Did you watch the royal wedding? If so what did you think of it?
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Royal Wedding
Yesterday was the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. I didn't get up in the early hours of the morning to watch it, I did however PVR it to watch it later in the day. The ceremony seemed to suite them, it was simple yet kept to many of the royal traditions. I liked the details of the trees as decor for the ceremony instead of flowers everywhere. The detail I really wanted to see was Kate's dress and it definitly stunned. I loved her dress, however I wish the veil would have been a little longer. Also I'm not sure how I feel about her hair being down, I almost wish it would have been up in an updo. Kate's sistes Pippa also had an amazing dress on, it was classic and simple.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Free blog Templates
I came across these free blog templates at http://leelou-freelayouts.blogspot.com/p/free-blog-templates-and-backgrounds.html. They are awesome for someone like me who doesn't necessarily want to pay for a blog layout quite yet but wants a put together look for their blog. Check out the site, there are many options for blog templates and backgrounds.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Updated 101 in 1001
I've seen this 101 in 1001 days blog "project" a few times before, but have never really paid much attention to it. I've been meaning to start it for a while now, and finally decided to do it. The only thing was that I underestimated how hard it would be to come up with 101 things! It took a while.
Not familiar with the 101 Things in 1001 Days project? Check out this website.
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable, or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of effort on your part).
Start Date: November 1, 2010
End Date: July 28, 2013
Marriage & Family
1. “Date night” with Hubs once a month (5/33)
2. Surprise my husband with a gift just because
3.Get married (Completed July 10, 2010)
4. Talk to home every weekend (15/132)
5.Plan a trip to Halifax (Completed Feb 2011 for trip in June 2011)
6.Buy a house (In the works Feb 2011)
7. Have a baby
8.Visit Hubb's family for Christmas (Completed December 23, 2010)
9. Celebrate 1st wedding anniversary
Mind, Body & Soul
10. Lose 10 lbs
11.Go a week without weighing myself
12. Complete some form of exercise at least 3 times per week
13. Read at least one book per month (1/33)
14. Give up soda for a week
15. Learn a new recipe and cook it at least once a month (4/33)
16. Get a hobby
17.Get my first massage (Completed Nov 20, 2010)
18.Have another manicure or pedicure (Completed February 15, 2011)
19.See a sunrise and sunset in the same day
20.Hike a really large hill (Completed Nov 2010)
Not familiar with the 101 Things in 1001 Days project? Check out this website.
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable, or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of effort on your part).
Start Date: November 1, 2010
End Date: July 28, 2013
Marriage & Family
1. “Date night” with Hubs once a month (5/33)
2. Surprise my husband with a gift just because
3.
4. Talk to home every weekend (15/132)
5.
6.
7. Have a baby
8.
9. Celebrate 1st wedding anniversary
Mind, Body & Soul
10. Lose 10 lbs
11.
12. Complete some form of exercise at least 3 times per week
13. Read at least one book per month (1/33)
14. Give up soda for a week
15. Learn a new recipe and cook it at least once a month (4/33)
16. Get a hobby
17.
18.
19.
20.
21. Go on our honeymoon (Completed Nov 15, 2010)
22. Do something for myself at least once a month (7/33)
23. No dessert or cookies at work for 2 weeks
24. For one week, go to bed at 9:00 p.m. just to read
25.Clear the dinning room table off to eat dinner there again (Completed Jan 22/11)
26.No tv for one week
27. No eating after 8:00 p.m. for a month
28. After baby, get back to pre-pregnancy weight
Home Is Where the Heart Is
29. Decorate our future house
30.Finish our wedding album
31.Buy a new vaccum (Completed December 27, 2010)
32.Get a new bed (Completed April 2011)
33.Get a new dining room table (Completed May 2011)
34.Empty entire fridge, clean it, then put everything back in (Completed March 20, 2011)
35. Reorganize kitchen cabinets and paint them
36. Defrost freezer twice a year (0/6)
37.Buy a new house (Completed March 15, 2011)
38. Bring in the feeling of Mexico
All Work, No Play
39.Upgrade our camera (Completed Nov 4, 2010)
40.Get a new washer and dryer (Completed Sept 2010)
41. Stay on top of the house cleaning (5/33)
42. Start a wedding planning business
43.Help Hubbs with his business
22. Do something for myself at least once a month (7/33)
23. No dessert or cookies at work for 2 weeks
24. For one week, go to bed at 9:00 p.m. just to read
25.
