My house was clean yesterday...sorry you missed it.

What does 32 weeks pregnant + Spring Break = ?

If you thought exhaustion, you are right.  But the more correct answer is:

Spring Cleaning.   Like Crazy.  And when I mean crazy I mean every nook and crany.  Everything you should clean and maintain once upon a time but never get around to doing.  Silly things you probably do all the time, but I never do.  So much stuff, that my parents even dedicated their whole Saturday to come help us with our mile-long list, and Steve's mom took the kids to an Easter party for the afternoon so we could work.

And it went beyond just cleaning.  It was de-cluttering.  Throwing away.  Donating.  Packing away.  MIN.IM.IZ.ING!

Sure, this all could be called spring cleaning.  Or it could be called getting our house ready to put on the market.  And since we've been here for 7 years and never shown any real pictures of our house...(of course, to keep the creeps away from knowing too much about our layout and all) I thought I'd share the pics at last...you know, since our house is clean and all.

Home Sweet Home

Living Room

Den (clearly the biggest transformation of all, wouldn't you say?)

Family Room

And since you're supposed to de-personalize everything in your house when staging it to sell, Cheri and I replaced my family pictures wall with this awesome montage of quotes:

Kitchen

Dining Area

Where's the pic of the downstairs half bath, more elegantly referred to in our real estate brochure as "The Powder Room"?  I'll have to take one tomorrow I guess.

Master Bedroom
...yikes, I didn't realize how much that oak dresser stood out...put hey, that's our first piece of furniture we own from when we got married 10 years ago.  Cute story of how we got it when we lived in Costa Mesa, CA.  The Bishop of our congregation learned we had no furniture and one day came over with this dresser, a table (which we still use), and a queen bed (which our kids now use).  Lovely!)

Master Bath
--have ALWAYS loved the his and hers sinks!
...though, we found we still use one sink more than the other...does this happen to anyone else?
...I also really love the roman tub...basically, it's deeper than normal.  Such a plus.

Upstairs Bath

2nd Bedroom

3rd Bedroom

Backyard Fun

And there you have it!  A clean house.  A "ready to be shown at moments notice" house.  Today.  Ask me tomorrow, and it may be another story.  Hence the title of this post :)

Now, know anyone who would like a house?