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What Happened to April??

Ok, so I have updates... not as many as I may have hoped...  I will post them this weekend!

Been crazy-busy with the nice weather and fun trips.

Super duper excited to go to Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me tonight!!! 

We're in the planning stages of making a balanced calendar for the summer so we're not just working on house stuff like last year's house hunting!

Trips to the Sand Dunes, Mesa Verda, Rocky Mtn, and Black Canyon National parks, Jackson Hole (???)as well as some fly fishing, camping etc. NEED TO HAPPEN :)

Progress: What not to talk about at 7:00am

I've been sick since last Thursday and spent the entire weekend on the couch, hacking and sneezing.  We tried to go to Home Depot to get some ideas on the layout of the kitchen.  I made it there and then had a total nasal meltdown and had to go home.  Thus, I didn't get the dishes done (my turn) or do the laundry (my job) or finish the paper de-cluttering (I started last weekend).  I have a problem where my anal retentiveness is either all or nothing, I get overwhelmed and just add to the problem.  I know I should try to get more done during the week, but as soon as I get home it's crash time-- I've been volunteering as an advisor for my college sorority (Delta Gamma!) and get home LATE on those nights... ooooh, excuse central.  We had a discussion this morning (J's up early for 7am start time) and I was just waking up... icky... bad idea...

Here's what J instant messaged me when I got to work (I think/hope the article is supposed to be funny):

How to Get Your Wife to Help Clean the House
By Alicia Bodine, eHow Contributing Writer


It use to be that women stayed home with the children and cleaned the house. Men went to work all day to support their families. Nowadays it often takes two incomes to be able to survive financially. That means that both the husband and the wife have full time jobs. When they come home from work it is only fair that they split the housework as well. If you wife isn't helping you clean, there are a few things you can do to get her to start helping out.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need:

•Music

•Marriage counselor

Step 1  Ask your wife to help you. Let her know in a loving manner that doing all the housework is becoming a little too much for you. It may be that your wife isn't helping because she believes you enjoy doing it or that you can handle it. A little communication may be all you need to get your wife to help you clean.
Step 2   Make a cleaning chart and hang it on the fridge. Divide all the chores up between all of the family members and then your wife won't feel like you are singling her out. This may sound like something you would just use for your children, but it is an excellent motivator.
Step 3   Play some fun music and demonstrate to your wife how the upbeat music makes cleaning fun. Then start cleaning together. Work on one room at a time and take time to stop and dance here and there. This will make cleaning time something to look forward to.
Step 4  Call your wife's mother for some insight. Her mother may be able to tell you how she got her daughter to clean before she married you. You can then use that to get your wife to help you clean.
Step 5  Bring in a marriage counselor. The marriage counselor can do two things. He can find out why your wife isn't helping you clean, and be a mediator between the two of you. He can help you find a compromise.
Step 6   Let the house go. This means that you don't do any cleaning. By going on a cleaning strike your wife will start to notice exactly how much of the housework you have been doing. She will then begin to appreciate all of your hard work and begin helping out more.
Step 7  Romance your wife. Try spending some time winning over your wife's affection. She will then want to do some things to please you such as keeping the house looking nice. It may just be that your wife is going through the day-to-day motions and you need to awaken her to life again.

Tips & Warnings

If all of your attempts fail and you just can't continue doing all the cleaning yourself, hire a maid..Never resort to physical violence to scare your wife in to helping you. This is against law and you can land yourself prison time.

Favorite these days...

Haven't had anything exciting to post, lots of cleaning, purging, spring fevering...

gearing up for the kitchen demo and rebuild...

Listening to old Liz Phair like it's going out of style...

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Update: Living Room

Finally... it's like we live here! 

To Do: rip out carpet, fix windows

hang photos

Update: Bathroom

The mirror is up!

Can you see some things that need to be done?

(Trim around the shower)

(caulk around door frame)

cats hiding in the built in...

For JAR & Warney

If you have a baby boy I hope he's just like this...

AND

if you have a baby girl -- UPDATE:  IT'S A GIRL!!

YOU'RE IN TROUBLE!!

(W- at least you've known JAR since she was JAB)

Friday: I love this today

PHOTO from the captains dead

Because it's Friday... and I am a dork and miss Dollhouse!

updated:  I just got home and put this on and J says, "Is this Mazzy Star"

...his first guess whenever I have new music on :)

What I've been up to...

A LAST MINUTE TRIP TO

NUEVO VALLARTA, MEXICO

(about 20 min north of PVR)

I met up with these two:

(by andrea)

(by andrea)

Here's where I stayed.

(this was almost exactly the view)

THE POOL (look for the ocean...)

(the condo was literally steps from the ocean...)

(by andrea)
SUNSET... beautiful every night!

Went to the spa and got massaged & scrubbed.  Seriously... Check it out... AWESOME!!

FABULOUS DINNER (on the beach) AT

Cafe des Artistes Del Mar

(by andrea)

All around restful and relaxing time!

Just in time to get cracking on some big projects at the house.

Jon didn't go on the trip and did a few things around the house that I need to post.

Happy 6 months anniversary in our house...
Next thing is a BIG LIST!