How to fake clean, cook, and iron

I know this post is probably not one you were really expecting, since I promised some updates, but I did upload Christmas 2011 pictures onto my computer this morning so I'll be posting about that soon.

In the meantime, I want to share a funny post I came across... just don't let your husbands read it :)


Anna, from My Life and Kids shared this:

...Women have been fake cleaning, fake cooking and even fake ironing for years! I just had to share some of my favorite tips that you shared in the comments:

Fake Cooking

If you happen to have a husband who likes dinner ready, or nearly ready, when he gets home and you haven’t even started – fry up some bacon and onions. Makes the house smell like you’ve been cooking for hours while you quickly throw something together. I realize my age is against me here…..you probably don’t have a husband who expects dinner on time…..but back in MY day… (imklvr)

Fake Cleaning

I regularly sprinkle Carpet Fresh around and pretend I’ve just spent hours cleaning. Occasionally I DO actually break out the vacuum and sweep it up. Sometimes some of the powder hits the dogs and that takes care of their monthly bath. (Shelly)
I put Pine-sol in hot water in the sink! My girlfriend hides bounce sheets in inconspicuous spots so it smell fresh! We all have our tricks! (Danielle – Piperloo)
Erma Bombeck said if she got word people were stopping by, she would drag out the vacuum and when her company arrived, she would apologize because they had caught her in the middle of cleaning. She said the vacuum had been sitting out so long she was starting to use it for a coffee table. (Robbie)
Sometimes I  wet a little towel with cleaner and put it in the garbage can. The smell lasts longer and my hubs really thinks I did something all day. (Rachel – Holy-Craft)

Fake Ironing?

THANK GOODNESS! I thought I was the ONLY one who used some of those lil’ tricks! I’ve used MOST of those (remember – I’m 61 – been around awhile!) and here’s another one I used when ironing was done on a regular basis back in the dark ages of MY young mommy days:
Set the ironing board up, hang a number of things (straight from the closet) on a rack in clear view, and lay a half-ironed ANYTHING on the board. Just before your hubby gets home, heat the iron & let a few strands of your hair be TOTALLY out of place as though you’ve been slaving.
When he walks in, look up from ‘ironing’ & say, “Oh, no! I can’t BELIEVE it’s so late! I need to get dinner started!” He will be so sorry for you because you’ve done so much he MAY take you OUT to dinner or at LEAST order a pizza!
Either that or you’ll have to put all that crap back in the closet after you dragged it all out. (Kai – Celebrating Christmas Year Round)

Spill it -  let’s hear your fake cleaning, cooking and ironing secrets!

Haha.  Do you guys do anything like this?  Honestly, I had only thought to clean up the rooms quickly right before Tyler gets home.

Ippy Cider

(that's Dani's version of the Itsy Bitsy Spider)

I've got pictures of our place, but first I want to say...

Thank you so much for all the sweet comments for my birthday!  I'm glad I have friends and family like you.  I had no idea my wonderful husband did that and all of it made my day(s)  :)

Anyway... much awaited (for some of you) are the pictures of our new home.  Forever ago, Tyler actually took pictures of our empty place and he did a really good job (so there are a ton!). 

Maybe someday you'll see it all put together... but hey, we don't even have it all put together yet!  We weren't digging our last decor and decided to start all over here, but that takes money, so our walls are still bare.

Anyway, I finally took a moment to put all the pictures together
...and here they are (the pics were being all funky)...

                            walking in our front door                             turn left and you see a little bathroom

             

          our front door and bathroom door

 a peekaboo window into our kitchen

the kitchen

       the backdoor... we use this more than our front door
                (sometimes it feels like out front door)

 

                  

                    looking at our (actual) front door from the kitchen
... the peekaboo window on the right is our stairwell into our basement

                                                                                                          let's go into the basement

 once you're downstairs you see a door and it leads to our laundry room/ bathroom

 a view of the unfinished laundry room from the unfinished bathroom, the unfinished bathroom

 
the basement room
the hallway is where we just were (so that wall is shared with the laundry room)

 more views of the basement (and Harry Potter's old room)

 let's go back upstairs

follow that walkway and we'll go upstairs again

 view down from the top of the stairs

 nursery & nursery looking at door and closet

 hallway- looking at our linen closet, dani's room just to the left of that, the bathroom at the right, the nursery (out of view) to your left, and the hallway to the master at your right

 upstairs bathroom

 Danica's room

 same view of our hallway, with the linen closet open,  the hallway to the master

 the master

my closet....it's a walk-in!
... I think it would normally be a master bath, but right now I'm enjoying the closet space

 Tyler's closet

FYI

I just wanted to let everyone know that we're alive... we just don't have internet yet.... and wont for another month or two.
But we've been in our house for 2 weeks now (I totally typed "apartment" just then, instead of house) and really enjoy it in Eagle Mountain.  We still have boxes to unpack and still live out of duffel bags, but our neighbors are awesome!  Everyone has been so welcoming and Dani LOVES having all the kids around.  We haven't explored much in the city yet because my allergies and asthma have been crazy bad, but they seem to be getting better now.
I'll update more when I can.

Home Sweet Home

We closed on our first home yesterday!!!!!  WOOHOO!

We're really excited and will start moving in slowly during the next few days.
Then Saturday we'll have a yard sale.
On Monday, the plan is to do most, if not all, of the cleaning of the apartment we're in now.

It will be a little sad leaving Provo, as we've lived here for 7 years, but we're ready for this next chapter and excited to start something new.

Sorry no pictures yet.  We'll work on that.

More Yay

Tyler and I put in an offer on a home and it was ACCEPTED Wednesday!
We're so excited!  It was such a quick process for us....  Meeting with a loan agent on Monday, viewing homes on Tuesday, and having our offer accepted on a place on Wednesday.  Still a lot to have happen before we close.
We'll be moving into a townhome in Eagle Mountain in the beginning of June.  Yikes... so much to get done!  :)