Voyage of the Vann's: April 2010

Ok yes, I realize I have been absolutely horrible about updating this blog. I'll try harder. We have been busy with a lot of things lately. We had to have our bathroom re-modeled because we had 5 leaks. It was pretty annoying to have to do it, but on the bright side, my bathroom resembles a spa now which this pregnant lady is pretty happy about! :) I'll get my pictures together and make a post about the bathroom next. Also, being pregnant makes me lazy about blogging. Oh and chasing a toddler around all day makes it hard too. LOL.

SO, lately I have been completely crazy with cleaning. It's weird. I mean I do clean on a normal basis but this is just getting out of hand. I keep finding new things to clean. For instance, my house was already pretty clean but I totally got out some sponges and started scrubbing baseboards and pretty much any hard surface in my bedroom the other day. I remember the "nesting" phase when I was pregnant with Eden, but it was much later in my pregnancy. I am only 23 weeks today and can't stop cleaning. It must be because of twins - maybe it starts sooner?? Anyone know??

I really think it's because of the clean smells. I'm obsessed with them. I also have some other really weird pregnancy things going on to - like I feel the need to chew ice all the time. I've been through like 2 bags of Sonic ice in the last few weeks. (Don't worry - they checked my blood on Friday to see if I was anemic; should find out the results soon as apparently ice chewing can be related to low iron). I also feel the need to brush my teeth like 4 times a day. I'm telling you, it's weird I know but I just can't help it. I think Nick is going to start hiding the Febreze spray soon just so I will stop spraying our house. Haha.

Here is what I have been completely obsessed with lately (brace yourselves it's mostly cleaning supplies):

Swiffer Wet Jet is AMAZING! I used to use a steam mop, but this is way better and smells soooo good!!

Febreze Air Refresher is wonderful. I spray too much but oh well. My favorite scents are Linen and Sky and Lavender Vanilla & Comfort (it's heaven).

Febreze Fabric Refresher. I have been using the antibacterial one b/c I'm a germ freak anyway, but I just saw that they have the fabric spray in the Lavender Vanilla & Comfort and I will be buying that one as soon as I'm out of the other.

Mr. Clean Multi-Surface Cleaner w/ Febreze (Lavendar Vanilla again). This makes any room smell good after you clean with it and you can use it on most hard surfaces.

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It's really magic! Except on colored walls - it takes the color off. But, it gets tough hard surface stains out!!

Bar Keeper's Friend. This stuff is GREAT! My kitchen sink is white and gets black scuff marks on it. BKF takes it right off and makes my sink shiny and clean.

Sonic Ice. There is something about Sonic ice that I crave; maybe it's because it's a little softer to chew on and I don't feel like I'm ruining my teeth?? I dunno, I just know I love it. Just for your info you can buy bags of it at Sonic.

Coke! For some reason I craved it when I was pregnant with Eden and here I go again. It's just so yummy and I don't drink it when I'm not pregnant - so I use the pregnancy excuse to drink it. Plus, diet has the artificial sweeteners which I don't think is good for the babies so why not indulge a little??