Barefoot in the Kitchen

Monday, May 20, 2013

DIY Baby Part Deux

Yeah. I totally disappeared for a few days on ya. I just had a lot to process and needed to step away for a bit. Not to mention I've been mad busy STILL trying to prepare for this little guy. Also, I wanted to say thanks for the kind words about my aunt. Update is it's not breast cancer, but lung cancer. It's moved into her brain, so they're doing intense radiation followed up by chemotherapy. I got to hang out with her a bit this past weekend at my nephew's birthday party-and she looked pretty good. Skinny, but good. We're all still standing on the Lord's divine healing in her body-so we'll leave it at that.

As far as my nesting epidemic goes, here is what I've been working on:

I Hate the 'C' Word

I received some pretty saddening news yesterday. My aunt-one of my absolute favs-has been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. This is not the first time she's had it. I just feel completely numb about the whole situation. I lost my beloved grandma 9 years ago from the same disease. It's like reliving that horror all over again. My faith feels a bit shaken. It seems the past few years my family has lost too many loved ones.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Spring Cleaning and My Little Green

As ya'll know-I've been kicking some Spring Cleaning's tail lately! I'm guessing its part of nesting in general-but I've been cleaning like a mad woman! And to be honest, I've been having a lot of fun with it! (yes...I was serious about the "mad" part!)

One of the things that has been on my list is to clean some of the thrift store baby items I've bought the past few weeks. Some have been in pretty good shape-and some have been pretty gross. I've also needed to clean my toddler's car seats as well which were in horrible condition!!!

So I stripped off the three car seat covers and one stroller cover. Then, I busted out my favorite cleaning "supply", the Bissell Little Green Machine. Man I love this thing!

You fill it up with a cleaning concentrate and water...then get to scrubbing. It's pretty magical. I bought this last year with taxes, but was just using it for the occasional spill. In the past week or so now, I've been using it for all kinds of things!

I scrubbed and scrubbed the seat covers with great success! My camera wouldn't pick up the dirt, so no before shots :( Here is proof on just how dirty these covers were:

My kids put that gold coin in there.

Is that not disgusting? And this was just after cleaning one stroller cover and one carseat cover. Only took about 20 mins of cleaning to get them pretty much spotless.

The first carseat I cleaned was the baby's. I was able to get it used at our consignment shop for FREE! I had some credit at the store, and didn't have to pay anything for it. It's not even close to the expiration date, and looks pretty darn good now!

This is why I LOVE buying used. It is possible to get quality at a cheaper price-while being pretty eco-friendly as well.

I still have a few more things to scrub down, but (I can't believe I'm saying this) I'm really enjoying it.

That's what I've been up to.

How's YOUR Spring Cleaning going?

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Wedding Bliss

Finally home and getting back into the swing of things! If you were following me through Instagram this weekend, then you would know that we spent the weekend celebrating a very sweet wedding. G's uncle Josh (who is actually younger than my hubs!) married his longtime sweetheart in Lake Norman. Little Moosey was the flower girl so we had to go down early for the rehearsal.

Let me tell ya-staying in a hotel with two little people is hardly relaxing. Especially when one of those little people is teething.

Here are some shots of our trip via Instagram: