It All Started SO Innocently.....

I have been pretty sick this week- Molly gave me her cold which in me turned into Bronchitis - and I finally felt pretty good this morning.  The hubby and kids did their best to keep up with the cleaning, however, the state of my house was driving me crazy.  Considering this was my last peaceful day to do things (the last day of school for the boys), I decided to get to it.  I began with the need to sweep the living room carpet (hairy dog, long haired cat, 4 kids.... every day is a vacuum bonanza).  As I walked on the carpet while running the sweeper, I could feel things under the carpet (it's a LARGE area rug).  I lifted the edge and noticed I really needed to roll up the rug and do the whole floor.  HHHMMMMM, now I need to move the sectional sofa off the 2 edges of the rug.   Gross..... how did all that dirt/toys/trash get under the couch?  Ok, I may as well move the couch and do it right.  Well, now that I have the couch moved, I've been thinking about a new way to arrange the living room.  Guess I may as well put it back together trying the new way.    And WHERE did all these dust bunnies come from?  Every time I think I got them all, dozens more show up.  Maybe that is why they are dust BUNNIES and not dust puppies.   Mike and the boys moved the TV cabinet for me when they got home today and then spent the next couple of hours changing how all the electronics are hooked up/ placed in the cabinet.  I finally was able to do that carpet sweeping about 7 PM.  It's now 10 PM and as I look around, the house is not much cleaner than when I began this morning.  Steven hates my new house set up, Pete loves it and Mike is reserving judgment until he lives with it for a while.

Part of my new set up involved re-opening the entrance to the living room from the  hallway.  Molly has never known that doorway to be opened so she spent the afternoon running circles - leave the living room through the kitchen, turn the corner to come down the hallway, re-enter the living room from the hall......... then repeat, repeat, repeat .......