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Well, as many of you know Jordan and I have been working very, very hard to get our home in tip-top shape. Spring is here and so the cleaning must commence.

I have spent so many hours outside weeding, I've lost count. I come home from work and if the weather is cooperating, spend hours outside getting my yard to look just right. It's not an easy feat, I must tell you. My entire garden is a perennial garden. It's beautiful and I love it. Especially the lilies, those are my favorite flower.
I also love my backyard. It's nearly finished (I stained the back stairs yesterday and they are waiting a second coat, and I have to add some bark to the flower beds) but my variegated weigela are almost in full bloom! Hummingbirds, make your way to my house! I love how exotic my plants are to this area. No one has the plants I do and I take pride in being different. I like the different look of my garden (despite others in the neighborhood copying my hardscape).

Inside has been just as much work. Jordan and I (I haven't been lifting so I'm being very pregnant-woman conscious) been rearranging furniture. The downstairs will be finished today (thanks to Jordan's mad plumbing skills and tiling work) and I'll be sure to post pictures. Most of our furniture has been moved down there to fill the space and I've moved some things around up stairs. The picture above is the family room where the TV used to be. In the niche I've placed my porcelain dolls inside. This way Sarah can't reach them and I can show them off better.

The formal room now is home to the piano. I've always wanted a piano to go in there, it just feels right. Pianos in a formal setting are nice, it sort of sets the mood to listen to the beautiful music they can produce (albeit not by my hands). Anna has a wonderful talent and I love having my home filled with music. Sarah is catching on too. I'll ask her to play me a song every now and again and she'll sit at the piano and play me something she's made up. Quiet cute.

Sarah's room has always been so cute! Of course I'm biased because I designed her room and picked out the colors. Now that her toys are in her playroom, it actually looks like a clean room!!! It's nice not having so much clutter around. I can't believe how much we've tossed and donated in the last week or so.

When the time comes to leave this house, I'll miss it. Especially since Jordan and I have worked so hard to make this house to be as nice as it is. With all the painting, gardening, fence work, hardscape, etc, it'll be hard to leave. But I don't think anything will happen overnight. Economy and such...