A Small Accomplishment

Well, I got some cleaning done. I cleaned all day, until Art got home at 7:00. He told me that house looked great, which I think is funny, because I didn't necessarily think the house looked any cleaner.

I did a lot of less obvious cleaning today, like scrubbing the stove and the cupboard doors, and reorganizing my closet, and under the sink in the bathroom and in the kitchen. Just in case the new renters actually want to look in those spaces (which they might), then they look clean and organized.

However, since I spent so much time on those things, I still have some major stuff left to do, like glass cleaning (mirrors and windows), the whole bathroom in general, the kitchen floor, dusting. Oh, and the carport. But that's Art's job.

He doesn't really like it when we're home together in the evenings and all I do is clean, because that's our only time to spend together these days, but unfortunately this week, it's going to have to be that way, until after Wednesday.

It's hard though! Cleaning comes so naturally to me, and once I get on a kick, I don't want to stop. I just love how good it feels to have the whole house scrubbed and sparkling. But I just found out that we're going out soon, so I can't continue. I must stop here (and maybe try to get a bit done tomorrow).

Have a great weekend ya'll!

I'm Gonna Be a Machine

Art is out of the house all day, so I'm cleaning. And if I said it here (and on Facebook) then I'm accountable, so I HAVE to get it done.

And if I come back here later on and I haven't done any cleaning, you guys can beat me up. You have my permission.

I NEED TO CLEAN!!!!!

No More Aliens Here

No, I'm not talking about little green critters from outer space. I'm talking about me! With my first visa that got me into the US, my status was Alien Resident.

Key word being "was."

I had my interview today. And I am now a Permanent Resident.

NO MORE PAPERWORK!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for all your prayers and encouraging words. It was quite easy! I brought all sorts of papers with me and I didn't even need them! The lady interviewing us basically wanted to know 2 things: the story of our relationship (to make sure Art didn't say something like, "I found her on a Mail Order Bride website"), and what we shared jointly (like a bank account, lease, etc.).

She also wanted to see our wedding pictures, and she kept two for the file. No big deal, we can always print more. At least she didn't keep my favorites. We printed about 100 pictures to bring along today, and we have about 700 more that we haven't printed yet, so two is not a loss. (No seriously. Our wedding photographer took over 800 pictures. And they all look good.)

So that was our day. I took the whole day off because I didn't know how long it was going to take, and I didn't want to promise my boss that I could work a bit, and then realize I was going to be gone all day. But now I've had a bit of a free afternoon, and I'm spending it with Art, which we never do anymore. Poor guy is still really sore and tired from the weekend. I think he'll be recovering for a while.

Our landlady is showing our house to potential renters next week, because our lease is almost up, and we're pretty sure we're moving before the end of summer. I'm not worried (right now), but I do have A LOT of cleaning to do before Wednesday. I might start today.

So that's all the happy news for now. Mari is here. We might blow bubbles.