26.
27. No eating after 8:00 p.m. for a month
28. After baby, get back to pre-pregnancy weight
Home Is Where the Heart Is
29. Decorate our future house
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35. Reorganize kitchen cabinets and paint them
36. Defrost freezer twice a year (0/6)
37.
38. Bring in the feeling of Mexico
All Work, No Play
39.
40.
41. Stay on top of the house cleaning (5/33)
42. Start a wedding planning business
43.
44. Get my ideal job
45.Get another term at my current job (Completed Jan 20/11)
46.Take 3 courses at work
Hit the Open Road
47.Take a spontaneous road trip (2/3)
48.Travel to a foreign country (Completed Nov 15, 2010)
49. Visit Newfoundland
50. Visit friends in Winnipeg
51. Go camping at least once each summer (0/3)
52. Have a picnic in the park we got married
53. Visit the Buchart gardens in the winter
54. Visit Hubbs friends in Alberta
I ♥ Food
55. Update my recipe book with new recipes (At least once a month (6/33)
56.Go out just for dessert
57.Go Out for Breakfast (5/5) (Completed March 26, 2011)
58. Don't eat out for an entire month
59. Make homemade pasta
60. Try something new at least 3 times a year (5/9)
61. Make banana bread with all the banana's in the freezer
Friends Are Forever
62. Email my best friend once a week (3/146)
63. Send Christmas cards each Christmas (1/3)
64. E-mail friends at least once per month (1/33)
65.Catch up with an old friend
66. Have a party or dinner party
67. Send birthday cards to all friends/family in 2011
Pinching Pennies
68.Save for a house (Completed February 22, 2011)
69. Set up retirement savings
Cha-Ching
70. Pay off all debts
71.Pay off LASIK Surgery (Completed February 22, 2011)
72. Buy a second car
73.Budget for a vacation
Pay It Forward
74. Clean out closet and donate to charity (1/3)
75.Donate to Christmas charity
76.Buy something from a thrift store that supports a charity
77. Donate money to a children's charity (1/6)
Just for Fun
78. Go skiing
79.Go to the beach
80. Go to the fall fair
81. Buy a pumpkin from a pumpkin patch and carve it
82.Go to a local museum
83.Take pictures on all our excursions
84. Have a Christmas cookie exchange (1/3)
85.Decorate for Christmas
Hobbies & Skills
86. Blog once a week at least (3/33)
87. Learn to cook more things
88. Get some family tradition recipes
89. Make a scrapbook
90. Read a book a month (1/33)
Capture the Memories
91. Print photo's to hang in locker
92. Print photoes of each year's events and put in photo album
93. Get photos printed to hang in home
94. Take more pictures
95. Complete 101 in 1001
96. Send more pictures to family
No More Procrastinating
97.Pick pictures for wedding album (Completed Jan 24/11)
98.Clean out email accounts
99. Start an excercise routine
101 in 1001
100. Start a new 101 Things in 1001 Days list once this one is completed
101. Get friends in on this project
45.
46.
Hit the Open Road
47.
48.
49. Visit Newfoundland
50. Visit friends in Winnipeg
51. Go camping at least once each summer (0/3)
52. Have a picnic in the park we got married
53. Visit the Buchart gardens in the winter
54. Visit Hubbs friends in Alberta
I ♥ Food
55. Update my recipe book with new recipes (At least once a month (6/33)
56.
57.
