It's an end to an era

Ok, I have a weakness and it is piles. I pile everything from papers to clean laundry.

Our bedroom had gotten a little out of hand with the piles lately. Partly due to the lack of storage and partly due to the lack of motivation by me. We had been pretty busy and not feeling all that great so the house had gotten very messy. Yesterday I started cleaning and this is where the adventure begins.

I was working on the kitchen floor so I moved my sink rug away and when a returned there was a lizard on my kitchen floor. Not being a fan of anything like, lizards, snakes, mice and frogs, I was quite startled. Now as the the great white lizard hunter there were several attempts to remove it from the kitchen. Lets just say the shop vac came in very handy, especially with the long tube extensions. Ok, breathe lizard is removed I can quit walking with my toes curled.

The kitchen and living room are looking good time to move into pile central our room. So I shift a few piles around. Move some more of my clothes to James' room, then I begin the process of sorting. I go pick up a pile of socks and what do I find? Another creepy crawly thing, as of right now I still don't know what I found. So I drop the pile and get the heck out of there. I need a moment to breathe, again. I return with the broom. Why I didn't bring the shop vac I have no idea. I thought my critter was dead. So when I flip over the pile I drop my new buddy goes slithering across my room towards the corner that is our desk and where I get out of bed. GREAT!!! As I am jumping away from my 4 inch potential attacker I knock Hannah over. So I close the door and don't go back.

That's it! the kids and I are now in the car driving to the Burbank Ikea for a dresser. I get a dresser and a desk/table for our computer. When Jerry got home he tore our room apart looking for the threat. Guess what, nothing was found. So needless to say I am not a big fan of putting my feet anywhere on our floor. As I type right now they are up on my bed.

Plus I have more laundry to do now than I ever have. Because everything is getting rewashed.

I guess it is a good thing that my pile habit will be broken from now on. I might even miss them but I hate the creepy crawlies more than I like my piles.