Nesting

Before I even knew that I was pregnant, I began the time-honored process of nesting. Of course, I didn't know that I was nesting at the time, but as soon as I posted that I was expecting, and shortly thereafter posted about rearranging things around my house I was accused of nesting! I've been nesting in every room of the house that does not induce the gag reflex in Mrs. Preggers.
So, we started in the dining room and other half of the living room. What happened was that we took all my scrapbooking supplies, and our second coffee table (my coffee table, from IKEA, that I LOVE) along with my couch (also from IKEA) that had been banished to the garage shortly after moving in, and moved it all into what was supposed to be the living room. We then took the dining room set that Andrew's parents gave us, which was given to them by Andrew's grandparents, and moved that into the other half of our obscenely long living room, where my scrapbooking stuff used to be. This all happened on Sunday the 8th, and I've been slowly working my way through organizing those two rooms.

Today I decided to finish up in the bathroom. Here's what it looked like beforehand:

Notice that the carpets are missing. I had put them in the washer earlier this week, and realized how torn up the plastic underneath has become. Additionally, the ring at the back of the shower curtain had ripped out, so I really needed a new curtain. At one point I'd gotten mad at the clutter on the counter, and had shoved it all into the sink. Andrew asked why the plunger, toilet brush, and wet wipes were all in the sink, and I responsed with "I got mad at them".

So, after hours and hours (acutally, it was only like 1 or 2 hours, not much more than that) of scrubbing the baseboards (which are not boards, and are plastic), and cometting the bathtub (which caused the stains to become even MORE pronounced...I think it's time to refinish the bathtub), and dusting the space saver (which is, I learned, what the white thing over the toilet is), and wiping down every little bottle on the darn space saver, and cleaning the sink (Jeez, I cleaned a lot today!) I'd finally cleaned enough for the bathroom to be worthy of all the pretties I bought at BB&B this afternoon.

Here's what it looks like with all the pretties in place, a clean counter, and a semi-organized space saver:

And here's another from inside the bathroom:

Now, the white towels aren't staying, in fact, we've already returned them. You see, they were pretty, and soft, but my wring got caught on them multiple times while I was trying to make them look pretty for Andrew before he got home from working at the law library.

So, while this isn't the prettiest bathroom in the world, it is definitely the prettiest bathroom in all of Fort Ord.