58. Don't eat out for an entire month
59. Make homemade pasta
60. Try something new at least 3 times a year (5/9)
61. Make banana bread with all the banana's in the freezer
Friends Are Forever
62. Email my best friend once a week (3/146)
63. Send Christmas cards each Christmas (1/3)
64. E-mail friends at least once per month (1/33)
65.
66. Have a party or dinner party
67. Send birthday cards to all friends/family in 2011
Pinching Pennies
68.
69. Set up retirement savings
Cha-Ching
70. Pay off all debts
71.
72. Buy a second car
73.
Pay It Forward
74. Clean out closet and donate to charity (1/3)
75.
76.
77. Donate money to a children's charity (1/6)
Just for Fun
78. Go skiing
79.
80. Go to the fall fair
81. Buy a pumpkin from a pumpkin patch and carve it
82.
83.
84. Have a Christmas cookie exchange (1/3)
85.
Hobbies & Skills
86. Blog once a week at least (3/33)
87. Learn to cook more things
88. Get some family tradition recipes
89. Make a scrapbook
90. Read a book a month (1/33)
Capture the Memories
91. Print photo's to hang in locker
92. Print photoes of each year's events and put in photo album
93. Get photos printed to hang in home
94. Take more pictures
95. Complete 101 in 1001
96. Send more pictures to family
No More Procrastinating
97.
98.
99. Start an excercise routine
101 in 1001
100. Start a new 101 Things in 1001 Days list once this one is completed
101. Get friends in on this project
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The house progress
Hubs and I decided the other day that we need a new dining room table and now was the time to buy one. I worked until 2 yesterday and Hub's was off, so he picked me up and we went to Dodd's as they were having a huge 14hr furniture sale that ended that day. Lets just say we scored big while we were there. We went in for a dining room table and ended up buying a table and 6 chairs with a built in leaf (that hides under the table so you dont have to remove it all the time) for almost have price, a brand new bed for 70% off, a leather headboard and footboard, as well as a new mattress cover for the bed. We are so excited, our bed and head/footboard arrive tomorrow and they bring it in and set it up and the table should arrive in May. Our old bed will now go in the second bedroom and become a guestroom for the time being.
We also ran in to one of Hub's old friends while we were at the mall (They live a few hours away) so we decided to meet for breakfast today and hang out for a bit. We made plans to go up and see them in a couple months as they are expecting their first baby in July. We also got a bunch of unpacking done. We still have a ways to go but its getting better and we emptied a bunch of boxes.
Today we returned our old master bathroom vanity mirror because it was chipped and the doors were all crooked on it (it was an all glass front one). We ended up going to Andrew Sheret, which is a higher end bathroom store in our area. We planned on getting a mirrored vanity there but the cheapest ones they had were like $550 before tax, which is a lot more then we were willing to spend. We looked around some more and decided to go with a tilting round mirror and a glass shelf for underneath. It's going to look awesome and we spent less money then we did on the cheap one.
Tomorrow we plan on doing some more unpacking and getting ready for the new bed.
We also ran in to one of Hub's old friends while we were at the mall (They live a few hours away) so we decided to meet for breakfast today and hang out for a bit. We made plans to go up and see them in a couple months as they are expecting their first baby in July. We also got a bunch of unpacking done. We still have a ways to go but its getting better and we emptied a bunch of boxes.
Today we returned our old master bathroom vanity mirror because it was chipped and the doors were all crooked on it (it was an all glass front one). We ended up going to Andrew Sheret, which is a higher end bathroom store in our area. We planned on getting a mirrored vanity there but the cheapest ones they had were like $550 before tax, which is a lot more then we were willing to spend. We looked around some more and decided to go with a tilting round mirror and a glass shelf for underneath. It's going to look awesome and we spent less money then we did on the cheap one.
