Holy cleaner, Batman!

I just mopped the house (both floors, all intact rooms) in an attempt to clean up some of the dust from this week's demolition/construction. Holy moly! So so so so much better. It's not perfect, but I can see the hardwood again and the house doesn't feel gritty. I wish I had the energy to do it sooner. Maybe I'll tackle the other surfaces next, after a brief rest. :-)

BTW, I used 1 cup white vinegar to 1 gallon warm water. Worked wonderfully. Cuts through the plaster dust and dirt. It doesn't smell "chemically" or antiseptic. There is a slight vinegar smell that fades as the floor dries (good thing hubby is still away.) Eco-friendly and pregnant lady friendly too.

Registries

I went to Babies R Us today with Eugene. He's shopping for a crib for Ethan and I needed to work on the baby registry. Let me tell you, it's overwhelming. I know my family would prefer that I do my registry there, but OY! I don't want to be limited to their selections only. I've decided that I'm going to do an online registry that let's me add items from any retailer of my choosing. No limits on selection now! This also allows me to do some bargain hunting in the process.

I've got my Baby Bargains book in one hand, a browser window opened to Consumer Reports, and another browser window ready for searching. Let the shopping begin!

Water Bubbles

It started raining yesterday morning and continued to do so for 12 hours. It stopped briefly during the overnight, but has started again. Normally, a rainy weekend doesn't bother me. More time to curl up on the couch reading, watching a movie, or napping (most likely.) This weekend is different. On Wednesday and Thursday, the decking and studs for the first floor addition were put up. There's no second story floor yet (more to come on that in a separate post.) All this rain means that the addition could get wet. Luckily, we knew beforehand that it would rain, and rain a lot. Tarps were bought by the cartload. But I didn't expect this to happen:
This is one of three water bubbles that have collected in the tarps. I tried pushing the water out of them, but the angle is too steep and there's a lot of water. The tarps are stretched to their max now and the water is starting to drip through the threads. As a stop gap measure, I bought more plastic, laid it on the floor and found as many buckets as I could to collect the dripping water.

Tomorrow had better be a sunny day.