Welcome! Won’t you come in? I’m about to shake things up around here in a big way and I’d love for you to see what I’m working on.

Lately the Mr. and I have been deep in thought about our next move (or lack thereof). We’ve wondered as The Clash did, “Should I stay or should I go?”

We desperately need more space, particularly with a wee one on the way but at the same time we’re so desperately in love with where we are now. We spent a lot of time going back and forth and after lots of prayer and a recent fall through with a place we had been considering, I’m happy (and a bit nervous) to report that we are……..STAYING!

It feels good to have put that to bed but now I’ve gotta get crackin’ on all that needs to be done around here and it sounds like I’m right one time. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about nesting: “The instinct often occurs around the fifth month of pregnancy, but can occur as late as the eighth, or not at all. It may be strongest just before the onset of labor. It is commonly characterized by a strong urge to clean and organize one’s home and is one reason why couples who are expecting a baby often reorganize, arrange, and clean the house and surroundings.”

Oddly enough (or perhaps very telling) I couldn’t find anything under nesting + type A + OCD. I think I know why. Because no one has seen a woman on that warpath and lived to tell about it or define it in an online dictionary. I AM ON A MISSION.

BEDROOM

1. Clean out and organize closet to make room for KP so we can free up current guest room closet for baby. And no, hell hasn’t frozen over.

2. Hang headboard I made almost a year ago. It’stimedon’tchathink?

3. Purchase new bedding. We are LONG overdue.

4. Purchase nightstands for bedside storage. We’ve used these chairs since we got married.

5. Move items from under the bed downstairs upstairs since we’re getting rid of the guest bed in the nursery changeover.

6. Purchase a bigger dresser to make room for more of KP’s clothes.

7. Replace current t.v with a flatscreen. This may not happen for awhile. It doesn’t really serve a purpose other than I’d like to put a beautiful glass tray on top of the dresser to display some of my jewelry and perfume bottles.

8. Either purchase a much smaller kennel and put it elsewhere or find a new solution for confining the pups. This is total wasted space. I haven’t told the pups that they’re being evicted yet.

9. Purchase a mirror and vanity table or move the mirror and desk from downstairs and turn it into a vanity set-up where I’ll house all my personal care products and that’ll go here instead. This will de-clutter the master bathroom of products and people. Its hard to share a mirror while getting ready with my big strapping husband plus it just feels uber glam.

KITCHEN

1. Clean out and organize all cabinets and drawers donating anything we never use.

2. Toss expired food or donate non-perishables that I know we’ll never use. Does anyone know what to do with Polenta?

3. Scrub down fridge and counters. There is cake batter stuck in between the tiles. I’ll let you do the math. How often I bake= how long it’s been there.

4. Get the repairman to fix the light in our oven that is stuck on. (This reminds me of when I was little and how I’d flip the switch on and sit down in front of it with popcorn and pretend I was at the movies. Did you ever do that? No? Must just be me then.)

5. Run the self-clean cycle on the oven.

LIVING ROOM

1. Purchase more lighting and a bookshelf or end table for corner near fireplace.

2. Wash couch cushions.It’stimeforthistoodon’tchathink?

3. Beat rug.

4.Purchase a desk with more storage space for work and personal files or purchase a matching filing cabinet for current desk.

PATIO

1. Clean out and organize this nightmare.

NURSERY

1. Clean out and organize storage closet.

2. Move KP’s closet up to my mine where his clothes will be welcomed with open arms. This closet will become baby’s.

3. Sell guest room furniture (bed, desk, dresser, headboard). Sigh. This will be the toughest part after all the work I put into the room but I know it’ll go to a good home.

4. Move stuff currently stored under guest bed upstairs for storage under our bed.

5. DECORATE FOR BEBE P!!!!!! Nope, not gonna spill the plan for that yet.

*Honey, I apologize in advance for the destruction I’m about to cause.