Tomorrow we plan on doing some more unpacking and getting ready for the new bed.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
9 Month Wedding Anniversary
Today is mine and Hub's 9 month wedding anniversary, time is definitly flying by fast. Just the other day Hubs and I talked about how it feels like we just got married and we are just around the corner from our first anniversary. It also got us thinking about how much we have done in less then a year:
-We got married
-Paid for our wedding (We didn't go into debt for our wedding)
-Moved into a new apt
-Bought a new dishwasher
-Bought a new washer/dryer
-Bought our home
-Paid off Hub's eye loan (Hubs had laser eye sugery)
-Paid off Hub's other loan
-Reno'd our home (added a shower to the master bath as well as new slate flooring, put hardwood throughout the rest of the house, moved our hot water tank and replaced it, had the house professionally painted, put in new baseboards, put new carpeting in our master bedroom)
Today we finally sold our portable dishwasher. We bought it new in Sept last year since we were moving to a new apt that didnt have a dishwasher. With our schedules we both knew we needed a dishwasher and off we went in seach of one. A month later it was delivered to our new apt. Literally 7 months later we ended up buying our home with a built in dishwasher and dont have the need for 2. Our dishwasher is newer and nicer then the one in our home but again we dont need 2, we dont have the room to use the other one and our kitchen tap is a hose and not a normal faucet so a portable dishwasher doesn't connect to it. So up it went for sale on a buy/sell website and it just finally sold. We are so happy because we need the money and it went to a good home. The lady who came to buy it has a daughter and was going to share their home with two other girls who were coming Tues (I think it was hosting exchange students). It was a nice story and made me feel good to know we were able to help out someone else.
What did you all get up to this weekend?
-We got married
-Paid for our wedding (We didn't go into debt for our wedding)
-Moved into a new apt
-Bought a new dishwasher
-Bought a new washer/dryer
-Bought our home
-Paid off Hub's eye loan (Hubs had laser eye sugery)
-Paid off Hub's other loan
-Reno'd our home (added a shower to the master bath as well as new slate flooring, put hardwood throughout the rest of the house, moved our hot water tank and replaced it, had the house professionally painted, put in new baseboards, put new carpeting in our master bedroom)
Today we finally sold our portable dishwasher. We bought it new in Sept last year since we were moving to a new apt that didnt have a dishwasher. With our schedules we both knew we needed a dishwasher and off we went in seach of one. A month later it was delivered to our new apt. Literally 7 months later we ended up buying our home with a built in dishwasher and dont have the need for 2. Our dishwasher is newer and nicer then the one in our home but again we dont need 2, we dont have the room to use the other one and our kitchen tap is a hose and not a normal faucet so a portable dishwasher doesn't connect to it. So up it went for sale on a buy/sell website and it just finally sold. We are so happy because we need the money and it went to a good home. The lady who came to buy it has a daughter and was going to share their home with two other girls who were coming Tues (I think it was hosting exchange students). It was a nice story and made me feel good to know we were able to help out someone else.
What did you all get up to this weekend?
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Updated 101 in 1001
I've seen this 101 in 1001 days blog "project" a few times before, but have never really paid much attention to it. I've been meaning to start it for a while now, and finally decided to do it. The only thing was that I underestimated how hard it would be to come up with 101 things! It took a while.
Not familiar with the 101 Things in 1001 Days project? Check out this website.
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable, or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of effort on your part).
Start Date: November 1, 2010
End Date: July 28, 2013
Marriage & Family
1. “Date night” with Hubs once a month (5/33)
2. Surprise my husband with a gift just because
3.Get married (Completed July 10, 2010)
4. Talk to home every weekend (15/132)
5.Plan a trip to Halifax (Completed Feb 2011 for trip in June 2011)
6.Buy a house (In the works Feb 2011)
7. Have a baby
8.Visit Hubb's family for Christmas (Completed December 23, 2010)
9. Celebrate 1st wedding anniversary
Mind, Body & Soul
10. Lose 10 lbs
11.Go a week without weighing myself
12. Complete some form of exercise at least 3 times per week
13. Read at least one book per month (1/33)
14. Give up soda for a week
15. Learn a new recipe and cook it at least once a month (4/33)
16. Get a hobby
17.Get my first massage (Completed Nov 20, 2010)
18.Have another manicure or pedicure (Completed February 15, 2011)
19.See a sunrise and sunset in the same day
20.Hike a really large hill (Completed Nov 2010)
Not familiar with the 101 Things in 1001 Days project? Check out this website.
