Woo hoo!

I feel like I've gotten so much done so far this weekend- and its only halfway through! We bought a "Little Green Machine" last night- a small carpet shampooing thingy. I cleaned every rug/carpet surface in our house in about six hours of work. Its highly satisfying to see all the nasty water that gets sucked up. Our carpets look new again! We'd been talking about renting a machine, but I think I'll use it more if I can just get it out whenever I want to. Okay- so I'm nuts. I had too much fun cleaning my carpets.

I also cleaned out the craft room (Troy calls it the "crap room"). The closet was a disaster, and every surface had something (or several somethings) on it. Again, more satisfaction.

Its done nothing but rain here for two days. We've gotten over five inches of rain. We really need it here, but it makes for a crummy weekend. Especially when its pouring the weekend of the Garlic Festival! We may still get out there tomorrow for it. Mmmm. Garlic burgers, goat cheese, raspberry wine... Yummy!

On a different note, I talked to Mom some yesterday about Nana. I can't believe that she's been hitting the nursing assistants that come it, and now Grandpa. It makes me so sad to think about the decline that we've seen this year. I know we didn't get along, but I think I'll always feel guilty that I didn't like her better or treat her with more respect when I was younger.

Today I learned that six hours of using the "Little Green" will make all the muscles in your fingers and arms hurt.