Spring Cleaning

This weather has really inspired me to get my butt in gear and start organizing the house for the spring/summer season. Today has been kind of rainy, so what better day than to dig in and weed out TONS of old, out of style clothes and finally utilize the closet organizer system that has been in the trunk of my car for about a year. It has been fun to "purge" the old stuff, in hopes that in just a couple of months, I can shed the remainder of this "college weight" and buy some new clothes. I lost another pound today, making it 14 lbs total! 16 more to go...

Anyway, an update to the last post...I said I would calculate our monthly spending and usage on our electric bill. Since June/July when we moved in, our average bill has been $69.84, and our average usage has been 722. I look forward to watching that go DOWN (even though once I looked at it, I guess our bills aren't that expensive). However, every little bit counts. 

The tiling project is going well. The entryway is almost completely done (minus the grout and a couple corner pieces that require the use of a rented wet saw). It looks really, really great. 

Also, one of Luke's med school friends, Clay, gave him a bag of Amish Friendship Bread mix last week. I hadn't ever participated in this before, but it is really cool. The idea is to start the mix on your own, then after a few days, you add some ingredients and then split it into 4 additional mixes that you can give to friends. The friends then need to wait 5 days and then begin adding other ingredients and bake the bread. We finally baked ours, and WOW...it was amazing. It made nearly 3 loaves of bread, and it has this wonderful cinnamon sugar topping. Needless to say, between Abel being over here last night to help with tile, an impromptu visit from Eric & CeCe last night, and Luke and myself, the bread is nearly gone! Just Google "Amish Friendship Bread" and you will lots of recipes and variations.

I enjoyed a wonderful night of catching up with some sorority sister friends, Carly, Dani, and Kelley. We went to Bravo and had wine and great food, plus some great "adult" conversation. It's nice to hear other women my age talk about the same things I am always thinking/talking about. We will have to do it again soon! In Luke's world, he, Abel, Eric, and CeCe saw Slumdog Millionaire and loved it.