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable, or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of effort on your part).
Start Date: November 1, 2010
End Date: July 28, 2013
Marriage & Family
1. “Date night” with Hubs once a month (5/33)
2. Surprise my husband with a gift just because
3.
4. Talk to home every weekend (15/132)
5.
6.
7. Have a baby
8.
9. Celebrate 1st wedding anniversary
Mind, Body & Soul
10. Lose 10 lbs
11.
12. Complete some form of exercise at least 3 times per week
13. Read at least one book per month (1/33)
14. Give up soda for a week
15. Learn a new recipe and cook it at least once a month (4/33)
16. Get a hobby
17.
18.
19.
20.
21. Go on our honeymoon (Completed Nov 15, 2010)
22. Do something for myself at least once a month (6/33)
23. No dessert or cookies at work for 2 weeks
24. For one week, go to bed at 9:00 p.m. just to read
25.Clear the dinning room table off to eat dinner there again (Completed Jan 22/11)
26.No tv for one week
27. No eating after 8:00 p.m. for a month
28. After baby, get back to pre-pregnancy weight
Home Is Where the Heart Is
29. Decorate our future house
30.Finish our wedding album
31.Buy a new vaccum (Completed December 27, 2010)
32. Get a new bedroom set
33. Get a new dining room table
34.Empty entire fridge, clean it, then put everything back in (Completed March 20, 2011)
35. Reorganize kitchen cabinets and paint them
36. Defrost freezer twice a year (0/6)
37.Buy a new house (Completed March 15, 2011)
38. Bring in the feeling of Mexico
All Work, No Play
39.Upgrade our camera (Completed Nov 4, 2010)
40.Get a new washer and dryer (Completed Sept 2010)
41. Stay on top of the house cleaning (5/33)
42. Start a wedding planning business
43.Help Hubbs with his business
22. Do something for myself at least once a month (6/33)
23. No dessert or cookies at work for 2 weeks
24. For one week, go to bed at 9:00 p.m. just to read
25.
26.
27. No eating after 8:00 p.m. for a month
28. After baby, get back to pre-pregnancy weight
Home Is Where the Heart Is
29. Decorate our future house
30.
31.
32. Get a new bedroom set
33. Get a new dining room table
34.
35. Reorganize kitchen cabinets and paint them
36. Defrost freezer twice a year (0/6)
37.
38. Bring in the feeling of Mexico
All Work, No Play
39.
40.
41. Stay on top of the house cleaning (5/33)
42. Start a wedding planning business
43.
44. Get my ideal job
45.Get another term at my current job (Completed Jan 20/11)
46.Take 3 courses at work
Hit the Open Road
47.Take a spontaneous road trip (2/3)
48.Travel to a foreign country (Completed Nov 15, 2010)
49. Visit Newfoundland
50. Visit friends in Winnipeg
51. Go camping at least once each summer (0/3)
52. Have a picnic in the park we got married
53. Visit the Buchart gardens in the winter
54. Visit Hubbs friends inGo out for breakfast (5/5)Alberta
I ♥ Food
55. Update my recipe book with new recipes (At least once a month (6/33)
56.Go out just for dessert
57.Go Out for Breakfast (5/5) (Completed March 26, 2011)
58. Don't eat out for an entire month
59. Make homemade pasta
60. Try something new at least 3 times a year (5/9)
61. Make banana bread with all the banana's in the freezer
Friends Are Forever
62. Email my best friend once a week (3/146)
63. Send Christmas cards each Christmas (1/3)
64. E-mail friends at least once per month (1/33)
65.Catch up with an old friend
66. Have a party or dinner party
67. Send birthday cards to all friends/family in 2011
