (I am on a mission to lower our power bill a lot)

Third, Microfiber

Rags! I got a lot for a little.  Awesome bright color*** and they are great for cleaning anything.  I van even get the nasty sticky, dusty, stuck on dirtiness of the toaster with this rag and WATER! cleans the microwave like a dream again.. just water.  mop floor, do windows, mirrors, counters, walls, we washed the car with them this morning. they are the coolest.

*I said "I know, right" and for some reason I like it a lot

** That's not the one we own but this picture is fine

*** If you get these (sams club) WASH THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE LOAD WITH JUST THEM.  UGH!

who's that?? my baby!

Boy Howdy it is HOT!

We just got back from spending a long time in Utah and Idaho (it didn't feel like a long time while we were there but when we got back, we realized it had indeed been a long time).  It was an amazing trip filled with family, a few friends, and great food*.  I didn't realize how hot it was here till the day after traveling home and walking outside to go run (I did not end up running because it was 105 degrees + humidity).  Blegch.  Also, I found out that our grass had grown a ton making it take 3 hours to be mowed by the boy that comes every once-in-a-while to mow it (we hire him when we miss a week or can't do it).

We walked into our house and it stunk.  The fish tank water was nasty!  The fish, I think, had been over-fed.  We did some damage control last night and it looks a bit better but it will need more help over the next week or two.

Yesterday, Betty and I were in the kitchen.  There wasn't anything that I could see on the floor that she could get into so I went to the bathroom and when I came back, she was chewing on something and had brownish slobber.  I quickly dug in.  It took a while but when I finally got it out, it was a little beetle (like a june bug that sits on the top of pool water when you have the pool light on).  AHHH GROSS!

I am extremely proud of myself for getting unpacked in one day.  It usually takes me about a week or two to get it all put away.

*All the food we ate was amazing and I had all that I wanted and only gained 1/2 a pound on our trip.  Super amazed and proud when I found that out.

Here's to counting down the days till my mom gets here, Small Parcel comes, and Christmas!!!