Saturdays...

A month or two ago, Dan and I mutually decided that it was time to stop having the office open on Saturday mornings. It was a hard decision to make, but it has been such a great thing for our family. I think a little time away helps your brain think more clearly when you're back again on Monday morning.

Do you think my girlies are happy that we aren't working Saturday mornings anymore? Now our Saturday mornings are filled with this...

I really can't tell you how happy I am that our house is getting a regular scrub down now. Housework was not only falling by the wayside, it was a huge strain on my guilty conscience. And believe it or not...as long as I'm cleaning right along side them, there aren't too many complaints from the peanut gallery :)

All of you Dyson owners look VERY closely in the picture below. Please notice the attachment I just purchased for my vacuum hose. We lost one of my attachments in the move so when I went on the website and spotted THIS baby, (despite being slightly spendy) I knew it would be a great purchase. I LOVE IT! I've already admitted in the past that I'm a terrible duster. However now, I just keep this duster attachment on while I'm vacuuming and I whip it out as I walk past the blinds, TV, lamps, back of the couch, picture frames...you name it and I've dusted it with my vacuum. I feel like a new woman (sounds crazy, but a person with clean blinds is a happy person :)

Even though my girls are WAY too old...I kept singing "Clean up the house, Clean up the house, Everybody clean it up, Clean up the house".

Like I said, I bet Kallie and Syd wish they were back at the office vegging in front of a movie on the computer!

(PS: That's not really Windex, we were just refilling the bottles with our concentrated cleaner. PPS: I would have taken a few pictures of myself cleaning but I looked far too...um, in need of a good cleaning myself)

Father's Day???

I am thinking about buying some tennis stuff for Dan for Father's Day. He has told the girls soooo many times that he wants to take them out and teach them to play tennis (he played on his high school team).

So....I am looking for thoughts/advice from any of you who play tennis what would be the best rackets & supplies to get for 3 early beginners (Me, Kallie & Syd) and 1 player who sort of knows what he's doing (Dan).

Keeping in mind a tight budget...is there a certain brand/style/store I should go for?

Help! I don't want to rely on the sales person at the store to steer me in the right direction. What about the stuff I might find at Target would that be ok?

I know nothing about tennis so those of you who play PLEASE help me out!!!