Pinching Pennies
68.Save for a house (Completed February 22, 2011)
69. Set up retirement savings
Cha-Ching
70. Pay off all debts
71.Pay off LASIK Surgery (Completed February 22, 2011)
72. Buy a second car
73.Budget for a vacation
Pay It Forward
74. Clean out closet and donate to charity (1/3)
75.Donate to Christmas charity
76.Buy something from a thrift store that supports a charity
77. Donate money to a children's charity (1/6)
Just for Fun
78. Go skiing
79.Go to the beach
80. Go to the fall fair
81. Buy a pumpkin from a pumpkin patch and carve it
82.Go to a local museum
83.Take pictures on all our excursions
84. Have a Christmas cookie exchange (1/3)
85.Decorate for Christmas
Hobbies & Skills
86. Blog once a week at least (3/33)
87. Learn to cook more things
88. Get some family tradition recipes
89. Make a scrapbook
90. Read a book a month (1/33)
Capture the Memories
91. Print photo's to hang in locker
92. Print photoes of each year's events and put in photo album
93. Get photos printed to hang in home
94. Take more pictures
95. Complete 101 in 1001
96. Send more pictures to family
No More Procrastinating
97.Pick pictures for wedding album (Completed Jan 24/11)
98.Clean out email accounts
99. Start an excercise routine
101 in 1001
100. Start a new 101 Things in 1001 Days list once this one is completed
101. Get friends in on this project
45.
46.
Hit the Open Road
47.
48.
49. Visit Newfoundland
50. Visit friends in Winnipeg
51. Go camping at least once each summer (0/3)
52. Have a picnic in the park we got married
53. Visit the Buchart gardens in the winter
54. Visit Hubbs friends in
I ♥ Food
55. Update my recipe book with new recipes (At least once a month (6/33)
56.
57.
58. Don't eat out for an entire month
59. Make homemade pasta
60. Try something new at least 3 times a year (5/9)
61. Make banana bread with all the banana's in the freezer
Friends Are Forever
62. Email my best friend once a week (3/146)
63. Send Christmas cards each Christmas (1/3)
64. E-mail friends at least once per month (1/33)
65.
66. Have a party or dinner party
67. Send birthday cards to all friends/family in 2011
Pinching Pennies
68.
69. Set up retirement savings
Cha-Ching
70. Pay off all debts
71.
72. Buy a second car
73.
Pay It Forward
74. Clean out closet and donate to charity (1/3)
75.
76.
77. Donate money to a children's charity (1/6)
Just for Fun
78. Go skiing
79.
80. Go to the fall fair
81. Buy a pumpkin from a pumpkin patch and carve it
82.
83.
84. Have a Christmas cookie exchange (1/3)
85.
Hobbies & Skills
86. Blog once a week at least (3/33)
87. Learn to cook more things
88. Get some family tradition recipes
89. Make a scrapbook
90. Read a book a month (1/33)
Capture the Memories
91. Print photo's to hang in locker
92. Print photoes of each year's events and put in photo album
93. Get photos printed to hang in home
94. Take more pictures
95. Complete 101 in 1001
96. Send more pictures to family
No More Procrastinating
97.
98.
99. Start an excercise routine
101 in 1001
100. Start a new 101 Things in 1001 Days list once this one is completed
101. Get friends in on this project
Monday, April 4, 2011
April Showers Better Bring May Flowers
We are just barely into April and I have to say I'm sick of the rain already. All it seems to do is rain, rain, rain.... all I ask for is a little sun. I'd love to be able to open the window's, let the fresh air in and get out and do some gardening in our new yard.
Reno's have come to a bit of a standstill and should be back in progress on Wed. Our contractor at least came back today and moved/hooked up our washer and dryer so at least we can do laundry now. I haven't done much else with regards to unpacking other then hanging some clothes up in our closet. On my way home from work on Sunday Hubs called me and asked me to stop and pick up something to clean our wood floors and kitchen (our poor floors looked white from all the drywall dust). In our old home we had an old school mop where you get it wet and squeeze the water out of the sponge on the bottom and clean the floors. Having the new wood floors the mop wouldn't do. I ended up stopping at Canadian Tire and looked at what they had. I ended up going with the Swiffer Wet Jet Mop. It was perfect because it didn't use large amounts of water (which we can't use on our floors) and there are various hardwood and general floor cleaners available. I picked up the swiffer wet jet kit which included 2 cleaning pads and a bottle of general floor cleaner as well as a an extra bottle of hardwood floor cleaner and a box of 24 extra pads. I brought it home and tried it out. I have to say I love it!! I used the hardwood cleaner on our hardwood and it picked the drywall dust right up, the same thing with the other cleaner in the kitchen. I used a different pad for each room because there was so much drywall dust everywhere. I'm not overly pleased that the swiffer used 4 AA batteries (at least they weren't overly expensive to purchaase), but I'm hoping they last a while. What I do enjoy is that the pads are easy to put on and remove and the cleaning bottles come specially designed so that they don't leak and can be interchanged easily. This means no measuring of the cleaning product and I just give it a quick squeeze of the button to dispense.
I need a break from all the moving and cleaning and unpacking. Just to give you an idea, I worked 7 days straight, packed/cleaned on my 2 days off, worked another day, then on my next 2 days off (which I took off from work) we moved our whole house and cleaned our old place completely. Then I went back to work for 7 days and came home to house reno's and trying to make our new home at least liveable. Now on these 2 days off I decided I needed a break from everything. I'm burnt out, I came home from work yesterday and slept most of the evening while Hubs worked. Today we went to the grocery store to pick up a few things, came home and we both had a nap. I was so tired that I didn't wake up until Hubs came and woke me up saying lunch was ready. Tomorrow Hubs and I have off together and we plan on enjoying a day of doing nothing.
Reno's have come to a bit of a standstill and should be back in progress on Wed. Our contractor at least came back today and moved/hooked up our washer and dryer so at least we can do laundry now. I haven't done much else with regards to unpacking other then hanging some clothes up in our closet. On my way home from work on Sunday Hubs called me and asked me to stop and pick up something to clean our wood floors and kitchen (our poor floors looked white from all the drywall dust). In our old home we had an old school mop where you get it wet and squeeze the water out of the sponge on the bottom and clean the floors. Having the new wood floors the mop wouldn't do. I ended up stopping at Canadian Tire and looked at what they had. I ended up going with the Swiffer Wet Jet Mop. It was perfect because it didn't use large amounts of water (which we can't use on our floors) and there are various hardwood and general floor cleaners available. I picked up the swiffer wet jet kit which included 2 cleaning pads and a bottle of general floor cleaner as well as a an extra bottle of hardwood floor cleaner and a box of 24 extra pads. I brought it home and tried it out. I have to say I love it!! I used the hardwood cleaner on our hardwood and it picked the drywall dust right up, the same thing with the other cleaner in the kitchen. I used a different pad for each room because there was so much drywall dust everywhere. I'm not overly pleased that the swiffer used 4 AA batteries (at least they weren't overly expensive to purchaase), but I'm hoping they last a while. What I do enjoy is that the pads are easy to put on and remove and the cleaning bottles come specially designed so that they don't leak and can be interchanged easily. This means no measuring of the cleaning product and I just give it a quick squeeze of the button to dispense.
I need a break from all the moving and cleaning and unpacking. Just to give you an idea, I worked 7 days straight, packed/cleaned on my 2 days off, worked another day, then on my next 2 days off (which I took off from work) we moved our whole house and cleaned our old place completely. Then I went back to work for 7 days and came home to house reno's and trying to make our new home at least liveable. Now on these 2 days off I decided I needed a break from everything. I'm burnt out, I came home from work yesterday and slept most of the evening while Hubs worked. Today we went to the grocery store to pick up a few things, came home and we both had a nap. I was so tired that I didn't wake up until Hubs came and woke me up saying lunch was ready. Tomorrow Hubs and I have off together and we plan on enjoying a day of doing nothing.
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