Sorry...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  I haven't stepped one foot into my craft room since New Year's Eve.  I planned to work on a couple of things this past weekend, but I got caught up on some general laziness. And some movies. Mr. Bean left Freddie and I for another love.  Electronics.  He went to CES in Las Vegas for the weekend and I don't know that even our wedding day compared.  He was basically in heaven all weekend.  So, basically I got a chance to catch up on some good movie-watching and some not-cooking and some not-cleaning.  I don't get a chance to watch them as often as I'd like, so I basically watched 5 movies (seriously) not including the ones my mother watched while I napped.  Yeah, so Mr. Bean wasn't the only one in heaven.  I've got a ton of stuff to clean up, put up, work on, shop for and finish. Some fun and some not so fun.  I'll post about the fun stuff soon.  Until then! 

Are you there, Fall? It's me, Pintobean.

Sorry for the hiatus. August flew by way too quickly for me. I'm not sure I totally believe it's September already, but I'll take it. The weather has been playing tricks on me and it actually feels like it's cooling down. But, I won't hold my breath.

I hope everyone had a good Labor Day Weekend. Mr. Bean and I took Freddie Girl up to visit her new cousin, Colt, in Iowa for the weekend. 18 hour drive there. 20 hour drive back. But, seeing this face as we were leaving.

{Love how it looks like she's actually smiling}

And this face when we got home......

{Love that she let us put a jersey on her. That's how tired she was.}

Makes it all worth it. Even the part where we ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere.

However, I am completely exhausted. I have a couple of things I need to finish up before I can post anything interesting. I don't think I've stepped into my craft room once since the last card I made, so I need to get busy! I'll post a few pics from my trip, in the meantime, but I'll need a couple more days to recuperate.

Spring Cleaning.

It's been long overdue. I am not by any means a clean freak, but when I was little it was a task that my mother made sure everyone in the house participated in every spring. We'd have to basically purge, dust, and vacuum our butts off. So, around this time of the year, every year, I get that itch that I need to keep that tradition alive. I decided that this weekend would be best since we had an extra day to ourselves and I wouldn't be completely wiped when I returned to work on Monday. I must confess, though, that I had the itch a couple of months ago. But, I ignored it.

My house is practically sparkling from the insane deep cleaning we gave it. And it feels and smells fresh and clean. Love that. We actually didn't touch one hall closet or any of the bedrooms, but I am very, very pleased at the moment. And tired. And sore. :)