The Big Cleanup

Oh, I'm so annoyed. I just finished writing a new blog and managed to somehow erase it! GRRR

So, I guess I'll try again.

I spent last weekend going through my closet and my office. I was quite proud of myself because I ended up with four bags of clothes that we gave to goodwill. I was very unmotivated to go through everything, but afterwards I felt good. It's funny how those sorts of things make you happy.

I realized tonight though, that while I am a hoarder of clothes - Matt is a hoarder of electrical stuff. I managed to get us down to one drawer of electronic stuff in our flat about two years ago (pushing most of it into the attic) and over the course of cleaning out my stuff I found three NEW drawers of cords and electronics. Now, I realize over the course of these two years we've made several new purchases, but I didn't know we've spread it out over all the empty spaces in the flat.

I've already mentioned to Matt a few times that I want to go through our basement storage room and attic and electronics drawers before we move and he's suggested we wait to do it after we get to the new place. Hiring movers in Zurich is VERY expensive and I'm not about to pay a guy to move a box only to throw that box of stuff away afterwards. So, we will be taking the next weekend or two to clean out those rooms. I have no problem throwing away older cameras or computers or useless cords, but I know Matt will. I can already hear the fighting...oh well.

On the baby front, it's about the size of a lime now. I also got sick twice this week! The first time was after brushing my teeth on Tuesday morning. I have a hard time brushing my teeth now that I'm prego, but usually all I trigger is my super sensitive gag reflex. This time, it didn't stop until I was actually sick. I thought it was kind of funny, because it was my birthday and I felt like it was baby's way of saying "Happy Birthday Mamma!"
The second time was not as funny. It was Friday night and I started to feel sick while eating dinner and it lasted all night. Finally, before going to bed, I got sick. I forced myself a bit, but I'm glad because I felt better after and could go to sleep. Unfortunately though, I managed to burst blood vessels all around my eyes and neck. Nice, eh?

Matt and I also listened to the heartbeat again on Friday morning. We didn't get to listen for long, because our little lime squirmed away and hid from us back under my pelvic bone. We also went to IKEA yesterday to get an idea of the cost of their baby furniture. We didn't see too much that we really liked. But, my Mom did remind me that we won't be using it for very long and she is right; we don't want to spend a fortune on stuff we'll be using for just over a year or so.

Today we finished last minute preparation for Kay and Michael's visit. It will be nice to have them here. Matt baked some bread in our bread machine and made some quiches and I cooked a stew. It's been snowing off and all all day, so some fresh bread and warm stew sounded yummy. Hopefully the weather will cooperate this week and let them get out and about town a little bit.