T.G.I.F.

Woohoo! It's finally Friday! Fridays aren't really anything special. Of course I look forward to having Nick home all weekend, but since I don't work, Fridays aren't what they used to be. This Friday, however, I have been looking forward to all week. It wasn't the play-date I was looking forward to- though that was really nice, minus the teenagers having sex in the park thing (yeah, totally serious). It isn't for the Borders Reunion I'm hosting at my house tomorrow- in fact that means that every moment spent at home has been and will be spent unpacking (yes, we're still not done) and cleaning like a crazy person- though I am looking forward to that too. I'm excited because for the first time in almost a month, I get to spend my Friday night the way I prefer to...

sound asleep thanks to the ultimate gift from the gods: ambien.

I only take it one night a week since that is the only night Nick is on full-time baby-duty. I still wake up if I hear the monster, but I can fall back to sleep as soon as I know Nick is awake (he's a heavy sleeper.) It's the greatest thing ever invented. Seriously. It's better than the battery operated boyfriend (Bob) and that's saying something.

Finally I get a night without waking up a thousand times for whatever reason. Finally I get a night without strange dreams/ nightmares. I don't think you people understand just how much I look forward to Friday nights.

Anyway, I'm off to finish cleaning before I take the wonder pill and slip away into sweet dreamland. I hope everyone else has as good of a night as I'm planning on having.

Organization time!

For years, I've been telling Nick that we desperately need to get ourselves organized. And by "we," I mean me. I'm so sick of the clutter, but organizing takes time...and work...and I'm lazy. That being said, I finally started. Thankfully, when we packed up our last house we sorted and boxed everything so we didn't have to sort after the move, and it's made organizing a little easier. So here's what has been done so far (its not much, but it's a definite step in the right direction.)

Pantry One- Before:

Pantry One- After

Close ups of Pantry One (we have two pantries, incase you were wondering)

I know it doesn't look like much, but it took hours. I'm pretty proud of myself.