1686 What is required? (and a teensy TMI)

Saucy Scale: 6

It was tremendously wonderful to have my dearest darling home for a short time.  He went into the office & then caught the flight back to Canada this evening. 

Let the countdown to Friday begin.

So anyhoo…I had my IUD removed last Friday morning.  Let me say that the removal was WAAAAAY better than the insertion.  *ZIP!* it was out just like that.  I will definitely go the IUD route again after the next (as of yet nonexistent) baby.

**TMI ALERT**  I will add that the rapid hormonal flux has brought some *ahem* "unpleasantness" in the girlie bits.  Namely, an unexpected, rather sudden, and quite frankly really heavy period started Sunday afternoon.  That’s as far as I will go to regarding the gruesome details.  **END TMI ALERT**

I have been a moody biotch and craving some serious red meat (which means I need to replenish my protein & iron levels).  I’m guessing TBU couldn’t flee this house fast enough!

Our realtor came by to take a look at our place today.  I wasn’t really planning to have her over that quickly, but she was literally 2 blocks away just having finished showing another home in our ‘hood.  I called her to set up the appointment and she just pulled her car into the driveway.  CRAP!  Not even enough time to grab a sweater to disquise the fact that I wasn’t wearing a bra.  How embarrassing.  As if that wasn’t bad enough, our house is a DISASTER!  Dirty dishes, loads of laundry, toys, toys, toys!  Jeesh.

We wanted her to look around and tell us what she thinks we need to do to get the place ready for showing.  She didn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know (Thanks to HGTV and all those house selling makeover shows).  We’ve got to declutter and depersonalize the place.  BIG TIME.  yikes.  It will take a PODS (or PODS-like) device at the bare minimum to remove enough of our personal effects to pull off this task.

We have outgrown this home really quickly.  Every inch of usable storage space has been maximized and used.  And then some.  We are bursting at the seams.  No joke. 

One thing that is abundantly clear to us here in the U Family, is that our next home will have storage space.  It is a prerequisite.  As we discuss our next move, we agree on some essential points:

• Our next home will be our long-term home.  This will be where we spend the majority of our lives & where we will raise our family. 
• STORAGE.  We need a great basement and great storage options. 
• A kitchen.  A real usable & functional kitchen.  With tons of cabinets (see: storage issues) and counter space.  I don’t require granite & stainless steel, but I do need some workspace. 
• Garage.  A great big one!  (In Michigan, we had no garage at all.  Here, we have a 1 car garage that barely takes the minivan.)  TBU has been getting the shaft for too many years now. 
• An honest to goodness dining room.  I have been looking forward to have a fancy pants dining room since I registered for my lovely Vera Wang wedding china.  I took one for the team and turned our current dining room into a playroom for the boys.  As God as my witness, I will have a dining room and suitable place (see: storage issues) for my china.
• I should mention something about good schools, shouldn’t I?  This is of course an issue, but we’re also entertaining the idea of not sending our kids to public school.

Well, I could go into my kitchen design dreams, but it’s already getting late.  I’ll save that entry for another day, when I have time to find pictures.

Nighty-Night

5 Things That Make Me Happy:

1. Having TBU walk through the door on Friday night. 
2. The rest of Friday night. 
3. Family-Time on Saturday.  (Bring on the pancakes!)
4. Watching Mattson turn into a little boy.  Where did my baby go?  I’m not ready! 
5. Listening to the funny funny stuff that Gus says.  He’s amazing.  There needs to be an All-Gus Entry one of these days.  Seriously.