Life is full of oops and downs

We are currently trying to sell our home. It has been on the market since October with very little to show for how long it has been on the market.

This past weekend we had an Open House and so Friday was spent doing some serious cleaning to get it ready. I decided to vacuum the blinds in the computer/play room/dining room (can you guess why we are moving?). As I'm vacuuming the blinds with the attachment on the vacuum, I set my arm down to the side in order to use my free hand to pull the blinds up a little bit. As I brought my arm (holding the vacuum attachment) down, I heard a loud sucking noise and what sounded like pieces of something being sucked into the vacuum. As I looked down, to my dismay, I noticed that the bottom of our window (the actual window) had suddenly disappeared.

Apparently, water/moisture was seeping into the windows which we now know are made of wood and have a cheap coating of paint over them. The wood was soaked and there is a hole in which I can see outside through the window frame.

Obviously, I could not have been more displeased and shocked. Windows are not cheap and if we are going to sell the house, any buyer in their right mind is going to require that we replace this window. Not only that, but if we left it like this, it could give the impression that we are hiding other casualties throughout our house.

Why does it always seem like things fall apart when you really need everything to stay together as much as possible?  Seems like it is this way with a lot of things in life...   

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Something fishy

In my efforts to create a healthier home, I have been experimenting with different foods and recipes. One such experiment recently came about after a trip to paradise Target.

That's right... Jif peanut butter with Omega-3.

Now, being the intelligent home-maker that I am, I thought to myself "oh that's neat, they added Omega-3 and DHA to this peanut butter! Excellent!"  Upon returning home and breaking this bad boy out today for lunch, I just happened to glance at the ingredient list. To my dismay, it says that there was sardine oil and tilapia in it! What??  Ew!!! In my peanut butter?? 

Where exactly did I think they would get DHA and Omega-3 from? I don't know... a new breed of peanut maybe?  Sardines and Tilapia? Did not even cross my mind.

Nevertheless, I ventured forward and ate my sandwhich and was pleasantly surprised that it did not taste any different than normal peanut butter. However, my brain knew what was in it and I could not get past it. I have far too many memories of my Grandpa opening up a can of sardines and my horror as he ate little fishies as I gagged over the smell. I could not enjoy my peanut butter.

This healthy venture is one for the books, but not one for the pantry.

Rug malfunction

Have you ever had one of those days where things do not go your way?

Today, is one of those days.

My favorite rug in our house is placed in the kitchen by the sink since I spend a lot of time at the kitchen sink. Surprisingly, the dishes do not obey my commands to get in the dishwasher on their own. Anyway, the dog had just come in from outside with her usual coating of mud and water thanks to the amazing amount of rain/snow/ice we have had over the past month. I immediately, without thinking, sent her to my beloved rug. When she was dried, I let her off of the rug and to my dismay it was covered in mud!

This is when I decided that all of the rugs in our house were going to be washed. I scooped them all up and checked the tags to make sure they were washable and they all were. I threw them in, along with the pads for the steam mop, and started the washer up on the lowest agitation setting possible.

Upon opening the washer to move my rugs from the washer to the dryer, I was met with a strange sight. Strands of what looked just like my favorite kitchen rug were everywhere. I cringed, and then pulled out pieces of my beloved rug. The washer had completely destroyed it.

In my previous life, as an accountant working full-time outside of the home and bringing in a pretty decent second income, I would have shrugged it off and ran out and purchased a new favorite kitchen rug. However, I am now a house-wife, dedicated to saving money to make up for the loss of my income and the ever surmounting items that come with raising a child. "Little" things like my destroyed rug are now big deals and cost money that has to come out of a set budget that never mattered before but is amazingly important now.

And so, with that, I welcome my favorite rug back into its rightful position in the kitchen, only now... it is filled with holes and looks less than beautiful but it will have to do until next month when I can take money out of the budget for a new one. Such is the domestic life...

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog!

Over the past few months since becoming a Mom, I have come to realize that being a stay at home Mom does not seem to be the hard part. The hard part, to me, is the part where I go from becoming a full-time accountant out in the "real" world, to staying home and running an entire household.

So, this is my blog to let everyone know how I am doing with my new job. I hope that you will laugh with me and cry with me as I continue to figure out the ins and outs of being a domestic home organizer and Mom extraordinaire!